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Lambda Performance Ford GT
" A new version of the Ford GT eligible for the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been developed in Germany. "
" Lambda Performance, a Wiesbaden-based company specializing in Ford GT tuning, unveiled the GTE-class Ford at the Essen Motor Show in late November. The car, known as the Ford GT/E, was designed by former Ferrari, Williams and Lotus Formula One engineer Enrique Scalabroni. " LAMBDA PERFORMANCE Le Mans: German company develops Ford GT race car - Autoweek AUTO RACING - LE MANS: Lambda Performance Launches Ford GTE |
I keep hoping that someone will be able to pull off a Ford GT based LeMans win on the 50th anniversary of the original 1-2-3. Unfortunately the LeMans GT class takes a whole boat load of money. Matech was starting to get there and then their owner/founder passed away. If I win Powerball I'll be in to make it happen :)
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same engine as mine
The Matech Ford GT uses the same engine thats in my Superformance, DOHC Ford Cammer, they do use a different ecu than I do which is not available to the public, it makes a little more power than mine buy I weight a 1000 pounds less, I tried to build my cobra after the Le Mans ford GT and Man Racer Mustangs also in the Le Mans series.:)
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Lambda is supplying spares to the Matchs too.
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I did not know that the owner of Matech passed, thats sad to hear, I saw the Piloti car in person and the amount of carbon fiber on the car was amazing, it sounded mean and when it was at high revs it screams, it won alot of races, I hope the new team does just as well in the series, Go Ford GT.
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Matech specs
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The Politi car used the Ford Cammer built by Elan Motorsports, the engine building arm of the Panoz motorsports empire, in the USA they use e85 making 500hp, in Europe they used e10 fuel, they now will use the coyote built by roush, but I built my car when the Cammer Program was top dog. By the way your Ford GT and Cobra are awesome. I have the t50 cammer they used the r50 cammer, differnt intakes, etc. Your right about the race weight I was comparing to street car trim.
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Ford GT
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I really like the Coyote, I hear that Wiseco built one that was 5.8 liters and they expect over 700 hp with compression and good cams. The heads are really good and have a ton of potential. They are the really free reving and can run there all day as your avatar says. The street weight of the GT is a problem, although they have good straight line performance with boost, all that weight is tough to corner with even with lots of downforce. I wish it weighed around 3000 then you could really get it done. I have heard that the engine trans and blower weigh 900 lbs, way too much for a modern power train. I think a normally aspirated big inch Coyote would really be good in a GT and take about 200-300 pounds out. The chassis and geometry are great just too much weight in the powertrain. |
I saw that 5.8 coyote stroker at sema, it was suppose to be out by now, probably more testing, the Ford GT does have a heavy powertrain and trans, the Cammer and Coyote are very light engines, the GT used in Le Mans is backed by $50,000 worth of computers alone, I'm sure you now as well as anyone how Ford computer nerds can get all the hp they want with there laptops and efi programs, wish the public had those Bosch systems, I still like the cobra better, especially yours in race trim. The DOHC engine is really gonna take Ford to the next level, the heads like you said are the key to these awesome engines hp numbers.
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