OK for those of you "forum old timers" who missed out and for those of you who perhaps are too new here to remember, I'm asking for a show of hands of who may be interested in a new (3.90) final drive ratio for your FGT. If you want to learn more about this mod, please use the search capability. In summary, Ford knew that the magazines testing the GT would undoubtedly benchmark 0-60 times against rivals. To help mitigate human error, they equipped our beloved GT's with an unusually tall final drive ratio which enabled the GT to perform 0-60 acceleration tests using only 1st gear. Fortunately, our GTs have exceptional low-end torque and over time we probably can easily forget how tall the GT is geared.
Several years ago Stillen teamed with Ricardo and offered a limited number of 3.90 final drive kits for owners. In a relatively short period, they sold-out. I had the opportunity to briefly drive a GT with this gear set a couple of years ago. I still remember this experience. The car is a LOT more playful and energetic. 3.90 owners are welcome to chime in here as I would welcome input - both good and bad. I'd be pretty certain that those lucky few who did this mods have absolutely no regrets.
At Cool Tech, we have teamed with a thoroughly experienced transaxle-only race shop. 30+ years in the business. A shop that the OEMs go to in the US. They are extremely qualified and familiar with the Ricardo. The bottomline is that if we can amortize costs over ~12 or more firm orders, we can offer owners this mod. Approximate cost would be $10,000. Cool Tech would R&R the transaxle and the aforementioned transaxle shop would do the gear change. Cost would be lower for those that would find it easier to ship us their transaxle.
Chime in if you would have an interest.
Several years ago Stillen teamed with Ricardo and offered a limited number of 3.90 final drive kits for owners. In a relatively short period, they sold-out. I had the opportunity to briefly drive a GT with this gear set a couple of years ago. I still remember this experience. The car is a LOT more playful and energetic. 3.90 owners are welcome to chime in here as I would welcome input - both good and bad. I'd be pretty certain that those lucky few who did this mods have absolutely no regrets.
At Cool Tech, we have teamed with a thoroughly experienced transaxle-only race shop. 30+ years in the business. A shop that the OEMs go to in the US. They are extremely qualified and familiar with the Ricardo. The bottomline is that if we can amortize costs over ~12 or more firm orders, we can offer owners this mod. Approximate cost would be $10,000. Cool Tech would R&R the transaxle and the aforementioned transaxle shop would do the gear change. Cost would be lower for those that would find it easier to ship us their transaxle.
Chime in if you would have an interest.
