New GT trivia question...

[STORMCAT]

Let's see if anyone knows what these trick little Billet aluminum brackets are for on the transaxle assembly..

DBK or employees of the Ford Motor Company or not allowed to participate.... :biggrin

the 3rd picture I just borrowed from Specracer..

 

[Apollo]

Mounts for the optional trailer hitch? :wink

Are the exhausts wrapped from the factory?

 

[STORMCAT]

Mounts for the optional trailer hitch? :wink

Are the exhausts wrapped from the factory?

You are looking at my TI X-pipe wrapped by me.. The 3rd picture is Specracers car with the stock Muffler.

and no it's not for a hitch.... :biggrin

 

[07XL0027]

Snow plow mounting points?


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[FENZO]

Something I'll be hitting my head on.. so they are called godd@mn, motherf'n, son-of-a-b!tches.

 

[STORMCAT]

Snow plow mounting points?


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Well..
I would have expected a better guess from you. These are concealed and at the back of the car..

Something I'll be hitting my head on.. so they are called godd@mn, motherf'n, son-of-a-b!tches.

Nope.. they don't protrude that far down and as mentioned above they are concealed by the rear diffuser pan..

 

[Sinovac]

Skid blocks

 

[STORMCAT]

In keeping with my normal Stormcat mechanical inquisitive nature I was very curious to know what they were when I first saw them.. they are not support blocks. Or spacers for attachment points.

I thought possibly they were they some type of alignment jig or possibly a support bracket while they lifted and installed the transmission?. Than I dismissed those conclusions figuring they would have took them off as unnecessary weight...

 

[06fordgt]

anti sway bars connection points.

 

[07XL0027]

Well..
I would have expected a better guess from you.

Terry took the trailer hitch idea so that didn’t leave much for a smart a$$ comment. If I had been underneath a NFGT and had time to poke around like you have, I probably could have come up with a legitimate guess.


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[Apollo]

my first thought was that they were air jack points, I think it just doesn't look to be enough room.

 

[RPM217]

It's where you attach the flux capicatator!!!

 

[Mike Mosing]

It's for the double crossover disconnect which is indirectly not attached to the in-dash chrome smoke detector. When it is correctly attached, which it is obviously not, it can directly affect the performance of the out-of-dash fun meter.......... I think.....not?

 

[07XL0027]

Ok. I have actually given it some thought. One obvious answer would be a mounting point for the diffuser but that is so obvious it can’t be that. So my actual non-smart a$$ guess is a location to attach wheels or some sort of cart so they can then roll the GT from assembly station to assembly station. Or maybe use it as a lifting point to marry the drivetrain to the chassis. Technically that’s two guesses.


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[Spaceman]

Could it be a vestige related to the diffuser on the race car?

 

[Mike Mosing]

Whoa... those were way better than my answer.

 

[CJ428]

look like a connection point for a tool of some kind.

 

[CJ428]

or vibration damper maybe

 

[07XL0027]

In keeping with my normal Stormcat mechanical inquisitive nature I was very curious to know what they were when I first saw them.. they are not support blocks. Or spacers for attachment points.

I thought possibly they were they some type of alignment jig or possibly a support bracket while they lifted and installed the transmission?. Than I dismissed those conclusions figuring they would have took them off as unnecessary weight...

Didn’t read this until after I posted so just disregard everything I guessed.


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[STORMCAT]

I'll give you an important clue. And this is a true statement if you remove them you could cause death to you and your passenger....