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Road Race GT40 on the airstrip


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Arguably the coolest cars ever built. I'm willing to bet ten years from now they're worth more than the ecoboost models.

 

Originals already are, but the superperformance cars will always have the stigma of being a kit car, even though they were an officially licensed product with high quality materials.

 

The thing about that car is it's weighs 2458lbs. At 450 hp that's about 5lbs per hp, which is close to formula 1 car weight/hp ratio and puts it in league with some top tier Sportbikes. Car and driver tested that exact car and said it pulled a 3.4 0-60 while struggling to get traction.

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/superformance-gt40-mkii-specialty-file

 

The thing about those cars though, they are tiny. That guys who owns it on the vid has to be like 5' 6" to fit with a helmet on inside it. GT40 is the car the originated the gurney bubble, because they couldn't close the door with dan gurney's 6' 4" helmeted head in the drivers seat. Even when they added the bubble to clear one of those old 60's super thin 3/4 motorcycle helmets, the helmet still rested against the door panel when he drove. It's a tight fit.

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The thing about those cars though, they are tiny. That guys who owns it on the vid has to be like 5' 6" to fit with a helmet on inside it. GT40 is the car the originated the gurney bubble, because they couldn't close the door with dan gurney's 6' 4" helmeted head in the drivers seat. Even when they added the bubble to clear one of those old 60's super thin 3/4 motorcycle helmets, the helmet still rested against the door panel when he drove. It's a tight fit.

 

Bro we know, it's in the title of the car, GT40 as in 40 inches tall....

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