Twin Turbo GT40 Superformance 1060 RWHP

[Got the Bug]

Dallas Performance Twin Turbo GT40 Superformance w/ 1060 rwhp!

Keith Craft 427SBF with twin turbo - start-up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHgu9q7uD5M&NR=1

Dyno
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eet2OczSArM

Pics of the car
http://www.dallasperformance.com/DPFGT/index.htm

[tkb289]

Doug,

Unbelievable ... 1000HP plus in a 'street car', amazing.

I remember in 1973 when Mark Donohue was racing the Porsche 917-30 and it had well over 1000 HP and that was a big deal, even for a race car. Now all you need are some creative car guys and a thick check book and you too can be in the 1000HP+ club

[COBRANIP]

To quote another C.C. member.......I think I just wet myself!

[67FEfastback]

$#it, who needs porn

[RedBarchetta]

Oh My!

[RodKnock]

Holy Mackeral! Now that is awesome!

I hope they have a very strong rear plastic window, because if that thing doesn't melt it fast, then NASA has a new exterior material for the Space Shuttle.

[Rick Parker]

Deep Pocket build to say the least.....

[Mark IV]

Currently for sale on Evilbay...it has been wrecked and is a salvage sale. The seller shows pictures of cosmetic damage, but the tub is well and truly bent. The driver didn't get many miles on before he had a "too much power and not enough road" incident.

And all of the "tuner" stereo stuff inside and electronics are a little out of the normal GT40 range of experience.

And please tell me how you will ever get 1200HP to hook up with any tires that are streetable? Seems like a "d!ck waving" contest to me. Will the 1200 HP really go that much faster than 800 in a GT40?

Replica/Kit Makes : Superperformance | eBay

[xlr8or]

$82 for a salvage title car.... NOT.

[bwcobra15]

Originally Posted by xlr8or

$82 for a salvage title car.... NOT.

Can't even spell "Superformance" correctly in the Ebay ad. geezz.. I hate that.

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by xlr8or

$82 for a salvage title car.... NOT.

Why would it even have a salvage title to start with??????

David

[twin turbo]

You can hook up 1000 hp on these on the street, the question is at what speed. Cheers.

[csx4910]

It would have a salvage title it has been wrecked, totalled by the insurance company and then bought back from the wrecking yard as a salvage title. I did that with a car I had in high school. Ins Company totalled it, paid me $3000 then I bought it back for $800 and repaired most of it myself ove the next 2 years

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by csx4910

It would have a salvage title it has been wrecked, totalled by the insurance company and then bought back from the wrecking yard as a salvage title. I did that with a car I had in high school. Ins Company totalled it, paid me $3000 then I bought it back for $800 and repaired most of it myself ove the next 2 years

I'm aware of that, but nowhere in the add does it state anything about being "totaled" or wrecked other than some "road rash" to the left front fender...
For the kind of money the're asking for this car, seems like they should disclose why it has a salvage title and what were the damages to the car....at least I would want to know that if I were interested in buying the car....

David

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

I'm aware of that, but nowhere in the add does it state anything about being "totaled" or wrecked other than some "road rash" to the left front fender...
For the kind of money the're asking for this car, seems like they should disclose why it has a salvage title and what were the damages to the car....at least I would want to know that if I were interested in buying the car....

David

It is "buyer beware" and some poor soul will purchase this needing "cosmetic repair" vehicle and eventually discover the tub is toast! Of course by that time they will have little or no recourse, such sales are "as-is, where-is" customarily in the salvage industry. The seller sorta neglects to mention they are a salvage seller although the do have the sign in a photo.

Anyone who buys such a vehicle sight unseen and without expert inspection probably deserves the bone job they will get. There is no free lunch, you can't buy a GT40 for that price with those specifications without having some sort of issues.

The couple thousand the body damage will cost to repair pales against the cost of the monocoque repair!

[maxum_101]

all i can say is wow...........
seeing what damage there is on the lower front fender and also the scuffed rim , what i dont get is it looks like such a minor hit, and yet it caused so much damage to the tub or frame?

sorry if thats the case, these cars are to brittle, any little thing and it causes that much damage, what is shows looks like nothing,

maybe its just me but i wouldnt buy one knowing that any little thing and the frame is toast.

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by maxum_101

all i can say is wow...........
seeing what damage there is on the lower front fender and also the scuffed rim , what i dont get is it looks like such a minor hit, and yet it caused so much damage to the tub or frame?

sorry if thats the case, these cars are to brittle, any little thing and it causes that much damage, what is shows looks like nothing,

maybe its just me but i wouldnt buy one knowing that any little thing and the frame is toast.

Read the thread on GT40s.com. The hit was pretty solid and the energy transfered into the suspension mounting poits on the tub. Not designed to take loads like that in that direction.....not a case of "brittle", but of physics.

[RodKnock]

Here's the GT40s thread:

Totaled SPF GT40 Replica Ebay - Parts/Spares - GT40s.com