Hennessey Won't Put A V8 In The Ford GT, Because It's Not Possible
For those less than impressed with the Ford F-150 Raptor’s switch to 3.5-litre turbo V6 power for the current generation, Hennessey has an answer. The Texan tuner will drop in a supercharged Coyote V8 to create the latest ‘VelociRaptor’, so long as you’re happy to part with $147,950 including the cost of the donor vehicle.
Another Ford that’s caused consternation for some over its loss of a couple of cylinders is the latest GT. It too uses a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6, so will Hennessey be ‘doing a VelociRaptor’ with the race-bred supercar? The answer is a resounding ‘no’.
Speaking to Motor Authority company founder and boss John Hennessey - a GT owner himself - said that in his “qualified opinion,” a V8 simply won’t fit. At least, not without dramatic alterations to the bodywork that would completely mess up the aero side of the equation, which for the function-led GT is a bit of an issue.
Having been developed side-by-side with the LMGTE version, the GT fits the description of ‘racing car for the road’ better than pretty much any other supercar. So would you really want to muck around with the formula?
Even if you dropped a big pile of cash at Hennessey’s door, that wouldn’t change the man’s mind. “If a customer came to me with a bag of a million dollars and said, ‘Would you put a V-8 in the back of my Ford GT?’ I won’t do it,” he concluded.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Hennessey doesn’t want to modify the Ford GT anyway, they don’t think it should be modified:
Quoting Hennessey Performance’s website:
“HPE DOES NOT PLAN TO OFFER ANY PERFORMANCE UPGRADES FOR THE NEW FORD GT AT THIS TIME. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN OFTEN BUT SOME CARS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE MODIFIED. IN OUR HUMBLE OPINION, THE NEW FORD GT IS ONE OF THESE CARS.”
http://hennesseyperformance.com/vehicles/ford/ford-gt/2017-ford-gt/
Won’t fit? Get a smaller v8 lmao
Not pratical is a better word. You “can” get it to fit but it requires manipulating the bodywork too much and Johnny boi appreciates that too much to ruin it.
It’s simple John: just widen the car a bit
and f*ck up the carefully designed aerodynamics
Just buy the 2005 version… that simple
One day some crazy guy will try an LS Swap.
They could build a bespoke v8 that’s smaller
What about an F1 V8?
They could rip off the Hoonitruck and have a souped up LM engine lol
I know its sacriledge, but what about a non-ford V8? The coyote V8 isnt exactly small and surely there are more compact options out there.