Heffner Performance 6 day Ford GT Twin Turbo build
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01-18-2010 | 03:54 AM
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Gentlemen,
A friend of mine sent me a note making me aware of this thread and this forum. My name is Chip Beck and I'm one of the moderators of the Ford GT Forum. I have owned the yellow Ford GT that is the subject of this thread for four years now. Jason Heffner completed the twin turbo conversion just a month ago. The car is pretty mellow up to 3500 rpm. Then the gates of hell open up and pin you back in the seat with a rush of acceleration unlike anything I've ever driven before. In it's former supercharged form, I drove it at the Texas Mile last October. It was a very hot humid day with a stiff headwind and I logged a best time of just over 175 mph. I'll be taking it back to Texas to run the Mile again in March. With the catalytic converters removed, C16 in the tank along with a special tune to take advantage of it, and the boost set at 18 pounds, the car will put 1050 hp to the rear wheels. If all goes well, I only plan to do this once. Then I'll return the car to its mild 841 HP, 91 octane, catalytic converter equipped form. The interior of my car has a lot of carbon fiber parts produced by Kip Ewing. Kip built the carbon fiber side scoops that you see on my car as well.
Here's a couple more photos. The first one was taken at Texas International Speedway, and the second one was taken at the finish of the Texas Mile.
All the best.
Chip
A friend of mine sent me a note making me aware of this thread and this forum. My name is Chip Beck and I'm one of the moderators of the Ford GT Forum. I have owned the yellow Ford GT that is the subject of this thread for four years now. Jason Heffner completed the twin turbo conversion just a month ago. The car is pretty mellow up to 3500 rpm. Then the gates of hell open up and pin you back in the seat with a rush of acceleration unlike anything I've ever driven before. In it's former supercharged form, I drove it at the Texas Mile last October. It was a very hot humid day with a stiff headwind and I logged a best time of just over 175 mph. I'll be taking it back to Texas to run the Mile again in March. With the catalytic converters removed, C16 in the tank along with a special tune to take advantage of it, and the boost set at 18 pounds, the car will put 1050 hp to the rear wheels. If all goes well, I only plan to do this once. Then I'll return the car to its mild 841 HP, 91 octane, catalytic converter equipped form. The interior of my car has a lot of carbon fiber parts produced by Kip Ewing. Kip built the carbon fiber side scoops that you see on my car as well.
Here's a couple more photos. The first one was taken at Texas International Speedway, and the second one was taken at the finish of the Texas Mile.
All the best.
Chip
Last edited by chipbeck; 01-18-2010 at 05:25 PM.
to the forum, hope to hear more from you. 
