I've never had a problem with my dealership allowing me to observe. It's all about how you ask. Be a doosh canoe about it and they'll be like well to hell with this guy but if you ask civilized and with curiosity, you'll get a different response I'm sure.
You have probably never driven a Noble, stock specs are 425 BHP at 2100 lbs, 1000 pounds lighter than Gen1 Ford GT with about 50 less hp. The 0-60 time is about 3.0 sec. It may be closer to three car lengths but when you look in the mirror it seems like a lot more. When it returns from CA my Noble should have 750 BHP weighing 2200 lbs, figure that power/weight ratio, pretty impressive. That's from a 3.0L Single Turbo V6 Duratec. It should be pretty close to a Daytona Prototype in all around performance but driven ON THE STREET. It will see lots of track time to put the other so called super exotics in their place.
I'm not saying the Nobel isn't fast. Correct I never driven or sat in one. But saying on your first post as it being 6 cars lengths faster out of the hole is a pretty big exaggeration. The 2006 GT40 did 0-60 in the 3.4 second range. Even saying 3 car lengths is stretching the truth lol.You have probably never driven a Noble, stock specs are 425 BHP at 2100 lbs, 1000 pounds lighter than Gen1 Ford GT with about 50 less hp. The 0-60 time is about 3.0 sec. It may be closer to three car lengths but when you look in the mirror it seems like a lot more. When it returns from CA my Noble should have 750 BHP weighing 2200 lbs, figure that power/weight ratio, pretty impressive. That's from a 3.0L Single Turbo V6 Duratec. It should be pretty close to a Daytona Prototype in all around performance but driven ON THE STREET. It will see lots of track time to put the other so called super exotics in their place.
Jeremy Clarkson tested a Noble on Top Gear and said it was probably the best all around supercar.
Interior picture as it's being finished..... Guess I've gotten a bit off topic
"OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR"
Like 6 car lengths way off topic...:lol:Guess I've gotten a bit off topic
True, although time to distance (car lengths) and time to speed (60MPH) are apples and oranges. A car that's best at one is normally also best at the other but it doesn't have to be. You could race another car that has a SLOWER 0-60 than your car, leave side by side at the exact same instant and see their taillights the entire time It can happen If the other car has better acceleration at the beginning (AWD, different power curve, etc) and tapers off 'till 60 MPH and yours does the opposite.
Excellent idea:hail: I'll see how far I get with this when I take mine in.
60 mph is 88 fps so in 0.4 seconds at 60 mph you travel 35 feet. The 2005 Ford GT is about 15 1/4 feet long. I wouldn't expect 6 car lengths difference, but I agree with what you are saying - if one car hooks better or has more torque at the wheels on takeoff they can get out in front. I would really expect a blown V8 to have a lot more torque off idle than a turbo 6, but I understand gearing is the most important thing, not engine torque. Many Ford products have long gears, which limits their ability to accelerate from zero.
I under stand. But 6 - 3 car lengths is wishful thinking. My penis is 8========> big.
You are correct. Check out page 52 of this thread, post 779.
It's interesting to see that a large company might not live with the PN versus revision change "rule". The company I work for will change form fit or function all the time without a PN change. It's mostly for convenience and we can control inventory pretty well in many cases. We also document what we are doing and why. I would think a huge company like Ford with inventory at many dealers would be more inclined to change the PN (obviously there's a form/function change if you fix a problem), but I can see how there are tons of documents and systems to revise if you change the PN - so in order to control costs they leave the PN alone and do their best to avoid a problem with old inventory contaminating the new.
I think its a possibility. All dealers had a stop sale on the vehicles that had a recall, or could not deliver the vehicle until the issue was fix.