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[Dominator961]

Those ratings are usually accompanied with an associated GVWR, usually something like 10,000 lbs. The 500 will be ~4000. This has been discussed many, many times.

My point exactly. People are saying the 500 is limited to 660 lb-tq because the transmission is advertised as so.
And I disagree.

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[sqidd]

The Transmission use was a given, the HP figure is where I was getting at. It's all unknown, even the model lineup.

The Zora lineup?

The NA one will be a LT whatever they want to call it in the high 400's low 500's. The FI motor will be the Cadillac V8 hot vee TT in the high 600's low 700's.

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[9secondko]

Closest I can think of from the factory is the Porsche 911 GT2RS, which is 700hp.

Seems people have forgotten about the @1000 hp and similar torque bughatti veyron with a ...
7 speed DCT...

They can hold the power they’re built to hold. The DCT is not a power limiting factor.

 

[sqidd]

Seems people have forgotten about the @1000 hp and similar torque bughatti veyron with a ...
7 speed DCT...

They can hold the power they’re built to hold. The DCT is not a power limiting factor.

You missed the point of our discussion. The discussion was that nothing but supercars/hypercars (and their price tags) come with a DCT that can handle 700+hp. Not that you can't build a robust DCT. So the fact that Ford has a DCT in the GT500 at the GT500 price is a pretty cool thing.

 

[martinjlm]

The Zora lineup?

The NA one will be a LT whatever they want to call it in the high 400's low 500's. The FI motor will not be the Cadillac V8 hot vee TT in the high 600's low 700's.

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Right track, wrong lane.

 

[sqidd]

Right track, wrong lane.

Time will tell.

 

[9secondko]

You missed the point of our discussion. The discussion was that nothing but supercars/hypercars (and their price tags) come with a DCT that can handle 700+hp. Not that you can't build a robust DCT. So the fact that Ford has a DCT in the GT500 at the GT500 price is a pretty cool thing.

Incorrect. I didn’t miss the gist of your discussion. I simply saw the endgame and pointed there rather than take the slow route.

My point was that any DCT will handle the power it’s built for. It’s not much more expensive to build heavier duty components. You don’t see the transmission in cars with over 700 hp simply because there aren’t that many cars with that power level. There is simply no need for discussion on the matter. The power will be what it will be (great) and the DCT will handle it just fine without the need for crazy pricing.

 

[sqidd]

Incorrect. I didn’t miss the gist of your discussion. I simply saw the endgame and pointed there rather than take the slow route.

Oooooookay Nostradamus

My point was that any DCT will handle the power it’s built for.

And the sun is hot. And water is wet. Thanks Captain Obvious.

It’s not much more expensive to build heavier duty components.

What do you do for a living?

 

[bdub85]

The real specs can’t come out soon enough

 

[Hack]

The real specs can’t come out soon enough

Probably within a few weeks to a month after Ford starts selling the GT500 we will get specs, if the GT350 is any indication.

 

[Grimace427]

The real specs can’t come out soon enough

Will be more things for members to argue about.

 

[obspsd]

Probably within a few weeks to a month after Ford starts selling the GT500 we will get specs, if the GT350 is any indication.

Final horsepower, torque and performance stats available summer 2019.

 

[65Terdlingua]

My point exactly. People are saying the 500 is limited to 660 lb-tq because the transmission is advertised as so.
And I disagree.

Are you disagreeing with the fact that this has been discussed multiple times in multiple threads?

 

[sqidd]

Ford doesn't have final specs yet. If they did, they would release them. The process for rating HP and weight is not nearly as simple as you think it would be. Part of those calculations is in the hands of other entities. Which means Ford get's to wait just like we do.

They do have stiff like 1/4mi, 0-60 (why 0-60 is still a thing IDK), braking distances, etc. But they're not going to release that stuff without the other specs. I'm not sure if they will release the 1/4mi times at all. If I was Ford, I wouldn't.

 

[9secondko]

Oooooookay Nostradamus



And the sun is hot. And water is wet. Thanks Captain Obvious.


What do you do for a living?

And you conveniently left out the part about there not being that many cars at the power level we are talking about being the reason you don’t see many with DCTs. That is literally THE reason.

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