Everytime I say anything remotely inferior about the 11-14 crowd, someone gets their feelings hurt, lol......but I do believe the S550 GT is a major improvement on the previous chassis: in refinement, powertrain, and appearance.
Ford really has outdone themselves with this car.
I've said it from the beginning, this car is today's domestic version of the 90's Toyota Supra Turbo.
Incredibly strong motor in factory configuration, strong 6R80 trans, port injection for ease of tuning.
8 sec 1/4 S550 Twin-Turbo GT's are going to be a dime a dozen in the years to come, once...
SBD welcomes Lund Racing to our tuner family!
Jon & Staff will be offering their N-Gauge Tuning Solution w/ Custom Tuning for the SBD 2015+ S550 GT Turbo Kits.
Lund Racing is one of the most widely respected names in Ford Tuning and we're happy to be partnering with them moving forward. :cheers:
I'll be 100% disclosing, we did look at Comp about a year ago and talked with Joe, but I had concerns whether customers would properly maintain them.
Joe Delgado, Sales Manager at Comp, told me they need to be serviced every 3K miles (Oil Change is when they recommend doing), though the service...
Can you post a link so I can read up?
I've personally never used their turbochargers, but I see several companies offering them.
I know Boost Works has had good luck with their product.
100%
I really hope to see more heavy hitters from the S550 community compete in more 1/2 Mile, Texas Invitational, MPH/Trap Speed events.
It's the one place where the manual trans S550 can be competitive with the Autos, jk :D
100%
I always run my Mickey ET Street Radials.
Tears up WAYYY LESS. And if the car goes sideways, you're not hitting a wall.
Most are held at Airports, so worst case scenario, you end up on another tarmac and kick off some grass from the fender liners, lol.
I don't know that I've EVER heard...
I like your style. :cheers:
We're going to stick with 1/2 mile, as I think we're going to see this platform break 200mph this year.
At that speed, I'm out on the 1 mile events. It just gets too dangerous, IMO.
The GTR shops have pulled out of 1 mile, which used to be the event of...