Fresh Ford GT Horsepower – two thousand seventeen Ford GT HP, Torque, Top Speed, Weight
The Fresh Ford GT Makes six hundred forty seven HP, five hundred fifty Lb-Ft, And Tops Out at two hundred sixteen MPH
With a dry weight of three thousand fifty four lbs., the Ford GT’s power-to-weight ratio grounds somewhere inbetween the McLaren 675LT and the Ferrari 488GTB.
Ford has been playing the slow game with the all-new GT. The car very first debuted just over two years ago, at the two thousand fifteen North American International Auto Display in Detroit. Today, we finally—finally—get to find out some significant numbers on the third revival of Ford’s world-beater: Horsepower, torque, weight, and top speed.
Ford’s claiming six hundred forty seven horses and five hundred fifty lb-ft of torque from the GT’s Trio.5-liter EcoBoost twin-turbo V6. As a reminder, the GT uses the same aluminum engine block as the Trio.5-liter EcoBoost you can get in the Ford F-150, among other products. All that twin-turbo power motivates a vehicle with a dry curb weight of three thousand fifty four lbs. to a top speed of two hundred sixteen mph.
Ford is quick to compare these numbers to two exotic competitors, the McLaren 675LT and the Ferrari 488GTB. When we tested the McLaren, we weighed it at two thousand nine hundred eighty two lbs ready-to-drive; the 666-hp and five hundred sixteen lb-ft of torque produced by the 675LT’s Three.5-liter twin-turbo V8 stir the McLaren to a top speed of two hundred five mph.
Ferrari claims the 488GTB weighs in at three thousand two hundred fifty two lbs—add about a hundred to that number if you want yours with vital fluids. It makes six hundred sixty hp, five hundred sixty one lb-ft, and maxes out at two hundred five mph. So the Ford hammers the competition on top speed, despite landing in the middle on weight and working with a horsepower deficit.
How does the GT, made of such exotic materials—and with a passenger compartment almost four cubic feet smaller than an Alfa Romeo 4C’s—still manage to top three thousand lbs. dry? Blame the trick active-adjustable suspension and aerodynamics packages, both of which operate hydraulically using the same pump that powers the old-fashioned steering rack.
“We achieved a lot of weight savings with the carbon fiber monocoque and aluminum structure,” Raj Nair, Executive Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technical Officer at Ford, told Road &Track. “But as we did the simulations and some of the testing with the mules, we thought it was worth reinvesting some of that [weight savings] into the active aero and the active suspension. We were quicker by putting the systems in. So we felt it was worth reinvesting it into getting the lap times. We would have been right there on dry weight without that.”
Ford Spectacle director Dave Pericak told R&T that adding vital fluids but leaving the fuel tank empty brings the GT’s weight up to three thousand one hundred seventy three lbs.
And despite what you might expect from an engine with this name, the EcoBoost in the fresh GT is fairly thirsty. The EPA measures the Blue Oval supercar at eleven mpg city, eighteen highway—far timid of the Ferrari and McLaren, which make fifteen and sixteen mpg respectively in the city, twenty two on the highway.
Blame the GT’s anti-lag. “We certainly could have gotten more fuel economy,” Nair told R&T, “but we tuned it for horsepower and throttle response.” In three of the GT’s five drive modes, anti-lag programming kicks in, sending fuel through the engine even when the throttle’s closed to keep the turbos spinning. “We totally looked at the spectacle metrics,” Nair told us. “The fuel economy is what it is.”
Ford also published comparison lap times with the 675LT and 488GTB. At Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada, on the same day, with the same driver, same fuel source, and fresh tires, the GT turned a Two:09.8 lap, besting the McLaren’s Two:Ten.8 and the Ferrari’s Two:12.9.
“Anecdotally, I would say our car is pretty effortless on its tires,” Nair told R&T. “We can get a lot of laps on our tires where some of our competition burns them up pretty quickly. Even with the race cars—sometimes we’d like to get a little more fever in the tires. Generally we’re making a lot of downforce, so we’re not scrubbing our tires as much.”
You can view the utter spec sheet released by Ford below. As for other spectacle metrics, like 0-60 and 1/4-mile times? We’ll have to wait until a later date to see what the GT is capable of.
Fresh Ford GT Horsepower – two thousand seventeen Ford GT HP, Torque, Top Speed, Weight
The Fresh Ford GT Makes six hundred forty seven HP, five hundred fifty Lb-Ft, And Tops Out at two hundred sixteen MPH
With a dry weight of three thousand fifty four lbs., the Ford GT’s power-to-weight ratio grounds somewhere inbetween the McLaren 675LT and the Ferrari 488GTB.
Ford has been playing the slow game with the all-new GT. The car very first debuted just over two years ago, at the two thousand fifteen North American International Auto Showcase in Detroit. Today, we finally—finally—get to find out some significant numbers on the third revival of Ford’s world-beater: Horsepower, torque, weight, and top speed.
Ford’s claiming six hundred forty seven horses and five hundred fifty lb-ft of torque from the GT’s Trio.5-liter EcoBoost twin-turbo V6. As a reminder, the GT uses the same aluminum engine block as the Trio.5-liter EcoBoost you can get in the Ford F-150, among other products. All that twin-turbo power motivates a vehicle with a dry curb weight of three thousand fifty four lbs. to a top speed of two hundred sixteen mph.
Ford is quick to compare these numbers to two exotic competitors, the McLaren 675LT and the Ferrari 488GTB. When we tested the McLaren, we weighed it at two thousand nine hundred eighty two lbs ready-to-drive; the 666-hp and five hundred sixteen lb-ft of torque produced by the 675LT’s Three.5-liter twin-turbo V8 stir the McLaren to a top speed of two hundred five mph.
Ferrari claims the 488GTB weighs in at three thousand two hundred fifty two lbs—add about a hundred to that number if you want yours with vital fluids. It makes six hundred sixty hp, five hundred sixty one lb-ft, and maxes out at two hundred five mph. So the Ford strikes the competition on top speed, despite landing in the middle on weight and working with a horsepower deficit.
How does the GT, made of such exotic materials—and with a passenger compartment almost four cubic feet smaller than an Alfa Romeo 4C’s—still manage to top three thousand lbs. dry? Blame the trick active-adjustable suspension and aerodynamics packages, both of which operate hydraulically using the same pump that powers the old-fashioned steering rack.
“We achieved a lot of weight savings with the carbon fiber monocoque and aluminum structure,” Raj Nair, Executive Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technical Officer at Ford, told Road &Track. “But as we did the simulations and some of the testing with the mules, we thought it was worth reinvesting some of that [weight savings] into the active aero and the active suspension. We were swifter by putting the systems in. So we felt it was worth reinvesting it into getting the lap times. We would have been right there on dry weight without that.”
Ford Spectacle director Dave Pericak told R&T that adding vital fluids but leaving the fuel tank empty brings the GT’s weight up to three thousand one hundred seventy three lbs.
And despite what you might expect from an engine with this name, the EcoBoost in the fresh GT is fairly thirsty. The EPA measures the Blue Oval supercar at eleven mpg city, eighteen highway—far bashful of the Ferrari and McLaren, which make fifteen and sixteen mpg respectively in the city, twenty two on the highway.
Blame the GT’s anti-lag. “We certainly could have gotten more fuel economy,” Nair told R&T, “but we tuned it for horsepower and throttle response.” In three of the GT’s five drive modes, anti-lag programming kicks in, sending fuel through the engine even when the throttle’s closed to keep the turbos spinning. “We fully looked at the spectacle metrics,” Nair told us. “The fuel economy is what it is.”
Ford also published comparison lap times with the 675LT and 488GTB. At Calabogie Motorsports Park in Canada, on the same day, with the same driver, same fuel source, and fresh tires, the GT turned a Two:09.8 lap, besting the McLaren’s Two:Ten.8 and the Ferrari’s Two:12.9.
“Anecdotally, I would say our car is pretty effortless on its tires,” Nair told R&T. “We can get a lot of laps on our tires where some of our competition burns them up pretty quickly. Even with the race cars—sometimes we’d like to get a little more warmth in the tires. Generally we’re making a lot of downforce, so we’re not scrubbing our tires as much.”
You can view the utter spec sheet released by Ford below. As for other spectacle metrics, like 0-60 and 1/4-mile times? We’ll have to wait until a later date to see what the GT is capable of.
