# Ford GT Breaks 205mph **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 7, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991 "2004-06-07T15:29:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/1 "2004-06-07T15:29:39Z")
IB:gives: _Ford GT breaks 200-mph barrier during testing in Italy_ ![http://www.autoweek.com/weekart/2004/0614/fordgt.jpg](http://www.autoweek.com/weekart/2004/0614/fordgt.jpg) One of the two Ford GTs at Nardo last week. By AUTOWEEK (09:55 June 07, 2004) Not shocking, but impressive nonetheless: The 2005 Ford GT is the fastest production Ford ever. In early June at Italy’s 13-kilometer Nardo test facility, development engineers ran the 550-hp GT to a terminal velocity of 205 mph. That speed was independently certified 38 years to the month after the original GT40 hit the traps on the Mulsanne Straight at 201 mph, becoming the first car to crack 200 at Le Mans en route to the first of its four straight wins in the 24 Hour. The first GT40s were technically production cars, and homologated for street use just about everywhere. Later, evolutionary racing models went faster than 201 (or 205) mph, but with their infamous high-speed, front-end lift, the originals were terrifying at those speeds. The 2005 GT benefits from four decades of aerodynamic development. While true to the original’s look, the new GT has an advanced aerodynamics: an underbody tray and subtle front and side splitters, a small rear spoiler extension and venturi tunnels wrapped under the rear clip. “Speeds above 200 mph were remarkably uneventful, which is a very positive outcome,” said Mark McGowan, the 2005 GT’s vehicle dynamics supervisor and driver for the Nardo testing. ![http://www.autoweek.com/grafix/03_refresh/autoweek_toplogo.gif](http://www.autoweek.com/grafix/03_refresh/autoweek_toplogo.gif) [![http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/Images/logo.gif](http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/Images/logo.gif)](http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/index.asp?bhcp=1) ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/2 "2004-06-07T15:31:11Z")
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/3 "2004-06-07T15:43:12Z")
thats one of three fords i would own ---
**Author:** ![GNocide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gnocide/32/5947_2.png) [@GNocide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GNocide)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/4 "2004-06-07T16:04:26Z")
> [@slowcamaro](#): > > thats one of three fords i would own x2 .thee others being supercharged cobras and lightnings ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/5 "2004-06-07T16:06:40Z")
thats my exact other two… ---
**Author:** ![thefranchise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/thefranchise/32/5951_2.png) [@thefranchise](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/thefranchise)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/6 "2004-06-07T16:07:47Z")
you have to either have big balls or be a total moron to get in a Ford and go 205mph ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/7 "2004-06-07T16:08:44Z")
all you can see in your rearview of those cars is the ass end of the supercharger. ---
**Author:** ![GNocide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gnocide/32/5947_2.png) [@GNocide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GNocide)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/8 "2004-06-07T16:09:44Z")
balls here ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/9 "2004-06-07T16:12:07Z")
> [@Gnocide](#): > > balls here X2 ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/10 "2004-06-07T16:13:32Z")
i got big balls fav ACDC song ---
**Author:** ![P8NT-BALLAH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@P8NT-BALLAH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/P8NT-BALLAH)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/11 "2004-06-07T18:54:04Z")
> [@Gnocide](#): > > balls here x3 ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/12 "2004-06-07T19:05:32Z")
\<----------removed at birth :blue: :blue: replaced w/ titanium balls ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/13 "2004-06-07T19:07:39Z")
> [@thefranchise](#): > > you have to either have big balls or be a total moron to get in a Ford and go 205mph I guess that would ably to any Austin martin owner too, since ford owns them. That’s what gets me, just b/c it’s a ford it doesn’t make it a crappy car. I personally don’t prefer one make of car over another so I would say my impression on this isn’t biased. But ford does own Austin martin, and they built the GT40 and it spank Ferrari’s and the like back in the 60s, so I don’t see why this car doesn’t have the capabilities to do the same. That’s like saying the viper is garbage b/c it’s a dodge or saying the vette is trash b/c it’s a Chevy and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/14 "2004-06-07T19:09:11Z")
Your a newb and dont get the joke :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/15 "2004-06-07T19:13:07Z")
ford is junk! ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/16 "2004-06-07T19:13:30Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#): > > ford is junk! ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/17 "2004-06-07T19:14:33Z")
atleast they circled the problem… :stick: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_WS6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Silver\_WS6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_WS6)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/18 "2004-06-07T19:16:34Z")
> [@Shaggy](#): > > atleast they circled the problem… :stick: lol 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/19 "2004-06-07T19:34:37Z")
> [@slowcamaro](#): > > i got big balls > > fav ACDC song on ur chin??? :kekegay: ---
**Author:** ![P8NT-BALLAH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@P8NT-BALLAH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/P8NT-BALLAH)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gt-breaks-205mph/166991/20 "2004-06-07T19:36:09Z")
> [@8.1crew](#): > > on ur chin??? :kekegay: :owned: :bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl: :bowrofl: