Hennessey turbo-tunes the Ford GT
Hennessey Performance seems to have a knack for producing modified supercars that are as intoxicating as its namesake Cognac. Hennessey specializes in top-level American muscle, having earned its street cred by strapping twin turbochargers to the Dodge Viper to crank power up to 1000 horsepower. Now Hennessey has turned its attention over to the Viper's main rival in the battle for American supercar dominance: the Ford GT.
The Ford GT was, of course, created as rolling homage to the Le Mans-winning GT40 of yore, and the modern retro-mobile lives up to the legend by challenging Ferraris just as it did in the sixties. But cavallino-trouncing performance just wasn't enough to John Hennessey and his crew, so they went to work. Two Garret turbochargers, an intercooler, a new exhaust system, a custom intake manifold, a revised engine management system and a whole slew of other modifications later, the Hennessey Ford GT Twin Turbo puts out Koenigsegg-like levels of power: 850 horsepower and a matching 850 lb-ft of torque. That's enough to propel the throwback sportscar to sixty in a claimed 2.6 seconds, covering the quarter-mile in 10.6 seconds on its way to a very Veyron-like top speed of 240 mph.
The price, of course, is not specified, but for that kind of performance, if you have to ask... But for a customer bent on American domination of even the performance supercar world, price is no object.
[Source: Hennessey]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
stealth 3:00PM (12/27/2006)
hasnt this already by done by a man in florida?
Reply
Car videos & Motorcycle videos 4:15PM (12/27/2006)
Hennessey is known to be very pricy but they get the job done. Check out this other twin turbo Ford GT.
http://www.dpccars.com/car-movies/09-18-06page-Twin-Turbo-Ford-GT.htm
Reply
bruddahmanmatt 2:42PM (12/27/2006)
How is this chop shop running hack still in business after everything he's done?
Reply
glitched 3:16PM (12/27/2006)
hennessey is a fraud, we all know it. I dont even care
to read the "press release" because its nothing but a joke!
I say the same thing on any hennessey post, why do you guys continue to spotlight hennessey?
Reply
hennescrewed 3:36PM (12/27/2006)
Price is not specified cuz you may never see your car again.
Reply
GDUB 7:39PM (12/27/2006)
S.C.A.M
Reply
Hamud 4:21PM (12/27/2006)
Joe did that already (I mean, he paid someone else to do it) and he came out with 1000HP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1F4horZGLI
Reply
That One Person 4:32PM (12/27/2006)
#4...very true lol. And I love the name!
I wouldnt trust Hennessey. I have heard his work is nice but after reading and hearing about all the shit he has pulled on customers, I wouldnt even consider the asshole.
Anyways, this thing sounds like a beast. I wouldnt trust it at 240 mph. I dont think it was designed to go that fast. Hell, when they were developing the GT, they got it to top out at 212 mph but limited to 205(?). And I believe the reason was for stability issues. Oh well, red light drag racing would be cool haha...
Reply
pd 9:09PM (12/27/2006)
Yeah #2, that would be HEFFNERS PERFORMANCE.
Reply
jon.... 10:07PM (12/27/2006)
nothing like having someone sell off parts of your car after paying them to modify it. Everyone knows he is a crook.
Reply
spdracerut 11:27AM (12/28/2006)
Stage 6 and Heffner have already done it. Joe's GT that Stage 6 has been working on hit 1400whp a month or so ago.
Reply