Ford GT 40 Superformance Ken Miles Daytona Hits the Streets!!
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- We visited Downforce Motorsports in Lugoff, SC and take the Superformance GT40 a drive. Car #98 features a Ford Aluminator 5.2 XS engine and is a reproduction true the livery of the #98 GT40 MKII driven by Ken Miles to victory at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona. Car #98 was also featured in the 2019 "Ford vs Ferrari" film directed by James Mangold and staring Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and his British driver, Ken Miles (Christian Bale). If you want more information about this car or Holman Moody GT40 production, see our previous uploads.
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We men of culture are here for the cars . In particular this sound. Thanks Dan for the ride!
Couldn't agree more! Most Welcome!! Thanks for the support! D
The Classic GT40, one of the best looking cars ever made.
That thing sounds so good! Love it. What a car!
It really is!
I was told today that I have 6 to 8 months to live. I had, all my life, figured one day I would somehow find a way to take Ford GT 40 out to the track for bit. Guess I won't make it. Shame. I used to race motorcycles on the track back in the day because racing cars was just way beyond my income. So here I am, knowing I will be dead in a few months, and yet, I am finding joy listening to this beast of a beautiful car. Take Care everyone. Be good people. You never know when your time will be up. I am not even 58. And the end is already at my door. --C. TESTA.
Glad we can add some comfort and pleasure for you. We are saddened to hear of your situation. Keep the faith and miracles do happen!
There are a lot of places that provide authentic Exotic car rides I would be happy to point you to some of them!
John 3:16
@@XLLGGX Agreed. Not only did Got give his only begotten Son, but he also gave us high revving V8 engines and the GT40!!!!
The end is the beginning.
You should hear this GT-40 sing with headphones on, what a sound, amazing
@velocityjet1884 Now you are talking!!! The 180 degree headers and Aluminator's very high redline just makes the best sounds!!! Thanks!!!
@@classicperformance Out of this world mate!
Jeez man what a car, what a ride, what a story. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. We appreciate your interest and the view!! Thanks for the support!!
This is how a Ferrari-Killer sounds like!
I can end the company. But who wants me to?
@@pixelnazgulwho are you again?
That's back before all the Computer Crap on Cars.Designed and Tested by real old school Men.Carroll and Ken were a great team.I know a Guy that's got a Newer one.Hes over 80 and still runs it around.I can't get enough of that sound.Im glad I watched the Video.Car Guys Know what car guys like.Proud to be in other Car Guys Company
In Ford Versus Ferrari They couldn't have picked 2 better people to play Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles.A Friend has a 1968 Shelby Mustang 500Kr.He went to some kind of A Car show Carroll was gonna be there.He wanted to have Carroll Sign the Glove Box.Carroll made him pull the hood first.He said he looked at something on the Firewall.He said I don't know what he was looking at.If he didn't know nobody would.He up in his 70 and I swear he wears Blue Oval underwear.I told him more than likely looking at something kept a Big Secret.If people knew they could forge it.Gas Monkey Garage I learned there's more 1967 Corvettes titled that were even made.Thats why he kept it secret.I saw one time Carroll said people would ask which one was his Favorite? He always said THE NEXT ONE THATS A TRUE BLUE CAR GUY FOR SURE THE NEXT ONE
Sounds mean and intimidating but 2nd to the Flat 12 917
Approaching the interstate, we have lift off !!
Bad ass ride
Love, well everything about the GT40, but I especially love the dash.
What a great car!
Agreed, that dash is pure 60's European sports car styling! Also like the Pantera dash prior to the speedo and tach pods.
2400 lbs and more than 640hp ? This is a better weight-to-power ratio than a Ferrari Enzo and damn for having had a ride in it, I can tell you that is a devil of a car. I can't imagine feeling the full throttle acceleration and the raw feeling of that GT40 Superformance beast ! 😵💫
Thanks for the interest and comment. For the money and with the modern engine technology and EFI. Nothing beats it! Got all the old and the new in one package!
Ken Miles
Thanks for giving us a unaltered soundtrack. She can sing quite nicely.
Most welcome. I dislike music tracks under and is most cases over great sounding exhausts, especially a GT40 with 180 degree headers at full song.
While watching this with earbuds, my wife gets my attention. I pull a bud and she tells me she heard thunder outside. My reply: "I heard it too". 😊
Yes!!!!
What a gorgeous car.
She sure is, thanks for your interest and comment!
I appreciate that for the most part he shifts gears, then let's go of the shifter. As someone who used to rebuild transmissions my typing fingers always itch when I see someone resting their hand on the shifter in a stick-shift car all of the time like they think it's a hand rest...
Exactly. We also get that itch when we see a continual hand rest on the shifter, holding the car on a slight grade with the clutch, etc. Appreciate the view and your interest!!
Very hard on synchro rings!
I more than like them, I love them!
And this is why the FORDS are the best. Very nice GT 40.
Thanks!!! see our other GT40 content on the channel.
Wow! My 1st Sebring Race this year! {2023} Too Excited. My friend in Clearwater Florida had the Ford Pantera Twin Turbo V8! Laser Beam Security around it; way back in 1985. Root Beer Brown Metalflake, Beautiful Automobile!!! Thanks for your Appreciation of these Awesome Race Cars. ENJOY
Just something about a V8. Could you imagine the Italians when they first heard the GT40 going around LeMans....
That thing sounds so badass!!!
One of my absolute favorite cars.
Same here! I'll add to that list the Lola T70 as well...
A great story in history about Ford Ken miles and Carol Shelby
God I’d love one of these
8:31 Sounds like a monster! 🥰😍😎💪
That's because it is.
That GT40 is such a Beautiful car❤
Yes, we think so too, Landon. Thanks for the interest!!!
I'd almost turn DeWitt yoakam down to hear this engine
Heartbeating!!!!! I saw the original at Daytona in 1996. And I said to a friend of mine. They were running the world sports cars back then. And I said there's not much difference between the world sports car and the Ford GT40 accept the technology. I seen the movie I love it. I wish Ken and mr. McLaren didn't pass away. And the Ford program didn't stop the way they did. It continued into the mid-1970s. I think they would have gave Porsche a run for their money. But she's a spectacular car. Right up there with the Porsche 917, 962 and Scott world sports car. The Acura NSX generation 1,2 DPI and GTP. The Audi Quattro the rally version. And Mitsubishi Evo 1,23,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10
Very True, I was at Daytona in '96 for the Rolex 24.
When the Brits and the Americans get together, they tend to achieve excellence. Just like the AC Cobra we have here a fantastic British car with an equally fantastic American V8. Perfect!
So true!!!
And the WW2 Mustang fighter aircraft.
@@applejack4225 exactly. A lovely American fighter powered by a lovely British engine.
Sounds really nice and looks amazing
As Mr Ford says in the movie “I had no idea”. The GT40 is right up. Luv this car and watching this vid gives me goosebumps 😅
Yes! and thank you for your interest, John!
Just found another morning wake up call. Thanks for sharing!
Good morning!
Forever only in my dreams.
Yes, she's what dreams are made of. The sound and everything. Thanks!!!
Just wow!!!! Great job showing the car in previous upload too!! Great Chanel!!!
Thank you!!!
Pretty sure that I got pulled over on that section of I-20 when I lived on the east coast.
Glad to see that you did not get the cherries and berries in the rear view
😊
Boa tarde !!!!!!
Esta é a melhor música do Mundo.
É realmente de arrepiar......
Dá vontade de ficar ouvindo o dia todo.
Máquina demais.
Obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal.
Abraço do Brasil.....
Thank you for your interest in Brasil! We enjoy the sound of the American V8 too!
@@classicperformance bom dia.
Obrigado pela atenção por ter respondido.
Abraço do Brasil.....
Such an incredible sound.
Indeed so, that motor really really has a great sound at full song through the open 180 degree headers.
Thanks for the ride!
You bet! Glad to have you with us!!!
What an awesome car. It must be *so hard* to drive it at the speed limit when it just wants to run free.
She wants to rev!!! agreed! 60 mph feels so slow!
My dream car!
I need this in my life
Exactly!!! We'll do more at Downforce Motorsports soon.
My first time on this channel but the drivers shit eating grin says to me , hes loving it!
Jesus christ, i'm italian but I love that v8
It really is the perfect modern motor for that car and still retains a similar sound as the original FE 427s but with a much higher RPM ceiling, better drivability, power and reliability.
@@classicperformance yeah I heard it, that high revs remember me about ford coyote cams
Sounds badass!
Indeed. Thanks!!
8:30 did you hear that shift DAMNNNNNN that sounds like a god
Thank you for the timestamp.
Really awesome love this my dream car.
OMG! Awesome car 😎😎😎
best sounding V8 ever
We think so too!!!
Check out this video th-cam.com/video/6g3Ay83JLJE/w-d-xo.html
This? Not even close, here is a healthy V8: th-cam.com/video/p-dl1_V8yds/w-d-xo.html
@@64fairlane305 Wow!!! And a right had drive at that!!
@@bradwilliams1691 Sweet!!! Love that Gulf Blue too!!!!
Wonderful ride! Part of me is happy to know that the yellow car is still sitting on the roof of that building. (I lived in Camden for several years.)
Oh wow! I missed that. Give me the time stamp so that I can go back and look for it!! I imagine you have been to "The Cup" too or impacted by the traffic.
Howdy Neighbor!!
@@classicperformance Look in the top-right corner of the screen at the 3:30 mark. We lived in the Sunnyhill subdivision behind the steeplechase fields, so yeah... definitely affected by the Cup traffic back in the day. We even attended one year and it was pretty cool. I'm not really into the equestrian world, but it was pretty cool. Moved away in 2008. I had a 427 Cobra back then (Unique Motorcars) and would tear-ass up and down those same roads. LOL
@@thatscottishengineerguy9606 I do see it and now remember. It's a "Laundromat" up front and automotive shop in the rear!
@@classicperformance Right? Craziest combination ever.
@@thatscottishengineerguy9606 Yes, clean laundry up front, gas, oil, solvents and exhaust fumes in the back.
Just the idling of it music to my ears
Thanks! It's hard to find something to dislike about the car. Some are critical it is not right hand drive. If you have ever driven a RHD GT 40, it's tougher to get in and out of and somewhat less space on the right hand side. Considering this is US road car, it makes driving sense for it to be set up the way it is. Thanks for your interest. Check out our walkaround of it if you have not already. --and also our visit to Holman Moody to see some of the very last remaining original tubs being finished.
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Thank you for the ride... let's go again. What a monster. This is THE car to have at the track. I need to start order parts now.
Any time! I hope to go back soon and we'll take the Daytona Coupe out for you! Stay tuned
How I picture and hear myself when I commute in my Fiesta ST.
Absolutely, and not just a Fiesta, a Fiesta ST!!!
These superformance cars are ace .
Fantastic
Thank you! Cheers!
What a sweet street machine.
Thanks!!
amazing
Yes!
Sounds so good🥰🥰
Between the 180 degree headers and the high revving motor... perfection. Agreed!
OOOOOOO that sounds fantastic.
We agree with you!!!!
What a dream.
A beauty.
That entry onto the interstate shut him up lmao.
My dream car..😃
First gear.. it’s all right! Second gear… hang on tight… third gear.. out of sight! 😂
Right on Brian, a 3rd gear pull would have you accelerating starting in the triple digits. The Aluminator 5.2 XS is a beast in this car.
Very good, Nice, um carro e tanto, sensacional, coisa linda!
obrigado! Por favor, veja nosso vídeo de passeio e coleção de carros.
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Great sound of a powered V8 engine. Thank you for let us dream.
Most welcome!!! Thanks for the interest!
This is one of my dreams.
My Favorite Car🤩Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪
Good lordy, this is sheer violence on four wheels at 40 inches above the ground. Sublime noise.
That's how they beat Ferrari!! :) I could only imagine the look on the faces back then, the first time the 427 rung out its first lap at speed!
Yikes! Cannot say that I am too surprised - that Aluminator pumps out 580...all for $26,000 straight out of a crate. Ferrari pricing from Ford performance!!
Dream car
Great video I love the GT 40 and Ken Miles Is one of the best auto racers ever I love the channel I am going to be a new subscriber keep up the great work looking forward to the next video
Happy to have you Mike!! Welcome!!
A replica of the 98 car with Peter Miles' signature on the dash. What more could you ask for?
I'm in love.
Heck yeah
Heck Yeah!!! agreed!
Love everything about it except for the A pillar mounted mirrors. I would have preferred fender mounted. Still an awesome Gt40 replica.
Stephen, I totally agree. The mirrors are a necessity for good side visibility on the street and track. If you look at the previous video, most all the GT40s are finished without any side view mirrors to save that for customer preferences and use. I do like the bullet aluminum fender mounted. However, they do not give you your best side views and impossible to adjust while driving. Thanks for your interest!!!
This is in the Dayton 24hr colors. The Le Mans colors were done in a Mustang blue with an orangey red find of stripes. If I ever had the money I would do it in the Le Mans colors.
You are correct. Take a look at our other upload for some more GT40s in other livery including a Lemans Holman Moody. th-cam.com/video/3q9eid2KnVo/w-d-xo.html
I know it's the fuel pump and electronics turning on but I swear it sounds like a fighter jets APU getting ready to start the jet engine up HOT DAMN!!!!
Yes, the delay before turning the key to ensure all pressures are up does get one's attention before it lights up!! The car had been parked for several weeks prior to this outing so to assist starting, you just wait a couple seconds to make sure everything is primed up. In-person it's even more impressive sounding.
Appreciate that you did not add music for God's sake. Great video. Great car, although when I have driven these, you are really laying down. It is a GT "40" inch after all. You guys look to be "good-sized" and must have squeezed in there. No matter, the car is great. And, that Aluminator 5.2 is impressive. Not sure how worked it is, but sounds and pulls great.
You are spot on @gmonsen. We have seen a few buffet meals and probably larger by a good bit than the drivers of 1960's. But, keep in mind Dan Gurney was 6'4". I am 6' 2". Ken Miles was 5' 11" and lean at 147 lbs so a perfect fit for the car.
I'm a Chevy guy but that GT40 is just NASSTY! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾👍🏾
We're Chevy people here too but a GT40 and a 427 Cobra and even the right '69 Mach 1 get a full pass with us! Agreed it's a nasty beast! Thanks for the bowtie interest!
Sweet!
Thanks!
I love the car but I also like the mans choice in watches. I believe he's wearing a Seiko Prospex Model SRPE93 Divers Watch.
It’s so cool your version has AC. Heard those things get very hot inside, especially w/o roll down windows
You are exactly correct. It'd be a deal breaker on a 90 degree day without AC. Thanks!
@@classicperformance Absolutely. I cannot imagine why other guys would not do this-for this amazing piece of driving machine.
Very true! We agree with you.
Interstate on ramp-Wow!
Highway Patrol too unfortunately. We had to be careful. It will attract some attention.
@@classicperformance Really whys that ?? Lol nice ride 👍
"You could drive this car on a trip somewhere" 640 hp. 😁
Easily and we have done so. But, you better pack light! Check out our walkaround video.
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Nice
Thanks
3:06 💦 that downshift
No tree lights on start up ...rawwwgrrrr. What a awesome car :)) Like that 50 on 23 and back for the ride till ...8?
Thanks for your interest!! The sound is amazing in person.
Cool car
I feel for the passenger. Looks tight
It's worth the tight fit!! every second of it. Imagine at speed for 24hrs.
I have three Holy Grail cars. In no order:
GT40 MKII
USRRC 289 Cobra
1963 to 1967 Sting Ray Coupe
Where I live, registering a car without a previously issued VIN and title in the State is an incredible pain in the ass. And I can't afford the real thing to the GT40 and Cobra are off the table. So I bought a '66 Sting Ray coupe. But man, if I had money....
We agree with your list!!! Check out our '67 Vette! th-cam.com/video/LB4t20336oE/w-d-xo.html
@classicperformance will do!
Ford GT40, Designed and Built in Leister, England, Great Britain, these cars look amazing, and sound even better, Drive safe.
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for your interest!!
Superformance Gt 40's are built in Port Elizabeth, South Africa!
When I was a kid I saw a model kit for one of these and ever since then I've been obsessed with that car. Ask my mother to buy the model so I can build it but she couldn't afford it I was heartbroken. what I f****** awesome car something about it that just blew my mind when I was little it's always been my favorite race car just the look of it is incredible. It was a very detailed serious model and it was expensive so I can understand my mother not being able to afford it.
I felt the same way about the car when I was a kid too!! My mother turned me down on many model and HO train car purchases. Had to cut a lot of grass. I am curious what that model was. I built the lesser expensive AMT and Revell models and one "Visible V8" which was my biggest and most elaborate kit.
@@classicperformance the big one you're talking about is probably it because I think this model was at .least a foot long[
@@dorfsteen amazing. I will search that on eBay. I would have been enamored by that model too and my mother also would have said "no". If you find the model, do let me know.
Funny you should mention the model of this car. In the ‘60s I got and put together a plastic Revel (sp?) model of this car. It was about 8” long. Rubber tires, working doors and engine lid. Wheels turned and the suspension bit were there. All had to be assembled from pieces. The hardest part was assembling that spaghetti tangled mess of an exhaust system. The neatest model I a made. Then, they were all trashed when I went off to college. I was sad to see them gone. Not too long ago I got to see and talked to the owner of one of these “duplicate” cars at Lime Rock Park. It was in full race car regalia and was being raced in the vintage car racing. Very exciting.
@@Eddie07S Same thing happened to all my models. Here's the Revell kit of this car. You could remake it. I am thinking I might get one myself now with all the model chatter here.
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That blue cobra though
......................damn!
I WANT!
Agreed! everyone wants. 7,000 RPM :)
need a lot of open road to enjoy this car
and less Highway Patrol than were out on this ride. It's amazing on the track!!!
Take it to Laguna Seca or Sears Point Raceway in California. I saw them race as a kid in the late 1960s at Laguna Seca.
I would have loved to have been there. Just a bit too young at the time.
The car the Bandit wished he was really driving in that movie.
Absolutely. What most folks don't know is that the '78 Trans AM with the 6.6 liter motor barley made 200 HP. Looked cooler than it went. A lot of speeded up film in that movie.
That would have been one short Smokey and the Bandit. 😂 "Alright Burt, we're going to do one take of you leaving everyone in the dust."
@@charlesdjones1 East Bound and Down!!!
Can we see the footage of these guys shoehorning themselves into the GT40😉😉😁 we might get a good laugh. 😁😁😉
ya know, it was kinda funny on my end as it's feet first in the hole while sitting on the sill, then drop your butt in! I tried to sit then swing my feet in. No Bueno. should have included that footage ha! Great observation
I'd love to build one of these with the 5.2l Voodoo engine out of the GT350.
It would be interesting to see what the flat plane Voodoo would sound like with the 180 degree headers. The Aluminator is basically the same but with a cross-plane crank.
What's the dyno numbers ??
640/600 approximately. Here's the walkaround of the car. th-cam.com/video/3q9eid2KnVo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Wbf2YNMvaCTJe9pQ
racket right there
Boy what I’d do for the cars in that garage
She’s a beaut
Thanks!!! Thanks for watching!!
I have one of these cars although mine has a 347 Roush, it does have an 8 stack with open trumpets. It sounds different under load, what does this engine rev to?
Alex, the redline on this Aluminator 5.2 is at 8,500 RPM. Thanks for the interest and question and sharing info about your car!
@@classicperformance that’s amazing! Mine tops out at 6 I think 🤔 the extra revs really add to the noise!
@@alexpritchard7879 Thanks, Alex. Take a look at the Aluminator 5.2 XS. Here's the data sheet from Ford.
Ford Performance has taken the technology and hardware developed for the Shelby GT350 Mustang and has created the ultimate naturally aspirated, 5.2L cross-plane crankshaft crate engine. With a rating of 580 horsepower at 7,800 rpm, the new Aluminator 5.2 XS is the most powerful naturally aspirated modular crate engine ever built by Ford Performance. This is the worthy successor of our previous rendition-the "A50XS". Every Aluminator is hand assembled by the same technicians that build the Mustang Cobra Jet drag racing engines. Premium aftermarket components are used to ensure durability like; unique Manley® connecting rods, ARP® rod bolts, Mahle® forged pistons, forged steel crankshaft sprocket, and billet oil pump gears. Unique components developed specifically for the Cobra Jet racing program are used including Cobra Jet short runner-high RPM intake manifold, 1517 CFM dual 65mm Cobra Jet throttle body, and high RPM pulse ring. Ford Performance Engineers developed a balanced combination of high end, 580 horsepower and strong mid-range torque with the Cobra Jet intake manifold, unique camshafts and fully CNC ported GT350 cylinder heads.
@@classicperformance haha wow! What a monster of an engine!
8:32-8:39 That’s how you enter a freeway!!!
Indeed so! Imagine the looks from other unsuspecting drivers when it looks like a race car on the streets, sounds like one and goes like one.