None of the sanctioning bodies requires a homologation car. The production version is the homologation car. The rules are almost NASCAR like in that the production car can be extensively modified in order to build a competitive racecar. Ford didn’t need a GTD to race a GT3 (and they are fairly different unlike the 3rd…

Ford wanted to build a car that shares the GT3's looks (depending on the source, Farley said the GT3 racecar needs to look like the GTD or the GTD needs to look like the GT3). The bottom line here, is that the GTD is a GT3 with no limits and only subject to whatever road going requirements are required by the…

It should be running considerably quicker, like 36-38 seconds faster. Ford is saying sub 7-minute laps (understandable since the C7 ZR1 got stuck with bad weather and the ZL1-1LE ended up running a faster time as a result). Larry Holt on the other hand is confident (conditions granting) the GTD will run faster than…

Jesus Christ nut-huggers are a fucking plague. Nobody interested in a GTD gives two shits about the ZR1 except the nouveau riche social media poseurs getting people like you to fund their lifestyle by posting GTD/ZR1 drag races on YouTube.

Fuck, the only guys I hate worse than brand nut huggers are LS Swap the World…

cruising on the highway in top gear? I ask because if I drive with some sense (read no more than 5 over the limit) I can get as much as 24 mpg in my GT350 from fill-up at the Costco in Bad News VA with a fill-up on the way to my final destination but it’s pretty much I64-I95-I81 for the trip. If I do 15-20 over I can…

Mustang was never the original muscle car (GTO is widely recognized as inventing the category). It is however the original pony car but I guess for thr hyper masculine crowd that’s too effeminate so in their fevered dreams the Mustang is a muscle car.

lol, that reminds me of how to become a millionaire in racing, start out as a billionaire.

Spot on, I watched the Sandy M. rant and had a good chuckle when he started talking about fiduciary duty at the expense of everything else. It reminded me of “I have a moral to the company” even when that “obligation” demanded unscrupulous things like dumping toxic waste as cheaply as possible or marketing chemicals…

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Rayce Archer seems to have a pretty explanation of the process above. 

That’s already in progress, birthrates in advanced economies are slowing down so much economists are having to book therapy sessions over the nightmares.

TBH, I don’t enjoy automatics and I’m so used to the background noise and vibration of an engine plus regenerative braking just grates on me like adaptive cruise control so EVs aren’t personally fun to drive. When they are the only affordable peasant option I’m sure I’ll own one and it will be nice enough but I’ll try…

You almost can’t blame them on some level. Gas companies advertise the hell out of premium fuel as the better alternative. I gas up with Shell and since my car is 12:1 it runs better on 93 of course but it also is the only grade at the pump that gets the Nitro+ V-Power signage which they hail as a miracle additive.…

lol, and I'm overhere pissed because I can't get a Mavrick with enough tow capacity to haul my S550 Mustang on a trailer. 

I visited some relatives a few years ago and when I belted myself into the vehicle they were kind of shocked. Also have a friend that asks me why I use a seat belt and the kicker is his daughter was ejected from a car and hit the ground so hard it literally liquefied her brain. I’ll never forget sitting in the…

Naw, not better but definitely more engaging. Especially when sport mode is tossed into the mix. Admittedly I've only sampled that in more plebian rides so a true performance automatic might do better in that regard but by the same token I didn't find the DCT in the GT500 or the PDK in a 911 all that engaging either. 

Me, thinking cars like the Model S Plaid and the Nevera need a multi-speed transmission to cut a decent time at the ‘ring. For such powerful cars they post crappy times which baffles me. Granted they are super heavy and in the Tesla’s case tire size is limited but it seems like they could make up for that on the…

I don’t know, for a while I used to run into R32 and WRX owners that would try to goad me into a race in the rain with my GT500. I’m guessing they bought into the Mustang stereotype and figured I’d bite. 

lol, if consumption of time and resources that doesn’t lead to a tangible reward is the bar for idiocy that opens the door for quite a few people and not just automobile owners.

Probably, I put NOCOBRA on my Shelby because 99.99% of the people that walk up to my car say, “Nice Cobra”. In my defense like a kid routinely beat senseless by an abusive alcoholic dad murdering all the squirrels in the neighborhood with a BB gun. When I’d say it’s a Shelby I’d get “Well why did they put cobras all…