Behind the project, said to have cost in excess
of US$ 40,000, lies Heffner Performance, a Florida-based tuner specialized in
modifying high-end exotics. Stage 1 lifts the output to
975 hp at the crank, and 850 hp at the
wheels on regular 93 octane gas. On racing fuel, the numbers increase to 1,150
hp and 1,000 WHP, respectively. This
will set customers off US$ 35,000, or US$ 42,000 with the titanium intake and exhaust
plumbing.
Stage 2, on the other hand, significantly
transforms the American supercar by giving it in excess of 2,000 horsepower. And that’s at the wheels and not at the crank.
Modifications include a reinforced chassis too in addition to the heavily
tuned, twin-turbo engine, and the model is said to be street-legal as well as
an absolute beast in 1/4-mile and 1/2-mile drag racing.
Finding out how much it costs to make your Ford
GT a lot more powerful than the Bugatti Chiron requires contacting Heffner
Performance. As for those who might think that 2,000+ WHP is overkill, well,
the tuner does have other parts in store that should suit pretty much every
owner’s needs.
And the rest of us mere mortals, who will never
be able to afford a Ford GT, let’s take a closer look at that example unleashed
at the drag strip earlier this year, only this time in an image gallery, shared
by WheelsBoutique on social media.
