Which book do you have? The first one was the complete owners experience, Everyone is in that one.....That's the Bible of the 05/06 GT Happy your enjoying. gtjoey1314
That's the ultimate one, stats fiquires, timelines, build changes..... That book is 10 years old , Thank God we did it when everyone was still around. 90 percent of that info and paperwork would be gone by now. Heck the buildings are even knocked down. The second GT book has Rich B. and Denis B. as mechanics for our big trip. If that's who you were reffering to. They did a rear oil seal on vin 360 in less than 6 hours! as we were on our way across America to Leno in less than 3 days from New York! Stay safe , enjoy the car. GTJOEY1314
Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login My ‘05 with 8.4 miles. It’s never been driven since I unloaded it from the trailer.
Congrats and what a beautiful GT, especially with the carbon pieces you bought. One thing, and it is because I am incredibly OCD just like Shamile, please replace those god awful zip ties holding the Moton reservoirs with something better. There must be a better solution.
The only thing that bothers me about those is the heat making them break someday. But suggestions are welcome if you know of a better solution.
I just finished up one year of ownership of a 2005 Ford GT. Wow, what a car. I have made a transformation from a head buyer (due to my initial assessment of present and future value) to a heart owner (value is secondary). The only service I have done on it recently was replacing the fuel filler unit (no more 20 minute gas stops). Still haven't installed the CF package I bought. I put 2,150 miles on it in year 1, which in a year where we didn't go anywhere was quite alot for me. Everything the FGT owners said to me about the cars being very visceral, special to drive, and a joy to own has turned out to be true. I hope all of you can experience the American exotic some day.
This guy is a Youtuber and owner of Royalty Exotic Car Rentals in Vegas. He had custom forged wheels made to fit 355x25 R21 rear tires for his 1,000 hp GT. Plus fronts. He made 10 sets (F/R). Available for $6,000/ set. (no affiliation or interest) Jump to 10:50 .
Great thread, thanks for sharing the details. I have a similar mindset about what I look for when car shopping. Do you have a similar story for your Diablo?
Yes, except it took longer (9 years instead of 6 years) because it took awhile to get really focused on the end goal. Also paid cash, with 75% of the purchase funded by overtime, extra jobs, a small bonus here or there. Another similarity was buying just before a steep increase in pricing. Within 6 months prices rose 50% and is currently worth almost 2X what I paid.
Congratulations man, are you still driving it? Did you run into any severe issues in the past 3 years?
I’ve had mine for over 4 years. Totally bullet proof and I still love it. Out of all the cars I own, it’s the one I would part with last.
4 years on, no major issues at all (Cadster and I bought our cars more or less at the same time). The biggest single issue was the fuel filler assembly, which was like $2,000. I don’t drive it as much as I used to, or should. From over 2,000 miles the first year to 500 last year. Not the fault of the car though, it is just as thrilling as ever. Highly recommended, please do us a favor and buy one with miles on it so it isn’t just garage art and is driven by yourself. Yes, the cars are beautiful but the real joy is the driving dynamics.
I’m about 2 years into ownership and still love this car, will be the last one I sell. Had ford racing team exhaust installed and the sound is thunderous and loud compared to stock. 10k miles and counting. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Congrats! I love mine too. Where’d did you find the exhaust? I am thinking about swapping the factory setup on mine.
We knew someone who was part of the Ford Racing team and somehow able to track down the elusive team parts. Given his experience, he was able to conduct the install and setup. I believe it’s a 1 of 1 setup, but will inquire. As someone who tends to buy or modify to get the loudest yet best sounding cars, this FGT is the end all and be all with exception to the Aston Vantage GT8, which isn’t allowed in the States sadly.
If it is the exhaust called Ford Racing Exhaust, it is/was fairly available from Borla, who manufactured it for Ford. It was known as a solid step up, but there are a number of exhausts around that take that up a notch. Cadster, Then you can enter the insane category, which I can relay to you in a PM if you like. Although the sound quality is great, the sound level is stupid…but never fails to fire up a crowd. You might want to call Rich Brooks, as he knows all the exhausts for the FGT.
My memory is the setup was right from the actual racing team/project, not commercially available. It is by far the loudest and sweetest sounding I have heard. But I will endeavor to find out more.
You don’t have to on my account, the name you mentioned just matched that of the Borla Ford branded exhaust. No hate from me since we both (and Jay Leno) own the best FGT color.
Heard back…custom build, race team setup, he’s no longer building. If we recall correctly it was all about the headers, and then custom back. Wish we had more details, sorry.
