Mid-Engine Mustang Fastback

[Bob Johnson]

Bob, In speaking to Ford last week, I believe we will be using the new blown aluminator engine. It generates about 700 HP but getting the transaxle seems next to impossible without a GT and vin# to go along with it. If we do not go with the GT transaxle, we will use the new Mendeola deal. It is smaller than the GT deal and will handle 750HP.

Mike

how does that unit handle shifts that aren't made under full power? How square and noisy are the gears..is it shifted sequentially like a motorcycle? We looked at several of those and they just don't like to be driven sanely. You have to be beating on them hard for them to shift effeciently..plus most are noisy as hell..I just didn't get a warm fuzzy feeling when I talked to SVO..it was obvious they didn't have the clout anymore to get the parts to make the initial car..and those parts aren't cheap..so I decide to build a Cadillac and power it with a Northstar..and guess what help I got out of GM..couldn't even get them to let me buy scrap panels out of the pile they send to a salvage company. Pretty frustrating..This car is way beyond your past builds. Hopefully you are using the engineering the factory did..that's going to be a complex project. Lots of gremlins will surface in all that one off stuff. good luck..you'll be needing it I'm sure..