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Two RCR40 Mk1's Ford GT40 Replicas - #1075 & #1083 Reborn

VEHICLE
Year and type/model: RCR40 MkI replica
of 1969 GT 40 MkI
(#1083)
PRICING
Price of Kit: $48,000
Total Price as Completed: A lot more than that!
Owner’s Estimate of Hours to Build/Complete
Vehicle: 1,100 hours
CHASSIS
Frame: TIG-welded polished aluminum monocoque
Wheelbase: 95”
Rearend: ZF transaxle
Rear Suspension: Fully adjustable billet spindles and arms, Corvettebearing assemblies
Front Suspension: same as above
Shocks: QA1 dual adjustable with Hypertech coilover springs.
Rear Brakes: Wilwood four-piston Dynalite calipers with Hawk Blue pads, custom hats with 1.25” thick NASCAR rotors.
Front Brakes: Wilwood six-piston billet calipers with Hawk Blue pads, same hats and rotors
Brake Lines: Stainless steel hard lines with braided stainless to the calipers
Master Cylinder: Front—Wilwood 7/8”, Rear Wilwood 1” with balance bar and remote adjustment control on the dash
Brake Booster: N/A
Steering: Custom RCR rack with Steeda bumpsteer kit adapted for the GT40 with custom modified steering arm from Cooksey Racing in Centralia, IL, chassis set to less than .009” of bumpsteer per inch of travel
Front Wheel Make & Size: 17x8 BRM Vintage wheels with custom powdercoated “Magnesium” gold centers
Rear Wheel Make & Size: 17x11.5 BRM Vintage wheels with custom powdercoated “Magnesium” gold centers
Front Tire Make & Size: Hoosier R6 225/40’s
Rear Tire Make & Size: Hoosier R6 315/35’s
BODY
Paint Brand/Type: Ford 2008 Torch Red/Wimbledon White and black pinstripes painted by Mike Meyers, owner of Central City Auto Body
Windshield/Glass: included
Rollbar: Custom six-point cage
Lights: CIBIE headlights
Mirrors: SPA GT/Le Mans series
Fuel System: Dual system race and street. The race system has a 15-gallon tank with a bladder that pumps into a swirl pot that feeds the carburetors and then passes through a bypass regulator from Kinsler Engineering to the swirl pot, where excess fuel can overflow back to the main race tank. The system has three pumps, two 15-gallon tanks, a swirl pot built into the chassis, two inline filters, one canister filter, two Aeromotive check valves, an electric return valve, a bypass regulator and “miles” of braided line all monitored with one fuel level gauge, fuel pressure gauge, and a switch on the dash!
Fuel Tank: sponsoons integrated into the chassis
INTERIOR
Gauges: Classic Instruments, designed by Fran Hall of RCR—tachometer with a 7,500 redline (engine turns to 9,000 but 7,500 is safe!), volts, fuel level, fuel pressure, oil pressure, oil temp (on a switch to monitor both engine and transaxle oil temp), water temp (on a switch to monitor in and out temperature), and a speedometer that goes to 200! The dash has low oil pressure warning lights triggered at 20 psi and low water pressure triggered at 4 psi. Also wired into the armrest are the ignition system controls. These switches allow me to run the timing lock or use a computer controlled timing curve. The driver can also choose to switch a timing retard toggle to reduce timing advance by two, three, or four degrees. This is used in conjunction with the fuel systems and the level of octane in each tank (110 octane in the race system and 93 octane in the street system).
Wiring: Hotwire
Steering Wheel: MOMO steering wheel with billet RCR quick release hub.
Seating: Leather GT40 reproductions
Upholstery: RCR
Other: G Force Pro camlock seatbelts, Phoenix fire suppression system
DRIVETRAIN
Engine Brand: Ford built by Performance Motorsports Systems in Greenville, Illinois. The owner who goes by “Lumpy” is a nationally known circle track engine builder. It was all of his ideas and experience that went into this “ultimate” road race engine.
Engine Type: Ford SVO Aluminum dry sump 302ci block with 8.7” deck, Robert Yates racing heads with titanium valvetrain and spray bars in the vale covers, Jesel shaft rockers, Custom Diamond pistons, billet steel Oliver rods, custom-ground cam from Comp Cams, Billet crank with Honda journals, full set of Clevite bearings, custom three-piece intake from Price Motorsports in Indiana, vintage Italian Weber carburetors, Custom Aviad dry sump GT40 pan, Weaver 5-stage oil pump, Peterson dry sump tank, Setrab oil cooler, McLeod magnum force dual disk clutch with aluminum spoke flywheel MSD Pro distributor
Water Pump: Ford SVO short shaft with Gilmer cog belt pulley
Radiator: Custom aluminum RCR
Air Cleaner: none
Ignition: MSD 6600 box with HVC 6600 coil, MSD programmable timing computer, soft touch rev limiter set for 8000 rpm
Headers: True custom 180 degree 1 7/8” steel ceramic coated Wrapped with DEI header wrap and silicone sealer, Dynomax billet race mufflers Transmission Type: ZF, 4.22 ring-and-pinion
Driveshaft: custom heavy-duty half shafts with Spicer 1350 universal joints
Shifter: Custom Brandwood cable shifter with reverse lock-out
Air Conditioning: Hot Rod Air
Battery: Optima Red Top
Engines Brackets: Billet aluminum from Performance Motorsports


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