thanks for posting that video (not sure why I didn't see it until today). Wow.
I guess no surprise that the GT40 would walk away? ... what would the top end speed be in a GT350?
I had been wondering if the yellow MkII in the other thread ("Random Ford GT - original..." post #76) seen recently was XGT-1.
It's the aerodynamics that hold the GT350 back. Probably what the Super Snake did at 170 something is about the expected limit presuming it has enough power.
218+ mph that was done at Lemans with the '40 is somewhere around it's limit?
I do remember Gurney pulling away from the "chase" plane at Lemans in the black one.
I kinda' find this interesting. If you follow F1 at all, the electronic wing controlled by the computer puts those cars just about where that number is on the '40.
I don't think that the "Mann" cars are as fast down the straight as the 427 cars are? Maybe stick a little better in the turns though? I don't know which drivers had to work harder?