LFA track event in Cali today??
02-22-11, 09:39 PM
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LP570-4 Superleggera happens to be Lamborghini's best track performer, but it is stripped down to the welds and intended to be driven around the track. It is much lighter than the LP560-4 as well (hence the 'Superleggera').
Every publication comparing the cars seem to have preferred the Lexus LFA such as, the Stig in TopGear magazine 'greatest supercar of 2010', 'Evo UK: best car of the year' and also 'Evo UK: Best engine of the year' (which LFA won).
To put things into context, LP570-4 around the track is much superior to LP560-4.
When a beaten and abused old 8000 mile Lexus LFA prototype was put through its paces against the LP570-4 Superleggera with super-slick Pirelli Corsa tires around long version of the Nurburgring by German AutoBild magazine, this is what happened.
If LFA had been also wearing some seriously sticky dry-only rubber like Pirelli Corsa or Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, it would have been a lot different than even this.
02-23-11, 12:56 AM
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sigh, see, i am just imagining how much flame suits i have to put on before writing more...
before i go too far, i will just say this. i never said it's boring tracking the lfa (i would be stupid to say so). but thinking about 90% (maybe even 99%) of the time the way owners will be driving this car, that was my starting point
before i go too far, i will just say this. i never said it's boring tracking the lfa (i would be stupid to say so). but thinking about 90% (maybe even 99%) of the time the way owners will be driving this car, that was my starting point
02-23-11, 02:47 AM
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WOW i want more video, thats not enough to try to experiance what is like in a LFA.
I wanna see one like this, but with a LFA. This is one of my favorite vids.This guy is a driving mofocker!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ69BaBlZM
I wanna see one like this, but with a LFA. This is one of my favorite vids.This guy is a driving mofocker!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ69BaBlZM
02-23-11, 02:49 AM
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I think it looks big in some pictures, but up close it's not that big. the GTR though, that's big, and the CAMARO, that thing is HUGE, nothing sleek and low about that car, it's even bigger than the Mustang.
02-23-11, 04:06 AM
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sigh, see, i am just imagining how much flame suits i have to put on before writing more...
before i go too far, i will just say this. i never said it's boring tracking the lfa (i would be stupid to say so). but thinking about 90% (maybe even 99%) of the time the way owners will be driving this car, that was my starting point
before i go too far, i will just say this. i never said it's boring tracking the lfa (i would be stupid to say so). but thinking about 90% (maybe even 99%) of the time the way owners will be driving this car, that was my starting point
02-23-11, 07:01 AM
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Ya, I'm interested in reading his commentary on that too. Heck, I don't even get bored tracking the "boring" IS F at a "boring" track like Autobahn. Haha. I do get pretty tired though, my endurance wears down fast. I can never imagine how the pros race for 2-3 hours, much less some of those old stories of endurance drivers racing for 10+ hours at a time.
I gained a whole new respect and appreciation for what race car drivers do during that experience. Cars that are this fast and powerful are not easy to drive at the limit.
Once again, you provided nothing to suggest that the Gallardo is "not in the league" of the LFA. The LFA is definitely faster. Please show where I ever stated otherwise.
02-23-11, 07:31 AM
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Guys knock off the personal back and forth "you said" "I didn't say" bickering please. Take it to PM, maturely.
02-23-11, 06:24 PM
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looks like a gallardo owner. i don't know, i am surprised about this driving. he didn't even shift at redline? and it definitely sux that they caught up with the isf group.
awesome hot laps by scott in the 2nd part of the video though. i will post mine too, but it was so hard to hold everything still with all those hard acceleration and braking, camcorder was flying everywhere @_@
awesome hot laps by scott in the 2nd part of the video though. i will post mine too, but it was so hard to hold everything still with all those hard acceleration and braking, camcorder was flying everywhere @_@
02-23-11, 06:40 PM
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Actually half way through the video, Scott Pruett takes the driver seat and runs two hot laps.
looks like a gallardo owner. i don't know, i am surprised about this driving. he didn't even shift at redline? and it definitely sux that they caught up with the isf group.
awesome hot laps by scott in the 2nd part of the video though. i will post mine too, but it was so hard to hold everything still with all those hard acceleration and braking, camcorder was flying everywhere @_@
awesome hot laps by scott in the 2nd part of the video though. i will post mine too, but it was so hard to hold everything still with all those hard acceleration and braking, camcorder was flying everywhere @_@
02-23-11, 09:43 PM
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^^ LoL... that's exactly what he said...
Enjoy this VBOX Video from this past Saturday (Fontana, Ca) with Scott Pruett commanding the wheel of the LFA...!!!
3 very fast "Hot Laps"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQx3bp0XQY
Enjoy,
Joe Z
Enjoy this VBOX Video from this past Saturday (Fontana, Ca) with Scott Pruett commanding the wheel of the LFA...!!!
3 very fast "Hot Laps"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQx3bp0XQY
Enjoy,
Joe Z
02-23-11, 10:23 PM
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Still working on a "Wet" Lap review of the LFA... 
Let's just say in my opinion..
*** You haven't driven a Lexus, until you have driven the LFA!!
"Made in F"
Joe Z
Let's just say in my opinion..
*** You haven't driven a Lexus, until you have driven the LFA!!
"Made in F"
Joe Z
Last edited by Joe Z; 02-23-11 at 10:30 PM.
02-23-11, 10:41 PM
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Scott Pruett drives the LFA truly the way it was meant to be driven.
I mean, watch the satellite video VBOX details, he never ever shifts below 9500 rpm. From 3rd to 4th shift, the revs dropped to 8100 rpm. A few times I have even seen the needle touching 9600 - 9700 rpm.
I mean, watch the satellite video VBOX details, he never ever shifts below 9500 rpm. From 3rd to 4th shift, the revs dropped to 8100 rpm. A few times I have even seen the needle touching 9600 - 9700 rpm.
^^ LoL... that's exactly what he said...
Enjoy this VBOX Video from this past Saturday (Fontana, Ca) with Scott Pruett commanding the wheel of the LFA...!!!
3 very fast "Hot Laps"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQx3bp0XQY
Enjoy,
Joe Z
Enjoy this VBOX Video from this past Saturday (Fontana, Ca) with Scott Pruett commanding the wheel of the LFA...!!!
3 very fast "Hot Laps"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQx3bp0XQY
Enjoy,
Joe Z
Last edited by 05RollaXRS; 02-23-11 at 10:48 PM.
02-23-11, 10:44 PM
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Scott was having fun. You could see him taking turns with that thing with hardly any correction. All that on tires that can go in the wet also. He said he'd take it against Ferrari's Maserati's, anything in that category. Good to know.
