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Old 09-16-11, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by GSteg
Cool video. That 458 Italia is damn quick. I like how it was reeling in the GTR. I'm beginning to like it more than the McLaren.
Considering it was the only car with a special tuning engineer optimizing the car for the test conditions and also was running on very sticky super sport tires, it is actually quite disappointing it still got beaten by the GTR and its lap time was the same as the LFA on very bad tires.

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Old 09-16-11, 10:21 PM
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I'm not disappointed. The GTR launches like a bat out of a cave. Very few RWD cars can get enough traction off the line like the GTR's AWD system. And who cares if there were Ferrari engineers who showed up. The guy at the beginning of the video already said they did the race just because they can. It's for fun. As in, not meant to be the end of all races.

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Old 09-23-11, 01:34 PM
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Default amazing, motor trend is great

but a track race would have been even more interesting. impressive that gtr for the money eh?
Old 09-23-11, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by lakestreet
but a track race would have been even more interesting. impressive that gtr for the money eh?

There were laps around Laguna Seca of each car. Keep in mind, Lexus LFA was wearing the worst tires with the highest tread wear rating, but it still did quite well. Now, put some proper track compound tires (atleast the Nurburgring edition RE70 tires) on it and it would have seen off most of those other cars:


Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Centennial Edition: 1:34.5 (Michelin Pilot R compounds)
Ferrari 458 Italia: 1:36.2 (Michelin Pilot Super Sport)
Nissan GTR: 1:36.4
Lexus LFA: 1:36.4
Audi R8 V10 GT: 1:36.4 (R compound Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires)
Porsche 997.2 GT3 RS: 1:36.4 (Michelin Pilot Cup R compounds tires)
Mercedes SLS AMG: 1:38.9
Mustang Boss 302 Leguna Seca Edition: 1:41.0 (R compound Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires)
Porsche Cayman R PDK: 1:41.7
Lotus Evora: 1:42.5 (R compound Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires)
BMW 1M: 1:43.3

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Old 09-23-11, 08:55 PM
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Repost but still cool vid none the less.
Old 10-09-11, 08:50 PM
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Default Very crazy video

Dont know if this been posted before but wanna share this video with my 2IS fam.
http://youtu.be/uDP7Pty8Qnw

82Cyl - 5000HP - $1.5mil drag race!!

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Old 10-09-11, 08:56 PM
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wow whoever was driving that LFA musta been sleepin when the race started LOL
Old 10-09-11, 08:56 PM
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GTR ftw? they should put an m3, 5 or 6 instead of an m1...
Old 10-09-11, 08:59 PM
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^think this whats posted in the lfa part of CL
Old 10-09-11, 09:09 PM
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That's the new GT-R Black Edition with 530 horsepower (versus the previous 485 horsepower) and 448 lb-ft of torque (versus the previous 434 lb-ft)
Old 10-09-11, 09:09 PM
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Lfa sounds sick
Old 10-09-11, 09:12 PM
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Man I love the sound of the LFA
Old 10-09-11, 09:16 PM
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Sweet vid.
Old 10-09-11, 09:18 PM
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LFA should have been on the GT-R ***...but nothing can compare to GT-R is Godzilla for a reason
Old 10-09-11, 09:27 PM
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I would love to be on that tarmac!


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