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Nice video - Thanks Mike!
There is an enthusiast with quite a collection near me and he has a Ford GT, its truely an amazing machine - beautiful curves.
the music in the video leaves something to be desired
Never seen a Ford GT in person before, don't think I will in this country either. Would love to see in real life, must be one hell of a machine.
It is. Pics don't do it justice.
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Moogle said:
Nice video - Thanks Mike!
There is an enthusiast with quite a collection near me and he has a Ford GT, its truely an amazing machine - beautiful curves.
the music in the video leaves something to be desired
Never seen a Ford GT in person before, don't think I will in this country either. Would love to see in real life, must be one hell of a machine.
It is. Pics don't do it justice.
Thanks Stadale, that white with blue stripes is a nice colour scheme too!
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I like the black rims, those are very nice on the vette. HOWEVER, what things were done to it? If it was just an air intake and a chip modification I think that is fair and actually quite cheap to do. If the guy popped on a supercharger or turbo's.... then who cares. That to me is rebuilding the engine...that's a bit ricey.
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Here is a dyno run from one of the top 3 vette tuners/racers in the US.
This is headers and street cam only. No head work, no intake, no clutch with cats and 100% street legal.
Stock 443RWHP
Mod 546RWHP
and that is rounded down, SAE corrected HP.
http://lgmotorsports.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=23
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The Z06 is an amazing car for the money... that is until Von Saurma gets his hands on it.
Horst v. Saurma's F430 testing didn't leave a good taste on your tongue, right?!
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http://www.fastdrive.org/1/p/car-videos/car-videos.php?view.815.0.25
I'm speechless
I'm bored.
Fritz you can do better than that.
19-may-2006 22:46:25
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The Z06 is an amazing car for the money... that is until Von Saurma gets his hands on it.
Horst v. Saurma's F430 testing didn't leave a good taste on your tongue, right?!
Yes in part that is true. However I honestly believe whatever driving expertise he may have, it shows best in rear engine car... that is PORSCHE!
20-may-2006 0:19:13
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Carlos the 430 has the same hp and weighs about the same as the 996GT2. Even if you assume that the GT2 is a better track car, how is it possible for the 430 to be 11 sec. slower than the GT2 around the Ring?
According to the reports, the 430 had sport tires and Carbon brakes and yet with Von Saurma driving it could not beat the 996TT time which has 70 less hp and weights 300 lbs more.
Tell me something is not wrong with the above facts.
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Nice video - Thanks Mike!
There is an enthusiast with quite a collection near me and he has a Ford GT, its truely an amazing machine - beautiful curves.
the music in the video leaves something to be desired
Never seen a Ford GT in person before, don't think I will in this country either. Would love to see in real life, must be one hell of a machine.
It is. Pics don't do it justice.
Thanks Stadale, that white with blue stripes is a nice colour scheme too!
The car from behind is awesome. It's so low and wide. Mean lookin.
20-may-2006 11:09:10
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Carlos the 430 has the same hp and weighs about the same as the 996GT2. Even if you assume that the GT2 is a better track car, how is it possible for the 430 to be 11 sec. slower than the GT2 around the Ring?
20-may-2006 11:18:57
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Carlos the 430 has the same hp and weighs about the same as the 996GT2. Even if you assume that the GT2 is a better track car, how is it possible for the 430 to be 11 sec. slower than the GT2 around the Ring?
The answer is because the GT2 is a much sportier car than the F430. Its like a Porsche challenge stadale version of the F430. The F430 is a GT-car compared to a GT2 and that reflects on a track such as the ring. In terms of track lap times exclusively, the F430 does not seem to be a big jump from the F360 its based on, the Hockeheim lap times also reflect this. However I'm speaking exclusively about track times, on the whole the F430 is a mayor step over the F360. But on lap time comparisons I'm afraid the F430 is going to be left out of the group when the 997TT and Z06, and next Gallardo lap times comes out.
20-may-2006 15:30:56
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Carlos the 430 has the same hp and weighs about the same as the 996GT2. Even if you assume that the GT2 is a better track car, how is it possible for the 430 to be 11 sec. slower than the GT2 around the Ring?
The answer is because the GT2 is a much sportier car than the F430. Its like a Porsche challenge stadale version of the F430. The F430 is a GT-car compared to a GT2 and that reflects on a track such as the ring. In terms of track lap times exclusively, the F430 does not seem to be a big jump from the F360 its based on, the Hockeheim lap times also reflect this. However I'm speaking exclusively about track times, on the whole the F430 is a mayor step over the F360. But on lap time comparisons I'm afraid the F430 is going to be left out of the group when the 997TT and Z06, and next Gallardo lap times comes out.
20-may-2006 16:25:02
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Carlos the 430 has the same hp and weighs about the same as the 996GT2. Even if you assume that the GT2 is a better track car, how is it possible for the 430 to be 11 sec. slower than the GT2 around the Ring?
The answer is because the GT2 is a much sportier car than the F430. Its like a Porsche challenge stadale version of the F430. The F430 is a GT-car compared to a GT2 and that reflects on a track such as the ring. In terms of track lap times exclusively, the F430 does not seem to be a big jump from the F360 its based on, the Hockeheim lap times also reflect this. However I'm speaking exclusively about track times, on the whole the F430 is a mayor step over the F360. But on lap time comparisons I'm afraid the F430 is going to be left out of the group when the 997TT and Z06, and next Gallardo lap times comes out.
Ferrari isn't a high perf. sport car? Its suspension and brakes are as good as any in the industry. Yet with 70 more hp and weighing approximately 300pds less, in Von Saurma's hands it could not beat the 996TT time!!
Admit it, Von Saurma either does not know how to drive Ferrari's or he just knows how to drive a Porsche.
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Carlos the 430 has the same hp and weighs about the same as the 996GT2. Even if you assume that the GT2 is a better track car, how is it possible for the 430 to be 11 sec. slower than the GT2 around the Ring?
The answer is because the GT2 is a much sportier car than the F430. Its like a Porsche challenge stadale version of the F430. The F430 is a GT-car compared to a GT2 and that reflects on a track such as the ring. In terms of track lap times exclusively, the F430 does not seem to be a big jump from the F360 its based on, the Hockeheim lap times also reflect this. However I'm speaking exclusively about track times, on the whole the F430 is a mayor step over the F360. But on lap time comparisons I'm afraid the F430 is going to be left out of the group when the 997TT and Z06, and next Gallardo lap times comes out.
Ferrari isn't a high perf. sport car? Its suspension and brakes are as good as any in the industry. Yet with 70 more hp and weighing approximately 300pds less, in Von Saurma's hands it could not beat the 996TT time!!
Admit it, Von Saurma either does not know how to drive Ferrari's or he just knows how to drive a Porsche.
Nring lap times are a result of much more than that, its a show of real world conditions performance. BTW, 300lbs less? cough cough...
He knows how to drive any other car that is not a Ferrari V8? which BTW is a mid-engine RWD platform... and comom as anything else in the high-perf sportcar class. If any he would have trouble extranting the full potential of the rear engined platform of the 911, which we all know is different form every thing else. So how do you explain the Gallardo 7:52 lap time? the F360CS 7:56? and the up coming front engined Z06 which you and I know its going to be faster than the F430?
Why don't you just admit the obvious answer? anyway, I thought you didn't care about Nring times? they weren't important on the comute to starbuks in La Jolla
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A car, that has a sporty image, can handle well, but is still comfortable enough for their hip-hop video appearances (we don't want 50 cent to get a sore butt, now do we?).
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Back on topic, the GT40 is so much better looking. The Z06 back is kinda nice, but the front... so much 80s, so much 575 (headlights).
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yes there is some things ricey about speed. There are things that can be done in bad taste or things that are done and are QUITE pointless. Example- think about an individual (and I'm sure this has already occurred) that has attached a turbo charger or a supercharger to a hybrid vehicle to get better performance. Truly, imagine a tricked out toyota hybrid with 20 inch rims and a supercharger on it.... that would just be dumb. Now imagine someone ruining the good idea of a naturally aspirated engine (not saying this occurred here) but think about that.