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Anybody heard of this?
No.
But great post anyway.
May 29, 2008 8:25:26 AM
May 29, 2008 8:38:39 AM
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MarekN said:
Hold on, this is not what Mike was talking about. I assume we were all talking about the Zonda replacement, but what Mike is saying is that there is supposed to be some sort of road car spun-off from the R.
Never heard of that one.
I seems to me that the R is being left on the back burner because I think it was supposed to be out sometime now according to original plans. I also heard that the factory should be made bigger for the C9, maybe with development running on the C9 there is no time to go ahead with the R.
May 30, 2008 2:08:47 AM
May 30, 2008 11:01:50 AM
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Mike S said:Not much, just know it will be 700hp.
May 30, 2008 2:02:20 PM
May 30, 2008 4:30:24 PM
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As for performance and reliability, it was a very bold step to actually go for a 7,3 liter engine. It is unstressed, but has monstrous torque and at the same time it has magical throttle response.
The only thing that I know is that the one time I drove it (early F model) it had problems with holding idle and died several times. I saw the one Zonda we have here in the country actually do the same thing. Maybe the fact that I could smell unburned fuel (probably taken out catalysts) had something to do with the lambda electronics and linked faults.
Nothing is perfect, though. It is as hot as hell inside in warm weather and direct sunshine because the canopy is like a bubble helicopter. You could certainly plan your drives around that, though.
The one thing that struck me at the time was the very agricultural action of the handbrake. Simply out of sync with the stunning interior. Carbonfiber structure acting like one big soundboard doesn't help it either.
I would forgive it that in a second, mind you.
May 30, 2008 7:37:55 PM
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MarekN said:
As for performance and reliability, it was a very bold step to actually go for a 7.3 litre engine. It is unstressed, but has monstrous torque and at the same time it has magical throttle response.
May 30, 2008 7:45:45 PM
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