wow
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viper is still king of PRODUCTION cars...obviously not race cars.
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Watching the driver bounce around so much make me realize how rough that track is.
You naysayers are just jealous, that was awesome. |
I always get nervous for the carousel. :nails:
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Autoblog basically botched up this story, the video references it as a "Production Derived" car, which is fair. That phrase obviously opens the door to pure race cars with a street car body, so it's a very slippery slope in terms of where you draw the line.
Either way, < 7:00 is bloody quick no matter how you slice it. |
In that case, I think the Radical still holds the record (6:48) since it is street legal in the UK.
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Originally Posted by Dr. WOT,Apr 24 2010, 06:54 AM
Autoblog basically botched up this story, the video references it as a "Production Derived" car, which is fair. That phrase obviously opens the door to pure race cars with a street car body, so it's a very slippery slope in terms of where you draw the line.
Either way, < 7:00 is bloody quick no matter how you slice it. Great for Ferrari for turning a fast time but I'm not sure it demonstrates much other than race prepped cars can be much faster than stock volume production cars that are expected to deliver both speed and relative comfort. |
Originally Posted by Edge2K,Apr 24 2010, 09:52 AM
I always get nervous for the carousel. :nails:
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Slippery slope yes. Consider that most everyone on this board owns a car that is just an exhaust or a set of coilovers away from being 'not street legal'.
The street legality doesn't really matter to me because you can make 700 hp in that car easily aftermarket, you could lower it and tune the suspension, and you could put similar tires on it. To me, it' more a matter of how close to a production car is it? Does it have the same chassis and body, interior, suspension, transmission, engine block? This particular car still lands in gray area but I think it is dumb just to dismiss the performance because you think it is less legal than a set of headers or whatever. That video is crazy, legal or not. |
I think what's most impressive is the fact that a Nissan GT-R with full interior, tons of weight (literally) and street tires can do the lap within 40 seconds of the race-prepped 700-horsepower Ferrari.
(No I'm not a GT-R fanboy, I just find it interesting) |
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