"Loping Camshaft" (Loping_Camshaft)
10/09/2015 at 17:07 • Filed to: None
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"Loping Camshaft" (Loping_Camshaft)
10/09/2015 at 17:07 • Filed to: None | 10
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Here is part one of a shootout between some cars. They are all owned by one guy and driven by a BTCC driver. At Silverstone. With lap times.
mattc993
> Loping Camshaft
10/09/2015 at 17:09 |
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BTCC*
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Loping Camshaft
> mattc993
10/09/2015 at 17:16 |
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Nope, I meant the Broward Table Tennis Club.
djmt1
> Loping Camshaft
10/09/2015 at 17:18 |
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I salute you Paul Bailey. You said you would do it and you did it.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Loping Camshaft
10/09/2015 at 17:20 |
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After watching that, it just makes me wish Top Gear (or Harris) would’ve had them first...
Future next gen S2000 owner
> Loping Camshaft
10/09/2015 at 17:20 |
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Ferrari isn’t going to be happy about this.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Loping Camshaft
10/09/2015 at 17:25 |
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I would still have the McLaren, even it were last. I just love the way that car looks and sounds.
/cant afford any of them
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Loping Camshaft
> djmt1
10/09/2015 at 17:26 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX-zF3…
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Loping Camshaft
> Future next gen S2000 owner
10/09/2015 at 17:28 |
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djmt1
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/09/2015 at 17:28 |
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Why, what difference will it make?
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Loping Camshaft
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/09/2015 at 17:29 |
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Well TG probably would have by now if somebody would have had a Snickers...
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Loping Camshaft
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
10/09/2015 at 17:30 |
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Tough call and I don’t think you could go wrong. As much as Ferrari’s business practices annoy me, I couldn’t deny the V12.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> djmt1
10/09/2015 at 17:32 |
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The times are surely legit, but TG sure does drama & entertainment better!
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Future next gen S2000 owner
> Loping Camshaft
10/09/2015 at 17:33 |
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I’m a 918 fan myself, but yeah, you can’t really go wrong with any of them.
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Loping Camshaft
> Future next gen S2000 owner
10/09/2015 at 17:40 |
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Dat top-exit exhaust...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HHTGC…
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Loping Camshaft
10/09/2015 at 18:39 |
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So wicked... Makes me crazy that the Hot Wheels casting has them in the wrong spot!
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Future next gen S2000 owner
10/09/2015 at 18:43 |
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Why do you think they haven’t let these comparisons happen until now?
What do you want the bet that the one they provide for Top Gear does better? Ha!
asindhidude
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/09/2015 at 19:37 |
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Honestly, kinda over it. I’d buy a P1 because I like em. I’m sure most folks with two mill to spend on a car would get whichever one they randomly like also.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> asindhidude
10/09/2015 at 19:40 |
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Just like I’d buy the 918 because that’s the one that’s most appealing to me. It doesn’t matter at this point, other than bragging rights. They were all sold long ago.
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Loping Camshaft
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/09/2015 at 20:56 |
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Haha, had to look it up. That’s pretty silly, but I do love side pipes, so I’ll let it slide.
Has there ever been a production mid-engine car with side pipes? None that I can think of, but it would be a kinda cool, if over-complicated way of doing it.
Sam
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/09/2015 at 21:57 |
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I almost guarantee it. They probably had techs on site to tune the car to be slightly faster.
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Sam
> Future next gen S2000 owner
10/09/2015 at 21:57 |
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Oh damn, this is exactly why Ferrari always sends techs out to tune the cars when the press are testing them.
Leon711
> Loping Camshaft
10/10/2015 at 02:50 |
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here’s what I got from the laptimes, they are all close enough to be down to some driver error if the difference between the P1 and 918 were 1 second instead of 0.24 I’d call the P1 way faster but under a quarter of a second? that could be a driver mistake in one corner, they only did six laps after all. I’d say they all pretty much even, we got the P1 fastest here, the 918 beat the P1 when Motor Trend did it, Chris Harris and James MAy both said the LaFerrar was a cut above the other two.
It’ll be interesting to see what Harris and ClarkHamMay find.
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> Leon711
10/10/2015 at 03:28 |
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Good assessment. The driver in this video also mentioned they tested the P1 first, early in the day when the track was colder and possibly damp, and the driver, pro or not, probably only got better the more laps he did. So given those handicaps, I think it’s fair to say the P1 was fastest at that track.
Now I just wish we would have gotten a comparison at the Top Gear track, which has a lot more tight corners and hard accelerations out of those corners. Would the downforce of the P1 be enough to compensate for the AWD grip of the 918? The world may never know.
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Loping Camshaft
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/10/2015 at 03:37 |
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Yeah it’s a bit silly that they wouldn’t allow a direct head to head (except Porsche apparently). It’s not like there is a series where these cars will actually race head to head, like the supercars of the ‘60s and 70’s might have. And the only reason this comparison happened is because one guy was crazy enough to buy all of them and let other people fly around a track.
And of course it’s all about bragging rights, but that’s what competition is if nothing else, right? It’s a marketing tool.
I’d still like to know the ‘Ring times for the P1 and LaF. My bet is on the 918 at the drag strip.
Alfa Nothing
> Loping Camshaft
10/10/2015 at 04:28 |
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Didn’t Mr. Bailey go on to kill a bunch of people in Malta with his 918 since this was made? Kind of takes the shine off, no?
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Leon711
> Loping Camshaft
10/10/2015 at 06:46 |
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I think the Not TG test is at Portimao in the Algarve as Harris and his test probably is too (he has history with driving at Portimao, I think the LaFerrari might edge it there because of the long straight and the superior power to weight, that could have happened at Silverstone had they used the GP circuit instead of the national circuit. Don’t judge me but I think had jag pushed on with the CX-75 it would have trumped the lot. The near production prototype Top Gear Mag drove easily tops 220mph which is already faster than the others in top speed and I think it looks better and is more insane with a 1.6 twin charged four that revs to 10,200rpm.
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> Alfa Nothing
10/10/2015 at 11:26 |
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Holy shit, I didn’t realize THAT was HIM. Yeah it’s a bit eerie to see him talking about it soon before that happened.
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/porsch…
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Alfa Nothing
> Loping Camshaft
10/10/2015 at 11:39 |
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I wasn’t quite right to be fair - it looks like fortunately noone died (as yet), but 20 or so people injured.
computiNATEor
> Loping Camshaft
10/11/2015 at 11:16 |
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Noooo, I missed this and now the video’s private! Anyone have it?
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Loping Camshaft
> computiNATEor
10/11/2015 at 11:47 |
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I got you. They reposted due to an error in the tire info.
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computiNATEor
> Loping Camshaft
10/11/2015 at 12:21 |
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Thanks, man!