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KAA 09-16-2005 10:42 AM

Road & Track Standing Mile Shootout
 
I thought it was one of the more interesting competitions. Several complaints about the head wind so I don't understand why they didn't run it in both directions and average the time's/mph's. Hennessey hasn't changed. He has the fastest car and still whines about how it coulda/shoulda gone faster.

For anyone that doesn't get the mag., you can see the results here. As an added bonus for those who do subscribe, there are short videos on each of the 13 cars and 1 motorcycle. Kind of interesting if you don't mind the annoying Mazda ad.

XcYZ 09-16-2005 11:00 AM

That's awesome. The Champ car is quicker to the 3/4 mile mark than the F-18 Hornet. lol

MarkM66 09-16-2005 11:14 AM

Good read!

Lambo sure does seem to have clutch problems. I've been reading about that for years. Lambo obviously doesn't care to fix it though, lol.

TravisB 09-16-2005 11:23 AM

that Hennessy Viper is the Sh*t......very cool vids!

Steve Chryssos 09-16-2005 12:32 PM

The Jag sounded the best. I'll take the MV Tamburini.

MarkM66 09-19-2005 09:28 AM

I was watching Car and Driver over the weekend. They did a "super car" test, with a lambo. A few launches and they had to put it on a trailer due to the clutch being toast.

What a joke!

I guess you drive those just for the "look."

KAA 09-19-2005 10:00 AM

All-wheel-drive is nice but it's hard on clutches. Especially when you're putting 580 hp through them.

XcYZ 09-19-2005 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkM66
I was watching Car and Driver over the weekend. They did a "super car" test, with a lambo. A few launches and they had to put it on a trailer due to the clutch being toast.

What a joke!

I guess you drive those just for the "look."

I'd hate to guess what it would cost to have a new Lambo clutch put in!

MarkM66 09-19-2005 11:49 AM

A guy local to me had a Diablo a few years back, and had the clutch go out. He had it put in at my buddy's shop.

$5k for parts, and $5k for labor. :eek:

The guy called and ask Lambo about it, basically they said not to drive it so hard, lol.


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