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Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by mietek »

sundvor wrote: post #25
cpursley wrote: post #18

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What's funny about supercars is you rarely see them on the track. It's the folks out there with their spec Miatas having all the fun. I've passed more 100k+ Vipers, M5s and Ferraris on track day in a first-gen 130bhp Miata than I can remember. Working on a Chump car ( http://www.chumpcar.com/ ) build with my brothers now. I've met people racing in that series who've owned every supercar imaginable. But when it's a be…

Nice. There's something about showing up people with vastly deeper pockets than ability... I recall finally passing a GSXR1000 on my lowly CBR250RR about a decade ago on Philip Island, last few corners. He repassed me on the pit straight but then I got him back by nailing T1 and stayed there. That felt pretty sweet. (I'm a tall / heavy guy compared to the 250, so suspension etc was not proper; the GPR70 tyres were ju…

The CBR250RR is one of the best-sounding bikes ever made. Gotta love screaming about at 20K RPM. I wish I could see one in person; sadly, they’re not too popular in the UK.

Greetings from a Cagiva Mito rider.

Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by sundvor »

mietek wrote: post #41
sundvor wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice. There's something about showing up people with vastly deeper pockets than ability... I recall finally passing a GSXR1000 on my lowly CBR250RR about a decade ago on Philip Island, last few corners. He repassed me on the pit straight but then I got him back by nailing T1 and stayed there. That felt pretty sweet. (I'm a tall / heavy guy compared to the 250, so suspension etc was not proper; the GPR70 tyres were ju…

The CBR250RR is one of the best-sounding bikes ever made. Gotta love screaming about at 20K RPM. I wish I could see one in person; sadly, they’re not too popular in the UK. Greetings from a Cagiva Mito rider.

Cheers, yes they did sound amazing. :-) I went on and got myself a GSXR600 a year or so after, got it tuned for my weight, and the difference that made the handling was simply astounding. Sadly I was made to sell it... Not a great bike for the road at all, but I have some very fond memories of taking it to the track where it belonged.

Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by dredmorbius »

jaytaylor wrote: post #38
joshu wrote: post #28

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The more aggressively tuned an engine is, the less time it runs before it needs a rebuild.

That's a whole other conversation just by itself. There are other factors that may even further reduce an engines life.

Such as?

Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by lgas »

arcanus wrote: post #9
dsfyu404ed wrote: post #3

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"because it's bleeding edge and we can"

See that's my point: you can buy a track car for a fraction of the price that is objectively more bleeding edge. The track car has faster lap times, which is the reason one is buying the car. You can argue it's the fastest car that also has an air conditioning unit, I suppose. Hell, I saw someone running a '94 F1 open-wheel car around COTA last month. He said he purchased it for less than 100k. No supercars would com…

What makes you think that people only buy cars for one reason at a time?

Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by Viper007Bond »

FussyZeus wrote: post #32
arcanus wrote: post #2

Has Lamborghini ever made a car that had actual technical merit as a racecar? I'm general, supercars are vastly overpriced for what you get. You can easily crush most for a fraction of the price with a dedicated track car. But simultaneously, no supercars are remotely practical on the road, and in fact are not even fun to drive on the street because of speed limits. Some supercars have been a good investment, such as…

Well yeah but since Audi bought them they actually have decent guts as opposed to just being really pretty show ponies. The Aventador was an R8 with a really good bodykit and there was NOTHING bad about that, it was the first Lambo in a long time that could actually take a corner at speed.

The Gallardo was the rebodied R8. The Aventador is a true bonkers Lamborghini.

Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by [deleted] »

FussyZeus wrote: post #32
arcanus wrote: post #2

Has Lamborghini ever made a car that had actual technical merit as a racecar? I'm general, supercars are vastly overpriced for what you get. You can easily crush most for a fraction of the price with a dedicated track car. But simultaneously, no supercars are remotely practical on the road, and in fact are not even fun to drive on the street because of speed limits. Some supercars have been a good investment, such as…

Well yeah but since Audi bought them they actually have decent guts as opposed to just being really pretty show ponies. The Aventador was an R8 with a really good bodykit and there was NOTHING bad about that, it was the first Lambo in a long time that could actually take a corner at speed.

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Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by gregpilling »

eanzenberg wrote: post #24
arcanus wrote: post #2

Has Lamborghini ever made a car that had actual technical merit as a racecar? I'm general, supercars are vastly overpriced for what you get. You can easily crush most for a fraction of the price with a dedicated track car. But simultaneously, no supercars are remotely practical on the road, and in fact are not even fun to drive on the street because of speed limits. Some supercars have been a good investment, such as…

Do enthusiast car engines last longer than track car engines? Because I remember hearing that true track race car engines last a very short amount of time before they need work done. Maybe because they live at higher rpms?

this guy got 91,807 miles.

http://jalopnik.com/5559767/i-sold-everything-to-buy-a-lambo...

Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by joshu »

arcanus wrote: post #37
joshu wrote: post #26

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Lots of people have more money than skill. It happens. The very best part of driving the Miata is the frustrated point by from the Ferraris.

More petrolheads on HN than I expected!

It gets worse. I ran http://selfracingcars.com/ a few weeks ago, too.

Re: Lamborghini Is Forging Ahead with Forged Carbon Fiber

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Post by nettdata »

brobinson wrote: post #20
arcanus wrote: post #2

Has Lamborghini ever made a car that had actual technical merit as a racecar? I'm general, supercars are vastly overpriced for what you get. You can easily crush most for a fraction of the price with a dedicated track car. But simultaneously, no supercars are remotely practical on the road, and in fact are not even fun to drive on the street because of speed limits. Some supercars have been a good investment, such as…

>Has Lamborghini ever made a car that had actual technical merit as a racecar? There's a GT3 version of the Huracan, that's all I've seen. http://squadracorse.lamborghini.com/en/cars/huracan-gt3/over...

There were 5 of them that competed in this year's 24 Hours of Daytona, and Lambo is looking at an LMP1 car for Le Mans next year.
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