THE F70 (LaFerrari) Thread

A blast from the past
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Yes, it would be slower, but it has already won the engine sound category. Damm that engine just screams.

 

Well, it would be 150kgs lighter..i wonder if it really would be slower.

 

If you were to remove KERS you may as well re fit her with a V8 from the 458 with TTs that way more weight saved and more of a track car also

 

I don't see Ferrari or Porsche or McLaren saddling their supercars with these hybrid systems if they couldn't find a performance benefit using them. Sure some of it is emissions and economy, but these aren't going to win any Green Car awards. These systems will be designed for instant thrust.

>8^)
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The KERS (hybrid) system in the car actually weighs less than 300 pounds and generates over 100bhp closer in fact to 150bhp.

 

You are too kind. In my italian post i wrote Archimede that his video was the best of all and showed some car real shape like the nose and the rear spoiler.
I know that road, when i was a boy i often went there to see the cars that went in and out the Fiorano test track, but now i have by far less free time so i do not go there almost anymore.
Fiorano test track is less than 500 yards from the Ferrari factory historic gate and less than 1000 yards from the new big gate: a very good place where to spy a new Ferrari mule.

ciao

 

maybe they succed to realizeze theyr targets of. 1kw/1kg of added mass. so 100kw/100kg.....137hp or so?

 

the CAR have a little more than 950 cv

 

Wow that is definitely difficult to look at!

 

I agree, please read the FChat rules before you post. It's impolite to post and debate in a language which is incomprehensible to many of the users. (Think about benig a foreigner and shouting in a local restaurant whilst looking around at the other guests. Who knows what you're saying?) Personal greetings and exchanges can be taken by PM.

OMG, don't post in any other language than English, unless you're in a REGIONAL SECTION of the forum.

 

Michael, this is music to my ears.
Great info, Thanks

 

Which is exactly what McLaren have done.

Supercars need to ave a certain noblesse....

 

Then don't.

 

Or just a TT version of the F150 without kers, same a underground racing is preparing with the Aventador?

 

It will be interesting to see the effect of F70's front overhang on street driving. On the street the more front overhang the harder to avoid scraping the nose. Lift kits can take care of this over speed bumps and when entering driveways but at any speed over 15MPH they retract so if a car has a lot of front overhang it can scrape on some roads. Generally a flat bottom to the tip of the front is more aerodynamically efficient and we wrestled with this issue. We gently sloped up the bottom to the front tip which was less aerodynamically efficient but enabled the car to be driven faster on bumpy roads and at The Ring. To overcome this deficiency on our Road car we added dive planes and active aero fans (not allowed on our race car) and on our race version we added a protruding front splitter. This is more of an issue on roads such as those on the Targa Florio and The Ring than on smooth tracks and highways. In the US this is an issue on some roads and even highways with very pronounced crowning.
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Sacrilage...

 

I'm pretty sure one of our local owners is headed to Italy right now for a preview of the F150. He has one on order.

 

Yes, this is an issue esp. in the US west where there is insufficient rainfall to justify investment in storm drains. As a result the roads are heavily crowned to facilitate drainage, often creating major cross dips at intersections. My 997 GT3 (w/o lift) would simply crunch on pretty much anything, until the lip got ground down enough to replace. The good news was it was only $150 and an easy attach with pins. My 458 has a gentle slope upward and has never had a problem. Presumably that sacrifices some top speed but it sure makes for less angst on the street.

Maybe you can explain why such a long overhang is needed on a rear engine car.

 

Keep us updated.

 

Some of those cross dips are really something. Generally keeping the nose planted is important and a longer under surface can help with that but if it's too long with out slope up it can be a real issue. When noses become unplanted very bad things can happen and those Western "wooop de doos" are another thing to watch out for as one Enzo owner found out with disastrous results. Very glad that both he and his car are back in the saddle.

 

I dont know for you guys, but I would like to see carbon-fiber parts in red tone!

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