550 vs 575 max speed.

Why buy it if you aren't going to use it, or worse, are afraid of it?

 

by the time i buy one it will be 2 maybe 3 models down. Im going to drive it like there is no tomorrow

 

like the new avatar

 

Fukkin A....Lurch has gone 190+

 

where at


Fargo is on, ill be back later

 

Out by Port Hueneme in Ventura Ca.

The legendary Onion Road!

 

ive seen you talk about it. isnt it straight for about 8 miles?

 

There are two high speed sweepers near one end.

8K

 

beautiful. 5-0 presence?

 

The actual variance on my car is 6.5%. Went for a nice country drive with "she who must be (seen to be) obeyed", so got her to do something useful for a change, working out what the exact discrepancy is.
Very important over here as we are given 3% allowance for speeding fines. ie 103.5kmh in a 100kmh zone is a no-no.

 

Clear at 7am...

 

Tire swell is 2-3% standard. The speedos are ... generous.

When FREFAN and I were doing 180+, I know for sure I wasn't really doing that. Felt about 175ish to me. Fre: care to comment.

By the way, the comments about tire sizes is moot: the rolling radius will be the same despite wheel size differences.

I do not believe that the car will do 199 real (and we know how that number came about). Without some minor tweaking. Perhaps removing the mirrors will get there.

Brian: I believe there was some press / news about the car not being stock?

Stephen: yor notes about the rev limiter are interesting. I'm going to try it, but w/o consciously being aware of it, I do not recall one bank cutting out at 7250...

--Dan

 

--Da(ma)n

nuff said by a 1%'er!

 

Coming from someone who can show me a thing or ten...

--Dan

 

Read the service manual, it describes the rev limiter actions and rpm very clearly. Had this confirmed by dealer, then had ferrarifixer check the accuracy of my rev counter. Confrimed that rev counter is optimistic, like speedo, soft limiter drops one bank at 7250 real looks like 7500 on the tacho, kills motor totally at 7500 real. Haven't had the opportunity to do any GPS based top speed testing yet....
Fastest is an indicated 275kmh (170+mph) at the race track.

 

Felt like 250ish to me

 

which is why you were reading at 140??

--Dan

 

The only one I am aware of was the car used to set the world endurance record. I know a few who drove it and the opinions were it was an awfully good running 550, if you know what I mean.

 

I am not arguing with Stephens here, I think he has a lot of good first hand info. I have been told by people with Ferrari that had no axe to grind and always gave good info, that the car will indeed exceed 200 if given a good long run. It may be that between prototypes or pre production examples they changed gearing slightly to break a specific 0-60 or 0-100 time or something. Just don't know. Also to be honest I have never compared ratios world wide. I know that in various models, F40 as an example, ratios were changed slightly for various markets for smog issues etc.

Those changes are not always published as different specs. Sometimes the only way to tell is to look at the parts book.

 

I was having trouble with the radio and needed to consult the owners manual...

I got the car up to 195 the other day. Not sure how accurate speedo is, I assume it works?

 

Maybe this is one of the 550s that actually pulled over 200. I heard about this car but didn't realize there was more than one. I sent an inquiry to the seller about the car but as you can tell from the description his command of the language is weak.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4550359675

 

The car I was talking about was a one and only. I think that is a commemoritive with a dash plaque.

 

Your owners manual looks like a pamphlet for male enhancement drugs!

By the way, 195 doesn't count if the car isn't moving...

--Dan
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Yeah, I was hoping to get Mrs. fre into the action too!

Y'know, I was wondering, physics question: is a car going 180 into no wind the same as car going 0 in 180 wind? Good question for weatherman1940. Thinking about a cat5 hurricane, wind speed is 155+. Looking at pictures of cat5 hurricanes you see cars upside down, up in trees, trailers everwhere. So if car going 180 = cat5 hurricane, and car is driving down the road staying on pavement, goes a lot to say for Ferrari aerodynamics in action. Or am I missing something (entirely possible)?

Y'know there was a hefty headwind/crosswind that day, FWIW.

 

Ok...to answer that in a simple way...YES. Many variables...rolling mass vs standing still, etc. Car driving forward at 180 is controlled vs car sitting still and being hit by 180 wind. Also, think of an airplane taking off. If take off or rotation speed is 140, plane only has to do 100 if it has a headwind of 40.

This is very simplified, but your basic premise is right. Now...if Ferrari and a VW are both sitting still and hit by 180 wind, what would happen? Remember, the Ferrari can do 180 in 0 wind and the VW can't!!! So, does the VW blow away farther or not? Some different forces come into play, so answer varies. The VW would get the ride of his life! lol.....

Hope this helps without getting knee-deep into it.

Mike