Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Partial FC: Why top speed is so overrated...

[Red5hilser (Red5hilser]

I don't know about anyone else, but for me it was in my old Autodymamics  
F-Vee, going into the slightly uphill left hand turn 1 at Willow Springs in 4th 
 
gear with my right foot mashed to the pedal, all the while some little gremlin 
 was screaming into my ear, "Lift, you fool!" <g>
Yer pal, Bubba
 
 
In a message dated 3/17/2009 11:44:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
philville [at] dejazzd.com writes:


That will be interesting, I harken back to the day (s)  that Brock
Yates and Dan Gurney took our Kirk F White Daytona  across the
country....as I recall, it was just under 36 hrs  and avg. in the high
80's.....

But you are  right, the fear of retribution starts to be a factor at
about  75 and srengthens to terror as you approach 130, after that it
is all down hill.
I can hear it now 130? you were only doing  130? Well then I will let
you go with a warning, I thought you  were doing 180.
Phil
----- Original Message  -----
From: Fellippe Galletta  <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 17,  2009 2:18 am
Subject: [Ferrari] Partial FC: Why top speed is  so overrated...
To: Phil Tegtmeier  <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
Cc: The FerrariList  <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Just saw this video that  really puts the whole top speed into total
>  perspective:
>
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEP3ew1MPXA
>
> Here you have 4 cars that couldn't be more different  than each
> other and
> totally  different price brackets all clock in between 195 and 201.5
> mph...Nissan GTR --> Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. Talk  about
> diminishing returns
> to get an  extra mph in top speed, lol.
>
>  Horsepower has increased dramatically since 1990, yet top  speeds
> have barely
> gone up much.  Allegedly supercars from back then could go more
> than  200, but
> now I'm not so sure.
>
> My only explanation is that the newer cars have a  lot more
> downforce and
> stability  than the older cars at these speeds; weight is about
> the  same,
> aerodynamic drag can't be much different, HP &  Torque are a lot
> higher, so
> must be  the downforce perhaps (or maybe the gearing too).
>
> F40, F50, and 550 Maranello all are supposedly in  the 195 mph
> range as far
> as what  they're clocked at, and the reports of their stability
> at  those
> speeds have been nothing but phenomenal. I can't  comment on the
> very latest
> Vipers,  Corvettes, but traditionally these cars are not rock
>  steady at very
> high speeds. Don't know about the 911  reputation, but don't
> think it's quite
> at the level of supercar F or L.
>
> Which leads to the final point.... that is, all that  should
> matter IMHO is
> the stability  one feels flying at these supercar speeds. Given
> how long  it
> takes to get to these speeds, I doubt very few people  will ever be
> completely stress free going past the 300  km/hr zone. I've
> experienced 135
> mph  in a few cars and it's quite apparent the dramatic
>  difference between
> some of them....
>
> Most of this is trivial for many of us, but given  the right
> supercar and a
> cross  country trip, I know there are numerous roads where you
>  can go flat
> out. It would be nice to experience 190 mph  drama free for a
> sustained 30-60
>  seconds....
>
> Would like to hear some  war stories!! Even more than flat out
> speeds,  I'm
> interested to hear about highest average speeds for  long
> distances.....averaging 130 mph for an hour or two  would be
> impressive!
>  FG
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