New LFA Owner
07-26-16, 09:37 PM
#61
seriously i would love to meet up with you some day (and maybe a tour of your collections if you allow!).
you are in UT right now? or you registered the car in UT and had it shipped back here?
do you have your pm turned off? any means to contact you privately?
you are in UT right now? or you registered the car in UT and had it shipped back here?
do you have your pm turned off? any means to contact you privately?
07-29-16, 03:23 PM
#63
I love that you have bought 3. The thought has crossed my mind to add a second. Not another colour, or even Nur Edition, but actually a very well used or salvaged one to convert to a racecar. The V10 on track is just amazing. The thought of having a stripped out car with that engine screaming on track is so tantalizing. The gazoo LFA drivers were lucky, indeed. The LFA gearbox is excellent on the racetrack, too. Full throttle shifts at 9K are plenty fast and downshifts have perfect rev-matching blip.
Great thread!!
Great thread!!
07-29-16, 06:13 PM
#64
Driver School Candidate
lfahola, I love your thought process.
Enjoy every moment with absolutely no regrets.
No better way to spend $300K.
Enjoy every moment with absolutely no regrets.
No better way to spend $300K.
Last edited by LFA4Life; 07-29-16 at 06:16 PM.
07-29-16, 06:50 PM
#65
When banging gearat full throttle at 9K the LFA is smack you in your *** HARD. Doing this with the dual clutch is definetly better, faster, smoother... Whatever. What I am talking about is when you are using the car like you have to 95% of the time and shifting with the paddles in the slowest mode. I LOVE THE WAY IN SEEMINGLY duplicates a manual box. Try it you like it!
07-30-16, 02:17 AM
#67
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Thanks for the wonderful message!
Actually I have done a road car conversion to full race car job with one of my Ferrari 550! Years ago, the F550M hit over 60K miles driven, and the market value drop tremendously, so I decided to ship the car from LA California to Italy back to it's home, drive the entire Italy including participated in the Sicilian event Targa Florio! More than Italy, I drove to Germany Autobhan to fully release the Ferrari V12 power up to 300KM/H, than to Nurburgring!!! After lots lots of driving history, I have decided to convert the F550M to a full roll cage light weight race car! And the job was done amazingly! We diet off some 600 lbs from 3800 down to 3200lbs! Swapped out all the Ferrari electronics replaced with proper MOTEC race ECU! Now the F550M is a fully prepared old school classic V12 with 3 pedals stick 6 speed raw racing machine!!! It is amazingly fun and hardcore to drive and race on!!!
I wonder someday if the #32 LFA hits over100K miles, I might do something similar to converted to a more serious lighter weight race machine!!
We will see in years more! Someday, maybe someday!!!
cheers
A.
Actually I have done a road car conversion to full race car job with one of my Ferrari 550! Years ago, the F550M hit over 60K miles driven, and the market value drop tremendously, so I decided to ship the car from LA California to Italy back to it's home, drive the entire Italy including participated in the Sicilian event Targa Florio! More than Italy, I drove to Germany Autobhan to fully release the Ferrari V12 power up to 300KM/H, than to Nurburgring!!! After lots lots of driving history, I have decided to convert the F550M to a full roll cage light weight race car! And the job was done amazingly! We diet off some 600 lbs from 3800 down to 3200lbs! Swapped out all the Ferrari electronics replaced with proper MOTEC race ECU! Now the F550M is a fully prepared old school classic V12 with 3 pedals stick 6 speed raw racing machine!!! It is amazingly fun and hardcore to drive and race on!!!
I wonder someday if the #32 LFA hits over100K miles, I might do something similar to converted to a more serious lighter weight race machine!!
We will see in years more! Someday, maybe someday!!!
cheers
A.
I love that you have bought 3. The thought has crossed my mind to add a second. Not another colour, or even Nur Edition, but actually a very well used or salvaged one to convert to a racecar. The V10 on track is just amazing. The thought of having a stripped out car with that engine screaming on track is so tantalizing. The gazoo LFA drivers were lucky, indeed. The LFA gearbox is excellent on the racetrack, too. Full throttle shifts at 9K are plenty fast and downshifts have perfect rev-matching blip.
Great thread!!
Great thread!!
07-30-16, 02:20 AM
#68
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
07-30-16, 02:37 AM
#69
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
That I agree with you!!!
When switch the LFA shifting mode to slowest! It actually feels much like an actual manual gear lever shifting without the foot clutch pedal!!! It is so mechanical that you actually feel the gears rolling in and out between shifts!!! Very much like you are just out enjoying a cruise driving enjoying street speed rolling the gear lever! No rush, not intense racing like speedy driving! Just pure mechanical old school gear shifts!!!
Another way to enjoy the LFA's flappy paddle in an old school fashion way!
A.
When switch the LFA shifting mode to slowest! It actually feels much like an actual manual gear lever shifting without the foot clutch pedal!!! It is so mechanical that you actually feel the gears rolling in and out between shifts!!! Very much like you are just out enjoying a cruise driving enjoying street speed rolling the gear lever! No rush, not intense racing like speedy driving! Just pure mechanical old school gear shifts!!!
Another way to enjoy the LFA's flappy paddle in an old school fashion way!
A.
When banging gearat full throttle at 9K the LFA is smack you in your *** HARD. Doing this with the dual clutch is definetly better, faster, smoother... Whatever. What I am talking about is when you are using the car like you have to 95% of the time and shifting with the paddles in the slowest mode. I LOVE THE WAY IN SEEMINGLY duplicates a manual box. Try it you like it!
07-30-16, 08:02 AM
#70
Thanks for the wonderful message!
Actually I have done a road car conversion to full race car job with one of my Ferrari 550! Years ago, the F550M hit over 60K miles driven, and the market value drop tremendously, so I decided to ship the car from LA California to Italy back to it's home, drive the entire Italy including participated in the Sicilian event Targa Florio! More than Italy, I drove to Germany Autobhan to fully release the Ferrari V12 power up to 300KM/H, than to Nurburgring!!! After lots lots of driving history, I have decided to convert the F550M to a full roll cage light weight race car! And the job was done amazingly! We diet off some 600 lbs from 3800 down to 3200lbs! Swapped out all the Ferrari electronics replaced with proper MOTEC race ECU! Now the F550M is a fully prepared old school classic V12 with 3 pedals stick 6 speed raw racing machine!!! It is amazingly fun and hardcore to drive and race on!!!
I wonder someday if the #32 LFA hits over100K miles, I might do something similar to converted to a more serious lighter weight race machine!!
We will see in years more! Someday, maybe someday!!!
cheers
A.
Actually I have done a road car conversion to full race car job with one of my Ferrari 550! Years ago, the F550M hit over 60K miles driven, and the market value drop tremendously, so I decided to ship the car from LA California to Italy back to it's home, drive the entire Italy including participated in the Sicilian event Targa Florio! More than Italy, I drove to Germany Autobhan to fully release the Ferrari V12 power up to 300KM/H, than to Nurburgring!!! After lots lots of driving history, I have decided to convert the F550M to a full roll cage light weight race car! And the job was done amazingly! We diet off some 600 lbs from 3800 down to 3200lbs! Swapped out all the Ferrari electronics replaced with proper MOTEC race ECU! Now the F550M is a fully prepared old school classic V12 with 3 pedals stick 6 speed raw racing machine!!! It is amazingly fun and hardcore to drive and race on!!!
I wonder someday if the #32 LFA hits over100K miles, I might do something similar to converted to a more serious lighter weight race machine!!
We will see in years more! Someday, maybe someday!!!
cheers
A.
07-30-16, 07:19 PM
#71
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Thread Starter
There you go! The F_V12 has a deep low tone exhaust note, much like the classic mechanical V12 big block engine roar!
While the LFA has the high tech F1 high pitch very fast reving scream sound!
Both sounds excellent yet different, but the LFA surely has the best note, most exotic scream sound above all!
I will try to get some clip to post here later!
A.
While the LFA has the high tech F1 high pitch very fast reving scream sound!
Both sounds excellent yet different, but the LFA surely has the best note, most exotic scream sound above all!
I will try to get some clip to post here later!
A.
07-30-16, 10:01 PM
#72
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Thanks for the wonderful message!
Actually I have done a road car conversion to full race car job with one of my Ferrari 550! Years ago, the F550M hit over 60K miles driven, and the market value drop tremendously, so I decided to ship the car from LA California to Italy back to it's home, drive the entire Italy including participated in the Sicilian event Targa Florio! More than Italy, I drove to Germany Autobhan to fully release the Ferrari V12 power up to 300KM/H, than to Nurburgring!!! After lots lots of driving history, I have decided to convert the F550M to a full roll cage light weight race car! And the job was done amazingly! We diet off some 600 lbs from 3800 down to 3200lbs! Swapped out all the Ferrari electronics replaced with proper MOTEC race ECU! Now the F550M is a fully prepared old school classic V12 with 3 pedals stick 6 speed raw racing machine!!! It is amazingly fun and hardcore to drive and race on!!!
I wonder someday if the #32 LFA hits over100K miles, I might do something similar to converted to a more serious lighter weight race machine!!
We will see in years more! Someday, maybe someday!!!
cheers
A.
Actually I have done a road car conversion to full race car job with one of my Ferrari 550! Years ago, the F550M hit over 60K miles driven, and the market value drop tremendously, so I decided to ship the car from LA California to Italy back to it's home, drive the entire Italy including participated in the Sicilian event Targa Florio! More than Italy, I drove to Germany Autobhan to fully release the Ferrari V12 power up to 300KM/H, than to Nurburgring!!! After lots lots of driving history, I have decided to convert the F550M to a full roll cage light weight race car! And the job was done amazingly! We diet off some 600 lbs from 3800 down to 3200lbs! Swapped out all the Ferrari electronics replaced with proper MOTEC race ECU! Now the F550M is a fully prepared old school classic V12 with 3 pedals stick 6 speed raw racing machine!!! It is amazingly fun and hardcore to drive and race on!!!
I wonder someday if the #32 LFA hits over100K miles, I might do something similar to converted to a more serious lighter weight race machine!!
We will see in years more! Someday, maybe someday!!!
cheers
A.
wondering if that is you (is Johans your relative?)
09-16-16, 09:25 AM
#74
Driver School Candidate
10-06-16, 04:11 PM
#75
Oh I can imagine, these cars will fetch a premium at any given time, I just checked Auto Trader, and there are none for sale in Canada at all right now. I might have to import one!