Last weekend I got to take a Lamborghini Gallardo 11 laps around this track:
Lambos are tiny. I was quite uncomfortable inside as my head touched the roof (I'm a tallish 6'2") and my knees were hiked up kind of high.
That car was incredibly sticky. I was able to take turns very fast with no skid or body roll and it put down the power quite nicely when accelerating.
I had a very fun time. The instructor liked me because I wasn't tentative like most drivers usually are. My fastest lap was 1:23.15 (there was some dampness at the bottom of one of the hills that slowed me a bit). It was difficult to get some of the apexing down properly on the bigger hairpin turn. Posted via Mobile Device [Reply]
always wanted to do that. last time my wife looked to get me a few laps around some parking lot course near Heartland Park Topeka with a Ferrari, it was like $250 for like 4 laps. I just remember thinking 'nope'. maybe if it were on a bigger course than in a parking lot with cones I would do it - and only then if it were longer than 4 laps.
I' not 100% sure on the laps, but I remember it being ridiculously low considering the price.
I'm willing to shell out some coin for an experience like you had though. [Reply]
always wanted to do that. last time my wife looked to get me a few laps around some parking lot course near Heartland Park Topeka with a Ferrari, it was like $250 for like 4 laps. I just remember thinking 'nope'. maybe if it were on a bigger course than in a parking lot with cones I would do it - and only then if it were longer than 4 laps.
I' not 100% sure on the laps, but I remember it being ridiculously low considering the price.
I'm willing to shell out some coin for an experience like you had though.
It was about $200 for the whole thing. My wife got me a groupon deal for Christmas which included 4 laps and then I paid an extra fee to get an additional 3 laps (which made it 7 total). I ended up getting another 4 laps for free (to make the total 11) because the instructor enjoyed riding with a good driver like myself. Posted via Mobile Device [Reply]
Pulled the Body Control Module out of my Firebird the other day. A hairline crack in the solder. That stupid hairline crack would cause my power windows, door locks and stereo to intermittently stop working. Re-soldered it today and it's going back in the car tomorrow, along with a new double din head unit. [Reply]
Originally Posted by loochy:
Last weekend I got to take a Lamborghini Gallardo 11 laps around this track:
Lambos are tiny. I was quite uncomfortable inside as my head touched the roof (I'm a tallish 6'2") and my knees were hiked up kind of high.
That car was incredibly sticky. I was able to take turns very fast with no skid or body roll and it put down the power quite nicely when accelerating.
I had a very fun time. The instructor liked me because I wasn't tentative like most drivers usually are. My fastest lap was 1:23.15 (there was some dampness at the bottom of one of the hills that slowed me a bit). It was difficult to get some of the apexing down properly on the bigger hairpin turn. Posted via Mobile Device
I got to spoil my wife with a new A7 Prestige Saturday. I kinda wanted to look at an S7 but it wasn't worth the extra money to her. This car is extremely comfortable. This is the first new non-Ford, Chrysler, GM vehicle I've ever purchased. Very nice car! This is also the first time I've ever leased a car.
ol TA looks pretty good for a 19 year old. Had to get it out in the good weather today, THOUGHT I was finally going to get it to the tinter but he couldn't fit me in. Got er alllll cleaned up instead
So i didnt say anything about it becuase I wanted to find out what happened, but when I did the motor in the truck I actually bought a complete 'new' motor with all of the stuff I wanted in it. A Local, reputable guy (not MY guy, but another guy that is known around here) had built the motor and it was really exactly what I needed.
Fast forward about 800 miles later and I lost oil pressure on startup, thankfully in my driveway. Turned it off and parked the truck.
Well.. we finally got it apart last night and we did find that the top end was as advertised, heads where ported, studs where all there, new liftersall of those things where correct. As we broke into the bottom end is where things got a little murky. Oil pump and timing chain as advertised.. but when we started pulling out the rods/pistons/bearings etc we started to see some discrepancy. First off, the guy said it was a gen 3 motor, but as soon as I saw the rods I knew something was up. The rods are gen 4 rods. Now, im not complaining that the motor has a much better rotating assembly when I thought, but had he opened it up and redid the bottom end like he said, he would have know it was gen 4.
"new" bearings?
from january of 2004?
as we dug in a little farther.. you might need to blow up the pic to see the damage here
Yup, thats a spun cam bearing.. a stock.. unknown mileage cam bearing.
FORTUNATELY, the block wasnt hurt, wont know about the cam until tonight until we can get a closer look at it, but I guess at the end of the day I have a 300-800 dollar lesson not to buy a complete motor ever again.
After doing some talking with my motor builder (im going to rebuild this motor myself, just like I did the TA, but I still need a little help.. dont judge me!) even if the 228r cam survived, I am going to go ahead and do a new cam.. trying to decide between something like a torquemax v2, a polluter v2.. something like that. Bigger overlap and more power. I mean, **** it. Who the hell tears up a motor and doesnt put it back together with more power? Not me~ [Reply]
