Diablo GT or F40 ? what will win these battles ?

[Mopsdrops]

Hi,

it's just a few questions not a poll
Who would win these battles ?

Diablo GT vs F40 in 0-400m drag ?
Diablo GT vs F40 in 0-1000m drag ?
Diablo GT vs F40 on track (perhaps Nurburgring) ?

If you think you know the answer please post, I'm curious and I want to know what some other maybe greater car experts think about this.

THX

[dingo]

well the Diablo GT did a 8min 4sec lap at the 'Ring - so if you find out what the F40 did you can see whats faster.

[yg60m]

I would bet on the F40 but it would be tight !! The F40 recorded (from several mags) a 0-1000 m in 21.6 s and Autocar recorded the same time for a Diablo GT but with slightly wet track so maybe it could beat the F40 on a drag race. ON a race track I think that the F40 would win as it is much lighter .

[Evo]

Even if the Diablo GT is faster in every aspect.. I would still get the Ferrari F40.. it's just a jaw dropping car to look at..

But really I think the diablo will win on the track with it's modern brakes and I think a much powerful engine than that in the ferrari F40.. but you can't ccount the f40 out because it's simply a ferrari..

[saadie]

smebody call jermy clarkson .... lol .. this is something every car enthusiast really gotta see 8)

according to supercars.net ...

F40
top speed 324 kph / 201.3 mph
0 - 60 mph 3.8 seconds
0 - 100 mph 8.0 seconds
0 - 1/4 mile 11.8 seconds

Diablo GT

top speed 339.6 kph / 211.0 mph
0 - 60 mph 3.7 seconds
0 - 100 mph 8.0 seconds
0 - 1/4 mile 11.6 seconds

Stuff i hunted ..
Ring times ...

Lamborghini Diablo GT 8:04
Ferrari F40 8:39

[RC45]

Originally Posted by saadie Ring times ... Lamborghini Diablo GT 8:04 Ferrari F40 8:39

Wow - those are piss slow times...



I can think of a bunch of cars quicker...

[saadie]

C6 Zo6 .. lol ... ....

both of these cars are not made of deformable plastic .. soo
btw im not really sure abt the times .....

[RC45]

Originally Posted by saadie C6 Zo6 .. lol ... .... both of these cars are not made of deformable plastic .. soo btw im not really sure abt the times .....

If they werer produced in 2005 their bumpers would have to be - that's the law - European law - that everyone is obliged to meet.

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Uhm - even the C5 Z06 ran 7m56s - quicker than both those uber-super-duper-pastrami cars
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The F40 is my all time favourite in the hostory of the world - bar none... but it's an icon from the past

[sentra_dude]

Isn't the 8:39 time of the F40 from a slightly different, and longer, set up of the Nurburgring?

[saadie]

i dont know .... i googled them out ....
there were two times ... one was 8:45 and 8:39 .... soo ' without thinking ' i posted 8:39

[davide]

Sabina did 9.12 with the Jaguar S Diesel... that not far behind that F40 according to those figures.

wierd...

9.12 - 8.39 = 33 sec slower... with a diesel?

[saadie]

a van did it in 10:08 ... ..... only abt 40 secs slower then the jag .. and the van is huge and has a comparetively smaller engine .....

[SFDMALEX]

lol. I was going to say the Diablo GT is going to beat the F40 in just about anything but track.

I can assure you those times were probably set by some owner not a full on test.


With modern rubber head to head I would give the edge to the F40, but keep in mind its 17 years old so there are much faster cars out there.

Anyway, the F40 never did it for me because of those turbos, thats why I'm still an F50 guy.

[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by SFDMALEX lol. I was going to say the Diablo GT is going to beat the F40 in just about anything but track. I can assure you those times were probably set by some owner not a full on test. With modern rubber head to head I would give the edge to the F40, but keep in mind its 17 years old so there are much faster cars out there. Anyway, the F40 never did it for me because of those turbos, thats why I'm still an F50 guy.

its the only turbo car that doesn't sound like a turbo ive seen; you cant even hear the bypass valve at all.

sure it doesnt sound like a v12, but it doesnt sound like a v8 either. i have a hard time myself thinking which of those two i would rather have(F40 vs. F50)

but i would choose the F40 over a Diablo GT, and chances are, that if i had the F40, a Diablo wouldnt be too far away in my mind

i think the one of the big differences in lap times could be the different rubber compounds in the old F40, compared with a more modern Diablo GT. how else was the F40 GT still a competitive car in the production class so many years after it was first itnroduced? its definately fast.

[saadie]

^^ F50 is concidrably an ugly car as compared to F40 .. and the rims are gross .. ohh and its slower