Time was confirmed by Lexus as 7:14.64, a video was provided. OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE070 street tires had been used. The LFA Nurburgring Package is the only car ever to have lapped Nurburgring in less than 7:20 without racing compound super-slick competition tires such as Michelin Pilot Sport Cup R compound track tires or Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires
@HighocHighrevRE070 Potenza is slower or comparable than the pilot sport cup, which is slower than the pilot sport cup2, which is 10s slower than the cup 2R. So pretty safe to say that the LFA could make up 15s on cup 2R
Spot on! This car is a legend. By the way big parts of the Ring are retarmaced last 13+ years since that lap. Newer records are not equivalent to this one and they are with cup2r tires and even full race ones and later the manufacturer says we used road tires. Also equipment is thrown away to save weight and most cases they say because we add roll cage for safety okey but you remove 150kg and add 40kg roll cage... okey... all that said LFA is masterpiece of engineering. I only wish I had the money needed to buy one. If I had them I wouldn't buy the newer faster cars but less soul in them and precisions engineering and craft. But the LFA! ❤
love that sound ! Thats the sound of a very high tech N/A V10 engine that weighs less than V6 engines and is Euro 5 compatible. The engine symphony is thanks to YAMAHA who finetuned the engines sound. Love that sound
People get hung up to much on numbers. Laptimes and horsepower only matter if ypur racing. Toyota put all their effort in making the lfa fantastic to drive. How the car feels is whats inportant not laptimes.
@@matthewstander118and the interesting part is, if this car runs nurburgring again but on cup 2rs, i believe this will break the 7 minute barrier, for a car that doesn't scream " i am a track car" and is more than a decade old.
Fastest Nurburgring lap time in a car that you can actually use comfortably on the street... And it did it on standard street tires no less!!! Wonder how much quicker it would have been with those super sticky, barely legal Cup competition R compound tires that some resorted to using to get good times. Probably would've lopped about 10 seconds off I bet.
Just like ysterday someone make a same exact copy of this cae with extra 10hp from the standard lfa on gt7. On sport soft tires it did a 6.50 ish lap, and more tweaking left can done a 6.45
Why cant you TH-cam commentators & "arm chair drivers" give credit where credit is due? A time of 7.14 is simply incredible and should be commended... My sincerest congratulations to both the driver and manufacturer!
Yeah but what tyres did the Enzo used? Also keep in mind that this record was made by a factory Lexus driver. Compare times made by the car manufacturers themselves vs others and see that the records alre ALWAYS done by the manufacturers. The Enzo is anorther breed of an animal and with a nurburgring setup, the right tyres and a factory driver be sure that it would do way better than 7:25. Not saying that this lap isn't worthy mind you!
People underestimate how impressive this lap is. 7:14 with standard Bridgestone Potenza tyres. Todays equivalent of the PS4S. Porsche do all of their lap records with PS Cup 2R tyres. Imagine what this would do with Cup 2Rs 🤯
It is a great record that has not yet faded away! It shows plainly that the LFA is a serious real sports car that is fundamentally different from other supercars of the time. Many people are amazed and admire the sound of the LFA's engine and its appearance, but professional racers are amazed by its suspension and body rigidity. Remove the LFA's undercover and you will see machined aluminum reinforcement parts stretched out like a stock car. The racing suspension with surge tank clearly incorporates the technology of a racing machine used around the track. There are no turbos or motors anywhere, not to mention the amazing electronic controls and drive distribution features. The suspension is unbelievably flexible for its insanely low center of gravity and low ride height, and never bottoms out on any surface. The driver can push the V10 engine and brakes to their limits with the confidence of an immensely reliable suspension. Lexus did not add any special equipment to the car for this video to give it a track time advantage. In addition, Lexus added unnecessary weight for the sake of safety. If some crazy rich person were to put S tires on the LFA, remove the plush interior and passenger seat, install racing aerodynamics and lightweight acrylic windows, and hire a professional racing driver with his head unscrewed in a carbon Recaro seat to drive it around this track, he would be able to achieve a time of around 6 minutes and 50 seconds. It is quite possible that a time of around 6 minutes and 50 seconds could be achieved on this track. Unfortunately, there are only a little more than 500 LFAs in the world, and not many people have thought of modifying them. One of the few who did, however, switched the car to a 2JZ for drifting. It may be better than having it sit in the dust in the garage, but to be honest, it's ridiculous.
This just made me realize that GT5 really is the real driving simulator. Track is dead accurate. Driven around it more than 500laps in game. He lift off the gas at the exact location as i do...cool. Driver is pushing reaaly hard! looks like a JGTC driver ?
That engine sound is amazing in this car. and despite all the hate on the LFA, this is a nice time. Just wish Lexus had made it much more accessible to buyers. This is not gonna sell too well at the outrageous base price they stuck in it.
so a front splitter, front canards, rear spoiler, roll cage and semi slick race tires...... and still 2 secs off of the viper acr. gotta love that snake
It really is the successor to the 2000GT, a car which on the surface isn't a spec sheet hero, especially being so expensive. But it is actually a very well engineered, record breaking car that shows what Toyota is capable of.
@iPROFITDON Keep in mind this car was not built from to ground up to lap the nurburgring, it was a variant of an already existing car so it had to have the same engine, chassis, ect. With the sport cup tires and the right driver it could probably lap the ring faster than an acr but that an if situation so who knows. Personally if I had the money, I would give up the extra 2 seconds over 7 miles and pay an extra 300k for that interior lol
One of the fastest road cars of its time, impressive, it would be great to have a lap today with current technology tires, it could be under 7:10 for sure. P.s. It's a shame the video's poor sound quality 😢
@Bfagayl 7:14 is an impressive time. This Car was built and tuned specifically for the Nurbugring and has an added roll cage. The ZR1 ONLY DID two laps around the Nurbugring and got 7:19. There's no point in comparing the cars though. One you can't even consider a production car and the other you can get at many Chevy dealers or get one in 2 months exactly with all the options you want. ZR1= high perfromance production car LFA Nurbugring= purpose built street legal track car
THE funny truth is that the ACR used sticky Semi Slick Michelin Cup tires, the same tires the Corvette ZR1 uses whilst the LFA uses standard OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE70 street performance tires and still manages to catch up the Viper, that alone shows how much potential the LFA has.
@ZR1Terror I would be interested to see how this car would go with the better Michelin PSC Rubber that the ACR Viper used.I no the Bridgestones Lexus chose to use are an upgrade over the SOO1's the stock LFA uses thats the comparison I'd like to see I think if this occured the NE LFA definitel goes quicker.
11-20-2011;Faster than lightning - vomit!I'll take a fleet of'em! I just can't imagine what it felt like roaring past the Schvartzwaldt at 166 MPH! unkle Akira must've been drifting for about 11% of that total excursion!Going to need help getting away from the repeat button!-Eric Urscher.
@whothaplaya The LFA’s 20-inch forged aluminum wheels are shod with new asymmectric tread pattern Bridgestone tires - 265/35 ZR20 at the front and 305/30 ZR20 profile at the rear. Which are also 100% street legal and it COMES with it from the factory.
It sound like an F1 car, high revving engines sound like that. Check the video; "On-Board Schumacher's F1 Laps Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Ferrari Racing Days 2011 in 720HD"
I have a V8 8400rpm engine also naturally aspirated , it also sound like a bike. It revs up extremely fast when you tap the throttle it sounds like a racebike. This is the real sound of racing. Today lesser cars resort to turbos to make power which completely eliminate racing sounds and make the car sound like a cow (the animal) when accelerating.
@whothaplaya What are you trying to argue? The LFA Nurburgring version stomped the ZR1, period. The ZR1 did more than 2 laps around the ring and you would be out of your mind if you think otherwise. They had to do so in order to improve upon the times. Also bottom line is no one is going to be able to reproduce the Nurburgring times that the ZR1 did around the ring.
@BENKATOK Engine is produced by Toyota, not Yamaha. Yamaha only tuned the engine head. Same partnership have Ford and Cosworth, or Honda and Mugen, or BMW and Alpina.
@aieljose They ADDED the roll cage. When the one of the lucky 50 get their Nurbugring edition LFA it will not have the roll cage that is used in the 7:14 lap. The ZR1 on the other hand will have the PS Cup tires.
@geophysiscs The car most probably Iida used was a prototype most likely the NE LFA's do not have a cage as the carbon weave tech used has the tensile strength 4 times as stiff as aluminium. It isn't close to the GR LFA as that runs a full race slick wide body kit to acccomdate the 330 wide slicks.
Actually the tire used by both ACR and ZR1 is the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup (with ZP or Zero Pressure for the ZR1). Both are semi-slick and are competiton DOT tires but they're not super slick or R compound. R compound are not road legal whereas the Michelins are. But you're right compared to the tires used by LFA or even the GTR, the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup has less thread count and minimal rolling resistance.
@E1N9A8N0DA The thing is the Z06 and ZR1 are actually production cars. They look the same has the base vette but have almost nothing in common. The LFA NE was designed and tuned SPECIFICALLY for the ring. The ZR1 was not tuned for any one track the LFA NE was.I don't find it impressive that they spent 5 months at the ring tuning a car and only made it 5 seconds faster around a 13 mile track then a ZR1.
@SuperchargedSwine If you mean special as in better then yes. The zr1 runs on Michilen Pilot Sport Cups 100% street legal and are a factory option and are the standard tires for the 458 italia, Porsche 911 gt2rs and gt3rs, and Bmw M3.
If someone we're generous enough to lend its unit to redo the lap record run, with Semi-Slicks and better driver with good weather, it could dip below to a 6 minute lap. Someone have to do it
Don't you mean the SRT TA? I can see what you are trying to say but the SRT TA is a newer car than the ACR and uses more advanced techs. And tyres do make quiet a bit of a difference and do shave off a few seconds in terms of lap time. I'll admit though, the TA is quiet impressive.
@E1N9A8N0DA The Z06 and LFA have the same ring time. The tires are stock from the factory and street legal. If you actually looked at the tires only that outside 1/2'" is slick the rest is rain tread, so they are far from "super slick". "non-stock equipment" what exactly did the ZR1 have added that affected the performance of the car? I know that the LFA NE had a full roll cage added.Unless a fire extinguisher and radio add perfromance because thats the only non stock equipment ZR1 had
@E1N9A8N0DA It wasn't 5 months that it took them to beat the record. I took over 5 months of testing at the Ring and one drivers life and they didn't even break the record if you want to say the LFA NE is production car so is the Gumpert Apollo. "The thing is the LFA only needed some gear to smoke the 'vette, without opening its hood. Right or wrong ?" They completely changed the gear ratio's, suspension etc. SPECIFICALLY for the ring.
@tsp996 The LFA when it broke the record was actually the NE owners release day which was part of the package when you buy the car.The 7.14 run was'nt even planned it just panned out that way as all the media were also doing there reviews of the car at that time the run was taking place.
@Richmoziz The were Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires 100% street legal. As for the front splitter it was added for the lap just like the roll cage was added for the LFA NE lap.
@BENKATOK Is that why on the LFA's engine cover it says handmade by Lexus. Also you do realise Toyota own a % of Yamaha don't you and the only input they had was in head design of which was in conjunction to Toyota's spec.
Oh well I guess it wasn't going to last forever the ACR Viper has just lowered the NE LFA's laptime at the Nurburgring by 2 seconds and recorded a time of 7 min.12.2 sec's a really good effort.I do wonder if it used the Michelin Semi's that every other carmaker seems to use. What really makes me wonder is how good the NE LFA would also go with these superior semi's than these RE070 Bridgestones Lexus chose to use.
@gotmatt2 In defense of the LFA forced induction is'nt used and the motor is bespoke how many V-10s designed on the market have the ability to rev 9500 RPM and build a V-10 smaller than a V-8 and the weight of a V-6.The LFA's motor has been voted motor of the year by EVO magazine who also tested your ZR-1 and ZO6 and they were found not to be in the same class.
What people have to realise also is that the LFA's a platform for materials and technologies that will also filter down through the range I don't think this is the case with the Viper and ZR-1 and Z06
@what77777 I'm not making that up. Toyota is in the process of choosing who is allowed to buy the LFA NE. Yes the LFA is a better car but not the better value.
or perhaps because the LFA is designed as more of a high performance daily driver, whereas the ACR is basically a road-legal track car, & the ZR1 is inexpensive enough on its own that they can afford to tack the extra weight that those Pilot Cup tires put on the price tag & know that it won't adversely affect sales too much. In any case, its hard to imagine that semi-slick track tires would add to lap times. That's like saying perhaps sneakers would slow a runner down as opposed to flip-flops...
@aieljose I'm not belittling the LFA at all. I'm just saying comparing the two is stupid. Because the ZR1 you can buy TOMORROW at a Chevy dealership or wait two months and have all the options you want. The LFA Nurbugring edition it is quite possible that you could NEVER buy one even if you had the money if none of the 50 owners (or less) decides to sell them. The Nubugring edition is a great car for what it is but comparing it to an actually production car that anyone can buy is pointless.
@Metalguy696 no. The stock z06 have 7:42.90. The z07 HAVE MICHELIN SEMI-SLICKS and did 7:22 but with slick is easy. This lfa have semi slicks and the gtr ALL STOCK RUNS 7:24.2
you should watch the car and driver (i believe could be motor trend) video about this car. The car COMES with track tires every bit as track ready, probably more that the ZR1. Just to correct your tires statement.
@BeltDrivenMadness Yes, adding lightness is better performance upgrade than classic power up on engine. ZR1 using carbon fiber material, ZO6 fiberglass. But in ZO7 package, ZO6 is even more lighter.
Time was confirmed by Lexus as 7:14.64, a video was provided. OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE070 street tires had been used. The LFA Nurburgring Package is the only car ever to have lapped Nurburgring in less than 7:20 without racing compound super-slick competition tires such as Michelin Pilot Sport Cup R compound track tires or Pirelli P Zero Corsa tires
P Zero Corsas are not really R compound tyres tbh
@@max.racingand dual clutch, having faster shifts makes a huge difference
@HighocHighrevRE070 Potenza is slower or comparable than the pilot sport cup, which is slower than the pilot sport cup2, which is 10s slower than the cup 2R. So pretty safe to say that the LFA could make up 15s on cup 2R
@@annonymously331agreed. Exit speed is everything at the ring. Might be high 50s but sub 7 for sure
Spot on! This car is a legend. By the way big parts of the Ring are retarmaced last 13+ years since that lap. Newer records are not equivalent to this one and they are with cup2r tires and even full race ones and later the manufacturer says we used road tires. Also equipment is thrown away to save weight and most cases they say because we add roll cage for safety okey but you remove 150kg and add 40kg roll cage... okey... all that said LFA is masterpiece of engineering. I only wish I had the money needed to buy one. If I had them I wouldn't buy the newer faster cars but less soul in them and precisions engineering and craft. But the LFA! ❤
The sound of this engine on downshifts is a pure delight!
Keep in mind this car retains all the luxury stock equipment and stock engine and still set the record.
the power of down-force! :)
Plus roll cage.
So does corvette z06 and gt3
This car was not stock. Roll cage, special Bridgestone tires and "Nurburgring package".
@@ToyotaAristo niurburing package is still stock, u can drive it on the road, it only means fixed wing and better aero and a few hp more...so yea...
love that sound !
Thats the sound of a very high tech N/A V10 engine that weighs less than V6 engines and is Euro 5 compatible. The engine symphony is thanks to YAMAHA who finetuned the engines sound.
Love that sound
7:04 REV LIMITER WOWW
It’s music 😁
People get hung up to much on numbers. Laptimes and horsepower only matter if ypur racing. Toyota put all their effort in making the lfa fantastic to drive. How the car feels is whats inportant not laptimes.
I agree! The LFA was not made for these lap times. It was made for the pure sound and feel.
+Krevin Grard But the LFA is fantastic to drive and also a beast on the track. Sub-7:20 at the Nurburgring with less than 600 HP? Amazing.
Lfa is in my top 3 Supercars.
Correct. I have a GT3 with full Akrapovic. 991.2
I would have the LFA if I had the cash and could find one.
Just for the symphony 🎉
Damn he killed that lap. Love the LFA
A 7:14 is seriously bonkers, considering the record now is a hair below 6:45. Love seeing automotive improvements overtime.
Was looking for a comment such as this. For a car made in 2010. even for todays standards that is a mental time.
@@matthewstander118and the interesting part is, if this car runs nurburgring again but on cup 2rs, i believe this will break the 7 minute barrier, for a car that doesn't scream " i am a track car" and is more than a decade old.
@@-_--le3zk Absolutely
This car would definitely break the sub 7 mark since the Carrera GT on cup 2 improved it's time by nearly 20 seconds
Crazy how this old Lexus is still faster than the new M4 CSL around the ring
With older street tires too. If it was wearing the Cup 2 Rs, it would easily shave a couple of seconds.
Fastest Nurburgring lap time in a car that you can actually use comfortably on the street... And it did it on standard street tires no less!!! Wonder how much quicker it would have been with those super sticky, barely legal Cup competition R compound tires that some resorted to using to get good times. Probably would've lopped about 10 seconds off I bet.
@@max.racing Makes sense. Hard-edged, race version.
Still such an awesome car. Dream car, that SOUND!
Sub 7 with modern street legal rubber
Just like ysterday someone make a same exact copy of this cae with extra 10hp from the standard lfa on gt7. On sport soft tires it did a 6.50 ish lap, and more tweaking left can done a 6.45
Why cant you TH-cam commentators & "arm chair drivers" give credit where credit is due?
A time of 7.14 is simply incredible and should be commended...
My sincerest congratulations to both the driver and manufacturer!
I love the small delay of the single clutch transmission,it gives this car even more charm.
It feels so mechanically raw and I fucking love it!
that was insane!!! well done to Lexus and the driver, Akira Iida
Wish they could place the microphone at the exhaust dump
that sound...
man, truly magnificent
Faster than the Ferrari Enzo and the GTR around the track. That is awesome. I will buy this some day--I have to work hard and be lucky too.
Did you buy it yet?
not a chance this shit goes for more than a million@@addanashraf
Yeah but what tyres did the Enzo used? Also keep in mind that this record was made by a factory Lexus driver. Compare times made by the car manufacturers themselves vs others and see that the records alre ALWAYS done by the manufacturers. The Enzo is anorther breed of an animal and with a nurburgring setup, the right tyres and a factory driver be sure that it would do way better than 7:25. Not saying that this lap isn't worthy mind you!
@@ripptorrthat record not factory lexus driver.. It's akira lida that driver died in the accident
In Sha Allah your dream comes true😆
I did 7:29 in the LFA in Gran Turismo 7 and this legend here did 7:14 in real life. Jesus Christ
😂
People underestimate how impressive this lap is. 7:14 with standard Bridgestone Potenza tyres. Todays equivalent of the PS4S. Porsche do all of their lap records with PS Cup 2R tyres. Imagine what this would do with Cup 2Rs 🤯
This is why In my opinion this one of the best cars ever made
FR 👌
It is a great record that has not yet faded away!
It shows plainly that the LFA is a serious real sports car that is fundamentally different from other supercars of the time.
Many people are amazed and admire the sound of the LFA's engine and its appearance, but professional racers are amazed by its suspension and body rigidity.
Remove the LFA's undercover and you will see machined aluminum reinforcement parts stretched out like a stock car.
The racing suspension with surge tank clearly incorporates the technology of a racing machine used around the track.
There are no turbos or motors anywhere, not to mention the amazing electronic controls and drive distribution features.
The suspension is unbelievably flexible for its insanely low center of gravity and low ride height, and never bottoms out on any surface.
The driver can push the V10 engine and brakes to their limits with the confidence of an immensely reliable suspension.
Lexus did not add any special equipment to the car for this video to give it a track time advantage.
In addition, Lexus added unnecessary weight for the sake of safety.
If some crazy rich person were to put S tires on the LFA, remove the plush interior and passenger seat, install racing aerodynamics and lightweight acrylic windows, and hire a professional racing driver with his head unscrewed in a carbon Recaro seat to drive it around this track, he would be able to achieve a time of around 6 minutes and 50 seconds. It is quite possible that a time of around 6 minutes and 50 seconds could be achieved on this track.
Unfortunately, there are only a little more than 500 LFAs in the world, and not many people have thought of modifying them.
One of the few who did, however, switched the car to a 2JZ for drifting.
It may be better than having it sit in the dust in the garage, but to be honest, it's ridiculous.
Thumbs up for 3:40 bird crap!! Nextgen sims should have birdcrap and mosquitoes added right away!!
Cruis'n USA on the Nintendo64 (1996!) has this feature when you select the view in front of the car ;)
in NFS Shift 2 Unleashed you have dirt, bird crap and little rocks flying into windscreen
This driver must've been thinking during this attack " ah....I would rather run with AE86 than this fancy one "
He is a well known 86 nerd in Japan.
This just made me realize that GT5 really is the real driving simulator. Track is dead accurate. Driven around it more than 500laps in game. He lift off the gas at the exact location as i do...cool.
Driver is pushing reaaly hard! looks like a JGTC driver ?
Have you tried gt7 yet?
Awesome car & achievement :-)
N/A + High Revs + V10 = Eargasmic!
Now that is what i call talent. I bet "everyone of us have played some game and say i could do the same" but no. Great vid!
That guy drove the shit out of that Lexus. Awesome video!
That was some serious driving there. Nice job.
The LFA is the only car to ever get below 7:20 without competition tires, if they put on something stickier the Viper wouldn't stand a chance.
That engine sound is amazing in this car. and despite all the hate on the LFA, this is a nice time. Just wish Lexus had made it much more accessible to buyers. This is not gonna sell too well at the outrageous base price they stuck in it.
Correct. But they’re pretty special here in 2024 😊
Wow what a lap 🤯 the absolute balls on that driver to be sending it on stock tires. Toyota HAS to let their engineers cook more often
Imagine time with michelin sport cup 2R. It is a serious track weapon.
so a front splitter, front canards, rear spoiler, roll cage and semi slick race tires...... and still 2 secs off of the viper acr. gotta love that snake
Still bonkers and rare as in 2024 😊
The rev limiter sounds amazing!
Someday ill drive one
Nice, very nice. Only shame is the sound quality is so poor (one of the things I was most looking forward to about this video was the noise)!
It really is the successor to the 2000GT, a car which on the surface isn't a spec sheet hero, especially being so expensive. But it is actually a very well engineered, record breaking car that shows what Toyota is capable of.
nice engine lovely sound❤️
i could listen to this all day
Daym that driver is gooooood!
She sure is 🧐
Not to mention, the LFA is a proper car and the ACR is a stripped-down to the balls racing version. :)
I wonder if they could beat the time with the new compound tyres ??
This is a sub 7 minute car with pilot super cup 2's and a different driver no doubt.
@@N-Collective. Yep
Imagine what it could do on cup 2 Rs
How is this 10 years old?
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@iPROFITDON Keep in mind this car was not built from to ground up to lap the nurburgring, it was a variant of an already existing car so it had to have the same engine, chassis, ect. With the sport cup tires and the right driver it could probably lap the ring faster than an acr but that an if situation so who knows. Personally if I had the money, I would give up the extra 2 seconds over 7 miles and pay an extra 300k for that interior lol
FR 👌
One of the fastest road cars of its time, impressive, it would be great to have a lap today with current technology tires, it could be under 7:10 for sure.
P.s. It's a shame the video's poor sound quality 😢
@Bfagayl 7:14 is an impressive time. This Car was built and tuned specifically for the Nurbugring and has an added roll cage. The ZR1 ONLY DID two laps around the Nurbugring and got 7:19. There's no point in comparing the cars though. One you can't even consider a production car and the other you can get at many Chevy dealers or get one in 2 months exactly with all the options you want. ZR1= high perfromance production car LFA Nurbugring= purpose built street legal track car
THE funny truth is that the ACR used sticky Semi Slick Michelin Cup tires, the same tires the Corvette ZR1 uses whilst the LFA uses standard OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE70 street performance tires and still manages to catch up the Viper, that alone shows how much potential the LFA has.
Let's not forget the ACR is running cup tires (The Cup tires out of the box are "Competition DOT Track R compounds" with 80 tread wear).
i'm the bug at 3:40
RIP
@ZR1Terror I would be interested to see how this car would go with the better Michelin PSC Rubber that the ACR Viper used.I no the Bridgestones Lexus chose to use are an upgrade over the SOO1's the stock LFA uses thats the comparison I'd like to see I think if this occured the NE LFA definitel goes quicker.
More than just a car
Fr
The LFA deserve his place between the bests. Well done. Now make a lap with racing tires. LFA and GTR japan power.
Never happened 😢 2024
11-20-2011;Faster than lightning - vomit!I'll take a fleet of'em! I just can't imagine what it felt like roaring past the Schvartzwaldt at 166 MPH! unkle Akira must've been drifting for about 11% of that total excursion!Going to need help getting away from the repeat button!-Eric Urscher.
@whothaplaya
The LFA’s 20-inch forged aluminum wheels are shod with new asymmectric tread pattern Bridgestone tires - 265/35 ZR20 at the front and 305/30 ZR20 profile at the rear. Which are also 100% street legal and it COMES with it from the factory.
Gorgeous
7:03 eargams...
I wonder what it can do with modern cup2r
That car sound like a motor bike
It sound like an F1 car, high revving engines sound like that.
Check the video; "On-Board Schumacher's F1 Laps Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Ferrari Racing Days 2011 in 720HD"
The Reason is Because of the Camera *TRULY* 0_0
I have a V8 8400rpm engine also naturally aspirated , it also sound like a bike. It revs up extremely fast when you tap the throttle it sounds like a racebike. This is the real sound of racing. Today lesser cars resort to turbos to make power which completely eliminate racing sounds and make the car sound like a cow (the animal) when accelerating.
Shitty mic quality.
@@goognamgoognw6637 bmw ?
I just beat this record on gt6 with sports softs first attempt. I realize there's a different tho
I have never heard anything that sounds so much like my Mums old Bernina sewing machine. Yep she sews that fast.
+deadbrad Obviously you have never heard yourself speaking as well .... Yep you are that dumb.
@whothaplaya What are you trying to argue? The LFA Nurburgring version stomped the ZR1, period. The ZR1 did more than 2 laps around the ring and you would be out of your mind if you think otherwise. They had to do so in order to improve upon the times.
Also bottom line is no one is going to be able to reproduce the Nurburgring times that the ZR1 did around the ring.
Great job love this car now your not making anymore can't wait to see what you come up with
@BENKATOK
Engine is produced by Toyota, not Yamaha. Yamaha only tuned the engine head. Same partnership have Ford and Cosworth, or Honda and Mugen, or BMW and Alpina.
@mpfsupra notice that the vettes and ACR cost 1/4 the price of the lfa, and can be tuned to make the lfa look like a $400k prius.
@CHARLIETWW they used Bridgestone Potenza RE070 tires...which are factory tires with the LFA Nürburgring-Edition
@aieljose They ADDED the roll cage. When the one of the lucky 50 get their Nurbugring edition LFA it will not have the roll cage that is used in the 7:14 lap. The ZR1 on the other hand will have the PS Cup tires.
The LFA spent 5 months at the Ring to hold the record for a whole 2 weeks.
Competition is fierce.
2024
@geophysiscs The car most probably Iida used was a prototype most likely the NE LFA's do not have a cage as the carbon weave tech used has the tensile strength 4 times as stiff as aluminium.
It isn't close to the GR LFA as that runs a full race slick wide body kit to acccomdate the 330 wide slicks.
Actually the tire used by both ACR and ZR1 is the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup (with ZP or Zero Pressure for the ZR1). Both are semi-slick and are competiton DOT tires but they're not super slick or R compound. R compound are not road legal whereas the Michelins are.
But you're right compared to the tires used by LFA or even the GTR, the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup has less thread count and minimal rolling resistance.
@E1N9A8N0DA The thing is the Z06 and ZR1 are actually production cars. They look the same has the base vette but have almost nothing in common. The LFA NE was designed and tuned SPECIFICALLY for the ring. The ZR1 was not tuned for any one track the LFA NE was.I don't find it impressive that they spent 5 months at the ring tuning a car and only made it 5 seconds faster around a 13 mile track then a ZR1.
Yes but The tires used on the LFA are road legal, the ACRs tires are not.
@SuperchargedSwine If you mean special as in better then yes. The zr1 runs on Michilen Pilot Sport Cups 100% street legal and are a factory option and are the standard tires for the 458 italia, Porsche 911 gt2rs and gt3rs, and Bmw M3.
If someone we're generous enough to lend its unit to redo the lap record run, with Semi-Slicks and better driver with good weather, it could dip below to a 6 minute lap.
Someone have to do it
what you guys don't know is that the LFA was running a full roll cage when it ran this laptime you can clearly see it
Paris Hilton already has the 2nd LFA.
A Nurburgring Edition may be set to her 3rd LFA.
@whothaplaya The ACR ran with a racing front splitter and full on slick tires meaning in that spec it was actually not road legal.
Don't you mean the SRT TA?
I can see what you are trying to say but the SRT TA is a newer car than the ACR and uses more advanced techs.
And tyres do make quiet a bit of a difference and do shave off a few seconds in terms of lap time.
I'll admit though, the TA is quiet impressive.
I finally do this in Gran Turismo 7 and even beat this time! Although it is just a game that is simulating new tire technology from about 2021.
Imagine it w/ a DCT. Glorious vehicle.
@E1N9A8N0DA The Z06 and LFA have the same ring time. The tires are stock from the factory and street legal. If you actually looked at the tires only that outside 1/2'" is slick the rest is rain tread, so they are far from "super slick". "non-stock equipment" what exactly did the ZR1 have added that affected the performance of the car? I know that the LFA NE had a full roll cage added.Unless a fire extinguisher and radio add perfromance because thats the only non stock equipment ZR1 had
@E1N9A8N0DA It wasn't 5 months that it took them to beat the record. I took over 5 months of testing at the Ring and one drivers life and they didn't even break the record if you want to say the LFA NE is production car so is the Gumpert Apollo. "The thing is the LFA only needed some gear to smoke the 'vette, without opening its hood. Right or wrong ?" They completely changed the gear ratio's, suspension etc. SPECIFICALLY for the ring.
Is it weird if I listen to this at night to help me relax just here for the soundtrack 🏁😏🤪
Not weird dude. Exactly what I’m doing now 😂
Maybe both weird ?
@@ziggyfreud5357
No, you're not. I am here too!
@tsp996 The LFA when it broke the record was actually the NE owners release day which was part of the package when you buy the car.The 7.14 run was'nt even planned it just panned out that way as all the media were also doing there reviews of the car at that time the run was taking place.
@Richmoziz The were Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires 100% street legal. As for the front splitter it was added for the lap just like the roll cage was added for the LFA NE lap.
Whoever the driver is, is insane
@superchargedwhine1
LS9 is 630+bhp stock. There's no GM engine producing more than 630 in stock trim.
@BENKATOK Is that why on the LFA's engine cover it says handmade by Lexus.
Also you do realise Toyota own a % of Yamaha don't you and the only input they had was in head design of which was in conjunction to Toyota's spec.
Oh well I guess it wasn't going to last forever the ACR Viper has just lowered the NE LFA's laptime at the Nurburgring by 2 seconds and recorded a time of 7 min.12.2 sec's a really good effort.I do wonder if it used the Michelin Semi's that every other carmaker seems to use.
What really makes me wonder is how good the NE LFA would also go with these superior semi's than these RE070 Bridgestones Lexus chose to use.
@gotmatt2 In defense of the LFA forced induction is'nt used and the motor is bespoke how many V-10s designed on the market have the ability to rev 9500 RPM and build a V-10 smaller than a V-8 and the weight of a V-6.The LFA's motor has been voted motor of the year by EVO magazine who also tested your ZR-1 and ZO6 and they were found not to be in the same class.
What people have to realise also is that the LFA's a platform for materials and technologies that will also filter down through the range I don't think this is the case with the Viper and ZR-1 and Z06
@what77777 I'm not making that up. Toyota is in the process of choosing who is allowed to buy the LFA NE. Yes the LFA is a better car but not the better value.
look at how happy he is at the end! LFAgasm
or perhaps because the LFA is designed as more of a high performance daily driver, whereas the ACR is basically a road-legal track car, & the ZR1 is inexpensive enough on its own that they can afford to tack the extra weight that those Pilot Cup tires put on the price tag & know that it won't adversely affect sales too much.
In any case, its hard to imagine that semi-slick track tires would add to lap times. That's like saying perhaps sneakers would slow a runner down as opposed to flip-flops...
@aieljose I'm not belittling the LFA at all. I'm just saying comparing the two is stupid. Because the ZR1 you can buy TOMORROW at a Chevy dealership or wait two months and have all the options you want. The LFA Nurbugring edition it is quite possible that you could NEVER buy one even if you had the money if none of the 50 owners (or less) decides to sell them. The Nubugring edition is a great car for what it is but comparing it to an actually production car that anyone can buy is pointless.
@Metalguy696 no. The stock z06 have 7:42.90. The z07 HAVE MICHELIN SEMI-SLICKS and did 7:22 but with slick is easy. This lfa have semi slicks and the gtr ALL STOCK RUNS 7:24.2
Actually the LFA nurb has specially made sticky Bridgestones, not available on any other car. You are right about the ACR and ZR1 though.
you should watch the car and driver (i believe could be motor trend) video about this car. The car COMES with track tires every bit as track ready, probably more that the ZR1. Just to correct your tires statement.
@BeltDrivenMadness
Yes, adding lightness is better performance upgrade than classic power up on engine.
ZR1 using carbon fiber material, ZO6 fiberglass. But in ZO7 package, ZO6 is even more lighter.
@DoggyB22 its a street legal production car, see the headlines it says production supercar.
@superchargewine1 No the LFA NE does the LFA is slower then the ZR1 and Z06 and the Z06 has 50 less HP then the LFA.
@DoggyB22: Not to mention if someone else creates something. The very first place they want to sell it is here in america besides their own country.