How would a 996 TT with an X50 package do against a Gallardo?

Say from a 50-150??

 

Ther's a video on this forum of a stock non-X50 TT vs. a Gallardo from a roll. And the Gallardo *barely* edges it out at high speed. I'd say a stock X50 woud be faster than a Gallardo.

 

And was this with equal drivers??

Drivers play such an important role. I have seen many instances where car X should have beat car Y, But car X was in 3rd gear and car Y was in 2nd gear, hence car X losing when it is indeed the quicker car.

Not saying the X50 won't win, but was just curious if these 2 drivers were both in the right rpm/gear.

 

Can't say. But the same poster also posted a video of a Stage 2 TT against the same Gallardo and the Stage 2 wiped the floor with it.

Check it out (vid links are directly below the picture in the first post:

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...gallardo+stage

 

Thanks for the link..

Hmmm..so an X50 would beat a Gallardo. Good to know..

 

X50 will not beat a Gallardo.

 

Then how would you explain the vids posted above? If it can barely pull on a TT, don't you think it would lose to a X50?

 

Drive both make your own assumptions. There is also video around of the new M5 or M6 kicking the **** out of a 996TT, easily walking away from the TT putting BUSLENGTHS on him. This same car is said to have been neck and neck with a Gallardo. All depends on driver knowledge.

 

Allan, you do such a great job of putting things into perspective.

 

Im good like that.

 

Yes, I saw that vid of the M6 beating the TT pretty bad. But, i don't remember anywhere of them stating that it was neck and neck with a Gallardo. Do you have a link?

 

U.S . automobile magazines have documented acceleration time showing the X50 faster than the Gallardo at all checkpoints

.............0-60.......0-100 .......1/4mi........Trap

X50 .........3.7......... 8.8......... 11.7........120
Gallardo ....4.1......... 9.2..........12.4........118

 

Have you ever ran a Gallardo in your X50??

 

There was a recent Best Motoring comparing the Ferrari F430 with Gallardo & Porsche GT3. The Gallardo got absolutely destroyed by the F430, and was pretty nose to nose with the Porsche GT3 (though the F430 seemed very slightly faster at high speed). Said the Gallardo was like driving a family sedan compared to the F430, and commented there might have been some issue with power loss through the AWD. I would take a properly driven X50 in the 1/4 mile. There seems to be something wrong with the Gallardo. I never seen great times from this car on test drives. Either that or mechanical problems.

 

Best Motoring is always to be taken with a grain of salt. According to one of my board members in Japan, he had volunteered his Gallardo to be used int he run, but they opted to used a modified Gallardo, which had actually lost power on the dyno from the modifications performed. I have recently driven a 430, and for straightline power, it will not kill a Gallardo, inmo they are very similar. what i did prefer was the 430's F1 system to the early Gallardos E-gear. This has supposedly been rectified with the new SE.