Shingo Shoji
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Love the guys reaction to the FL5. It's a suprising car to those who don't know much about it. I'm sure the Ford is amazing too but big and heavy is not what I look for in a car.
Evox787
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That Voodoo 8200k V8 is the sound of merica by the minute! 🤌🤌🤌🤌 Sure, the FL5 is an amazing car as well, but it’s in a completely different category. It’s like comparing it to a GT3 both are amazing but belong to different classes.
There’s also a difference in affordability. Not everyone can buy a GT3, and maybe, for the price of a used 350 or 350R, it’s better to get the FL5. I guess the Shelby is a beast on most tracks here in the U.S. Sure, it’s heavy—a heavy car—but I don’t think any of the top fast cars from the Big Three are going to weigh less than 4,000 pounds. Probably I’m wrong, but that car is still a track weapon.
I always say that if, by some miracle, I win the Powerball, I will probably be broke in six months. But I will have one modest, comfortable home and a garage or a hangar filled with all the cars I want.
There’s also a difference in affordability. Not everyone can buy a GT3, and maybe, for the price of a used 350 or 350R, it’s better to get the FL5. I guess the Shelby is a beast on most tracks here in the U.S. Sure, it’s heavy—a heavy car—but I don’t think any of the top fast cars from the Big Three are going to weigh less than 4,000 pounds. Probably I’m wrong, but that car is still a track weapon.
I always say that if, by some miracle, I win the Powerball, I will probably be broke in six months. But I will have one modest, comfortable home and a garage or a hangar filled with all the cars I want.
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We love the CTR I get it but man, first the Porsche thread and now this one.
Weight I agree they're in different classings, but the CTR isn't a small car dimensional. FYI the CTR is a tad shorter, and some of that can be attributed to the lip spoiler on the GT350. I got the FL5 because of it's dimensions which aids in practicality.
GT350 is under 3800lbs the 350r under 3700lbs.That Voodoo 8200k V8 is the sound of merica by the minute! 🤌🤌🤌🤌 Sure, the FL5 is an amazing car as well, but it’s in a completely different category. It’s like comparing it to a GT3 both are amazing but belong to different classes.
There’s also a difference in affordability. Not everyone can buy a GT3, and maybe, for the price of a used 350 or 350R, it’s better to get the FL5. I guess the Shelby is a beast on most tracks here in the U.S. Sure, it’s heavy—a heavy car—but I don’t think any of the top fast cars from the Big Three are going to weigh less than 4,000 pounds. Probably I’m wrong, but that car is still a track weapon.
I always say that if, by some miracle, I win the Powerball, I will probably be broke in six months. But I will have one modest, comfortable home and a garage or a hangar filled with all the cars I want.
Spart
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I've owned a GT350, and you have to be absolutely high on military-grade copium to argue the CTR is a better car.
The GT350 is in a different league and that's okay.
In an ideal world, I'd have a bigger garage and have BOTH my DE5 and the GT350. I wouldn't even compare them because they do different things well and I would use them differently.
The guy claimed that he's "raced with GT350's and C8s on track" and claims the CTR can keep up. Yes, a faster driver in a CTR can keep up with slower drivers in those cars. My GT350 has gotten point bys from plenty of McLarens and Corvettes. It's not just the car, it's the driver and their comfort level.
In particular the GT350 will be turning laps longer than the CTR, because the GT350 was actually engineered to keep itself cool for extended periods of track time. It has an engine oil cooler, trans oil cooler, diff oil cooler, and more heat capacity in the brakes. One time, against my better judgement, I did a track day in triple digit heat (that's real temp not heat index) in the GT350, and that car kept going when 3/4 of my run group had to pack it in after three laps of a 2.5 mile track. The CTR would've been in that 3/4 that day.
The GT350 is in a different league and that's okay.
In an ideal world, I'd have a bigger garage and have BOTH my DE5 and the GT350. I wouldn't even compare them because they do different things well and I would use them differently.
The guy claimed that he's "raced with GT350's and C8s on track" and claims the CTR can keep up. Yes, a faster driver in a CTR can keep up with slower drivers in those cars. My GT350 has gotten point bys from plenty of McLarens and Corvettes. It's not just the car, it's the driver and their comfort level.
In particular the GT350 will be turning laps longer than the CTR, because the GT350 was actually engineered to keep itself cool for extended periods of track time. It has an engine oil cooler, trans oil cooler, diff oil cooler, and more heat capacity in the brakes. One time, against my better judgement, I did a track day in triple digit heat (that's real temp not heat index) in the GT350, and that car kept going when 3/4 of my run group had to pack it in after three laps of a 2.5 mile track. The CTR would've been in that 3/4 that day.
Shingo Shoji
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Fair point. I guess in general I’ve found high power heavy cars numb to drive. I always think that the guys in their stripped out MX5s (Miatas) are having the most fun of anyone at my local track.
