765LT - road test & day at MTC

[TB993tt]

Thanks for all the nice comments on the incoming 765

Jas, how have you only managed to do 2700 miles in 32 months of 720 ownership (read your ad on the MOC), apart from the mind blowing £/mile depreciation, you have hardly experienced the car, will you be trying a bit harder if you get an LTS ?

[650spider]

TB993tt said:

Thanks for all the nice comments on the incoming 765

Jas, how have you only managed to do 2700 miles in 32 months of 720 ownership (read your ad on the MOC), apart from the mind blowing £/mile depreciation, you have hardly experienced the car, will you be trying a bit harder if you get an LTS ?

Usage is important for enjoyment, but just having something nice sitting in the garage that you can accidently spend 30mins just staring at is also a huge part of it me.

I had a unique 1 if 1 Ferrari that actually covered a piddly 270 miles in one year; didn't phase me as in that case looking at it was more enjoyable than driving it as you never knew if the journey would actually be completed.

[LotusJas]

DonBarracuda said:

McLaren just dropped a teaser for the Artura, haven't seen any stats yet but I'm assuming it's going to be quicker than the 765LT with its electric assist

No it won't even be as quick as 720S. It's a replacement for 570S, so will indeed be quicker than that. And very up to date of course.

[LotusJas]

TB993tt said:

Thanks for all the nice comments on the incoming 765

Jas, how have you only managed to do 2700 miles in 32 months of 720 ownership (read your ad on the MOC), apart from the mind blowing £/mile depreciation, you have hardly experienced the car, will you be trying a bit harder if you get an LTS ?

Two reasons really.

First is having too many cars, so the miles tend to get spread amongst them.

Secondly, I had a lot of events planned in 2020....and we know what happened there. I think I managed 2 local ones (Burgers & Beach 1 & 2), and that's it. Obviously nothing done yet in 2021.

I would definitely have liked to have done more miles.

My long term plan is to rationalise my cars and sell 3 of them, and replace those with just 1. But that can only happen when I decide I can bear to sell the Ferrari. That will help a lot in using the 765LT more.

P.S. PM me on FB when you get yours. There's something (good) that you might well be interested in related to your car.

[DonBarracuda]

Brooks upload a drag race between the 720S and 765LT the difference is staggering


765LT vs SF90 video coming at the end of the week. I think the SF90 might beat it in the quarter mile by a whisker but the Mc would win in the half

Also, if you like pops bangs and flames 765LT does that well too, not sure anyone would really need an aftermarket exhaust now

[WCZ]

it was obvious mclaren would tell lies about the actual differences between the 720s and 765 and make it much better!

[Don1]

Almost like they had learnt from the P1 times around the 'ring story....

[TB993tt]

WCZ said:

it was obvious mclaren would tell lies about the actual differences between the 720s and 765 and make it much better!

I'm interested in what different differences you think there may be which haven't been declared ?

I'm thinking the relative performance seems right for -80kg, 15% lower final drive, probably nearer Senna like 800 peak hp but 800NM over quite a wide portion of the curve.

[likesachange]

TB993tt said:

I'm interested in what different differences you think there may be which haven't been declared ?

I'm thinking the relative performance seems right for -80kg, 15% lower final drive, probably nearer Senna like 800 peak hp but 800NM over quite a wide portion of the curve.

The gearing will make a huge difference to acceleration. it’s about 0.5/6s quicker over the 1/4 mile. Anything less than that and someone would be saying it’s a waste of money blah blah blah

[LotusJas]

WCZ said:

it was obvious mclaren would tell lies about the actual differences between the 720s and 765 and make it much better!

I agree, it's absolutely disgraceful that McLaren would mislead customers in possibly giving us MORE than they promised. How dare they give us a better car than we were expecting!

It's unacceptable that we get more bhp than the promised spec in a McLaren.

Mind you, by all accounts, Ferrari give you more too.....more kg.

[DonBarracuda]

765LT broke the record again 8.91s quarter mile - https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLML-7BGx1

[TB993tt]

DonBarracuda said:

765LT broke the record again 8.91s quarter mile - https://www.instagram.com/p/CLLML-7BGx1

There goes the warranty

[likesachange]

TB993tt said:

There goes the warranty

Presume it was tuned...
And by a developer owned car which am sure they are not bothered.
Credit to them pushing the boundaries I just hope these tuners find out the boundaries and log all these runs.

I wonder how many runs Brooks 720s did and if he had any unlogged issues ...

[DonBarracuda]

[likesachange]

DonBarracuda said:

So an additional >150bhp squeezed out of the engine. Hope they show the good and the bad with this development. Especially as the car will probably spend all its life on a dyno and trailered to race tracks!

Crazy power, well over 1000bhp in flywheel terms from basically downpipes a tune and decent fuel!

[LotusJas]

likesachange said:

Presume it was tuned...

What they describe as a "light tune" + downpipes

I'd never do it to mine, but am following it with interest. It's only a first attempt, so it will get a lot faster than this.

[DonBarracuda]

DragTimes 765LT vs Senna

[WCZ]

LotusJas said:

I agree, it's absolutely disgraceful that McLaren would mislead customers in possibly giving us MORE than they promised. How dare they give us a better car than we were expecting!

It's unacceptable that we get more bhp than the promised spec in a McLaren.

Mind you, by all accounts, Ferrari give you more too.....more kg.

i'm not complaining, just saying that +45hp -50kg wouldn't make the car as drastically different in acceleration vs the 720s and even the Senna as it has

[AstonExige720]

It blows my mind how quick the 765LT is. Anyone who has driven a 720s will remember just how spine-tinglingly stupidly fast they are, yet look how it got massacred on the 1/4 mile but the 765LT - it's just crazy. Cannot imagine how it will feel!!! Could it actually struggle to put that power down on the road in anything other than prime drag strip conditions? With those gear ratios? Although before the 720s people probably said the same about a RWD car trying to put over 700bhp down through just 2 wheels.

[likesachange]

Chances are it could well be the fastest IC RWD car ever made over the 1/4mile! And hold it for eternity!

Sure there’s a few bonkers car wapping out 12-1800 bhp but I bet there no quicker over the 1/4.

The 765lt running gear/gear ratios seems to get the perfect balance vs grip on the drag strip..