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  Holy Horsepower
  Posted on September 22, 2018 by dhill
  It has been a busy week and I'm a little behind on getting the blog updated. So I'll post things a bit out of sequence. I'm still putting together two or three videos of my drive home from Snowmass over Independence and Loveland passes. That work was slowed down by an evening at the Great American Beer Festival and a trip today down to Ferrari of Denver for a little car show which they called "Holy Horsepower."
  Hours on the flyer stated 10am to 2pm, but their parking lot is small so I figured it was better to be early than late. As it was, I didn't arrive until a few minutes after ten and by then they were pretty well full. They directed me to a nice spot that could hold two small cars. "We can probably fit another Lotus in there." I wandered off for a bit and when I got back it wasn't a Lotus in the spot next to me but a Tesla Roadster. Close enough!
  I quickly spotted Kent's 2017 Ford GT. It took me a while to track him down. When I did, I asked if he remembered me telling him that, even though I like all his cars, the only one I would ask to drive was his 2005 GT. I said I'd renege on that now that he has the new one. That got a smile out of him. I told him to expect an email from me.
  As is usual in these things, if they were to give out an award for the dirtiest car I'd win. I haven't had a chance to wash it since the Snowmass trip, so it's all covered with bugs, dust, and track grime.
  As expected, there was no shortage of fancy machinery. I neglected to get photos of the Morris Mini and the yellow Pantera. Actually, there were quite a few cars I didn't get pictures of. But my photographic skills aren't that great, so I figure I'll go easy on everybody.
  This was my best look at the Tesla and Elise side-by-side. I'd heard that they share only something like 7% of parts, and it looks like most of those are on the interior. The Tesla is several hundred pounds heavier but uses the same brakes. I was surprised by that, but it makes use of regenerative braking, so the brakes don't need to work so hard.
  I took a few shots of a pretty orange Aventador. It was one of the few cars with the engine compartment open. I was somewhat amused that they have a plaque with the engine firing order on it. I don't recall seeing that before.
  Quite a few people left by noon, but a few cars kept arriving throughout the time I was there. The one that drew the biggest crowd was a pearl white Ferrari LaFerrari Aptera 70th Anniversary car. I heard somebody say it was worth $6 million. I don't know my Ferraris. I didn't know it was a LaFerrari until I looked it up at home. Sure enough, it looks like that $6 million figure could be correct. Wow. Pictures don't do the paint job justice.
  When I found Ryan I told him I was interested in getting an ECU dump for my car. He said it was pretty easy and offered to do it. He brought out his scan tool and laptop and in a couple minutes I had the data. He did this last year when he rebuilt the top half of my motor, but I didn't get a copy. I was most interested in time spent at various engine speeds. In adding these up and counting the amount of track time I have, I'm a bit surprised I'm not above 5700rpm even more than is shown. The time by car speed maps out to my expectations pretty well, so I don't doubt the data.
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