Want to be the envy of everyone at your next track day or autocross? How about buying the Acura ARX-05 DPi race car campaigned by Wayne Taylor Racing in the 2022 IMSA season?
Piloted by the likes of Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque and Brendon Hartley, the Acura only shows 11,000 miles since new…
Hmmm... the Florida Mega Millions is up to almost $450 million now...
If any of you buy it I just want to sit in it. So cool that when these sell we get to see all the little details. I'm wondering if the rear sway bar also functions as a 3rd member. Otherwise it doesn't seem to have one.
Also I realize they are nothing alike but it is amazing how much further back the diff is on this compared to my LMP360
In reply to nocones :
For your purposes, I'd even suggest saving as many pictures from the listing as you can. Doesn't seem very often that we can (virtually) get so up close and personal with a prototype racer.
I've got $20 it shows up in WRL next year.
In reply to racerfink :
Colin Wood said:In reply to nocones :
For your purposes, I'd even suggest saving as many pictures from the listing as you can. Doesn't seem very often that we can (virtually) get so up close and personal with a prototype racer.
Many a Ligier sale on Racecarsdirect was consulted during development of the LMP360
This thing is massively longer than the LMP360, it has a track-to-wheelbase ratio like a crew-cab pickup truck, vs. the LMP360 which is probably more like a 2-door coupe. We can joke about entering this thing in an autocross, but its length alone could make that a major challenge - not to mention that it probably has very little lock angle and front fenders that could blot out a whole gaggle of cones from your view.
The advantage of all that length is better aero (especially more area to generate underbody downforce with). Edit: See also, Jimmy Broadbent's term "downforce limousine" 
I'm wondering if the rear sway bar also functions as a 3rd member. Otherwise it doesn't seem to have one.
Looks like it can run a 3rd member between the two coilovers, but it's not installed in the BaT pics:
Possibly because it includes an inerter, which race teams are very secretive about.
In reply to Colin Wood :
I just watched that very episode two days ago.
I wonder if my Acura dealer will service it? 
11,000 miles in 10 races. I know there's a 24, 12, and 6 hour races in there but I didn't think it'd add up to that much.
In reply to j_tso :
Pre-season and tire testing, practice sessions and qualifying, shakedown etc. Thirteen races last season, 11,000 miles sounds about right.
We've had plenty of successful Lemons weekends where we put 900-1000 miles on the car, and we are going a whole lot slower than they are.
Notice the display in the drivers compartment where it says driver id? Do does that mean the driver has t log in to drive?
GameboyRMH said:This thing is massively longer than the LMP360, it has a track-to-wheelbase ratio like a crew-cab pickup truck, vs. the LMP360 which is probably more like a 2-door coupe. We can joke about entering this thing in an autocross, but its length alone could make that a major challenge - not to mention that it probably has very little lock angle and front fenders that could blot out a whole gaggle of cones from your view.
The advantage of all that length is better aero (especially more area to generate underbody downforce with). Edit: See also, Jimmy Broadbent's term "downforce limousine"
Hmmm
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