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  1. RufMD

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    #1428 ferrariformulauno, Feb 20, 2009
    Those exhaust manifold ports look tiny even for a 3 liter motor!

    Great head shots...
     
  4. SSNISTR

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    #1429 SSNISTR, Feb 21, 2009
    Great close-ups Jas.
     
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    #1430 SSNISTR, Feb 21, 2009
    Technically it's a 2.9L.
     
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    #1432 328gtsfan, Feb 23, 2009
    RufMD,

    Thanks for the detail shots, don't get to see the insides very often.
     
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    #1433 bobafett, Feb 23, 2009
    Love the euro bumper and yellow lights
     
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    #1434 RufMD, Feb 23, 2009

    +1, plexi windows cap off perfection....
     
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    #1435 RufMD, Feb 23, 2009

    all credit to Peloton :) He took the time to document
     
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    #1438 cmparrenzo, Feb 24, 2009
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    Interesting that you have the top pic, that is Tim Gendreau's F40, my F40 and Roland's car. This was at Buttonwillow during the Forza article....

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    #1439 rosso.corsa, Feb 24, 2009
    Nice license plate... love the CGT and F40 together :D Thanks for sharing!
     
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    #1440 RufMD, Feb 24, 2009
    funny you should mention that...I was thumbing through that issue last week :) Very nice article documenting the "go fast and stop fast" changes you made.
     
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    #1441 deflord, Feb 27, 2009
    the Ferrari F40 87400 engine teardown pics are some of the best ones i've ever seen!! Does anyone have more of those pics in high res? If so please post them! There are a lot of pics of the face and body of that beauty but not many of her heart...


    It seems like a real high skill surgery...
     
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    #1443 Napolis, Mar 6, 2009
    Very Nice!
     
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    #1444 SSNISTR, Mar 6, 2009
    Nice shot!
     
  20. peloton

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    #1445 peloton, Mar 6, 2009
    Jas -

    Thanks for posting these up on fchat. The car is coming together now and I'll be posting up a link to a library of the assembly photos in the next month or so. I think you all will like photos of things like the freshly coated pistons, the new clutch, that type of stuff. As for the post commenting on the small size of the exhaust ports...everything on this engine looks tiny to me, the ports, the pistons, the valves...looks like a couple of small inline-4 motorcycle engines sharing a common crankcase and crankshaft. The only things I can find that look a bit oversize relative to the engine are the size of the stock turbos. The whole thing looks so very old school - hard to believe it was first launched in the late 80's, as much of the details look like carryovers from the 70's. All the carbon/kevlar work is about as modern as it gets. The frame is typical hand-welded tubular steel in oval, round and box sections. The welds are clearly done by hand, plenty of uneven spots, clearly strong, but definitely not done for looks, only joint integrity.
     
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    #1446 RufMD, Mar 6, 2009
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    ....and it all comes together to produce scintillating thrust !

    Its really interesting that you mentioned the quality of the welds...when Gordon Murray saw them he mentioned that if someone welded like that at McLaren, they would have been fired on the spot :)

    Looking forward to the pics Ron, they will be very informative. Thanks for taking the time to put them together.
     
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    #1449 peloton, Mar 7, 2009
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    Gordon Murray is certainly a god among automotive engineers so his weld comment is telling. He probably would not have approved of the funky hand-work on laying up clear coat and joining sections on the F40's carbon/kevlar tub either...(sorry about my thumb in the photo)
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    #1450 RufMD, Mar 7, 2009
    haha ! thats the italian way :) (at least back then.....)
     
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