Felix please make sure you post lots of images of your Reunion! That would be very much appreciated, and we wish you all a once-in-a-lifetime treat. Meanwhile, I would like to thank all the owners worldwide who have contacted us regarding the Reunion in August in California. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Spotted this past weekend (on May 31st 2009) at the 20th BPF Concours D'Elegance in Bethlehem, PA. A 288 GTO bearing blue antique plates "74 JZ" affixed on top of the rear Italian Escursionisti Esteri (EE) plates. Rear number plate groove painted red. Side-markers fitted to lower rear valances and in place of circular front turn-signal units. Orange seat inserts.
If I recall correctly, the center of the rear window was the position where most European Ferrari concessionaires affixed their dealer stickers. If anyone is aware of other application points please share... thanks. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I have now signed with www.veloce.co.uk who will publish the 288 GTO book I have been working on for some time. Tentatively, publication will be fall 2010. In my research a while ago, I came across a direct between this car and the 288 GTO. I wonder how many know what it is... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks Joe . Wiil be a pleasure. Sport Auto, Cavallino , Cars , among many many others media ,will covered the 25th anniversary GTO of Barcelona.
What's the chassis number on this one Joe? I have seen this one at a couple other shows, but never got the chassis number. I remember the license plate groove being red and there can't be too many GTO's like that with orange inserts in my neck of the woods... Erik
Chris it appears as it was at last years event see this thread with pics from the 2008 event and a pic of the 288gto in question http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243188 ... Was this car at this years event? Erik
Erik: same car, same event, & correct description, but clearly 2008, not 2009 as told to me. It always pays to double-check other people's info!
Hi Joe, Is this the car you are speaking of ... ? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Isn't that the Lancia race car Ferrari developed an engine for? EDIT: Yup, I was right, Ferrari developed a 308 based engine for the LC2.
It is often misreported that the engine for the all-new 288 GTO was simply a turbocharged version of the 308's Type 105/6 unit. Not so. The 288 GTO's new unit was an engine developed from scratch with Group C Le Mans-winning intent. In fact the 288 GTO's F114B engine is a direct descendant of the unit Ferrari SpA specially developed for the 1983 Lancia LC2 racing coupes using its own Ferrari Formula One 126C car's unit for reference. It must be pointed out that new unit Ferrari developed for Lancia for its LC2 was not based upon the 308's unit, and this became mandatory the moment it was realized that the LC2 required a unit for longitudinal application with a gearbox fitted to the rear. As we all know, this specification remained for the 288 GTO. How did Ferrari come to be involved? In 1982, Martini Racing boss Cesare Fiorio was desperately searching for a way to outfox Porsche's fabled 956 Le Mans car. He looked within the FIAT group of companies and Ferrari was an obvious source for a purpose-built competition unit, so they became the project's benefactor with a newly-designed V8 fitted with twin KKK turbochargers and BEHR intercoolers good for 650 bhp on race day and even 720 bhp for qualifying. The LC2 debuted in February 1983 and that same year, Ferrari de-tuned & modified the LC2 unit utilizing smaller IHI turbos, although the basic components used remained the same. That engine is the Type F114B unit that you see when you peek under the hood of any 288 GTO today.
For better or for worse, the basic gearbox in the 288 GTO endured thru the GTO Evoluzione to the F40... Image Unavailable, Please Login
