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F40 LM GTE

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  1. cridom60

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    Hi 360C, can you get some more news on this car in Australia?
    Regarding the wing, I don't know if this car came with the large one originally as (ex)mine, if somebody can comment?
    So it seams that finally everybody will know everything about GTE's!!
     
  2. dan360

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    AFAIK 85015 never had the GTE bodywork or the gearbox or carbon rotors, so its mostly an LM with a GTE spec engine.

    I believe that both accidents were relatively minor, but that in one of the accidents the gearbox had to have new internals.

    Benny also owned 84503 which was a full GTE with all the bodywork and sequential gears.

    See the following pictures from M Sheehan's website. This car is also in Asia now.
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  3. Napolis

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    I knew the car well and the person who repaired it. The repair was done perfectly.

    Gearbox problem was not accident related.
     
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    I was told by the mechanic that it was as a result of an impact to one of the rear wheels by another car that didn't damage the car/wheel very much but broke gearbox internals. I'm not questioning the quality of the repair.

    Dan
     
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    If I owned one of these I'd make sure the gearbox oil level was correctly measured.
     
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    how about F40 GT? can anybody comment on that?
     
  9. 360C

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    What would you like to know? The car has had a very thorough cosmetic restoration here in Melbourne and it was done to a very high standard. I posted photos on this site somewhere once before. It hasn't been used since completion and as I said, it looks stunning.

    The car seems to be very much an LM with few GTE variations beyond the engine. It certainly is nothing like an EVO 2 GTE. It has no race history and apparently not a lot of use since new.
     
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    This car is also in Melbourne (we have an LM and 2 GTE's here). This car is the ultimate evolution of a GTE- the EVO 2, it is a real weapon. This was the last car built (1996? My records not on this computer). It is owned by Alghadri and I would be surprised if it ever came on the market. It has the carbon brakes and x-trac sequential box. No race history and limited use. I have posted many pics of this car on the site as well. Not in the same cosmetic condition as the other 2 cars; but probably still my pic of the bunch. A real animal of a car from my observations and conversations with the drivers at the track.
     
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    This post has some good pics:

    http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=135422591&postcount=102
     
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    According to what I have read there indead was a few F40 GT's....
     
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    I THINK the last F40 LM GTE was built in 1998? Or was it '96....I know one was built later on.

    EDIT: I think it was late in 1996....
     
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    Matthias told me it is a Michelotto GT, #88203 new to Tubi Japan
     
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    84503 was built in 98 per QV500.
     
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    Ah! I was right, '98....thanks.
     
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    the s/n 85015 is a GTE version with 1994 specifications.
    that means: 3,0 ltr engine,no carbon brakes ,no sequential gearbox.

    It had a small crash that caused the replacement of the front bonnet.

    regards
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    So they went from the stock 2.9 liter to a 3.0 liter?
     
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    Is that orange, or just an old photograph?

    Also, are these 3.0 liter engines you speak of different then the stock 2.9 liter engines?
     
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    Engines are different, much more HP and Torque.
     
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    I figured that, but I wonder why they would enlarge it from 2.9 to 3.0 liters. I can see them going to 3.5 like some of the others have. I guess they have their reasons lol.
     
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