USA FERRARI F40

sorry lol...i read about twenty pages and became eager to post..thanks for the info!!

 

kind of surprising. i always liked the euro nose better...

 

He passed away, right?


His F50 was un-turboed

 

Yes, Joe, the Efforty Lightweight - presented with this nomenclature by your illustrious goodself is certainly far lighter (and faster) than the USA F40.

All good wishes from England from A Singer and his banned

 

Nope, he did not pass away. He's quite active and involved in the X-Prize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Carmack

And the F50 was unturboed.

 

From what I have read, Euro spec is about 2700 pounds, and the USA spec is about 3000 pounds.

 

Dear Omniscient F-40 Comrade SSNISTR,

Yes, and as you have quite correctly ascertained, this huge weight differential is disproportionately high. Hence the English Efforty Lightweight that is clearly acknowledged by all aficionado's as all of ten per cent lighter will exceed two hundred smiles per hour and regretfully the US Heavyweight Efforty will not. Our dearest of Comrades Mr. Joe Sackey, doyen of all things Efforty may perhaps confirm the veracity. Over to you Joe

All good wishes from England.

A Singer with no banned

 

Who did the TT F50? I always thought it was Carmack. Norwood car, right?

 

So it is possible to have the Euro nose on US cars. Why arent there more US cars having their nose done the "right" way ?

 

I still think the F50 is the sexiest car ever made!!

 

Joe: the slow down light, as I'm sure you're aware, has do to with the cats claiming to be on fire / banks misfiring than the car actually telling you to cool your jets.

THe US F40 has a number of *very* weird "features" that the euro versions do not, including having the o2 sensors cut out above 2500 rpm (by design so as to pass smog and not confuse the thermocoupler ECUs which were never designed to work with the magneti marelli FI system). Hackjob stuff at best.

I fondly recall that with 550s, the "hood latch open" diagram pops up anytime you've really pushed from 120ish to 190ish. Pretty disconcerting thought t othink 6 feet of hood will come slapping back at you at those speeds. The first time I saw the light, well, in the words of Bill Cosby "You say it, then you do it"

 

Dear Comrade Joe Sackey Omniscient Purveyor of Horseless Carriages to the Nobility and Gentry since Nineteen Seventy Eight,

I can confirm that the English Efforty Lightweight is indeed provided with the obligatory SLOW DOWN light.

I can further confirm that the SLOW DOWN light has never illuminated at an inopportune moment. The reason may very well be that the English Efforty Lightweight is more than ten per cent lighter than the USA Efforty. Furthermore the black moustache fitted to the front of the USA Efforty may well spoil the aerodynamics to the extent that the engine starts to labour when the vehicle approaches two hundred smiles per hour. However, the English Efforty Lightweight is merely just beginning to get into its stride at such speeds

With kind regards,

A Singer without a Banned

 

Well the weight difference is decent. BUT, it's not as huge as you make it out to be. Plus the USA spec cars "might" have gotten a little power boost to help even things out. Either way, even the USA spec cars will top 200 mph. Not just the Euro spec cars.

 

Joe, I can't remember if it was Road & Track or not, but I think they got a USA spec car to like 200.1 mph. Not saying then can hit the 202.5 mph that Quattroroute got out of a Euro spec one, but close.

And I hope you don't go by what the speedo tops out as being what the car tops out at. I've proven that wrong with GPS many a time.

 

why dont you use your old account?

 

You also gotta remember Joe that when a quoted top speed on 201 mph is given, there are many varibles that could keep it on any day and time from hitting 201 mph. Wind, temps, surface condition, driver, length of test area and others. I have personally read at least three tests that hit or passed 200 mph. I think they were all Euro spec cars though. I know the car that Quatroroutte tested that hit 202.5 mph was a Euro spec car.

 

i read a recent review on top speeds..sorry don't remember which magazine..but the author of the section said he hit 203 in a f40 on the autobahn..which means it was a euro spec car...lol i thought you told me the usa car was better!!