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F355 with F50 gt and F40...

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  1. Robb

    Robb Moderator Moderator Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Robb, Jun 18, 2017
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  2. FLORIDAsnakeEyes

    FLORIDAsnakeEyes Formula 3 Silver Subscribed

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    I am overseas, made my day ty.
     
    FLORIDAsnakeEyes, Jun 18, 2017
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  3. ghardt

    ghardt Formula 3

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    Very nice, thank you for posting.
     
    ghardt, Jun 18, 2017
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  4. Challenge

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    Oldie but a goodie. From the old website Pulp Racing, which outlined how 2 young guys bought 355's despite not really being able to afford them. I've watched that one too many times.
     
    Challenge, Jun 19, 2017
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  5. f355spider

    f355spider F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    +1, that was from a long way back....before I owned a 355 myself.
     
    f355spider, Jun 19, 2017
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  6. KMR968Turbo

    KMR968Turbo Formula 3

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    I followed Doug and Wayne on their website from the beginning - even bought all the NSX Files videos. Classic amateur video and I wish I could find the original tapes/DVD's.
     
    KMR968Turbo, Jun 20, 2017
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  7. FCOnyx

    FCOnyx Formula Junior Owner

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    I remember when that GTS came up for sale while I was looking for mine. I don't think it was the Pulp guys, but a later owner, who posted it as "never been tracked!". People here pointed out to the current owner that *he* had never tracked it, but those Pulp videos show it got *lots* of track time back in the day. The seller promptly edited the listing. :)
     
    FCOnyx, Jun 20, 2017
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  8. NürScud

    NürScud F1 Veteran

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    That V12 sound!!
     
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  9. cmparrenzo

    cmparrenzo F1 Rookie

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    This was at Fontana, the owner of the F50GT and I were having a very fun day! F40's have some very serious design issues with the brakes, at 175mph, I went into the chicane with no pedal, luckily the chicane had an exit.

    Brembo engineers happened to be at the track that weekend and witnessed what happened. For the remaining part of the day, we heat taped the rotors and calipers and discovered the issues.

    Ultimately I loaned my F40 to Brembo for three months as the redesigned the brake system to be able to handle the heat generated at over 150mph.

    Forza magazine hired Peter Brock to write an article on the F40 brake system, we rented Buttonwillow raceway and brought in professional race car driver Grant Maiman to test the car along with Brembo engineers including Eric Dahl who went on to start Girodisc company,

    This F40 was the cover car and featured article in the December 2002 issue of Forza.

    Now you know the rest of the story... and yes, I have watched this video many times!
     
    cmparrenzo, Sep 3, 2017
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  10. INTMD8

    INTMD8 F1 Veteran Owner Silver Subscribed

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    Nice! The only individual throttle body fuel injected cars :)
     
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