Nick Mason's car in an early test - CAR February 1989 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another CAR magazine article, this time from July 1988, a comparo between a prototype F40 and the 959. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Joe, Thanks for scanning those but im not sure we will be able to read them. Maybe you could add the original Jpegs in a Zip (i think Fchat allows you to upload zip as well..). Thanks ! Andrew
Andrew: actually I took them straight off Flickr, so I am yet to scan my own copies. I'm hoping they will be a reminder of specific articles & dates published by major magazines on the F40 (an amazing database by the way). This way owners who want them can simply buy them off EBay and add to their collections of useful material on the cars.
I have sourced quite a few of my F40 articles here. Good guy. http://www.albaco.com/store/search.php?mode=search Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Great F40 selection from the past there Joe! I see 'Yellow 4' featured on the October 1987 Autocar issue. CH
I have so much scanning to do, I don't know where to start! But as you know, magazine articles done in the production period can be a wealth of information about production, model characteristics & performance.
I know. I have some articles, but they are principally Italian or German. I have French articles and English too, but I have only a pair fo your yet. I think the most interesting in the scanned for data was FAST LANE. It was the 1st FL test, when my articles was the second and faster. http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=139178341&postcount=122 http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=139178366&postcount=123 But you will say me if there are some interesting data in the other. (If data are factory data or not very fast data, they are not very interesting. Because here in the forum I have seen we are talking ONLY about the very perfect condition and the very fast times like the other aren't really truth or random. )
How many miles has the C&D F40 during the 0-170 26.3s test? is possible to know in the article? Because Mason's car gain 2.7s in the test from new to km 23.000 (14000 miles)..
In 1992 one of the US car magazines did an interesting article featuring the Diablo and and F40, I believe the article was based on both cars travelling a long distance together and discussing the strenghts and weakness of each car.
Please advise if you are speaking of the prototype or the USA car? I'm afraid if I go into the archives I will be lost for days! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yes I remember it. The cars were based at Shelton Ferrari and were driven around on the street extensively in the Ft Lauderdale area. Then they were tested oat Sebring. What I remember most is what a whipping the USA F40 gave that Diablo around Sebring.
F40 article written by Peter Brock. Issue 42 Dec 2002 F40 Revisited, F40 Brakes Digi-Tec 360 Modena Luigi Chinetti story Art of the Automobile F1: Totally in control Ferrari of Wash. 360 GT Concorso Italiano VT Ferrari Festival Ferrari Design Rip-offs Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks Chris, great issue! Another F40 article about a car with some 'upgrades' http://europeancar.automotive.com/69584/epcp-0504-carobou-engineering-ferrari-f40/index.html Image Unavailable, Please Login
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news/20_greatest_cars/0604_ferrari_f40/index.html I have the original article somewhere describing the F40 as one of the 20 best cars... Image Unavailable, Please Login
Modern day articles comparing the F40 with newer machinery are always inspiring too. I cant find my Autocar but here is their video. The F40 has to be one of the most written-about or discussed Ferraris. http://www.autocar.co.uk/VideosWallpapers/Videos.aspx?AR=240695&CT=V Image Unavailable, Please Login
about the US car tested... if the car was new at the moment, the 26.3 sec should be really improved about that F40 version
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yeah the prototype... http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/05/03/days-of-ferrari-day-xvi/ 74049’s true singularity lies in its powerplant. The standard F40 engine is a Tipo F120A, while the higher output F40 LM used a Tipo F120B. Interestingly, the engine plate on 74049 states that it has a Tipo F120AB, which may be a cross between the two. Although most major components are the same as a standard F40, 74049 is believed to produce about 100hp more than the 478hp that a European model F40 produced (tested at 7,500 rpm without air passing through the intercoolers). This makes it only about 160 horsepower shy of an LM. The IHI turbos are different from stock, but not the same as the ones on an LM. The ECU is an enhanced one-off unit. Intercoolers are standard, but do not wear the BEHR lettering of the street units. As with European models, there is no catalytic converter and many of the brackets for the exhaust system are hand-fabricated. The air cleaners are also subtly different for no apparent reason. The fuel cell housing is made from carbon fiber. BTW factory experience cars were a various type of experimental cars, but there are some stock cars with in the experience cars.