Ferrari 250 GTO replica -any good?

Wrong forum section ???

 

Goes in the crappy replicas thread.

 

I wonder how many Fiat Dino Coupes are still around w/ their Dino motors, whether 2.0 or 2.4?
As to the original Poster; thank god a real Ferrari didn't lose its V-12 to this.

 

Having owned a 328 GTS in Italy for four years, yes it had a V8.But....to the Italians it was still a Ferrari. Even today only the very rich own a V12 Ferrari.It's nice to think that even E.F. thought enough of the rest of us to create a V8. Try one some time. You won't be disappointed. tongascrew

 

I have put some miles on a carb'd 308; really liked it.

snagged from the web: "There were 1,989 Fiat Dino Spiders made, and there were 5,814 Dino Coupes made between 1966 and 1972." Apparently the 2.4 liter Fiats Dinos were assembled at Ferrari, while the 2.0 versions were assembled at Fiat.

I have no idea how many of the generally unloved Fiat Dino coupes were the 2.4 liter version. An extremely sweet motor in an unfortunate car. There must be a market out there for those motors. I actually looked into transplanting one into my old MGA, but the dimensions were impossible w/ the MGA front end more re-engineering than I was prepared to do.

As always, my main point is that Colombo v-12s should stay w/ the their original carrying cases.

 

Hi Bryan, why not put a twin cam Jap crap four-banger with the 5-speed box in the MGA? That seems feasible, fun and cheap. I wonder if anyone has.

john

 

What an interesting basis for a recreation.

I hate to see a Dino end up like this, but....

 

there are a bunch of Miata transplants in MGAs. There is an entire site dedicated to guys who re-engineer/cram all kinds of stuff into MGAs; Chevy v-6s, Rover alum v-8s, etc. Some very creative solutions.

 

He should have used 2 Dino V6 engines... for a 4.8 litre V12.

Gordon