Ferrari Enzo with F1 actuation

Was this not a FXX mule or something?

 

V8 Ferrari F1 engine you said? More infos!!

Here is another picture I found with MC12 wheels.
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I don’t see Ferrari doing this, it makes no since because an F1 engine would be unusable at the low RPM level of street driving…

 

The front end is very odd looking(painted nose).

 

whatever works i guess....

 

Could this be a way for them to get extra track time on the engine without having to break out the whole F1 team for a test? Seems to me that would not be a bad idea, especially since the dyno testing is not as valuable as actually driving it. Could be totally wrong but just trying to think what reason could they have for doing this.

Mark

 

Thats hot, I want to see some autobahn endurance testing on the new F1 V8. . But how do you explain it to the cop you passed turning 19k rpm

 

is it possible to put an F1 engine into a road car?

 

I love that additional naca duct in the front bonnet

 

Considering Ferrari designs and builds both cars and the motors, I would say it's not a big deal at all for them to drop the F1 motor into an enzo.

 

It´s a big deal cause the chassis of the enzo isn´t for engines rom f1.
f1 engines are a part of the chassis ( f50 too)

 

I'm well aware of that, but who says they have to mount the F1 engine that way? If they are just doing engine testing put some mounts on it and away you go.

It wouldn't be a super simple swap but far from difficult for the engineers who design cars like that. Think outside the box, and don't over engineer things. People swap sport bike motors into small cars all the time, and they are a structural part of the chassi as well.


Now to swap an enzo motor into an F1 car would be extremely difficult as the motor was not designed for the structural loads.

 

A F1 engine lasts for only 800 km... Then you have to change it.
That "mule" remembers the one Ferrari used for the FXX superexotic car...

 

It IS the mule for the FXX. I`ve seen it in Fiorano testing in May.
Also, fitting a F1 engine to the FXX is a HUGE deal, and the rear axle should look different.
For me it is just the FXX mule, nothing else.
Regards.
Cris.-

 

Ok Techie discussion will commence.

Do tell why it would be such a HUGE deal to drop a different engine/trans in an enzo platform? And "because it's from an F1 car" is not an acceptable answer.

From what I have seen on the enzo/fxx the engine/transaxle are not a structural part of the chassis. In simple terms putting an F1 engine/trans in would require using motor plates (to retain the origional mouting structure) and then adapting those to the enzo frame. To say it would be hard for the guys who DESIGNED AND BUILT the enzo to swap motors is just silly.

Just because it's from an F1 car doesn't make it some magical bit that would never function out of that specifica car.

It would be MUCH harder to change the engine type in something like an F50 where it is a structural part of the car.

Sheesh, you guys need to get out and wrench on your cars more. Swaping a tiny V8 would be much easier that what some of the hotrod guys are doing.

 

It is not just a matter of mountings.
There are lots more things to have in mind.

1. Air feeding to the engine.
2. Cooling the engine.
3. Height of the engine transaxle
4. Wheel size change gear ratios, etc.

And, having a bunch of F1 cars, why fit it to a road car?
Sounds nonsense.
But! If anybody can show a picture of such a thing I will beg for pardon.

Enough.
Cris.-