THE F50 THREAD

is that right scott 360hp?

 

that's taking it as a 17% lose in the transfer gears ?

those runs scare the hell out of me , what if the car ever jumps the chocks at the front ?

 

Thanks for the videos SD. Im sure these computer speakers dont do the exhaust note justice. When I dyno'd my 348, stock and with straight through pipes, it was NUTS in the workshop. When I watched the video on the computer, the speakers dont do the amazing exhaust note justice. Im sure your F50 sounds glorious in person. As you know, what HP you have at the rear wheels is what you want. The dyno calculates the engine HP numbers. Around 15%-18% they reckon drivetrain loss for transaxle cars. The 360 ponies you have at the bags is as spot on as it will ever be. Ive seen cars here with 500HP at the wheels that never have a drama flying off the dyno, so Im sure your F50 will be fine. The big HP cars, tend to lose traction on the rollers. Sandbags or guys sitting in the boot is a must then to stop smoking the wheels up.

 

you realise this is a 1300kg rear engined car with big tyres, right?

 

And here it is
F50 ex-tips & engine bay.mp3
Ferrari T3 1978 F1.mp3

 

1230kg from what I have in my reference books.
What weight over the wheels? That engine weighs around 220Kg max. The gearbox probably 60kg max. Suspension ect..... Then its all carbon fibre baby. Plus the weight is forward of the rear wheels as it is transaxle PP. "Normal" front engine/rear wheel drive cars probably have more weight over the rear wheels just in the metal of the passenger compartment.
My 348 was not strapped down on the rollers and it smoked 1 wheel a few times. But my 348 only has 249HP at the wheels with measly 255's.

 

*sigh*...you're thick sometimes. compared to the large horsepower cars you mate is NORMALLY putting on the dyno.

and the book you're reading is wrong. An F40 is 1230kg wet. I think scott said the F50 was 1350.

 

please please more pics of her with the hard top on!!! What a beautiful car..in Yellow , she's to die for.

 

I just went out to the garage and checked the owners manuals..

1988/1990 F40: Kerb weight, empty: 1235 kg
1990/1992 F40 (US): Kerb weight, empty: 1350kg

1995 F50: Kerb weight, 1320kg.
1995 F50 (US): Kerb weight, 1360kg

Greg

 

well...i weighed my Euro with full fuel and it weighed 1230kg (+/- 5kg i can live with) and i'm pretty sure Phil weighed scott's with less than full fuel, and it was 1350. he can comment when he returns.

thanks greg

 

One of the best threads ever!

Pics, videos, soundclip, feedbacks..

I'm loving this!

 

Thanks for the pics and vids! I loved reading thru this thread.

 

ok.. it will be interesting to find out the correct weight.

Does it take much practice to drive a LHD manual quickly?
I noticed Goobers 360C is 'flappy paddle' so that wouldnt be too bad.

And Scott.. any underbody photos.. with the mention of F1 before, how much aero is going on under there?

cheers,
Greg

 

not speaking for Scott, but i have a couple of Porsche 356's, 1 RHD and the other LHD. i tend to drive the LHD car more these days - about 12k miles in just over 2 years. it's very easy to get used to. i think it took about 15 minutes when i first drove the car. of course, something as beautiful and valuable as the F50 may be a different story, especially in traffic.

 

It is so good to know that there is at least 1 of these beauties in Australia.

Awesome thread, thank you for all the pictures and videos, the car sounds awesome with the tubi installed. Your car is just perfect.

 

Thanks guys for the nice comments. The car is a pleasure to look at.

I love my job.

yeah, it weighed 1320kg with about 1/4 tank of fuel showing, before the std exhaust and air injection were removed. I weighed each part individually, and the saving was 37kg... which is incredible.

I remember riding with Scott at PI when it was std, and how hungrily it turned into the apex... and I have to say when I drove it, I was surprised how it seemed to need help to get to the apex... but that was with me driving and I didn't drive it before or ride with Scott driving after... so it's not a fair comparison... but theory would suggest that saving all the weight with the exhaust has perhaps tamed the tail a bit.

Pap... the bits I plated were things like brackets for fittings, shock actuator buckets, oil tank fittings, brake calliper/pipe fititngs, nuts and bolts etc etc. You can't tell what was plated... and that's the idea. True concour is the skill of making things original. Bling is out.

As Scott said, some of the new Ferrari supplied exhaust mounting stuff I wouldn't have accepted from a 1st year apprentice fabricator. I messed around with all the bits to make the best of what was there.. some old bits I tidied up and re-used. Some were fine, some were junk.

The new Tubi was far from a direct bolt on too... I'm glad SD didn't come in the day the pipes went on......... No photo's that day

 

it's a pretty sad state of affairs when a car that's only done 3000km needs all this sort of stuff done...well not NEEDS...but you know what i mean. any other car would still be like brand new at that age...but nooooooooo...not our beloved OHOS ferraris.

 

The interior is cool and has the very basic boy racer look to it.
Was the gearstick ever bent SD? It looks like it in the top pic.