Was there ever a F40 "Competizione"?

I have a Ferrari book at home. There is a picture in it with a F40 GT Competizione badge.
I'll take a picture when i get home

 

Here it is. I just saw that i still had it on my camera
Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

There is a text below it. It says;

"For the absolute purist, Ferrari delivered the F40 GT Competizione.
It's few owners could enjoy narrow bucket seats, perforated aluminium pedals and other racing components.
It was indeed a pure driving machine."

The book i called "Ferrari" by Jochen Von Osterroth (Foreword), Rainer W. Schlegelmilch (Author) and Rainer W, Schlegelmilch (Photography)

 

I have the book as well, but there was never such a car - it is just homemade labeling.

Caley

 

The Ferrari F40 Competizione

Why It's Special:
After a lengthy absence from closed cockpit racing, Ferrari finally decided to return in the late ‘80s with their legendary F40. Due to the ever increasing complexity of running a top level Grand Prix team, Ferrari let long time motorsport partner Michelotto handle the development. The goal from the beginning was to produce a car that could be competitive in a wide array of championships.

For the new F40 Competizione, Michelotto began by extensively lightening and strengthening the car with carbon fiber, making it able to withstand the extreme forces of motor racing. The suspension was completely revised with larger anti-roll bars, Koni springs and dampers. Obviously, brakes had to be upgraded: enormous 355mm Brembo ventilated disc brakes with 4-piston calipers were fitted front and rear, along with substantial improvements in brake ducting to keep them cool. Unique wheels were supplied by OZ Racing, constructed from magnesium they measured 17x12” up front and 17x14.5” out back. Customers had a choice of either Goodyear or Pirelli Corsa racing slicks, with the rears measuring 375mm in diameter.

Under the Hood:
Now why would one need 750mm of rubber out back? Well the answer lies in a 3.0 liter DOHC V8 fitted with twin IHI turbochargers. Engineers held nothing back and dumped as much turbo-era F1 knowledge as they possibly could under the Lexan engine cover. Designated Tipo 120B, it boosted 2.6bar (38.2psi) of Behr-intercooled air into its combustion chambers and cranked out 780hp @ 8,100rpm! Torque was a stump pulling 526 lb-ft @ 5,700rpm! To put these numbers in perspective, the Ferrari F1 drivers of 1989 -- now forced to use naturally-aspirated engines -- only had 600bhp under their right foot.

Final race weight checked in at 2,300 pounds (1,050 kilograms) and, as you can imagine, the F40’s performance tested even the bravest and most daring pilots; 0-60mph was dispatched in a traction-limited 3.1 seconds and the top speed reported at the Nardo Speed Bowl was 229mph. Aerodynamic enhancements included an aggressive carbon fiber front splitter, NACA ducting everywhere and an adjustable rear spoiler. In the cockpit drivers found an OMP Racing bucket seat, a digital telemetry display, a 5-speed gated shifter linked to non-synchromesh or “crashbox” Ferrari transmission, a fire extinguisher and not much else.

The Verdict:
Over 30,000 kilometers of development work was carried out by Dario Benuzzi and the list of drivers who drove this car in anger is nothing short of legendary. They included multiple F1 victors Jean Alesi, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, and multiple Paris-Dakar champion Jean-Louis Schlesser. Racing success proved sparse due to the hectic racing climate of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. However that doesn’t detract from the F40 Competizione’s cars legacy in our book… Just listen to that engine, bellissimo!

 

What are you quoting?
Thanks.

 

I read JDZNate's description of this F40 Competizione, Is this the one?

I got this a few years ago, build by Make Up.
Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login
Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

+1, LM!

 

Sorry to revive an old thread, but is it maybe one of these?

http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/find/4100_results.asp?sorderby=tblManufacturers.sName+ASC%2C+tblModels.sModel+ASC%2C+bOfficial+DESC%2C+tblCars.sType+ASC&action=simple_search&coopid=0&lmanufacturer=10042&lcurrency=2&next=4100_results.asp&whatbutton.x=0&dealerid=0&bsubmit=true&lmodelflag=12270&bclicked=false&bshowstock=Wahr&page=0&lCarID=1809650

125 KG lighter!!!

 

it looks like a specific demand to the factory (not from michelotto?) from a customer based on F40 GT specs.

Still not a "competizione" as this term doesn't exist officially for F40 as far as I know.

 

SSNISTR,

I know this car. I saw #80742 when it was racing in 1993 the Italian GT championship.
It was drived by Marco Brand and the car was N-GT configuration by Michelotto, that it was the closest configuration to the stock. Engine was rated from 530 hp to 560 hp at the end of championship, straight exhaust, bigger brakes, racing tires and wheels, nothing else. There were 6 or 7 N-GT F40s in these championship, these cars all with similar configuration.

 

As we discussed long time ago, the 7 N-GT weren't similar at all. My father’s one, C/N 85690 produces 500 to 530 hp, for a total weight of around 1130-1150 kg.

Jolly Club's car like 80742 weight nearly 1050 kg (full lightweight body including front and rear bonnet and special light doors), had uniballs and koni upgraded suspensions, but most important thing Jolly Club F40 was around 560 hp. The cost of the full upgraded Michelotto spec was about 200000 €.

Oscar Larrauri, F1 driver and Jolly Club's tester in 1993-1994 told us that our F40 N-GT was 1 to 2 seconds slower than 80742.

 

Yes, I know. I'm saying about similar configuration because these cars were just all within the N-GT rules, but surely there were some differences between them, as you are saying now. The GTE spec was too upgraded about some, for example, engine points or something other like aerodynamic, gearbox or bigger brakes. N-GT rules permit to upgrade the car not as the E specs or GT1 spec, and even these cars have some differences.

 

Even an engine could be upgraded at the best of championship rules or not, during the rebuilt. It depends to the costs, to the care of the workers of every assembling and polishing engine parts. Could be happen that two engines are 20 hp different according the same championship rules being rebuild by two different hands.