I have a great passion for these Cars and especially the Ferrari F40, as well as the man who made and engineered them Enzo Ferrrari. In 1994 I was delivering post in my van to Readmans and I heard an Engine purring and turned round, and to my amazement there was an F-Reg Ferrari F40 sitting there with it's Engine running. It looked superb so I got out of my van and walked over to it. The guy who owned it was the owner of the Firm and he let me sit in it. Even just to see one of these was a dream come true never mind sitting in one.
First produced in 1987. The Engine was a 32 valve 3.0 litre (2936cc)which was longitudinal mid-mounted V8. The Cylinder block was made of light alloy as was the Cyclinder head. They are 4 valves per Cylinder and twin overhead Camshaft per Cylinder bank. To make this Car as powerfull as it is they were 2 Turbo's added. Two IHI Turbo's with heat exchanger and Weber-Marelli electronic injection. This car pushes out 478 bhp at 7000 rpm and acheives a maximum speed of 202 mph and a 0-60 time in 3.7 seconds. The transmision was a five speed gearbox and reverse, which used a dry plate twin clutch and a ZF limited-slip differential.
This Car is only light at 1100kg which is quite unbelievable when you look at the size of the Car. But the secrets in its materials, they are tubular Steel and various Composites like Carbon etc. The front and rear Suspension are both independant and have double wish bones, coil springs, co-axial koni dampers and anti roll bars. The steering is by Rack and Pinion. The brakes are vented racing discs and make the Car stop fast, if you have such power and speed like the F40 you need to be able to stop well. The tyres on this Car are huge with the front tyres being bigger than the front. The front tyres are 245-40/ZR-17 and the back ones are 335-35/ZR-17, the back tyres being bigger to grip to the road as well as the superb handling acheives. The Exhaust is Stainless Steel and there are 3 pipes coming out of the back of the Car all next to each other in the middle. A large spoiler is fitted to the rear and F40 is so elgantly enbossed into the paintwork. The fuel tank is a massive 120 litre one so filling it up will be quite costly, but if you can afford one of these I don't think filling it up will bother you. The lenth of the Car is 4430mm, width is 1980mm, height is 1130mm and the wheelbase is 2450mm.
Inside the F40 you would expect to see all the latest gadgets and an array of leather and luxury. No this Car is a pure Racing Car, inside you will find 2 Red bucket seats, a mono steering wheel with no airbag, and quite a cramped seating position for both the driver and passenger. The gearstick is Alloy and is in a H-Selector that is also Alloy. The seat belts are the ones that are commonly used in the United States, the ones that wrap round you when you get in and self adjust. The back window has 10 slat like ventilations in it.
Not forgetting this Car is a Dream Car, it is not very practical for eveyday use. People who are lucky enough to own one would probably garage it through the week and use it at the weekend. The cost of these Cars is anyhing from £145,000 upto easily £500,000. The Insurance Costs for this Car would probably cost about £2000-£5000, not forgetting filling that huge tank and Service and Parts costs. I
If you have won the Lottery or are extremeley wealthy then I would suggest trying to find one of these pieces of Sports Car history and it would be a good investment. For all the rest of us we can dream! There is now a Ferrari F50 and even an F60 that will be shown at the Paris 2002 motor show. But for me there will only be one F series Ferrari and that is the ultra sexy Ferrari F40.
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Nice overview of the whole car, although there is chances throughout the whole review for more information. Very nice car though! my favorite ferrari of them all
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