Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari Digest, Vol 5, Issue 51

[LtWacko (LtWacko]

In a message dated 12/29/2006 8:03:11 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

5. The  750 V12 has 296 HP. The stock 540i V8 has 282 and my El Tweako   
factory setup 290: 2% less power than the V12 and way less mass. The   
V8 likes revs and will imitate a V12 just fine at 3500 - 5500 RPM.   
Rev limiter is about 5300 in 1st, 6300 after that. I suspect Koala   
installs the manual EPROMs.


HP doesn't tell the whole story.  Power curve baby!  750 will  walk a 740 all 
day long from 50 MPH to limiter.  You will actually outdrag  a 750 with a 740 
off the line in distance.  To 60 MPH in time is close, but  that is because 
the 750 is charging hard catching the 740 then blowing by it as  if the guy in 
the 740 threw out an anchor.  Yes, this is based on multiple  ACTUAL runs side 
by side.  No magazine performance comparisons of  numbers.  NO barstool 
racing.  You will feel like a little girl  when you play with the big boys at 
80MPH 
plus.  I can't believe how long I  have to wait to get to 130 MPH in my 740iL 
and yes, I do this on a weekly  basis so I need it!  I was disappointed from 
day one.  All I could  afford at the time was a 740 and it had to be a steal 
at that and the 750  started getting some miles on it and serious repair bills. 
 If you can find  a quicker diff cheap and you don't mind the lower HWY MPG, 
it's well worth the  grin factor.
 
It's like the old S-Class argument between the S420 and the S500.   S420 
owners wish they had the S500 and S500 owners never looked back on the  extra 
money they spent.
 
Ain't no replacement for displacement!  
 
Rodney