Ferrari Mailing List: Re: F430 vs. F50

[francis newman (francis]

Well

All I can say is that I have been driven round the GP circuit at  
Brands Hatch in an F50, and CS and a 430 and I know which one was  
most impressive - the F50. It was in a different league.

Francis

On 18 Sep 2007, at 00:06, Peter Pless wrote:

> Hope this helps
>
> 430 scuderia
> Performance
> Acceleration 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in less than 3.6 s 0-124 mph  
> (0-200 km/h)
> in less than 11.6 s
> 0 - 1000 m in 20.9 s
> Maximum Speed 198 mph (320 km/h)
> Dry weight/Power 5.4 lb/CV (2,45 kg/CV)
> Maximum power** 375.4 kW (510 CV) at 8500 rpm
> Specific output 118.4 CV/litre
> Maximum torque 470 Nm (346.67 lbft) at 5250 rpm
> Maximum revs per minute 8640 rpm (with limiter)
>
>
>
>
> FWIW F40 brochure claimed
>
> 0-200 11.0s
> 0-1000m 20.9 with terminal speed of 166.2mph
> Maximum speed of 201kph.
> Maximum power** 351.5 kW (478 CV) at 7000 rpm
> Maximum torque 577 Nm at 4000 rpm
>
>
> 599 is
>
> Acceleration 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in less than 3.7 s
> 0-124 mph (0-200 km/h) in less than 11.0 s
> Maximum Speed 205 mph (330 km/h)
> Maximum power** 456 kW (620 CV) at 7600 rpm
> Specific output 103 CV/litre
> Maximum torque 608 Nm (448 lbft) at 5600 rpm
> Maximum revs per minute 8400 rpm (with limiter)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fellippe Galletta [mailto:fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 September 2007 8:57 AM
> To: Peter Pless
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] F430 vs. F50
>
> On 9/17/07, LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> > According to 1-97 R&T, the F50 has 513hp, 0-60 in 3.6 sec.
> > The F430 Spyder in 9-05 R&T says: 483hp nd 0-60 in 4.0Sec
> >
> > So, even with ~10 yr newer technoilogy, the F50 beats it quite  
> > handily.
> >
> > Let me know if you need more data -
>
>
> Well, if you're gonna quote acceleration times, could you put up  
> the 1/4
> mile ET & trap speeds?
>
> Also, 0-150 mph times for either car would be awesome...
>
> Someone said it well that a true measure of supercar acceleration  
> is to be
> able to hit 150 mph in 20 seconds or less...you'd be surprised how  
> many
> "fast" cars cannot do this.
>
> 0-60 is almost meaningless to me, because you can take two cars with
> identical 0-60s that have very different real world acceleration
> abilities...
>
> Also, what's the consensus of the F50's true weight? It's no secret  
> that
> Ferrari likes to underquote weight..2700-2800 lbs might be on the  
> lighter
> side of things for the F50.
>
> thx,
>
> FG
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