Ferrari Mailing List: Re: This is not a joke. Compare to contemporary cars, how did the 275 GTB Handle.

[Adam Green (FlatCrank]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Adam Green <FlatCrank [at] gmail.com> wrote:

 

As for the F40, the genius of the brakes was to give the car so little mass to arrest.

I've never owned the F40 -- I vow to not go to my grave without righting that wrong -- but I've put the F40 brakes, courtesy Mr Brembo, on 700hp+ Porsche 911's at 2800lbs+ which, compared to the F40 at around 2000 or 2200lbs, the results border on defying the laws of physics when driven on the track with aero and slicks, the stopping force at 100mph or 160mph challenged the driver's consciousness, not the car. : )

Don't want to burst your bubble but the quoted curb weight is 2425 lbs, and the real world weight is closer to 2800 lbs. :)

Reality has a way of doing that.  But "on paper" I think the spec was 1000kg, no?  I guess I could/should JFGI.

Anyway, I was wrong about the brakes, I'm thinking of the F50 "kit" that was a bolt-on for Porsche 993's.

I think Halloween candy got me too excited. : )

Adam

 

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