Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 930 Air cooled v. 512BB

[Doug & Terri (dnt]

Thanks Rick – what a skill for the driver – what craziness for the onlookers.

 

Yeah – Audi Quattro.  When they first came out didn’t a young girl set several Pikes Peak records driving one?

 

That and the poor Audi turbo when it first out was a disappointment – then Hans Stuck came along.  Camera inside the car focused on his feet.  WOW.  The guy looked like he was playing Flight of the Bumble bee with his feet.  Oh, and the Audi Turbo Quattro  super shined.  What was his trick?  Hans said just keep the engine full on all the time – don’t let up.  Heh heh

DOUG

 

From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Peter Pless
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 11:29 PM
To: DOUG <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 930 Air cooled v. 512BB

 

All true, Rick, but a standard 930 doesn’t do any of those things!

 

From: Rick Moseley [mailto:ramosel [at] pacbell.net]
Sent: Saturday, 16 April 2016 10:16 AM
To: Peter Pless
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 930 Air cooled v. 512BB

 

 

Doug, Doug, Doug....

That would depend on whether or not you like the sound of spinning turbos, waste gates whistling and pop-off valves.   When interspersed with the sounds of a sewing machine engine at full tilt boogie and add bit of exhaust....  its a thing of aural beauty.

 

But my favorite sound of that era... was water cooled.    Audi Quattro S1, Group B - Mikkola at the controls. 

2-1/2 minutes of ANGRY engineering at the hands of a master.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDRkHXMHqFo

 

aaaaahhhhhh.......

 

 

512BB?  The one with 27 (seemingly) Weber carburetors?  If so – I believe it would have had the 930 beat for sound.