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

[Peter Pless (ferrarilist]

I agree.

 

From: Rick Moseley [mailto:ramosel [at] pacbell.net]
Sent: Sunday, 17 April 2016 12:20 AM
To: Peter Pless
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 930 Air cooled v. 512BB

 

but who drives or wants "standard" anything??

 

Unmodified cars are the realm of the unimaginative....

100 point concours cars are for guys who never got over their sister's doll collections.

 

OK, so my Brother's 930 was an RSR... it made all those noises.

 

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From: Peter Pless <ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au>
To: 'Rick Moseley' <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: 'The FerrariList' <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 11:29 PM
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.