Ferrari Mailing List: Re: V12 308 - Recipe for Smoked Testarossa?

[Peter Rychel (dino308gt4]

From what I remember, he went as far as to try and adapt the heads of a Testarossa motor (to take advantage of four valves per cylinder) to the block. I believe there were issues with head stud spacing not matching, if not other issues as well from that installation.

 

Peter

 

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From: Rick Moseley
Sent: August 10, 2020 9:59 PM
To: Peter Rychel
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] V12 308 - Recipe for Smoked Testarossa?

 

Years ago the guy that was doing one of these conversions got booted off of ferrarichat because he hurt somebody’s “feelings”. Mike?    I know he was on ferrarilife after that but did he ever finish that project?   

On Aug 10, 2020, at 8:41 PM, Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:



I have a copy of that 308 V12 conversion manual.

 

It was feasible back then as the donor V-12 engines were “reasonably” priced. Now though, it wouldn’t make sense. There was a Daytona V-12 engine for sale on Hemmings a few months ago – used as a display piece, so who knows why it was taken out of a car – and they were asking  $110K...

 

Although, it’s a great reference for the process and could be adapted using a modern 12 (like from a 456 or 550).

 

Peter

 

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From: Lashdeep Singh
Sent: August 10, 2020 11:27 AM
To: Matt Boyd; Peter Rychel; Michel Savard; ferrari list
Subject: V12 308 - Recipe for Smoked Testarossa?

 

The hot rod BB reminded me of this car.

I hadn’t read the article in years...

400hp and they kept the weight down to 3140 lbs.

 

 

 

 

 

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