Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Question why does this car have a 160 mph speedometer......

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Few people could ever effectively work on them. They were the epitome of overly complex and over engineered, especially the bottom end and gear driven valvetrain. Very interesting piece, as the multi piece crankshaft and connecting rod assembly are like watch internals. I was fortunate enough to drive a 356 Carrera coupe back in the early 90's, and although not a 365 fan, I loved driving this car as the engine is fantastic.

On March 17, 2021 at 1:44 PM Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:

Yep

130 for 1957 in the 1500 class usually beat the others with their top speed of 99 mph.

Besides – it cornered as fast as it went straight.

A most complicated engine.  Fewer than a handful in the US can now effectively work on them.

All gear drive twin cam per cyl bank.

Won its class in the Mexico Carrera de pan Americana.

Per Wiki “Later, some Porsche road cars were named Carrera after this race (in the same theme as the Targa’s named after the Targa Florio),”

Big fish in a small pond.

Onward

Doug