Ferrari 250 GTO Rebody Kit
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http://www.italianreplicacarclub.co.uk/2402/frames...
A Ferrari 250 GTO Rebody kit based on a Porsche 924-944 platform
A Ferrari 250 GTO Rebody kit based on a Porsche 924-944 platform
Just plain wrong!
I'm a big fan of the front engined Porsches, but that four pot is about as far away from a race-bred Ferrari V12 as it's possible to get. It's not going to feel remotely like being in a 250 GTO, which surely is even more important than exterior performance?
(I am of course assuming they stick to the original running gear. A carb'd Alfa V6 would be a half way decent conversion I suppose.)
I'm a big fan of the front engined Porsches, but that four pot is about as far away from a race-bred Ferrari V12 as it's possible to get. It's not going to feel remotely like being in a 250 GTO, which surely is even more important than exterior performance?
(I am of course assuming they stick to the original running gear. A carb'd Alfa V6 would be a half way decent conversion I suppose.)
I bought a part built Foreman Mk4 (Noble desiged Ferrari P4 replcia) yesterday. Any Ferrari recreation has to at least sport a Ferrari engine. Sadly the kit I have struggles to meet construction and use regs with a V12 on board, so i'm settling for running gear from a 348.
A Porsche engine (even if it isn't horizontally opposed) in any Ferrari replica is in my opinion plain stupid. Short of fitting a wankel you could no get the sound more wrong.
Kind of on this subject, the Ferrarichat forum has a very long thread on the subject of copyright/IP/traemark theft and misrepresentations of cars which look like a Ferrari, but bear not a single genuine part.
Apparently such cars have been impounded and destroyed in Italy with zero compensation to their owners.
A Porsche engine (even if it isn't horizontally opposed) in any Ferrari replica is in my opinion plain stupid. Short of fitting a wankel you could no get the sound more wrong.
Kind of on this subject, the Ferrarichat forum has a very long thread on the subject of copyright/IP/traemark theft and misrepresentations of cars which look like a Ferrari, but bear not a single genuine part.
Apparently such cars have been impounded and destroyed in Italy with zero compensation to their owners.
Edited by Fat Arnie on Wednesday 15th April 18:53
I was at Neil Foreman's house a few years back and he had a very sexy P4 there with a V12 Ferrari engine in it. He said the owner insisted on having it fitted with 6 twin-choke carbs. They could not get it to run sweetly but the owner had agreed it was his problem to sort out before the build was commenced. It looked f****** awesome though. And it only cost £100,000 back in 2005....
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