Saw this on my drive home today...
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Saw this on my drive home today...
Driving on 495 E in MD on my way home from my parents house I spotted this:
I have more pics...but I forgot to blur the license plate.
Ferrari 355 f1. anyone know anything about these?
Tom
I have more pics...but I forgot to blur the license plate.
Ferrari 355 f1. anyone know anything about these?
Tom
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... (Tomakit)
they sound great at WOT, sadly the guy who was autoxing his in the area had to sell it (a $20,000 maintenance bill was not jiving with him). Not as fast as a 911 turbo....porsche 
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... (Tomakit)
why do you need to blur a ferrari plate... most of them are in gated communties... and if stolen are stolen by pros... ferrari anti-stealing devices are like the new benz anti-security devices, which they say is unstealable....
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... (XtraFastCRX)
why do you need to blur a ferrari plate... most of them are in gated communties... and if stolen are stolen by pros... ferrari anti-stealing devices are like the new benz anti-security devices, which they say is unstealable....
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... (Splat)
I dunno if its got a really short gearbox or straight cut gears or what, but this thing was whining on the highway...sounded like it was turning 6k rpm cruising at 80.
F*ckin sweet sounding.
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F*ckin sweet sounding.
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... (Tomakit)
He was probably just buzzing along in 3rd or 4th at around 6K. The car redlines at around 8500 and has pretty close gearing.
those cars sound amazing. I want the targa-top version.
Why is the wing ugly?
[Modified by Ross, 8:17 PM 10/13/2002]
those cars sound amazing. I want the targa-top version.
Why is the wing ugly?
[Modified by Ross, 8:17 PM 10/13/2002]
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... (Tweakmeister)
flat crank?
A V8 with a flat-plane crank fires similar to two four cylinders, which is why they sound different from a cross-planar V8's characteristic rumble.
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... ( Rob)
sad thing about living in west LA is that i see these quite often... at first it was like wow now its just ohhh another one... one day i saw 6 bently/rolls thats like 2 million dollars worth of cars.
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Re: Saw this on my drive home today... (MK Ultra)
flat crank?
The crank of that Ferrari V8 is known as a "flat-plane" crank. What that means is that the journals of the crank are on the same plane, like a four cylinder crank. Most V8s use a cross-planar crank (looks like an X), so you have journals in four directions instead of two.
A V8 with a flat-plane crank fires similar to two four cylinders, which is why they sound different from a cross-planar V8's characteristic rumble.
The crank of that Ferrari V8 is known as a "flat-plane" crank. What that means is that the journals of the crank are on the same plane, like a four cylinder crank. Most V8s use a cross-planar crank (looks like an X), so you have journals in four directions instead of two.
A V8 with a flat-plane crank fires similar to two four cylinders, which is why they sound different from a cross-planar V8's characteristic rumble.
