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Ferrari F50

The Ferrari F50 become a mid-engined range-topping sports activities automobile made via way of means of Ferrari. The F50 become added in 1995, as a successor to the F40, to have a good time the company's fiftieth anniversary. The automobile is a door, seat convertible with a detachable hardtop. It has a four.7 L naturally-aspirated 60-valve V12 engine that become evolved from the three.five L V12 used withinside the 1992 Ferrari F ninety two A Formula One automobile.

Only 349 automobiles had been made, one fewer than Ferrari expected they may sell. This become, withinside the phrases of Ferrari spokesman Antonio Ghini, because "Ferraris are some thing cultural, a monument. They ought to be tough to find, so we can produce one much less automobile than the market." The closing Ferrari F50 become produced in Maranello, Italy in July 1997.

Specifications



  • Price (1995): $480,000-$555,000
  • Manufactured in: Maranello, Italy
  • Number Produced: 349 (1995 to July 1997)
  • Inspiration: 1990 Ferrari F1 641 as pushed via way of means of Alain Prost
  • Dimensions
    • Weight: 2976 lb (1349 kg)
    • Distribution: 42%/58% (the front/rear)
    • Length: 176.four in (four,481 mm)
    • Height: 44.1 in (1,a hundred and twenty mm)
    • Width: 78.2 in (1,986 mm)
    • Wheelbase: 101.6 in (2,581 mm)
    • Front track: 63.eight in (1,621 mm)
    • Rear track: 63.1 in (1,603 mm)
  • Engine
    • Type: Tipo F130, version SFE four.7 VJGAEA
    • Position: Mid-engine, rear-wheel drive
    • Configuration: Longitudinal 60-valve 65° V12, derived from F1 unit
    • Aspiration: Natural, with Variable Length Intake Manifold through butterfly valve in Intake Manifold
    • Engine weight: 436.five lb
    • Displacement: 4698 cc (286.68ci)
    • Max Power: 513 bhp (383 kW) @ 8000 rpm
    • Max Torque: 347 lb·ft (470 N·m) @ 6500 rpm
    • Power/Disp.: 109.1 bhp/litre
    • Weight/Power ratio: five.eight lb/bhp
    • Bore x Stroke: three.35 in. x 2.seventy two in.
    • Compression ratio: eleven.three:1
    • Redline: 8500 rpm
    • ECU: Bosch Motronic 2.7 (controls the gas feed, ignition timing, and variable duration consumption and exhaust systems)
    • Fuel tank: Foam filled, aeronautical-fashion Sekur rubber bladder, 27.7 US gal.




  • Transmission
    • Configuration: Longitudinal 6 Speed Manual + Reverse, Limited slip differential, RWD
    • Gear ratios: 2.933:1 (1st), 2.157:1 (2nd), 1.681:1 (3rd), 1.360:1 (4th), 1.107:1 (5th), zero.903:1 (6th), 2.529:1 (Reverse)
    • Final drive: three.70:1
    • Clutch: Dry, dual plate
    • Cooling: Oil-water intercooler among gearbox lubricant and engine
  • Chassis
    • Type: Central carbon fiber tub, light-alloy suspension and engine-gearbox meeting mounting factors co-polymerised to the chassis
    • Materials: Carbon fiber, epoxy resin, Nomex honeycomb core, sandwich construction
    • Weight: 2249 lb
    • Torsional stiffness: 25,500 lb·ft (34,570 N·m) in keeping with degree
  • Suspension
    • Front: F1-derived, rose-jointed unequal-duration wishbones, push-rods, coil springs, Bilstein gas-pressurised monotube dampers, digital adaptive damping, digital top adjustment (forty mm max)
    • Rear: F1-derived, rose-jointed unequal-duration wishbones, push-rods, coil springs, Bilstein gas-pressurised monotube dampers, digital adaptive damping, mounting factors on a spacer among the engine and gearbox
    • Travel: fifty five mm bump, 60 mm rebound
    • Camber perspective: -zero.7 tiers the front, -1.zero tiers rear
    • Anti-roll bars: Front and rear
    • Max roll perspective: 1.five tiers
    • Electronic Adaptive Damping (Based on steerage wheel perspective and velocity, the body's vertical and longitudinal acceleration, brake line pressure, and car speed.)
    • Maximum response time (from minimal to most damping pressure or vice versa): a hundred and forty milliseconds (zero.14 sec).
    • Average response time (from minimal to most damping pressure or vice versa): 25 to 30 milliseconds (.1/2 to .03 sec)
  • Steering
    • Type: TRW rack and pinion, three.three turns lock to lock, unassisted
    • Caster perspective: five.five to five.7 tiers
    • Turning circle: forty one ft (12 m)
  • Wheels/Tires/Brakes
    • Wheels: Magnesium alloy, synthetic via way of means of Speedline
    • Hubs: Titanium
    • Brake disc bells/suspension uprights/brake calipers: Aluminum
    • Upper and decrease wishbones: Black powder-lined steel
    • Front Wheels: 18 in. x eight.five in.
    • Front Tires: 245/35ZR-18 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS Fiorano (35psi)
    • Front Brakes: 14.zero in. Brembo Cross-drilled & ventilated solid iron discs, four piston aluminum Brembo calipers, Pagid brake pads, [[unassisted
    • Rear Wheels: 18 in. x thirteen in.
    • Rear Tires: 335/30ZR-18 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS Fiorano (30psi)
    • Rear Brakes: thirteen.2 in. Brembo Cross-drilled & ventilated solid iron discs, four piston aluminum Brembo calipers, Pagid brake pads, unassisted
    • Unsprung Mass: ninety nine lb/121 lb (the front corners/rear corners)
  • Color popularity
    • Rosso Corsa (Red): 302
    • Giallo Modena (Yellow): 31
    • Rosso Barchetta (Dark red): eight
    • Argento Nurburgring (Silver): four
    • Nero Daytona (Black): four
  • Performance
    • zero-60 mph (zero-ninety seven km/h): three.7 sec
    • zero-one hundred mph (zero-161 km/h): eight.2 sec
    • zero-one thousand m: 21.7 sec
    • zero-1 mile: 30.three sec
    • 60-zero mph: 118 ft (36 m)
    • 1/four Mile: 12.1 seconds @ 123.zero mph (198 km/h)
    • Top speed: 202 mph (325 km/h)
    • Downforce: 970 lb @ 202 mph (325 km/h), forty%/60% (the front/rear)
    • Cd: zero.372
    • Skidpad: 1.03g
    • Slalom: 71.eight mph (115.6 km/h)
    • Fuel economy: eight/eleven mpg (cty/hwy) (US gallon) (Factory numbers: eight.four/14.1 mpg)