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To: cableguymn

Hell no, they just made a brand new one that is the bomb:

The Ferrari 812 - The car’s most striking feature is the latest evolution of Maranello’s legendary 65° V12 engine which reaches the highest output of any Ferrari road-car engine - 830 cv - and revs to 9,500 rpm, again the highest of any Ferrari ICE.


18 posted on 05/15/2023 6:57:21 AM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: Henchster
"...Maranello’s legendary 65° V12 engine..."

A V-12 can have perfect primary and secondary order harmonics if it uses 120° crank throws and the bank angle is in even increments of 60°; 0°, 60°, 120°, or 180°. So 65° isn't perfect but Ferrari began experimenting with bank angles in their F1 cars in the 1950s (Ferrari, you might have noticed, doesn't spend money to advertise, they spend money to race and the racing is their only deliberate advertising).

They found the 65° bank angle gave them more flexibility with respect to carburetors and distributors and other stuff that normally lives within the 'V' without wrecking the engine's harmonics. IIRC the 1967 V-6 Dinos were first street cars with a 65° bank angle and the 1992 465 GT was the first 65° V-12. I guess nobody complained so they've stuck with them.

On a similar note, the 512 Berlinetta Boxer didn't have a boxer engine. It was a 180° V with only six crank journals. A boxer would have had 12 journals. Apparently the guys in Ferrari marketing just liked the alliteration of "Berlinetta Boxer."

36 posted on 05/15/2023 7:53:42 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Henchster

1994 Ferrari Tipo 043 3.5 V12 engine; the most powerful 3.5-litre engine in F1 history By the end of the 1994 season, Ferrari’s Tipo 043 V12 was putting out around 850 hp (634 kW) [27] @ 15,800 rpm, which is to date the most-powerful naturally-aspirated V12 engine ever used in Formula One.


46 posted on 05/15/2023 9:38:46 AM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Henchster

“The Ferrari 812 - The car’s most striking feature is the latest evolution of Maranello’s legendary 65° V12 engine which reaches the highest output of any Ferrari road-car engine - 830 cv - and revs to 9,500 rpm, again the highest of any Ferrari ICE.”

The Ferrari 812 redlines at 9,500 rpm while their F1 engine idles at 9,500 rpm.


67 posted on 05/15/2023 12:35:56 PM PDT by bosco24
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To: Henchster
The Ferrari 812


69 posted on 05/15/2023 1:20:16 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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