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Originally Posted by Boss330
They disagreed mainly on going 4 cyl. That's why we ended up with V6 instead. And one of Ferrari's most iconic cars is the F40, wonder what kind of engine that has...???
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Yes the F40 is my favourite Ferrari. Fitted with a hairy chested turbo engine
...and the primary reason I protest with people who whine about turbo lag.
You see it goes like this, the whiners force companies like BMW to adopt a 'weak sauce' approach to turbo charging. This is the boost threshold at idle and seemless boost from very low revs. So what they make is a long stroked, low boost engine that has all the emphasis on torque at low engine revs. This means that top end the boost starts to drop off and you have a torque curve that dives down near redline. A useless way to turbo charge an engine.
The F40 is actually very laggy, but such an exciting machine to drive, once in the sweet spot it snorts..bangs....and hisses and generally hits the driver with a 'shock and awe' power delivery. That is what I want, not some NA replica smooth power delivery that runs out of breathe when you least want it. But I guess that is too hard core for most.
