If that was the defining factor, then the 0-60 would be slower and the 60-100 would be quick.Mito Man wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:54 am I reckon mainly the tyres, the GTO is on skinny 255s and the F40 on 335s. I imagine on shit period tyres it couldn’t put all it’s power down till it got in 3rd.
Jay Leno’s Garage - 288 GTO
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Just watched the vid and dont care again about the stats. Never has a Fezza looked so right. Stunning.
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I think it's a combination of what a few people have mentioned
Was reading the Roger Bell review of it in CAR magazine from the mid 80s and he reckoned getting max acceleration sub-100mph was a constant matter of restraint.
Seems to be fair to say it was a sub 1200kg ready to drive as R&T weighed theirs at 1235kg with a 75kg tester ( only one, not 2 like Autocar might )
As Roger Bell tells it, from his test drive, it seemed to be a very delicate balancing act in trying to deploy full surge as the tyres simply bonfired in 1sr and 2nd gea. Seeing as 1st went to 55mph and 2nd to 90mph I can see that having to featherfoot it until you were into 3rd would really handicap a fast 0-100 ( and standing quarter mile ) time. Can imagine you'd need a lot of practise to launch it even close to its potential. However, I reckon the 100-120mph and 120-140mph times would be right 'on it' for the power and weight
Was reading the Roger Bell review of it in CAR magazine from the mid 80s and he reckoned getting max acceleration sub-100mph was a constant matter of restraint.
Seems to be fair to say it was a sub 1200kg ready to drive as R&T weighed theirs at 1235kg with a 75kg tester ( only one, not 2 like Autocar might )
As Roger Bell tells it, from his test drive, it seemed to be a very delicate balancing act in trying to deploy full surge as the tyres simply bonfired in 1sr and 2nd gea. Seeing as 1st went to 55mph and 2nd to 90mph I can see that having to featherfoot it until you were into 3rd would really handicap a fast 0-100 ( and standing quarter mile ) time. Can imagine you'd need a lot of practise to launch it even close to its potential. However, I reckon the 100-120mph and 120-140mph times would be right 'on it' for the power and weight
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I agree with everything Mike said. Whether there is any truth in it or not.
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No it doesn’t, F40 is a 5 speed too.Swervin_Mervin wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:32 amSeen it quoted in a few articles. F40 has a 6spd box, whereas the GTO has a 5spd.
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Yep, F40 has 20% more power and 335sMito Man wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:54 am I reckon mainly the tyres, the GTO is on skinny 255s and the F40 on 335s. I imagine on shit period tyres it couldn’t put all it’s power down till it got in 3rd.
I think just more rear rubber on a 288 GTO would get it near 10 seconds. An extra 80bhp for the 288 GTO would maybe close the times up even more
Then build in test track/driver/temp discrepancies etc and and the 2.5 second difference seems explicable
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ah fair enough. Muat have been a duff article I was readingZonda_ wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:20 pmNo it doesn’t, F40 is a 5 speed too.Swervin_Mervin wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:32 amSeen it quoted in a few articles. F40 has a 6spd box, whereas the GTO has a 5spd.