Turn up the volume! A somewhat less impractical 330 P4 replica drive on the street. Occasionally flat out and it's pretty dialed in at this point. visit my website: www.themotoringenthusiast.com/
It's a replica by Norwood, based in Texas. They usually use a 550 Maranello V12 as the engine, with a 5-speed manual gated shifter. Tubular space frame, aluminum body, about 600bhp.
"A Replica"?....sounds like a Ferrari race car to me...If that's a replica, it has the best replica Ferrari sound I've ever heard. Absolutely a Stunning car...Clearly a true Classic of the first order...How can you not love the sound howling out of those pipes ?
Agreed,the best looking car ever. I loved the Ford GOT too, but I was torn because the Ferrari wash just so cool looking. The cars of that era were works of art. I had my bedroom walls plastered with pics of these cars. Who really gets inspired by the recent LeMans cars? I keep dreaming that auto racing could begin a new era with modern cars that could rival the beauty of the cars of the late 60s.
It’s great to know there are high quality replica car companies out there. The Ferrari 330 P4 left an indelible impression on me as a very young kid way back in the late 60s, I’ve never forgotten it. Watching a racing driver on TV. the English BOAC international endurance race in 1967, I was transfixed by the winning car with a high wing at the back. I later found that was called the Chapparal, But the real beauty for me was the car in 2nd place, a Ferrari 330 P4. I would later get obsessed with the GT40 but for me the first time I saw the 330 P4 was day I fell in love with racing sports cars.
Wilson engineering in the UK,has the best recreation,would be a better term,of this car. It's a tool room clone,it uses a V12 with a bespoke fule njection,twin distributors,just as an original P4
Thank you for sharing this footage and that sound! It appears to be a beautifully made replica though it must feel very out of place on a nasty freeway (they're all nasty IMHO). I would love to see it taken on a windy road through the countryside... Thanks again and cheers from Oz - Dave
Bob Norwood builds incredible stuff......Is the switch on the dash the turn signal control? Noticed the green light on the dash.....I have this car as the Wallpaper on my computer, just amazing!
A real P4 is a lot more than a few million, but this one is about $350K if I remember correctly. Norwood was building a limited run of this P4 recreations and maybe still taking orders.
Are you just trottle blipping on upshift or are you doublecluthing with a throttle blip. Depending on the time it takes the engine to drop revs they can sound the same. I often do both and it sounds awsome on performance cars. Beautiful ride. Taking it out for a nightime ride in the city with no roof must be a thrill that is hard to equal.
Just Freaking AWESOME...... I would almost crap myself if this railed past me here in LA and id get in trouble chasing it down for a better look.... THANKS for posting ...
Great car! I'd like to build a replica of one of these using a semi-modern Ferrari V12, perhaps from a Testarossa or something similar. What engine is in this car?
Why do you blip the throttle when changing to a higher gear? I`ve seen a lot of ppl doing that (Heck I even do it myself sometimes just for the heck of it) Wouldnt that result in more engine RPM vs drivetrain and thus wear the clutch plates more than if you don`t blip the throttle?
everyone should have one of these, i mean i dont think id have a single problem in life! just blast them away,i used to walk round to fantacy junction,when i was painting my brothers car at steve millers place so this is particularly cool to see..ive also decided i need a Ferrari Engine in something anything..
@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X By changing to higher gear? Hmm.. I do know its a good technique for DOWN shifts though (matching engine rpm with that of the drivetrain to avoid locking the axle) but thats an entirely different thing. Why blip the throttle when changing up?
I like how you guys care about how much the car is "worth", fuck that cars are meant to be driven and raced. I would hope an owner of a real P4 would drive the shit out of it.
although the protypes we made for the track,they are,for the most part,street legal. there may be different head lights( at LeMans you really powerfl light at night and almost 200 mph) and maybe retune the exhaust,maybe. but brake lights,turn signals,and every thing else a road car had,so did these. These cars were driven by men,night and day,rain or shine. not like these pussy clowns of NASCAR
@SPQRImperator No, no money of the world can pay the WORTH of this car. If it´s original, it may have been driven by Bandini, Rodriguez, Parkes, Surtees. So a crash with this car would be catastrophic, no money could help. Happy Christmas btw !!!
man,that's almost a religious experience....I wish there'd been just one really open area where he could've taken it to 8000 or so. But just imagine being that gorm in the Jeep he passed..."WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"
I suspected it was a replica. Nonetheless, still pretty damn cool. Real ones you don't drive in the street. I'm freaking rich, I would only use on closed circuit race track, or at an airport. No problem, you get to run it hard, no worries of that new driver moron on the city streets. Don't give a crap what anyone thinks, I'm not getting my $5mil+ cars hit by some idiot running a red light!!! 😂
