Not sure kids today realize how "out of this world" cars like this were to kids 54 years ago. They were so radical, so different from anything. The Lotus 72 F1 car, introduced only a year later, was also in this category of "unbelievable tech". To put things in perspective, if we subtract the same 54 years from 1968, meaning the year of 1914 when WW1 started, horses pulling carriages were still the main form of transportation. The technological leap that took place in the 1960s was perhaps the most incredible of any period in history.
I get that the style is always purpose driven, but it's wild how some old race cars look/sound just as good if not better than modern cars. Timeless style and amazing sound!
The sound makes me remember Sterling Marlins old Daytona 500 car, very similar engine note ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4EtSA1TocZg.html
@@YoungShul Kinda? A guy once described the flat-12 in the Ferrari 512 BB as being a regular-ass V12 with its bank angle splayed out to 180 degrees, so this might be a similar situation. Firing order might not be too different from a flat plane V8, so the only basic difference between this and a 458's engine might be bank angle.
Robert NES816 Flat-8s are interesting engines. Just like the supercharged Inline-8s Mercedes used in their racers in the 30s. Cool engines, great noise.
First time I saw this machine was in an episode of Miami vice when I was bout 9 years old,!!!! All ma mates had porsche911, Testarossa,s or Countach,s posters on bedroom walls,,,,whereas I had an all white one of these!!! Still makes me salivate n I'm now 46,,,lol
Random question but do you know who runs this car ? Id like to talk to them I currently have the opportunity to work on this motor and from what I hear it’s a very complex motor design and there isn’t much literature out there
Walter Bishop They didn't make Flat-10s. From what I know, no manufacturers have ever made a Flat-10 for a racing car. Flat-12s were made by Porsche for endurance races, and Ferrari ran Flat-12s in the 70s and early 80s in F1.
If the guy gets to drive a 908, then I'm sure he's very competent, they're tough cars to drive. A lot of the race cars from this era took a lot of finessing to drive properly so if he isn't heel toeing, chances are its difficult to do so in a car with an extremely weighted throttle.
Sounds like he’s heeling & toeing to me, he just doesn’t seem to be dropping as many gears as that red Ferrari or that 917 Bozzy shot in another video.
Yes, the winglets at the back are activated through the rear suspension. If you look closely you can see the pushrods left and right that dissapear into the inner fenders at the beginning of the video with the engine cover off.
rotormasher you should check this article flatsixes.com/porsche-motorsports/vintage-racing/an-in-depth-analysis-of-the-porsche-908lhs-suspension-activated-ailerons/
Yes, Deity, low weight but also very low aerodynamic drag, especially compared to the cars that came later. The 'Langheck' was possibly the last car that followed the elegant, low force approach to speed in Le Mans style racing.
Monza, Mugello, Imola, Fiorano... Fiorano is Ferrari's test track (the track the 599 GTB was named after) and Ferrari's home track is Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. Rest of them is where Ferrari track days (Corse Clienti) are held. And not just in Italy but worldwide.
