I'm relatively new to FChat and don't YET have an F car but I'm an engineer and like the "technical porn" aspect of the cars. It appears Ferrari used transaxles on some front engine cars. He also use convential transmissions and axles. Is there a good list of which cars had which? I guess the best question would be, "Is there a good book of Fcar technical porn?" Like a collection of cutaway drawings of everything from engines to shifter mechanisms to transmissions and transaxles? You know, centerfolds for the seriously technically deranged? Thanks for any help feeding my obsession. Dave
Woah! Thats some serious tech porn your looking for. I remember many many years ago, my brother showing me, his snot nosed lil brother, a ghost veiw of the then current Ferrari F1, flat 12 cylinder 3 liter engine. I think stuff like that is way cool. Maybe a ghost image of an F-40, or a Daytona V-12, or an F-50, or.......
For road cars, the following cars had transmissions separated from the differential: 166/195/212/250 series (not counting the 250LM, which isn't really a road car anyway) 340/342/375/410 series 400 Superamicas and 500 Superfasts 330 America and 330GT 2+2 365GT 2+2 365GTC/4 365/400/412 2+2 These road cars had rear transaxles: 275 GTB/GTB4/GTS 330GTC/GTS 365GTC/GTS 365GTB/4 All mid-engine 8 and 12 cylinders 456 2+2 (I think?) 550 Maranello 612 Scaglietti Basically, Ferrari transitioned to rear transaxles in 1964 with the sporting cars starting with the 275 series. The 2+2's kept the transmission separate up to the 456, although they did go to independent rear with the 365GT 2+2. All mid-engine cars obviously have a transaxle. Also, it appears almost all the road cars with transaxles got the cool polished metal shift gate. -steve
