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23 units built:
Touring Barchetta: 6 units
Touring Berlinetta: 2 units
Vignale spider series I: 6 units
Vignale Berlinetta series I: 5 units
Ghia Coupe: 4 units
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Ferrari Lampredi 340, V12 (60o) cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
4102cc, 80.0 x 68.0 mm
8.0:1
220 bhp / 164 KW @ 6000 rpm
260 Nm / 192 ft-lb
aluminium alloy block and head
single overhead camshaft (SOHC), 2 valves / cyl. - 24 valves total
aspiration, natural with 3 x Weber 40 DCF Carburetors
firing order 1 - 12 - 5 - 8 - 3 - 10 - 6 - 7 - 2 - 11 - 4 - 9
water cooled
5 speed Manual gearbox
1st: 3.08/1
2nd: 1.90/1
3rd: 1.38/1
4th: 1.00/1
5th: 0.93/0
R: 3.30/1
final drive, 4.00/1
Dry, single-plate clutch
steel elliptical-section tube ladder-Type rolling chassis, aluminium bodyshell
Front suspension double wishbones, single transverse leaf spring, Houdaille friction dampers
Rear suspension live axle, radius arms, semi-elliptic leaf springs, Houdaille friction dampers
worm and wheel steering
drums all around
Length: 4000 mm / 157.5 in
Width: 1500 mm / 59.1 in
Height: 1380 mm / 54.3 in
Wheelbase 2420 mm (95.3 in)
Track (fr/r) 1278 mm (50.3 in) / 1250 mm (49.2 in)
tires, 6.40 - 15", or front 5.50-16", 6.00-16"
900kg
fuel tank, 140 lt
drag coefficient, 0.45
Results in famous races (until 1952) and in WSCC (1953+)
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | ||||||||
| Mille Miglia | Le Mans | Dolomiti | Targa Florio | Tourist Trophy | Carrera Pan | ||||
| Date | 29/4 | 26/6 | 15/7 | 9/9 | 15/9 | 25/11 | |||
| Team | 1600km | 24h | 300km | 576km | 500km | 3000km | |||
| Scuderia Ferrari, 0082A (Berlinetta Vignale) | #405, 1st | ||||||||
| Scuderia Ferrari, 0116A (Barchetta Touring) | #428, acci dent | ||||||||
| Scuderia Marzotto, 0030MT (Barchetta Touring) | #411, dnf | #108, dnf | #54, dnf | ||||||
| Odofranco Wild, 0114A (Barchetta Touring) | #430, in entry list | ||||||||
| Luigi Chinetti, 0032MT (Barchetta Touring) | #15, 8th | ||||||||
| Luigi Chinetti, 0116A (Barchetta Touring) | #16, disqu alified | ||||||||
| Bill Spear/ Johnny Claes, 0118A (Barchetta Touring) | #17, clutch | ||||||||
| Eddie Hall, 0120A (Barchetta Touring) | #18, battery | #5, acci dent | |||||||
| Bobbie Baird | #4, in entry list | ||||||||
| Total points 13 |
10 | 3 | |||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 10/2 | 4/1 | 4/1 | 1/0 | 1/0 | 1/0 | ||||
| Drivers | Team entries and car number | ||||||||
| Scuderia Ferrari | |||||||||
| Luigi Villoresi | 405 | ||||||||
| Piero Cassani | 405 | ||||||||
| Dorino Serafini | 428 | ||||||||
| Ettore Salani | 428 | ||||||||
| Scuderia Marzotto | |||||||||
| Vittorio Marzotto | 411 | 108 | |||||||
| Otello Marchetto | 411 | ||||||||
| Giovanni Bracco | 54 | ||||||||
| Mario Raffaelli | 54 | ||||||||
| Luigi Chinetti | |||||||||
| Luigi Chinetti | 15 | ||||||||
| Jean Lucas | 15 | ||||||||
| Louis Chiron | 16 | ||||||||
| Pierre Louis Dreyfus "Helde" | 16 | ||||||||
| Eddie Hall | |||||||||
| Eddie Hall | 18 | 5 | |||||||
| Giuseppe Navone | 18 | ||||||||
| Mike Hawthorn | 5 | ||||||||
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