[s-cars] Results from Searching for the Bosch "005" fuel pump

[Mark Strangways]

Well, aren't you just a wealth of information today :-)

Bahhahhaha.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pizzimenti" <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
To: "Dave Forgie" <forgied at ae.ca>
Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Results from Searching for the Bosch "005" fuel pump


> Dave, dave, dave:
> Berlinetta Boxer is the name for a series of cars produced by Ferrari in
> Italy between 1973 and 1984. They used a mid-mounted flat-12 engine,
> replacing the FR Daytona, and succeeded in the Ferrari stable by the
> Testarossa.
> Production of the BB was a major step for Enzo Ferrari. He felt that a
> mid-engined road car would be too difficult for his buyers to handle, and 
> it
> took many years for his engineers to convince him to adopt the layout. 
> This
> attitude began to change as the marque lost its racing dominance in the 
> late
> 1950s to mid-engined competitors. The mid-engined 4-, 6-, and 8-cylinder
> Dino racing cars was the result, and Ferrari later allowed for the
> production Dino road cars to use the layout as well. The company also 
> moved
> its V12 engines to the rear with its P and LM racing cars, but the Daytona
> was launched with its engine in front. It was not until 1971 that a
> mid-engined 12-cylinder road car would appear.
> On the other hand, the Ferrari 400 and 412 models are lesser-known
> front-engined 2+2 coupes. Their design is derived from the 365 GT4 2+2
> version of the famous Daytona. Production began in 1976, with the improved
> 412 introduced in 1985 and phased out in 1989.
> The 400 was improved for 1985 with an increase in displacement (to 4943 
> cc)
> and a restoration of the original car's 340 hp. ABS was offered for the
> first time on a Ferrari, and the automatic transmission was retained.
> Production was stopped in 1989 with only the mid-engined Mondial offering
> 2+2 seating. The classic front-engine layout returned in 1992 with the 
> 456.
>
> On 2/28/06, Dave Forgie <forgied at ae.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Oops.  Let me guess.  A 412i ISN'T a V8!!!  Its a V-12. (Duh) or a boxer
>> 12?? (But that would have a BB designation, right?)
>>
>> Some peoples fingers shouldn't allowed near a keyboard after midnight.
>>
>> Dave F.
>>
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