Ferrari 288 GTO

Ferrari 288 GTO Sports car

Ferrari was the end of April 2010 in Beijing, a new GTO. Good opportunity, therefore, the predecessor of 1984 to take on opposing template. Finally, the Ferrari 288 GTO is a milestone in its history, even as the founder of the super sports genre. Yet, what is the secret behind the rather nondescript homologation model? We have rolled the history books and the myth Ferrari 288 GTO peered again at the body.
Ferrari 288 GTO stands for maximum sportiness

So breathtaking and sensual appear many classic Ferrari - the Namesgebung the developers from Maranello gave mostly pragmatic. The twelve-cylinder models, for example, are named after the displacement per cylinder. A Ferrari 125 S was therefore driven by a 1.5 liter V12 to the front. The legendary Ferrari 250 GTO of 1964 can thus decode simple: The engineers was then able to sell the strict FIA Commission the newly developed three-liter racing car as a variant of the Ferrari 250 GT, even without the 100 prescribed items a racing homologation get. The abbreviation for GTO 'Gran Turismo Omologato "manifested itself in a short time a symbol of Italian sportiness maximum - but it would take twenty years for a second model Ferrari 288 GTO was honored with the sacred three letters. Ferrari 288 GTO

Ferrari 288 GTO Racing car

1984 - Birth of the Ferrari 288 GTO
In retrospect, the years 1984-1987 appear as one of the most productive periods in its history. It was first heralded by the Testa Rossa the time of the edges and wedge shapes, then followed with a fire-spitting F40 one of the most striking and most brutal sports car in automotive history. understand as real star of this phase you have today but the Ferrari 288 GTO, although this at first glance hardly from his little brother-seventies, which is different to Ferrari 308 GTB, and its successor, the Ferrari 328 GTB. The FIA had then created the group B, a new racing class in which should henceforth expensive sports car road rally to measure distances. Enzo Ferrari recognized the opportunity to make his mark and to profile away from the Formula 1 - but the FIA for homologation demanded an edition of 200 copies. And this time there was no way to circumvent the regulations. So it was that unveiled at the Geneva Salon 1984, the second "Omologato" was the company's history: the Ferrari 288 GTO.

Ferrari 288 GTO Exotic car

The Beast in wolf's clothing
In Formula 1 is the turbo engines had taken hold, and the engineers at Maranello would also send the new Group B race car with a turbocharged engine at the start. The technical basis for the Ferrari 288 GTOwas the Ferrari 308 GTB Quattrovalvole, but the new engine concept required a completely new architecture. The four-valve V8 engine of the type F114B, whose displacement, the developers had set to 2.8 liters, had an unusually long hole with a very short stroke and could only be mounted longitudinally instead of transversely.Ferrari 288 GTO To get the unit in, then had to be extended wheelbase - 11.5 inches taller than the Ferrari 288 GTO's brother, the GTB. Its maximum output of 400 hp engine of the series drew the Ferrari 288 GTO from two Japanese IHI turbochargers with charge air coolers. If you had the "turbo hole" overcome the lower speed range only once, took a speeding breath: From 0 to 100 km / h took the Ferrari 288 GTO in 4.8 seconds to 160 km / h passed, compared with only 10 seconds. Ferrari 288 GTO

Top speed of Ferrari 288 GTO is 304 km / h

Here, the Ferrari 288 GTO, thanks to its four-valve technology with a unusually wide speed range. Even at 3800 rpm and 496 nm Ferrari 288 GTO were available only at the needle 7.700/min reached the red zone. In fifth gear, so you could accelerate to 304 mph - nearly 10 mph faster than the latest V12 model Ferrari 288 GTO, the Testa Rossa. The ZF transaxle gearbox with limited slip differential for which the engineers had decided, was installed behind the engine - and stood between the pipes, from behind a clearly visible, dangerously close to the ground. The Ferrari 288 GTO new vehicle architecture, with its lower center of gravity should give the race car superior handling characteristics and also made numerous modifications to the bodywork required. From the 308 GTB QV can be seen around the 288 GTB to clear out alternate Teren wheel arches, which resulted from a tread. As a result of intensive testing in a wind tunnel of the Ferrari 288 GTOalso received larger front and rear spoiler. As functional-style tribute to the Ferrari 250 GTO of 1964, the designers at Pininfarina in the rear also had three ventilation gills located.Ferrari 288 GTO

Ferrari 288 GTO Stylish model

Model for the lightweight trend
A longer and larger body would have actually led to higher overall weight. But in Maranello you put on the experience from Formula 1 - and used there, novel materials. With its fiberglass body, the baggage and engine covers and the partition walls made of Kevlar, Nomex and aluminum honeycomb structures was the Ferrari 288 GTO The lightweight trend of the coming decades in advance. With complete equipment homologation athletes only weighed in at 1160 kilograms - almost 10 percent less than the smaller 308 GTB QV. Ferrari 288 GTO Charged with the data of the eight-cylinder resulted in an impressive power to weight ratio of 2.9 kg / hp. It was the Ferrari 288 GTO by no means Spartan sports equipment for masochists, but a comfortable Gran Turismo, which was delivered on request with power windows, air conditioning and cassette player.
Evolution of a Legend Ferrari 288 GTO

Ferrari 288 GTO Front view

At its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show the Ferrari 288 GTO was the most powerful and fastest model of the company's history. By popular demand it was not until the end of 1985 only 200, but about 270 were ever made on behalf of customers - about the exact number of the experts argue. All delivered items were painted in the color "Rosso Corsa". In addition to the homologated in Maranello constructed five race versions for use in the B group. The Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione, as he had christened the developers put the performance of civil Ferrari 288 GTOagain in the shadow: an output of 650 hp was an empty weight over 940 kilograms. The maximum speed of dramatic bespoilerten race car was at 362 km / h. But the hoped-race never came: The 1985 Ferrari would compete with the Evoluzione, the FIA had again changed the rules for the group B - officially in order to protect producers against huge development costs. Besides Ferrari had made at that time only the 959 Porsche with a concept to the wheels. In 1986, the group B was completely dissolved after a tragic accident.Ferrari 288 GTO

Ferrari 288 GTO Super sports car

Of the five copies of the Evoluzione have survived to this day three. The remaining two models were offered to the development of the Ferrari F40, which from 1987 - the 40th Birthday of Ferrari - the successor to the Ferrari 288 GTO took. The F40 was the last model, which was under the "Commendatore" Enzo Ferrari personally developed. In 1996, the F40 from Ferrari F50 was replaced, the set back to a V12 engine. 2002 saw the Ferrari Enzo finally, the last model of the Italian supercar dynasty. With the Ferrari 599 GTO in late April in Beijing will have its world premiere, the Ferrari 288 GTO model designation will be awarded again. Like its namesake, the Ferrari 288 GTO, the new Omologato relies on extensive modifications of engine, chassis, and a consistent lightweight design. A strictly limited to 599 copies, will also attract the right desires.
Exception-Ferrari 288 GTO

Ferrari 288 GTO Sports model

Also, the Ferrari 288 GTO is now a coveted collector's item. Since 1984, approximately 70 copies of emergency Ferrari fell victim to death by fire, which pushes prices higher still. On 1 May 2001 auction, the auction house RM in the event of Sporting Classics Monaco an apparently well-preserved model with a mileage of 23,418 kilometers. The Ferrari 288 GTO was signed in February 1985 in Brescia, and has since maintained professionally. RM Auctions in the rare sports car achieved a sale price of ? 403 200.Ferrari 288 GTO

Ferrari 288 GTO Italian sports car

The facts: Ferrari 288 GTOFerrari 288 GTO Engine:
Longitudinally-mounted V8 mid-engine (Tipo F114B), double overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, two IHI turbochargers with separate Behr intercoolers
Ferrari 288 GTO Capacity:
2855 cc
Ferrari 288 GTO Fuel system:
Electronic fuel injection (Weber-Marelli)
Ferrari 288 GTO Power:
400 hp
Ferrari 288 GTO Transmission:
Mechanical five-speed circuit, transaxle transmission
Ferrari 288 GTO Suspension:
Independent suspension with two triangular wishbones, coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers
Ferrari 288 GTO Maximum speed:
up to 304 km / h
Ferrari 288 GTO Brake System:
Disc brakes
Ferrari 288 GTO Acceleration:
In 4.8 seconds from 0 to 100 km / h, in 10 seconds from 0 to 160 km / h
Wheelbase
2.450 mm
Ferrari 288 GTO Curb weight:
1224 kg
Year:
1984 - 1985
Ferrari 288 GTO Quantity:
About 270 (plus 5 GTO Evoluzione)