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Old May 29th 05, 11:22 PM
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Ruel Smith proclaimed:

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>>Ferraris of the 50's, 60's and 70's were the performance cars of their
>>generation overall, hands down.
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>>They were not dragsters, certainly. But who cares, except for a few
>>stoplight losers? The Ferrari V12 engines were capable of putting out
>>more power than all but the rumpiest musclecar engines-but they were
>>turbine smooth and would make power from 1500 rpm all the way to
>>redline. They would run a very long time and were highly rebuildable
>>with cylinder liners and a hell-for-stout lower end. And the drivelines
>>were rugged, the brakes first rate...sure, there were Cinzano wrappers
>>for fuses in the early ones, but mechanically they were first class.
>>Ferrari's real bread and butter was, and is, foundry work...and it
>>shows.

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> I'll point out again, the 308 GTB had a 0 to 60 time of 9 seconds.


You can "point it out" until your face turns blue, but according to
Road & Track you have been eating too much cascara without taking
the appropriate break.
Range is from 6.8 to 7.9, with the 7.9 being for the early smogged
models.
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