| Posted on 12.5.2012 16:00 by |
Between 1950 and 1954, the Carrera Panamericana — a border-to-border sports car racing event - dominated the racing scene. Ferrari took home victories in the 1951 and 1954 running and Mercedes chalked up a victory in 1952. Now that 58 years have passed since the final official running - a historical race has been run since 1988 - Gullwing America (GWA) has decided to piece together a pair of tribute cars for Ferrari and Mercedes.
The dedicatory Ferrari is dubbed the Ferrari 340M/C. The 340M/C will feature the F116C-V12, 5.5-liter V-12 engine that Ferrari, with a different fuel-injection system - likely to allow it to run on today's fuel. Gullwing America strapped a set of headers and racing mufflers to the engine to help free up as many ponies as possible. Mating this classic V-12 to its transmission is an upgraded clutch.
Unfortunately, GWA has not privileged us with the engine's total output, so we’ll just have to wait for that.
This Ferrari will be carried by a branded Mercedes Benz transporter in a tour around the world. It will make various F1 stops and also be seen at Goodwood and N rburgring. Stay tuned for more details, if GWA releases any more.
Click past the jump to read the full press release.
Ferrari 340M/C by Gullwing America originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:00 EST.
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