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    Ferrari developing... Supercharger...?

    Rumours are passing around that Ferrari, long the maker of N/A engines, is developing a one off supercharger for ten of it's lucky FXX owners.

    The special part of this supercharger is that the air being forced into the engine is regulated. Their is supposed to be three main streams of air, all can be controlled by the racer himself. At the press of a button, the racer can control the boost of air into the engine, whenever he pleases. Although this is already a common occurence on turbocharged cars, this would be the first of it's kind on a supercharger.

    To be quite frank, this is only a rumour I've heard, and I don't know much about superchargers, so I can't say that I quite know what my contact is talking about, but in any case, I just want to know what you think, and how this will affect both performance, and Ferrari's legendary history of extracting large amoutns of power out of naturally aspirated engines.
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    im assuming that they control the boost the same way as the turbo systems out there, which is an electronically managed wastegate, if this is true then you can probably expect to hear the "pssshhh" sound characteristic of turbo'd engines off those ferrari's ... a match made in heaven i say

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    I seriously doubt it. No official announcement has been made, so for me it's just a rumour!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lightweight
    I seriously doubt it. No official announcement has been made, so for me it's just a rumour!
    That's exactly what I thought!

    Although a supercharger on an already crazy FXX for some crazy FXX owners is nuts! All I picture is a car just turning its rear tires into goo and going nowhere.

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    Although the FXX is a 'super car development programme' so it could be an experiment.

    I would be surprised if it was true, but it's not totally pie in the sky stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 6speed
    Rumours are passing around that Ferrari, long the maker of N/A engines, is developing a one off supercharger for ten of it's lucky FXX owners.
    not soooo long time, just look at the 288GTO and the F40
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    not soooo long time, just look at the 288GTO and the F40
    I just wanted to say that... (and the 208 GTB Turbo is also amongst the non-N/A Ferarris)
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    so is the f40.
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    They are developing a one off supercharger for ten FXXs, does this mean the owners have to share it?


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    Thinking about the sound of a Ferrari V12, plus a whining supercharger...sorry, gotta go *runs off holding crotch*
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4
    not soooo long time, just look at the 288GTO and the F40
    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer
    I just wanted to say that... (and the 208 GTB Turbo is also amongst the non-N/A Ferarris)
    Quote Originally Posted by coolieman1220
    so is the f40.
    Err.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrKipling
    Err.....
    The original poster said that Ferrari was the "long the maker of N/A engines". Well that's wrong, in the 80's they started experimenting with turbochargers.
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    Sounds like rubbish to me, but then again, it's plausible.

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    That's obvious, pistons > nails
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