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oldsnail · 09-10-2004, 03:32 PM

is this a repost?

http://www.f40.co.nz/f40/interest.htm

racer_f50 · 09-10-2004, 03:37 PM

i've seen it before, but not sure it was on JW.
certainly an interesting project, and was no doubt diffucult to do, but i'm not a fan of replicas like this.

Ford Capri 2.8i · 09-10-2004, 04:36 PM

A very curious project........it sounds interesting...since it seems that the performances of it have improved, and, as long as the sensations on the car are as good as the stock F40s and if it sounds as beautifully as the stock F40 does......the project is worth IMO....

HeilSvenska · 09-10-2004, 07:52 PM

Wrong...all wrong... When a supercar dies, you have to let it die. And Toyota/Lexus? That just ruins the spirit of things, no matter how good it is.

sentra_dude · 09-10-2004, 08:40 PM

As I am against any kind of car that pretends to be something it is not, I am against this car. I understand his love of the F40, but for the money he spent on this project (seems to be of a very high quality) I think he could have bought himself the real thing...maybe not the best example, but it would be a real F40. No doubt this is a serious car...he takes it to the track and it has 800(!)hp...but I don't see why he didn't just make the body a unique design if he wasn't willing to buy himself a real F40. His choice of engine is excellent (from an engineering standpoint, the 1UZFE is an amazing engine and can produce a lot more power than the F40's engine), and he seems committed to making a real car and not just one for driving down the boulevards and posing...but ugh. He is missing so much by not having a real Ferrari...and he must feel embarrassed when people ask him what kind of Ferrari is it and he must reply it is a Toyota powered fake with Ferrari badges on it...

Even though its a serious car, that still doesn't make it right, he shouldn't have Ferrari badges on the car if it has a Toyota power-plant in it (and if its a kit-car).

edit: ugh the interior is horrible...

vs real:

gbg · 09-11-2004, 01:58 AM

wow! this is the most amazing replica i have ever seen! great project!

i would take a long time to notice that it is a replica hehehe

abbor · 09-11-2004, 04:51 AM

Then you are a bad judge of cars.. It's certainly not a bad replica, but you can notice the differences very easy..

Ford Capri 2.8i · 09-11-2004, 05:38 AM

After finishing the project, and when the car is able to be driven on the street in a legal way, he will be obligued to take every ferrari name badge off , once he will have made some modification without the ferrari permission, and probably ferrari has already arranged him to go to the judge, and he will be obligued to pay some fine to ferrari due to some law violation.

SnakeBitten · 09-11-2004, 05:44 AM

You know what they say...Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...Or is it flatulence

That interior is horrible...the ouitside is excellent for a replica...

RC45 · 09-11-2004, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by Ford Capri 2.8i

After finishing the project, and when the car is able to be driven on the street in a legal way, he will be obligued to take every ferrari name badge off , once he will have made some modification without the ferrari permission, and probably ferrari has already arranged him to go to the judge, and he will be obligued to pay some fine to ferrari due to some law violation.

Wrong.

You are only obliged to obey the orginal owner of trade and copy right if you SELL or OTHERWISE profit from the product.

You are free to make a replica of what ever you want in life - when ever you as much as you want... (except perhaps for money, stamps or other onstuments of payment in many countries)

The car has been around JW before - and is an awesome car in it's own rights.

Afterall, the F40 is nothing more than a body around a crude tube frame..

chipanggo · 09-13-2004, 05:29 AM

pretty good replica. close but no cigar.

bmagni · 09-13-2004, 12:57 PM

hmmmm... no matter how good it is, its still a replica

5vz-fe · 09-13-2004, 04:02 PM

I have nothing against it except that it will not have the special sound from the F40 engine anymore. But it is afterall using a real F40 body, not some cheap ass plastic kit. The interior does suck alittle tho, but I guess the performance will make up for that little imperfection

HeilSvenska · 09-13-2004, 07:37 PM

Why do people do this? Do people do this with their spouses? If you think your wife's not hot enough do you skin her and put Heidi Klum's body kit on along with her reconstructed heart? Why not make a whole new car with whole new design and sheet metal and newly specced engine? I certainly would like to do that once.

saadie · 09-13-2004, 07:47 PM

looks ok from the outside ... but don see any point of F40 with the soul of toyota .... its like a Mclaren F1 with the soul of suzuki ....
im with Helisevenska ..... hes absolutly right