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A Z Ferrari, for real...


Caen Fred

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I am not sure this tread will apply to you Uncle Sam Fanatics.

Anyway, here in Europe Lancia came with one of the most unreal factory hot-road sedan. The 8.32 Thema is nothing more than a plain Sedan with a Ferrari V8 inside. I saw an ad the other day for a trashed Thema 8.32 and ... what if again !

So for you GTO replica owner, wouldn't you like to put a real Ferrari engine in your car? the engine was around 1500$ not cheap but it would have the real Ferrari badge on it. Performance wise it's kind of light at 215 hp, but that sound!!!

To be honest it has not a good reputation (reliability, running cost) but it's still a lot nicer than a Chevy or Ford or Buick one. Don't get me wrong I like those Z with v8 just not good with a GTO body... more with the Cobra Coupe one.

And Allan will tell us that it's been done before...

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Hi Fred!

I'd be surprised if it had indeed been done before........

The main reason is because I believe the 8.32 Thema is Front Wheel Drive, and the engine is transverse. It'd be a whole lot of trouble converting it back to North-South, and a proper longitudinal Ferrari V12 with a transmission attached to it could be had from a specialist Ferrari breaker ( and I know there's a few of them out there, as Ferraris do get crashed or beyond economic repair ) for not that much money.......

I bet the HybridZ site would show up evidence of the RWD Ferrari V12 engine having been put into a Z ( with a 250 GTO "replica" body on it ). Anythings possible over there in HybridZ land.

The 8.32 Thema is a real "sleeper" though, and it boasts massive torque - so don't be fooled by the fairly low numbers of the BHP figure. My daily driver is an Alfa Romeo 156 2.5 V6 24V ( Sport Pack 3 ) and the engine is really pretty. Sounds good too, and has a close-ratio 6 speed transmission. Trouble is it's transverse and front wheel drive!

I don't know what you have for breakfast Fred, but I like what it does to you! Keep taking the medicine.......

Regards,

Alan T.

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