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Designed to celebrate its 40th anniversary, the F-40 was the ultimate Supercar to hit the streets in the 80's. But its low slung lines and huge spoiler made it all to clear that this car was designed to race.

Debuting in the 1989/90 IMSA Series (by Charles Pozzi) it wasn't until '92' that a F-40 would race on European soil. Initial successes were scored in the Italian Supercar championship, but it was in the BPR that the F-40' would race in anger and against serious competition.

The BPR sported an unparalleled collection of Supercars; Jaguar, Ferrari, Lotus, Porsche, and the new McLaren F1 GTR all competed in 2 classes. Of the 3 teams that raced F-40's during the BPR, it was mostly the Ennea F40 GT that took the fight to the superior Mc Laren GT1's.
Tuned by Michelotto, its '96' GTE (evolutione) BI-turbo V8 had grown to 3,5 l with max. output of 635 bhp. Even with the big Evo rear spoiler it was the fastest car. ..in a straight line.

Although it scored class wins at Andersdorp and Zuhai the GTE suffered from poor reliability, with the gearbox as its main Achilles heel. The same problems handicapped the Le Mans entries in 95 and 96. A car that barely lasted the BPR 3hr sprints had little chance of surviving a full 24hrs.

No longer capable of competing with the new breed of GTP's the F-40 were sold of to "retirement" in the quit pastures of National racing where the were last seen at the 2000 BRDC GT.

Ferrari F-40 GTE Data:
Lenght : 4400mm, Width : 1980mm, Height: 1100mm, Wheelbase: 2450mm, Tyres: Pirelli 305x645x18 & 325x680x18, Wheels: Enkei 11x18 & 13x18, Brakes: Brembo, Top Speed: + 321 km/h


Models for Ferrari F-40GTE
Manufacturer Model Scale Dimensions (LxWxH) Wheelbase Front spur Rear spur
Fujimi LM 94 1/24 99.9x82.5x45.5 99.0 78.0 82.5
Heller/Itallieri F 40 street version 1/24 99.9x78.0x45.5 99.0 76.0 78.0
Model Factory Hiro Igol LM 96 1/24 0.0x0.0x0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Model Factory Hiro Brummel #60 Suzuka 95 1/24 0.0x0.0x0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Revell - Monogram F 40 street version 1/24 99.9x79.0x45.5 99.0 78.0 78.0
Studio 27 F-40 GT LM Pilot LM' 95' 1/24 0.0x0.0x0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Studio 27 Totip LM 1995 1/24 0.0x0.0x0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Studio 27 IGOL LM 1996 1/24 0.0x0.0x0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Studio 27 Shell LM 1996 FR2402 1/24 0.0x0.0x0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tamiya F 40 street version 1/24 99.9x80.0x45.5 99.0 78.0 80.0



Studio27 #FR2401
1/24 scale multi-media kit of the Ferrari F40GTE "Igol" Le Mans 24 hours 1996.
Resin kit curbside. Beautifully detailed and complete kit...but expensive. One of the best F-40 kits around, actually its a shame to convert it into a slotcar.

Well made instruction sheet, text in japanese but drawings give more than enough info.

Contents One piece Resin body, Resin floorpan with cockpit detail. White metal, resin and photo etched detail parts.

Decal sheet of superb quality.



Slot conversion remarks

Thin roof, but rest of Body needs to be seriously lightned.

Nose needs reinforcement with GFK around the air intake.
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