{"id":1092,"date":"2020-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/ferrari-365-gt-4-bb-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-10T08:31:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T08:31:38","slug":"ferrari-365-gt-4-bb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/ferrari-365-gt-4-bb-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari 365 GT\/4 BB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the 1971 Turin Motor Show at the Pininfarina stand, Ferrari presented a new version of their 365 series, which was particularly striking for one detail: the engine was located centrally behind the passengers instead of under a long front hood. In addition, the V12 engine itself, which still had a capacity of 4.4 liters, had little in common with the 365 GT 2+2 or the 365 GTB\/4 ‘Daytona’. The two cylinder banks were no longer separated at a 90-degree angle, but at a 180-degree angle, resulting in an extremely low overall height of the block. Ferrari incorrectly called this engine and the car built around it the “Berlinetta Boxer”. In a boxer engine (flat engine), however, a different crankshaft design ensures that two opposing pistons have their own 180-degree offset crankshaft journals, whereas in a V-engine, the two connecting rods of the pistons are opposite of each other on a common crankshaft journal. The latter applies to the 380 hp and 409 newtonmeters of torque strong Ferrari engine. Ferrari had previously experimented with the mid-engine layout in Formula 1 and in sports car races, for example with the 250 LM, but had given preference to other manufacturers such as Lamborghini with the Miura or De Tomaso with Vallelunga and Mangusta for road sports cars. Only the Dino 206 GT brought this concept to Ferrari street cars in 1967.

The wedge-shaped vehicle designed by Pininfarina was named 365 GT\/4 BB (Berlinetta Boxer) and replaced the 365 GTB\/4 ‘Daytona’ as the top model in the Ferrari range when production finally started shortly after the 1973 Paris Motor Show. The naming is quickly explained: 365 cubic centimeters per cylinder and four overhead camshafts. In only 5.4 seconds, the car reached 62 mph, while the official specification of a topspeed of 300 kph (186 mph) attracted worldwide attention. However, Ferrari never officially offered the 365 GT\/4 BB, nor its direct successors, in the USA, because the emission and safety regulations there were considered to be impossible to comply with with the big V12 engine. Some independent importers achieved the necessary DOT and EPA classifications by retrofitting catalytic converters, thus enabling some US customers to legally drive a Ferrari BB. Even in the original model, electric windows, air conditioning and a radio were available.<\/p>\n\n\n

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