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 330 America chassis 4975 GT |
Retaining the same bodywork and interiors as fitted to Series III 250 GTE's, these hot 330 America's arrived late in 1963 and came boasting Ferrari's 4-litre, 300bhp, Tipo 209 engine. This was the engine that would get used in the GTE's successor (the 330 GT 2+2), this car eventually being unveiled in January 1964. The Colombo derived Tipo 209 60° V12 featured a displacement of 3967cc thanks to a bore and stroke of 77mm (up from 73mm) x 71mm (up from 58.8mm). Compression was set at 8.8:1 and three twin choke Weber 40 DCZ or DCL carburettors fitted, output rising by a huge 60bhp over the outgoing GTE that officially had just 240bhp |
With these 330 America's producing 300bhp at 6600rpm (some 400rpm less than the 250 was redlined at), performance was absolutely superb, top speed approaching 150mph 0-60 taking just 6.6 seconds. The fastest ‘GTE’ of all then, with only 50 examples constructed, it was also the most exclusive. |
 330 America chassis 4975 GT |
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