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On Tuesday
morning Eugenio Molinari established two new world water
speed records on Lake Como, navigating a boat, fitted with
an engine of a Ferrari F430. The two records were set in the
categories Endurance Group B class S1 and S2, which are
dedicated to Granturismo boats with a minimum weight
(including commander and fuel) of 1,100 kg and 1,450 kg
(with ballast) with an average speed of 123,288 km/h and
122,035 km/h on the running kilometre.
Boat and engine derive from serial production, while the
engine has been slightly altered so that it could be used on
water. This is not the first time that shipmasters have used
engines from Ferrari for competitions and high performances.
Already in the year 1953 a boat had been fitted with an
engine from Ferrari, a 375 F1. Yesterday's record-setting
boat will be part of the celebrations for the 60th
anniversary of Ferrari at the upcoming weekend in Maranello.
"I dedicate this record to Luca di Montezemolo, on the
occasion of the 60 years of Ferrari; Montezemolo leads the
company with passion and great innovative energy,
maintaining the spirit of the Prancing Horse," said
71-year-old Eugenio Molinari after setting his 71st record.
The mid-mounted engine, a V8 90° with 4308 cc and 490 BHP at
8,500 rpm, propels the Berlinetta from Maranello. Its
maximum torque is 465 Nm (47,4 kgm) at 5,250 rpm. For the
employment off shore the engine had been modified in the
areas of its respiration, exhaust and control. The cooling
system remained unchanged, while the radiator paraflu/air
had been changed to a heat exchanger paraflu/acqua. The
cooling circuit of the latter uses a pump external to the
engine, moved by the specific transmission of the boat,
which pumps cooling water to the heat exchanger and the
exhausts of the engine.
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