From the Archive: 2000 Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge:
Whereas the 355 Challenge was a retrofit of the road edition that involved uprated suspension bits, a roll cage, and little else, the 360 Modena Challenge is purpose-built at the factory and includes such earnest competition gear as a 100-liter vented fuel cell, ducted brakes, and an integrated fire-suppression system. From the time the all-aluminum body arrives on a truck from Carrozzeria Scaglietti, just a few miles outside Maranello, Italy, it takes the staff a month to build one .
Other lightening measures include skipping the sound-deadening materials, the airbags, the hand brake, air conditioning, and door and window mechanisms. The windows have been replaced by fixed Lexan panels withA few vestiges of the production interior remain. The steering column is reach-and-rake adjustable; the T-shaped lever engaging reverse remains in a center console, between the big kill switch and the I-believe-I'm-on-fire button.
Among the hardware changes, the 360MC is down to one catalytic converter, and the engine sings through an open muffler, thereby eliminating the need for the variable back-pressure system—Ferrari's urban-noise-abatement program. This change alone accounts for an increase of about four percent in horsepower, the factory says, to 410 ponies. The effect is not decisive on the exhaust note, which remains warm and reedy, like the 355 played through a trumpeter's mute.
Ferrari claims the 360MC transits from zero to 62 mph in 3.9 seconds , and a cavort around Homestead gave us no reason to doubt that. Out on the front straight, the 360MC accelerated with glycerin smoothness into truly heartening triple-digit speeds, trailingYet for all the full-race gestalt, what is most striking—carbon fiber and roll cage notwithstanding—is the 360MC's close kinship to the street car.
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