General data | |
Year/s of production | 1957 |
VIN spa | 0646 – 0684 |
Number produced | 5 |
Design | Pinin Farina |
Manufactured by | Scaglietti |
Technical specifications | |
Chassis | 520B – Steel tubular frame with tube frame |
Length | 4200 mm |
Width | – |
Height | – |
Wheelbase | 2350 mm |
Front suspension | Independent wheel suspension, double wishbones, coil springs, hydraulic Houdaille shock absorbers |
Rear suspension | De Dion rear suspension, transverse leaf springs, hydraulic Houdaille shock absorbers |
Front track | 1310 mm |
Rear track | 1286 mm |
Front tyres | 6 x 16 in., Borrani wheels with wired spokes and central locking |
Rear tyres | 7 x 16 in., Borrani wheels with wired spokes and central locking |
Front brakes | Hydraulically operated aluminium drum brakes |
Rear brakes | Hydraulically operated aluminium drum brakes |
Weight | Approx. 880 kg |
Body material | Aluminium |
Body type | Race spyder |
Engine | |
Type | 140 – Lampredi front engine |
Number of cylinders | V12 – 60° |
Displacement | 3783 ccm |
Bore and stroke | 76 x 69,5 mm |
Camshaft | 2 overhead per cylinder bank |
Valves | 2 per cylinder |
Compression ratio | 9:1 |
Ignition | Double ignition, 2 ignition distributors |
Lubrication | Dry sump lubrication |
Maximum power | 360 hp – 7.800 rpm |
Maximum torque | – |
Carburettor | 6 Weber twin carburettors, type 42 DCN or 3 Solex quadruple carburettors |
Gearbox | 4 gears + rev., transaxle construction |
Performance | |
Top speed | Approx. 290 km/h |
VINs | |
0646, 0656, 0674, 0676, 0684 |
Good to know:
Short Racing History:
Prisca Taruffi drives the Ferrari 315 S at the Mille Miglia Maranello, 9 May 2007 – This year’s edition of the Mille Miglia celebrates the 80th anniversary of the first legendary Brescia-Rome-Brescia road race. The event will be held from the 17th to the 20th of May and will see the participation of the Ferrari 315 S with which Piero Taruffi won the last race in 1957. The car will be driven by Piero Taruffi’s daughter, Prisca, journalist and a racing driver in her own right. |