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w1ngnut
04/29/09

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Hey why not just give me the car instead of taking it apart? I promise I will drive it!
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
04/29/09

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How do you say "FAP! FAP! FAP! FAP!" in Italian?
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Pessimippopotamus
04/29/09

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F40 LM. A car so beautiful that I almost missed a Ferrari 550 LM in the background. A car beautiful in its own right, but never as beautiful as the F40...
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FLB is on vacation
04/29/09

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There really should be a NSFW tag...
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Mobius
04/29/09

@FLB: Recent study has shown unemployment rate has positive correlation with Jalopnik site visits and advertising revenue. Why else do you think they post this kind of stuff so early in the day for America?
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aSoundofSleep-less nights
04/29/09

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I'm sure most of you guys here can relate to that one moment where you see something so beautifl that words can't even describe it.

It's like being at a strip club while you are totally blitzed out of your mind. Then you spot her, that one stripper in the corner that could possible be your wife one day if only she would shave her upper lip and get rid on that huge mole on her back. Her thick-rimmed glasses and bright pink neon thong hover your way. All you can do is think about how bad you want to smell her talcum powder and vanilla perfume skin. Before you even know it she's on top of you begging for something, you're too drunk to know what. For a brief second you think that she might have just whispered, "I love you, let's run away to Mexico together..." Your mind starts racing all kinds of perplexities, as perplex as a drunk man can. (Can I ditch the wife and kids? How hot is Mexico this time of year? What would she look like with a shaven lip?) Next thing you remember is waking up face down in your buddies lawn. You smell of beer, piss, and that gorgeous stripper. Thoughts start rushing in about if you'll ever see her again. Then the headache kicks. You're sobering up. Soon this will all be a hazy memory.

This car is my dream stripper wife.
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Jo Schmo
04/29/09

@aSoundofSleep: This is AWESOME!
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Mad_Science
04/29/09

@aSoundofSleep: COTD, only because I want to see what picture and intro they use for it.
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damnelantra™
04/29/09

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can someone please explain how these, what i assume to be brake coolers, work?

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SirNotAppearing
04/29/09

@damnelantra™: They make the brakes look cooler.
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damnelantra™
04/29/09

@SirNotAppearing: indeed
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Graverobber
04/29/09

@damnelantra™: Air is pushed into the hoses by the car's forward thrust. This pressurizes the hose/carbon fiber manifold, and provides an escape path through the cross-drilled rotor, and over the back side of the 4-pot calipers. This provides for a more rapid reduction in caloric heat in the braking system as demonstrated in the second law of thermodynamics.

And no, they won't fit your damnelantra.
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Pessimippopotamus
04/29/09

@SirNotAppearing: @damnelantra™:

Let me elaborate. They force hot exhaust from the engine into the brake disks, causing rapid temperature rise, making it easier for the disk to glow when the brake is applied. Easier and brighter. That's how they make them look cooler.
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acarr260
04/29/09

@damnelantra™: I would assume that those hoses bring cool air to the brakes. The other end of the hose would be hidden behind an air duct.
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damnelantra™
04/29/09

@Graverobber: why must you crush all my dreams?
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damnelantra™
04/29/09

@Pessimipposaurus: i like that theory better
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damnelantra™
04/29/09

@acarr260: i was wondering more of the inner workings. and how the air was piped into or past the rotor
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engineerd
04/29/09

@damnelantra™: The pink color, which used to be red, is to start the heater. The brakes, being ceramic, must be above a certain temperature to work properly (usually 400 C). The yellow color is to turn on fan only, for when the air temperature outside is enough to keep the brakes cool. The blue color is to turn on an air conditioner to cool the brakes for racing on hot days.

Why these controls are on the rotor I don't know. Seems like it would be difficult to activate them from inside the car unless there is a remote panel for controlling them on the dash.
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stoke
04/29/09

@damnelantra™: Italian midgets tucked snugly in the fenders pour holy water blessed by the Pope into them, cooling the brakes and exorcising the demons of fade.
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Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
04/29/09

@engineerd:

THAT explains our brake problems... I just put the colors on the dash.... explains why the driver keeps bitching....
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damnelantra™
04/29/09

@stoke, now with RHD mail delivery hotness: ok, you get the jalopnik brand friendship heart™ for the week

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engineerd
04/29/09

In reply to Ferrari F40 LM: Supercar Teardown
So. Beautiful.

That's all I've got. I'm spent.

Was it good for you, too?
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
04/29/09

In reply to Ferrari F40 LM: Supercar Teardown
Ah, the F40. Pretty much the only mid-engine supercar that's ever appealed to me, because there's no fooling around-- it's got a hell of an engine, and a place to sit. That's about it.
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Lorem Ipsum
04/29/09

@TV's Paul Y.: What, no cupholders??
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
04/29/09

@Lorem Ipsum: It probably can't even tow that boat I am thinking about thinking about buying some day in a few years.
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wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
04/29/09

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Oh hey! Thats my F40!lolzzzz
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.357
04/29/09

@wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: OMFG iz tht rlly ur Ferrari? LOL I ttly thot tht wuz my BFFs Ferrari. G2G Brb.
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Mobius
04/29/09

@wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: ll y gys r skng fr dsmvwlmnt. llz gys, wtch t, wrt s rthlss.
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wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
04/29/09

@Mobius_1: i don evn no wha dat meanz. lolzzz u r atarded.

surisly!! datz my farreri!!!!i drivvc it allllllll da tyme!!!!!
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
04/29/09

@wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx: srsly? thats a madd tyte wip, d00d!
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
04/29/09

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Yum! I want to lick all of its naughty bits. Never mind that I might get poisoned. I don't fucking care. I want to do some very indecent shit to those exposed naughty bits of the F40LM... mmmm...
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.357
04/29/09

In reply to Ferrari F40 LM: Supercar Teardown
Definitely one of my favorite all time Ferraris. Seeing it torn apart, I noticed just how complicated this car really is.
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Pessimippopotamus
04/29/09

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This makes up for the lily seed boob and the lamprey fingers which still haunt me.

One of these will be my new desktop for one of my profiles. Which shall it be?
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Leeeeena the Jalopchick
04/29/09

@Pessimipposaurus: Do Lamprey Fingers. Lily Boob will just give you creepy recurring flashbacks every time you see a real boob, which (for most people) would really ruin the moment.

Oh, you meant a picture from the galleries in this post? Never mind then. And I'd go with this one, if I were you.

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.357
04/29/09

@Pessimipposaurus: I prefer this one myself, but I've noticed that the shots aren't that clear. Or is that just me?

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Pessimippopotamus
04/29/09

@Leeeeena the Jalopchick: Oh, I didn't need to see boobs to have that mental image in my head. Lily boob... Of course, looking at normal boobs just made it worse. Boobs shooting out lily seeds...
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
04/30/09

@Pessimipposaurus: No, it's far worse than that.
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