By Karan Singh

StreetFire.net

Nothing is sweeter to our ears than the sound of an exotic car letting out its howl on the dyno. And this particular exotic just happens to be a badass Ferrari F40. Enjoy the music at 10,000 RPM!

Ferrari Twin Turbo on dyno. 10,000 RPMS!

By Antonio Alvendia

Antonio Alvendia

Set in the beautiful country lanes of Princes Risborough, the Kop Hill Hillclimb is one of the oldest hill climbs in England. During the early 1900s it was one of the largest motorsport events in the UK. The hill itself is a pretty straight road, but it’s over 1000 metres long to the summit and rises to 100 metres high. Big crowds would line the edges of the road to watch drivers and motorcyclists try to achieve the fastest times and speeds up the hill. Unfortunately, as the speeds got faster, so did the risks, and on the 28th of March 1925 an accident involving a spectator led to the end of the original Kop Hill event and led to the RAC banning all motorsports on public roads.

On the 26th and 27th of September, organisers decided to do a Kop Hill Commemorative Run to bring the sounds and sights and even smells (mmm, Castrol R) back to Kop Hill again. Over 250 cars and bikes were there, ranging in age from the 1900s right up to 1980s and even some very special modern cars (which no doubt require the owners to compare car insurance carefully). Continue reading and view more photos on MotorMavens!

By Austin Knight

Gotadime

I just happened to stumble across Mecca. Jason Thorgalsen recently photographed the most impressive Supercar Garage I’ve ever seen and it couldn’t have come at a better time. You guys aren’t going to believe what he found. Here’s a direct quote:

Recently, I was invited to a friends place to check out his house and car collection. Among his collection he has 2 Challenge Stradales, Murcielago, Carrera GT, and a F40. The black CS has some nice mods done to it including straight pipes, gold rims, and a Scuderia stripe in matte black. The Murcielago has the AWD system converted to RWD with a few other mods so its a real monster! Last but not least the Carrera GT has straight pipes! When you finally leave the garage, you walk through the house and come to find the F40 sitting right next to the living room! The whole room is dedicated to Ferrari, so having a real one in there just seems right. Then in the living room is one of the best video game setups I have ever seen. Four of us sat down and got to racing on Forza 2. It was pretty fun racing head to head while trash talking to the person right next to you.

Sixteen more pictures after the jump.

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By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

What do you get when you mix Italian design with Japanese flavor? I’m guessing it is going to look like this F40 build by Liberty walk. I’m not a real Ferrari fan, but always liked the F40 for some reason.

You need a lot of guts to even start thinking about modifying a Ferrari especially an F40. Although it looks extreme, I feel that Liberty Walk made something tasteful and very pleasing for the eye. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Jeroen Willemsen

I don’t know what you were doing on June 1, 2008, but I know that it wasn’t better than attending this event. I wish I was there. Instead I scooped this up on some random Japanese blog.

First up, here are two Ferrari F50s that were nicely modified (since of course the standard F50 just isn’t impressive anymore after 50 Cent got one). More after the jump.

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The F40 was the last car designed directly under company founder Enzo Ferrari, and was it was conceived as a race car for the road. Interior-wise, this monster was as bare bones as you can get. No floor mats. No carpet. No radio. No fancy leather anything. And while a stock example probably would have been competitive—virtually anywhere—right out of the box, Ferrari’s in-house tuning house whipped up 19 even more vicious "LM"  versions designed for motorsport. This is a video of former F1 driver Jacques Lafitte putting one through the paces, and the soundtrack is magnificent.