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Such a missed opportunity for the original illustrator to omit even a glimpse of a single compressor or turbine wheel. Being twin-turbocharged was a major diff

Such a missed opportunity for the original illustrator to omit even a glimpse of a single compressor or turbine wheel. Being twin-turbocharged was a major differentiator for the F40. Yet here I am seeing a whole lot of brackets, hoses, and bolt heads, but no sectioned turbo parts. We even get to see a pile of banal gears in the syncromesh gearbox, but no 100,000+RPM wheels that in large part make this car so iconic, BAH.

msephton 3y ago
From what I can gather the original illustration was based on a real physical cutaway prototype Ferrari F40 from around 1987. If that is true, then what is visible or not is down to Ferrari themselves. Maybe they were keeping it secret at the time?
- pengaru 3y ago
  Where does it say at your linked thread that it's drawn from a real physical cutaway prototype? I only see debate as to which features in the illustration correspond to which prototype/market etc. They're basically trying to fit it to a specific variant. The article [0] linked by TFA says this: > The original was the culmination of David Kimble’s six-month tenure at the Ferrari > plant combing through technical drawings, specs and other design materials. Which leaves me with the impression that David Kimble had substantial creative license in producing the illustration... It seems silly to think Ferrari would be hiding the turbocharger internals... the illustration clearly shows turbocharger systems like intercooler, wastegate, all the plumbing, and glimpses of the turbo housings. Just no compressor or turbine wheels, mildly disappointing omission of detail in what should be a highlight of the F40. [0] https://www.canvasgfx.com/blog/driven-by-design-david-rumfelt-graphic-artist https://www.canvasgfx.com/blog/driven-by-design-david-rumfel...
  - msephton 3y ago
    Quite correct, I assumed too much about what Kimble was drawing from whilst at Ferrari. I stand corrected!

msephton 3y ago

From what I can gather the original illustration was based on a real physical cutaway prototype Ferrari F40 from around 1987. If that is true, then what is visible or not is down to Ferrari themselves. Maybe they were keeping it secret at the time?

pengaru 3y ago
Where does it say at your linked thread that it's drawn from a real physical cutaway prototype? I only see debate as to which features in the illustration correspond to which prototype/market etc. They're basically trying to fit it to a specific variant. The article [0] linked by TFA says this: > The original was the culmination of David Kimble’s six-month tenure at the Ferrari > plant combing through technical drawings, specs and other design materials. Which leaves me with the impression that David Kimble had substantial creative license in producing the illustration... It seems silly to think Ferrari would be hiding the turbocharger internals... the illustration clearly shows turbocharger systems like intercooler, wastegate, all the plumbing, and glimpses of the turbo housings. Just no compressor or turbine wheels, mildly disappointing omission of detail in what should be a highlight of the F40. [0] https://www.canvasgfx.com/blog/driven-by-design-david-rumfelt-graphic-artist https://www.canvasgfx.com/blog/driven-by-design-david-rumfel...
- msephton 3y ago
  Quite correct, I assumed too much about what Kimble was drawing from whilst at Ferrari. I stand corrected!