The handbuilt Kode57 is the work of designer Ken Okuyama, former design director at Pininfarina. Looking to the past but with an eye on the future, the Kode57 is an homage to the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa. It is based on a Ferrari 599 chassis, retains the donor vehicle's 6.0 liter V12 engine, and weight-saving measures reduced the overall weight to 3,200 pounds. Sharing design cues with the Ferrari Enzo, the 'kode57' has aerodynamic humps sculpted at the rear of the cockpit, di-hedral doors, a minimal windshield, a long nose, low-slung proportions, a shallow frames, curvaceous front fenders, a trapezoidal grille, and large taillights residing inside triangular cutouts. There are a pair of large-diameter exhaust pipes within smaller-diameter ones, creating a quartet of centrally mounted exhaust tips.
The Kode57 has an aluminum space-frame chassis and carbon-fiber bodywork.
Ferrari 599 Specifications
The Ferrari 599 (and presumably the Kode57) has a 108.3-inch wheelbase, a length of 183.7 inches, a width of 77.2 inches, and a height of 52.6 inches. The 6.0-liter (5,999cc) F140 C/CE V12 engine produced 610 horsepower between 7,600 RPM to 8,400 RPM. Its torque output is 448 lb-ft at 5,600 RPM. It had an aluminum block and head, a compression ratio of 11.2:1, a 3.62-inch bore, and a 2.96-inch stroke. There is a traditional 6-speed manual transmission, along with Ferrari's 6-speed automated manual paddle-shift transmission called 'F1 Superfast.'
The Ferrari 599 had an aluminum chassis, an underbody spoiler and venturi tunnels that contribute to downforce, and arched C-pillars in a 'flying buttress' style that aid further in downforce by channeling the air around the rear section.
by Dan Vaughan