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CHAPTER THREE Above 召 0r0 s こ〃 ro な e わ Od ツ differs 〃 several areas from the rod レ c 〃 0 model. ・ grille, air scoops, Side louvres Right Air ん es 0 れ d e し ac リ 0 0 s あ for the engine were reworked after 0 ″ OW 〃 0 ″ er 〃 s ん ad been established 0 〃 test 盟 ro e Top right 〃 ead -0 〃 view 可 召 0r0 test ro 地い盟 e s ん 0 s that the 60S s ん 0 〃 e was the same as t ん観 0d0 d for 盟 rod レ c 0 〃 Far right Changes from the test 盟 ro 盟 e ' ar end e 尾 sma 〃 . A I 加 - e s ん r as added, 0 〃 d the 〃レ m r ゃ I 観 e 〃 g ん mo 怩 d dO れえ〃ん e bumper 32

FROM METEOROLOGY TO ASTRONOMY sprockets away from the usual node, the end whip was reduced to about one-fifth. A shaft as 10 Ⅱ g as the full length of the block, runnmg in two bearings at each end and driving the water pump at the front, was driven by duplex chain from the front end of the crankshaft, about 7 当 in. directly below. A pair of sprockets was mounted above the first and second main-bearing webs, one pair driving the duplex chain to the camshafts ⅲ the left-side cylinder head, and the other pair performing the same task for the camshafts in the opposite head. Each chain had a pair Of tensioner sprockets, mounted close below the upper camshaft in each head. A わ c ん可ん se V6 engines 0 ) 0 ~ g their moment 可ケ砒ん , ん e れ go 0 〃 the test dynamometer 、。 4 物川 t 107

CHAPTER TWO moment 0f inertia would be 10W , making for fast response. The biggest mass, the engine, being positioned close t0 the rear wheels, adds tO the weight 0 Ⅱ the driving wheels and improves traction. A further consideration was the lower centre of gravity, glving increased lateral stability and lessening any tendency tO sway 0 Ⅱ curves, while also opening the way for lower bOdy profiles, new proportions, and lmproved forward ViSion over short, sloping bonnet. But how could Alfieri reconcile the central-engine layout without re- pudiating the existing front-engine models ? There was Ⅱ 0 contradiction, for according to him the Bora was just a continuation of the same product policy. ln fact, if we disregarded the difference 1 Ⅱ engme location, we can easily recognise the fact that the priorities in the Bora s リ or d こん e e 〃尾 ar S リ S 〃 e S え 0 れ as e 〃 as ん e e 〃 g えれ e. ・ clever Z00 26

CHAPTER SEVEN Right There were t 0 rear seats the Merak, わ they co レれ梔 occ リ〃 d ad リ〃 persons for 0 〃ん gt ん 可 time due lack 可 leg r00 〃 ~ Right The 外阨ん as given the steering wheel, えれ s ケレ me 〃 , 0 れ d com.盟ん fasc 盟 0 〃 el om the C ro ~ れ the lowest-cost parts, or buy proprietary units only from the lowest bidder. The men 0 Ⅱ the Merak project had to find a compromlse so narrow in definition as tO make tightrope-walking seem like a stroll ⅲ the park. They also had to take great pains to keep the Merak personality separate from the Bora's. Nothing about the Merak was allowed to dilute the image Of the Bora, which remained exclusive, an ObJect 0f reverle and an image 0f perfection. The Merak was not to be marketed as a quasi- Bora, but as an alternative type of Maserati for customers whose pretensions did not stray quite that far from the motoring ideals of the upper bourge01S1e. A big difference in price was not enough tO 100

Published in 1982 by Osprey Publishing Limited, 12 ー 14 Long Acre, London WC2 9LP Member company of the George PhiIip Group United States distribution by Publishers & WhoIesaIers ( Os ( eo ′ Wisconsin 54020 ′ USA CCopyright Osprey Publishing Limited 1982 This book is copyrighted under the Berne Convention. AII rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose Of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, 1956 , no part 0f this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission. All enquiries should be addressed t0 the Publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Norbye, Jan Maserati Bora and Merak. —(Aut0 History) 1. Maserati Bora automobile 2. Maserati Merak automobile I. Titl e 629.2 / 222 Ⅱ . Series TL215. M34 ISBN 0 ー 85045 ー 471 ー 9 Editor Tim Parker Associate Michael Sedgwick Ph0tography Jean-Francois Marchet Design Roger Daniels Filmset and printed in England by BAS Printers Limited, Over WaIIop, Hampshire