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Dino 166 P, 206 P and 206 S


The Dino name was first used on Ferrari cars with V engines in the late fifties on Formula One and sports racing models. Dino was the nickname from birth of Alfredo, Enzo Ferrari’s son, who had died in 1956, after suffering from ill health for most of his life. It was used in his memory, as he was reportedly working on a V6 engine project prior to his death. It continued to be used to designate any V6 or V8 engine through the early sixties, and then again in 1965, with the surprise announcement at the December 1964 press conference of a “Dino” sports prototype for the upcoming season. This turned out to be the Dino 166 P mid engine sports racing model, bearing chassis # 0834, which appeared unannounced at the Monza 1000kms Race in April 1965. This was in fact the first model to carry a "Dino" badge on the nose instead of a Ferrari one, previous models having only had the badging on the cam covers. The badge was a horizontal rectangle with his stylised script signature in blue on a yellow background.

The twin overhead cam per bank 65 degree V6 engine was soon upgraded from its original 1.6 litres capacity to 2 litres, to become the 206 P, with the bodywork altered to “Montagna” spider configuration. In this version of chassis # 0834 Ludovico Scarfiotti contested and won the 1965 European Mountain Championship, despite having missed the first two rounds. Later in the year, the 2 litre engine was increased to 2.4 litre capacity and put into a monoposto chassis for the Tasman series of races “down under” to be held in January and February 1966. Unfortunately the proposed driver, John Surtees had a serious accident in a CanAm race at Mosport in Canada in September 1965, which kept him out of action until the following April. Thus the project never came to fruition, but the car was held as a back-up to their 1966 F1 campaign.

In 1966 the Dino 206 S was announced as a contender in the 2 litre sports prototype class, with the intention of building fifty examples, which, as can be seen in the succeeding text, never happened. This series of cars eventually had their own specific “Dino” chassis number sequence, although along with 0834, 0840, a non running design study by Pininfarina, 0842 and 0852 (later re-numbered 002 in the Dino sequence) carried Ferrari chassis numbers. Visually the model was a scaled down version of the 4 litre V12 engine 330 P3 model, with bodywork by Piero Drogo’s Carrozzeria Sports cars in Modena. The model used either a triple carburettor set-up or fuel injection, whilst two three and four valve cylinder heads were also used.

Keith Bluemel


03/2009



Technical Specifications


Engine

Type - Construction Number

227 L, 231, 231 B

Designer

Colombo

Type

V-6

Bore x Stroke

86.0 x 57

Displacement

1987cc

Compression Ratio

10,8:1

Layout

Double overhead

Camshaft

Drive Chain

Valve Design

Inclined

No. of Valves

2 - 227L

3 - 231, 231 B

Values Springs

Hairpin

No. of Spark Plugs/Cylinder 

1

No. of Carburetors

3

Type of Carburetors 

40 DCN15 Later Lucas Injection

Bhp @ rpm

218 Bhp @ 9000rpm


Drive Train

Clutch

Multi disk

Transmission - No. of Gears 

5-Speed & reverse

Transmission - Type

Non synchro

Transmission - Location

in unit with differential

Axle Ration

many

Ignition

1, later 2 Distributors


Chassis

Type 

585

585/002 for 034

Chassis 

Semi-monocoque over a welded tubular frame

Wheelbase 

2280

Track 

Front 1355

Track 

Rear 1353

Suspension

Front Independent

Type double tubular triangulation

Suspension

Rear two tubular struts one upper transversal connecting rod

and one lower inverted wishbone

Shocks 

Helical springs and stabilizer bars, 16mm

adjustable Koni's

Brakes 

ventilated Gerling disk brakes

Whells

Front Campagnolo, magnesium 7.5x13

Rear Campagnolo, magnesium 8.5x13

Tires

Front Dunlop R7 5.50x13

Rear Dunlop R7 7.00x13


General

Body Designer 

Scuderia Ferrari Design Office

Body Builder 

Carrozzeria Auto-Sport - Pierro Drogo

Length cm

Overall 3875

Width 1524

Height Berlinetta 0.985 Spyder 0.972

Curb Weight

kg  654


Information from the factory test sheets

s/n  engine type bore x stroke ccm power

010  231 B 86 x 57 1987 218 hp @ 9000


206 S Spyder

12

206 S Coupe

3

chassis only

2

Prototipo

1

Total

18


+ 3 (PF Study (0840) 166/206 S 0834, 206 S 0842

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Dino 166 S Berlinetta s/n 0834

Dino 206 P, s/n 0834



Dino 206 S Study s/n 0840

Dino 206 S s/n 0842

destroyed

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione Conversion s/n 13367

Dino 206 S Berlinetta s/n 0852 / 002

Dino 206 SP s/n 002

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 004

Dino 206 S s/n 004

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 006

Nürburgring 1000 km 1966: The little Dino 206 S s/n 006 of David Piper and Dick Attwood retired due to gearbox problems

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 008

Dino 206 SP s/n 008

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 010

Dino 206 S Berlinetta s/n 012

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Competizione SI s/n 14429

Dino 206 S Berlinetta s/n 014

206 S s/n 014

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 022

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 018

Dino 206 SP Montagna Spider s/n 018

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 016

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 026

Dino 206 S s/n 026

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 024

Dino 206 Chassis only s/n 020

used for the 212 Montagne 0862

Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Comp SII s/n 15225

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 032

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 030

206 SP s/n 030

Dino 206 S Spyder s/n 028

rebodied

Dino 206 Chassis only s/n 036

Dino Pininfarina Prototipo Spieciale s/n 034