Ferrari Colombo engine

The Ferrari Colombo engine is a petrol-fuelled, water-cooled, carburetted 60 degree V12 designed by Gioacchino Colombo and built in many versions by Ferrari between 1947 and 1988. It was the first engine the company made for itself, debuting in the 1947 125 S sports racer, which took its name from the 125 cubic centimetre cylinders of its 1.5 litre displacement. Colombo set the bore centres 90 mm apart, which left room for growth, and displacement rose to 4.9 litres in the 412i grand tourer. A redesigned block with wider 94 mm bore spacing arrived in 1963 for the 330 series. The Lampredi V12 was its direct successor but was dropped long before the Colombo engine ended, and the Colombo unit powered Ferrari's road and racing cars through the 1950s and 1960s.