"Colletti 308"

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Author Message PSk (Psk) Intermediate Member Username: Psk Post Number: 1081 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2003 - 9:47 am:    Absolutely Pete Henry D. Chin (Hanknum) Junior Member Username: Hanknum Post Number: 235 Registered: 2-2002 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 9:25 pm:    Hey Pete, Sorry I missed the first time around. Amazing the stories people come up with. '75 308 GT4 (Peter) Advanced Member Username: Peter Post Number: 3180 Registered: 12-2000 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 1:23 pm:    Henry, this auction was posted here before a few weeks ago. Obviously the seller failed to "sell" last time (gee, I wonder why?). Other FC'ers pointed out that a few of his photos are blatant copies of pics found in publications and some others, if you closely, are not of the same car! William H (Countachxx) Advanced Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 3405 Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 7:18 am:    175- 200 on those tires ?!?! Isnt there a Colotti who modifies Vettes also ? Thomas I (Wax) Member Username: Wax Post Number: 680 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 3:40 am:    You mean the mighty, gearbox-maven Valerio Colotti? I've already got this John Starkey story saved as a fave - well worth any F-Chatter saving and reading - 'specially since there's 139 days left 'til F-1 starts up... allan fiedler (Allanlambo) Intermediate Member Username: Allanlambo Post Number: 1446 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 3:30 am:    Lol, 175mph! PSk (Psk) Intermediate Member Username: Psk Post Number: 1070 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 2:24 am:    Looks to me like he is talking about special drop gears ... so what!. They are not going to give the engine more horsepower to enable a 308 to archieve the speeds he talks about. Yes more efficient gears will reduce the amount of power lost on its way to the wheels ... but one has to question whether a 308 has enough power to pull a genuine 175 mph. The only other time I have heard of Colotti, was in reference to an early F1 gearbox ... plus the (I think) made the gearboxes for some Ferrari sports racers. I would not pay extra for this stuff myself, as without the rest of the package, all you have is some performance drop gears (so what!) ... probably noicier and of no use to me. Pete Henry D. Chin (Hanknum) Junior Member Username: Hanknum Post Number: 234 Registered: 2-2002 Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 1:29 am:    Anyone know anything about this 308 listed on ebay? I don't quite understand it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6212&item=2438094242