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Kent R. DeAvilla (Lust4spyders)
New member
Username: Lust4spyders
Post Number: 23
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 9:50 pm: | |
Ron , Hyperflow cats are very nice ! They are nice looking and I can feel a little more hp. They are nice looking. You can't beat polished stainless steel. I bought them through Brian Jessel Ferrari, Vancouver, B.C. |
Ron Shirley (Easy_rider)
Junior Member
Username: Easy_rider
Post Number: 199
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 1:15 pm: | |
Thanks Steve. |
jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Junior Member
Username: Atheyg
Post Number: 169
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 12:03 pm: | |
Ken
Steve Harris is a great dealer and treats their customers well
3-4 hrs drive for 421miles ? min speed 105-140 I really don't think I'd make it in 3-4hrs as I would be spending a night in the cross bar motel and with the car impounded and driven away by some toothless tow truck driver who doesn't know even what a Forrari iz. |
ken rentiers (Rentiers)
Junior Member
Username: Rentiers
Post Number: 65
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 9:47 am: | |
Jeff:
If the PO had driven the damn thing to SLC instead of trucking it it probably wouldn't need service. All those wide open roads out there - what a waste!
Bought mine from Steve Harris, drove it back to Houston.
Lessee LV>SLC = 421 miles - 3 or 4 hour drive! just a nice morning's outing!
Not intended as a flame - just enouragement from the Anti-Trailer Jihad.
Best :-))
-ken- |
Steve Magnusson (91tr)
Intermediate Member
Username: 91tr
Post Number: 1426
Registered: 1-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 9:13 am: | |
Ron S. -- http://www.hyper-flow.com (they've got a nice selection of F stuff)
They had contacted me about the TR precat carcasses I had to use as forms for developing functional replacement TR precats and TR precat bypass-pipes so we did a swap -- if anyone wants a gorgeous pair of brand-new polished stainless steel regular cat bypass-pipes (that fit TR, '84-'85 308QV, 328, Mondial QV, or Mondial 3.2 according to Hyper-Flow) for a lot less than list price see my ad at http://www.ferrariads.com in the Parts section. |
jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Junior Member
Username: Atheyg
Post Number: 168
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 9:09 am: | |
Thanks Brian
Dave I hear you but here in Vegas there are no decent repair shops for Ferarri,the last PO of my car used to truck it to Steve Harris in Salt Lake, there is one independant that does work for the Ferarri rental cos here but he is old school expensive and would charge me $700.00 at least for labor to determine the problem and parts would bring it up to $2000.00+, I know as I have seen him do it to others the few times I have been to his shop
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Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
Member
Username: Eurocardoc
Post Number: 415
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 5:59 am: | |
The O2 sensor control system is powered through a relay located on the same mount plate as the ECU (in the RR trunk under the floor) If the frequency valve is not "buzzing" check the relay ( a Porsche part) and also the wire connector block, as the pins do corrode badly. |
david handa (Davehanda)
Member
Username: Davehanda
Post Number: 508
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 12:42 am: | |
Jeff,
Blindly replacing parts on a Ferrari is an awful expensive way to find the fix. It would probably be cheaper and faster to find a good technician with the proper diagnostic tools to correct what is truly ailing your car. Caps alone will run you 600 to 700 dollars for factory originals. $450 for reproductions. You could easily spend $1500 replacing the parts listed and not find the culprit. JMHO....
Dave |
Ron Shirley (Easy_rider)
Junior Member
Username: Easy_rider
Post Number: 197
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:39 pm: | |
Kent, where did you get your cat and what brand is it? |
jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Junior Member
Username: Atheyg
Post Number: 167
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 11:11 pm: | |
Thanks for the replys Kent and Bill
I replaced all my plugs with NGK they all looked sooty, next I removed the dist caps which had alot of flash residue and cleaned them up as well as checked all of my extenders which appeared okay, the car semed to be running better in the upper RPM ranges so I tried a test again, now I am going backwards my HCs are 600 now, you can smell the raw fuel almost coming out of the exhaust at idle, funny the 2500 rpm test is fine and in spec
I guess the next step is to replace my caps,rotors,wires and extenders
Anyone know how to check if your O2 sensor is working? |
Kent R. DeAvilla (Lust4spyders)
New member
Username: Lust4spyders
Post Number: 22
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 5:26 pm: | |
I had the same problem in December. OEM Catalytic COnverter was bad. I replaced it with a stainless steel hyperflow catalytic converter. That solved it. |
Bill White (Nc_newbie)
New member
Username: Nc_newbie
Post Number: 18
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 3:12 pm: | |
I just had the same problem with my mondial 3.2 (same engine as 328). In talking to one mechanic he said that if it was firing on all cylinders then it was 99% of the time either o2 sensor or rich mixture. I replaced my O2 sensor (spliced in a standard 3 wire Bosch for $52 rather than Ferrari priced sensor). Basically the same reading after the change. Then adjusted the mixture with the stop on the air metering valve and it passes (and runs better too). The local inspection shop let me use their co meter to adjust the mixture with a 3mm allen. Obviously a miss, TDC sensor, edc would cause problem also but if you have no other problems probably mixture or 02 sensor.
I doubt other FI problems would cause this. My freq valve was not working so neither was the warm up regulator. This caused a low warm fuel pressure and low high vacuum pressure. All of this did not affect emmissions since FI pressure was too low (i.e. too lean). All corrected now and still passes.
Bill |
jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Junior Member
Username: Atheyg
Post Number: 157
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 12:00 pm: | |
Thanks for the replys Brian and JRV
I'll start with the extenders and work my way thru the ignition system
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JRV (Jrvall)
Member
Username: Jrvall
Post Number: 841
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 9:15 am: | |
400ppm HC's or even 200ppm HC's on a 328 after the cat is very poor...it could be something simple, however the KE-Lamda FI systems can have any number of problems or bad components that will cause poor emmisions results. It could be as simple as a disconnected O2 sensor wire to bad KE-Computer (located in trunk R/R corner) .
To properly and systematicaly test, diagnois and set the KE-Lamda equiped engines requires a healthy understaning of how all components work & interact and what to do about it when they don't.
All testing of the exhaust for tuning MUST be done pre-cat.
*note: High HC's denote poor running ie:> missing, not neecesarily a rich condition...CO% denetes rich or lean. |
Brian stewart (Eurocardoc)
Member
Username: Eurocardoc
Post Number: 412
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 08, 2003 - 6:31 am: | |
check our favorite part, the plugwire extenders. one or more may be allowing a slight miss at idle, enough to influence the CO reading. |
jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Junior Member
Username: Atheyg
Post Number: 156
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 11:24 pm: | |
I failed my emmission test for the 2nd time today
in my 328
The idle test is only what I am failing with a 402HC reading, it needs to be <200 ,is this too rich for my motor to be running properly aside from failing the test?
If I get a small cheap gas analyzer can I adjust my CO my self properly or should I take it in to a shop?
Also, could it be a sensor or something else not functioning properly not a CO adjustment problem?
Thanks in advance |