Still getting it's stripes and paint correction ATM. Wheel time so far about 20 mins This is where it was at today, stripes finished and paint correction underway. The clearcoat has been sanded back to get rid of as much orange peel as possible. Limitation is the thickness of the paint and clearcoat material. Go too far and it's repaint your car time. Orange peel is probably 80% eliminated compared to when it was delivered. ATM it's getting polished up and reassembled. The car is covered in polish dust (see last pic) so it doesn't look as shiny as it really is. Should get it back early next week, then it will get the stone chip film installed which will take a few days. Then I get to drive it Front number plate mounting is a temporary solution just so I could pick it up and drive it to the shop. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Apparently the brake system is lifted off the LaLaLaLa Ferrari. Should work ok given the Speciale has "only" 600hp pushing 1395kg around. What I found interesting is the rear roll bar is mounted at rear muffler level I.e. at the level of the exhaust outlets at the top of the rear bumper bar. That's a long way off the ground and they are connected by the longest tie rods that I have ever seen. The torque effect on the bar must be phenomenal. You might see it in the pic with the rear wheel off. Love the lack of paint on the chassis itself in that pic No paint at all would be better than that. The black paint in the engine bay under those side covers is similarly sparse. I know Ferrari want to maximize profit per unit; but that's ridiculous. If you want build quality you have to move up to the LaFerrari or one off cars. The other thing is the size of the rear caliper, it's absolutely massive. The various computer driver aids use the brakes (and the gas and the diff) to stabilize the car. Joe Average with 600hp going through 2 wheels in a mid engined car without driver aids is a recipe for disaster.
That has the launch control and stuff on it. Again from the La Ferrari. The steering wheel has all the controls that you would find on the indicator and wiper stalks on normal cars. Not enough time to get familiar with it; but so far it seems like complexity for the sake of it. Not intuitive at all.
Eyes with attention to detail might have noticed the black dancing donkey badge replacing on the rear in place of the silver. It's from a 599 GTO and goes better with light colours IMO. I love a project and am having fun with the Bumblebee so far I have a lot of carbon fibre bling to go on yet too. Also have the extended gear change paddles from a 458 Challenge to put on at first service.
That is the longest tie rod for an anti-roll bar I've ever seen and I hope the Ferrari engineers put special malleable steel there to absorb the loads they must experience during hard cornering
I believe it's been used in F1 for a long time; but the techie reasons behind it are beyond me. My Michelotto has a similar system on the front. Maybe someone with more tech knowledge than I can fill us in?
What is the other rear link, just above where the roll bar attaches to the bottom arm? passive steer thing?
Ahem....do you realise that Pete,Carl and meself waited a total of over 20 minutes(2 stops) until the next car(Kenny,I think),turned up at Walcha......Geeeeeeez that Audi had a great slipstream
Dropped some tasty carbon fibre bits off for Glenn to fit up today. This is where he is at now, the last of the reassembly and realignment of some poor panel fitment ex-factory. Should be driving it next week Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
