Can we please get to the bottom of why...

I think I started it. Let's ask Daniel. Does a system like this show up in any of your 348 parts books, Dan?

 

I have never seen it..

 

Looks identical to the system in my friends late, late Spider, here in North Carolina. (DC, I know you lurk.... care to post?)

In fact, the first time I saw it, we compared it to my 1990ts, and I said to him "Yo David, what is all this crap?! You got more pipes back here than a crack house downtown."

 

haha that plumbing is a bit odd!

Daniel -- stay out of the crackhouse already.

 

It's a great thing for passing emissions inspections, but the freaky part is that Ferrari added that air pump to only some late 1995 348's, the last year of production.

You've got a 348 with an active air injection; most of the rest of us have passive air injections. Just a bit surprising, that's all.

 

Because I owned that same car (basically) and didn't have this part, and haven't seen it on any 348.

Not bad, just a surprise!

 

lol.......... ...................... it is prelude to the direction the 355 will take ..................... though I don't know why it is so surprising...... ..................... Italians love "spaghetti" ..............

 

I'm pretty sure my 95 Spider has that exact plumbing because i remember wiping them down last time i cleaned it. I'll take some pics when i get home tonight and post them tommorrow morning.

oh, i believe that set up adds 100-110 extra horses right?

 

here we go... same set up i see... also, a pic of my new floormats
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Where did you get those floormats from? I have been looking for some with the logos...

 

what does it do? Is it just for better emissions on a cold engine??

Kai

 

Yes, an electric airpump turns on for a couple of minutes to inject air into the headers, to help the cats light up quicker for reduced cold start emissions. Essentially just like every 355.


Jay

 

Hey rebel, just wondering if you bought that car from lamborghini of chicago, looks like my old 348 engine.

 

Pretty good , but not as good as my 348 did , i owned that car for about a year with pretty much no issues, i recognized it from that " T" pipe i put in there when it busted during a cold start in the middle of winter. just never had a chance to replace it.

 

I really took good care of it, never saw any rain , actually only washed it once because it never got dirty.
The people at lamborghini are top notch too, i hope you had a good experience over all.
contact me if you have any other questions, good luck! p.s add a tubi

 

i have the invoice at home, pm me and i'll send you the details.. they were only about $200 delivered too!

 

Ah, thanks. So no real harm to the engine if disconnected, just for EPA.

Kai