355 carbon rear diffuser and clutch cover

I have the cover and its good not fitted to the car and there is a tread with pics on here already so try a search for up close pics.

 

Well here you go I saved you sometime I have there exhaust covers to and there stuff is pretty good I think.
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You never put it on the car? Looks great!!

 

Craig:

Do you see why I called you the "God of Ferrari pictures"???

 

LOL!!!

 

I have the fiberglass/silver clutch housing and thought about 'upgrading' to the carbon fiber but you will scratch and damage it no matter how carefully you drive and I think the carbon would be a heck of a lot harder to repair and keep looking pretty than the fiberglass one. I sand and respray mine frequently.
-Billy

 

Who has pics of the carbon diffuser on the car??

I really think that would be the way to go.

Please...

 

I don't have a F355 yet I'm working on it. I have to build a bigger house and the way things are going now it looks to BAD for me. So I collect Carbon fiber parts I have a crap load To keep me going for now. If the prices were what they are now, 4 years ago I would have one 4years ago. But again I need a bigger house.

 

Here is a pic from the clutch cover, just found in the web!
Perhaps it´s interesting for someone who thinking about a purchase!

Greetings Christian
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Billy:

Didn't we have a Thread a short while back about clutch housing covers (both fiberglass and CF) and the pros and cons of their potentially causing overheating to the clutch assembly, or are my medications wearing off?

 

The covers work quite well IF they are completely sealed to the bell housing. To assure this I use stainless steel body repair tape to bridge the gap from the cover to the bellhousing. With this design we are looking for hot air to go down and that requires as good seal in this area to retain all of the positive pressure.

This is one of the very few Challange series parts I was able to convince Ferrari to supply for use on the street cars. It worked well enough we could get the early rubber seal slave cylinders to last a long time even with hard track use on street cars. It was standard equipment on the earliest 94 production cars. On those it was fiberglass covered with a thick lawyer of foam rubber. I have one 94 car that still has it intact (repaired/reglassed every time the engine comes out) and is still using the original rubber sealed TOB/slave cylinder, that says something about how well they work. I choose to modify them to use 3/16" chicken wire on the inlets to keep road debris pickup to a minimum.

Dave

 

God, has spoken.......

 

Another GREAT idea from Dave...hadn't even thought about doing this and since I'm running the drilled bell housing this will be a must on my "TO-DO-LIST".

BTW, I am doing this procedure at the crank pulley also since I see some tale tale signs of debri being sucked up into that area.

 

Today I can die a fulfilled man, because I learned something new. Don't send flowers....just money.

Thanks Dave!

 

Dave, excuse my ignorance up front, but how does "the hot air go down" if cool air from under the car is rushing in through the scoops?

 

Pushes it through the cheese grater panel on the bottom and the small ports on the sides.

 

Hey Scott, yes there was a thread discussing that, but look s like Mr.Helms has cleared that up.
When my clutch was being done, I repaired my housing by stripping, sanding, and fixing some cracks with resin, then repainted.
I think that the rear of the car looks just fantastic with this housing applied...a little distinctive silver under the dark car.
AND of course some 295's to boot!
-Billy
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Billy:

You're just too BAD! Those 295s look a mile wide. What a difference from the 265s.