To add to Carbon's Zonda questions - I understand there are "ways" to bring a car like that here, but most of them don't allow for the transfer or sale while in country. How was this transaction between Wyclef and DK facilitated - exported, sold and then re-imported I would imagine? I'm also going to assume some very liberal use of the DOT's HS-7 form was employed - y/n? I believe that's the story on the yellow one SG has in Malibu. Zondas are not 'Show or Display' approved/eligible, at least not as of last April anyway. >8^) ER
NNO, I met a guy in LA who claimed he had a black Enzo with an alligator interior. And that he stored it at a warehouse in the middle of the US somewhere. Have you heard about that one? He also claimed he owned a 288 along with some other cars.
Felix... No, I've never heard of any Enzo with alligator interior. I'd be interested in learning more, if anyone knows...
Congratulations on what is a stunning Enzo. Mmmm ... black ... just how I want it Enjoy every minute of it. Cheers and thanks for sharing this with us. M
Now there's an interesting idea ... According to Carbon there is only ONE Enzo in the world with red calipers and it belongs (or belonged) to Jean Todt.
All this chatter and no pictures. Your adoring public is getting restless, Jeffrey. We're going to start rioting in the streets!
Just keep checking back - tomorrow or Thursday. It's still in the shop - clear bra, custom skid plates, and a few other goodies ....
Enzo's do not get "goodies"!!! Waiting for the final results and pics....must feel like an eternity since delivery then to the shop for the "upgrades".
Jeff A few thoughts on skid plates. You really want to be careful here. The Enzo nose scrapes because the front overhang is long. (Distance from center of front wheel to tip of nose) Without skid plates the force of a scrape is transmitted across a large area which puts less stress on the part than if skid pads are mounted to that part. In addition the damage that part receives by scrapping is somewhat sacrificial as opposed to jarring. If you want to mount skid pads IMO you should cut out the bottom of the part with enough clearance so the pad passes though the bottom of the part and mounts directly to the chassis subframe. Cheers
A most interesting thought: A friend fitted skid-plates (actually they were polyurethane skateboard wheels) to the underside of the nose of his Diablo - a popular application at the time - because he wanted to protect the plastic trim strip from scraping. He kissed a driveway just a touch too hard and in fact the entire nose of the car went out of whack because the stress of the unevenly distributed force pushed the bumper/spoiler unit into both front fenders!! It was a very expensive fix. At least the Enzo has the capability of having the front end raised automatically from within the cockpit so that should help ensure none of this is a factor.
At Speed this is an issue as well. The Enzo lifter works well but it doesn't work over 15 MPH. One the the things we spent a lot of time engineering on P 4/5 was reducing front overhang without sacrificing front downforce. P 4/5's front overhang is a lot less than an Enzo's but on crowned roads at high speed the outer side of the nose can touch so we also added skid pads that clear the body and attach directly to the chassis subframe. I've kissed the ground at high speed and they work great. It's VERY important that skid pads are slippery. Ours are sacrificial delrin as you definitely don't want them to suddenly push the nose up at speed as the underbody can lose adhesion with disastrous results. You want them to ware/glide NOT cause a bounce up. Image Unavailable, Please Login
18 MPH. Not trying to be an ass, just sayin'. It's one of those obscure facts and figures seared into my brain.
Nah, it's really 15 - remember, we're talking Italian built here. Even my speedo (on all my Ferrari's at some point) was off by 3-5mph...this is, as my former mechanic would say, why the Italians never put anyone on the moon.
Would be nice if the nose lowered automatically when the car is turned off. Cars look silly parked that way. >8^) ER Image Unavailable, Please Login
When the nose is up on an Enzo, and the Enzo hits or exceeds 18 mph (30km/h), the nose lowers to its normal driving position automatically. Unfortunately, there was an issue with the mechanism that lowered the Enzo's nose and a few of them were stuck in the up position. It's drivable when the nose gets stuck, but performance is obviously affected.
