6 speed US spec CS for sale ...?

http://www.exoticclassics.com/collectibles/

I could not see them on your link either, but here is the dealer's website. The CS is there.

 

It is just a standard CS, all Challenge Stradales are 6 speeds manuals. If you look at the photos it is just a regular CS.

 

Dont know the dealer being in the UK - You can see the pictures by going directly to their website;
http://www.exoticclassics.com/collectibles/

They state they have 22 pictures of the car but one of them is of a 355 Spider, and in the description they state yellow brake calipers - mmmm, be careful.

 

6 speed CS is a car I would mortgage my unborn children's futures for

 

Didn't someone in the UK do a conversion...I recall a post.

 

Yes, TREV's car

 

That was a standard 360 MT, converted to CS spec.

 

It is the same gearbox as the standard gated gearbox 360. The clutch is just automated .


There are at least two factory Challenge Stradales with gated gearboxes. One is in Switzerland, I do not know where the other is.

 

That is the question.

 

As people have posted before the differences between an 360 F1 automatic car and one equipped with a manual aren't all as different as you'd think, the f1 version was just a computer control of 'hydraulic actuation' applied to the standard gearbox, replacing the cables and clutch pedal. You can therefore remove the actuation, fit the original cable mechanism and pedal box, etc. and convert a car between f1 and manual. Its not easy and its not cheap retrofit (you need a donor car to make it economically viable) but it can be done.

On my side I had access to such an extensivey damaged CS I _could_ have decided to fix that car up and replace the f1 having a ful; legally registered manual 'CS' (the original car wasn't recorded as accident damaged anywhere) but instead I decided to use all those parts to convert my existing Modena to full CS spec's. I mean full, all suspension, bodywork, weight reduction, engine upgrades, interior, etc.

This has been a long and interesting project but ultimately I decided to go further to go with a lot more aggressive weight reduction (200kg's vs ~80kgs from Ferrari) including recent work on more track biased interior.

I also fitted harnesses, challenge racing seats and 430 Challenge snap off boss racing steering wheel (among other things) as well as in progress the fitting of center lock 430ch wheel's.

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While i didn't got to this extreme I can confirm a full CS spec car on a 200kg's (440 lbs) diet and 450hp goes way better than you'd ever imagine. F430's are easily dispatched and I relish hunting Scud's Yes I have virtually the same pwr as a Scud & new 458...

On a serious note, the driving experience, the sheer pleasure is just something else. Absolutely incredible. The razor sharp responses, you almost 'think' it around the corners..

 

That is what Im looking for. Get all the power I can and after that put my car and myself on diet ;-).