I finally sourced some airbox covers in carbon. The weave is nice and tight - looks lovely. Image Unavailable, Please Login The inside is failry tidy - I've see some cheaper versions that look a mess inside. Image Unavailable, Please Login Here's the weight if anyone's interested. Image Unavailable, Please Login And here we are fitted on the car. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login I like the attachment of these particular covers - almost looks OEM. Cheaper versions usually have a long length of silicon hose where they fit to the MAF. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Me too on the airbox covers, I have been looking for someone to make them without using the red silicon extentions. Your photos are cute, did everyone raise their rear hatch in that one photo to emulate the Diablo 6.0's jack knife doors?
I like the pics when all the 360's engine hood is pops out...hahahah its like " i need water!!!" hot huh... nice scenery too..wish that there is that kind of scenery in my place lol
The covers came off eBay - I've been looking for ages for a pair and these finally popped up. I've got no idea who made them though... We raise the rear hatch to let some of the heat escape from the engine bay. It was 32-35 celcius (which is v.hot for us Brits) and we were pushing hard so it made sense to try and cool the cars off whenever we could.
I didn't deal with them myself. Did you phone them? Thank you. I've only started the engine briefly to check for air leaks so cannot say. I'm out on track tomorrow (if the weather holds up) so can report back then but I doubt I'll hear any difference as the Timate exhaust is so loud!!
They look exactly like the Fabspeed carbon airboxes, but with different end connections. Wonder where they come from?
Hope we can find out where they come from as I really like these and could the exactly what Iam after.
FYI the " meister 360Trev " suggested in one of his posts to lightly sand the interior of the air boxes in order to smooth out imperfections ( and loose a couple of micro-grams ...we know Trev and weight ! The boxes look great, you will notice a deeper intake sound.
Sadly I have no idea where they came from guys. I asked the seller but he said they were sold to him by his workshop many years ago and he doesn't know the manufacturer. I had the car out on track two days ago but the Timate is too loud to detect and change in intake sound!
Hey Aldous, Which tracks (Uk?) allowed you on with a Timate!!! ... I'd resigned myself to only enjoying tracks abroad due to over excessive UK noise regs..
Hi Mate - I was at Brands Hatch but we had special dispensation I measured 111db - Chris's Enzo hit 129db and he was only allowed out at lunchtime!
Hi Aldous Heres a pic of the rear bumper CS grill against a standard Modena one. You can see there is a big difference and they are very similar to the round pattern on the rear challenge grill holes. I will pop this spare one of mine in the post to you to have a look at and hopefully clone at a reasonable price than that Ferrari charge for a set. P.S Prosport do a pattern copy of these CS version, slightly cheaper than stock. Not sure on quality though as never actually seen theirs up close. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I thought I'd add some pictures of the car in action at Brands Hatch in aid of the Royal Marnies Charitable Trust earlier this month. The day was spent giving rides around the track to soliders severely injured in Afghanistan. These pictures courtesy of Nick Williams: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Some more (taken by my father). Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The switches for the electric windows were an absolute state. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login I bought some second hand switches but they weren't too hot either (the originals are at the top). Image Unavailable, Please Login As I had a back up pair I thought I'd have a hack at refurbishing the originals. First up I seperated the swiches. Image Unavailable, Please Login I then carefully peeled off the sticky goo. It turns out that the goo is clear and my worries about the decal were nothing to be worried about anyway. The decal is not a decal, it's a translucent window that allows the backlight to come through. If you're careful you can peel the goo off and leave good plastic behind. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login RH switch before: Image Unavailable, Please Login RH switch after: Image Unavailable, Please Login Both switches after: Image Unavailable, Please Login I discovered one of the bulbs that light up the decal was out. Here it is: Image Unavailable, Please Login I replaced the bulb with a standard R286 bulb and reused the green cover. Image Unavailable, Please Login Refurbished switches installed in the car. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login And a quick pic to show that the bulbs are working and the decals are illuminated. Image Unavailable, Please Login
As usual great job Voicey. How did you refurbish them, just peeling off the goo or did you airbrush them? Thanks
Wow that looks fantastic. I was going to send a bunch of stuff to sticky no more but before I do that I will try what you did. Great job!!
Thank you for the kind comments. A while back I noticed that the CS has slightly different grills in the rear bumper - the strad items have circular holes that match the rear grill. At £270 a set they weren't top of my upgrade list but I did have a think about making my own set. I was lucky enough to be loaned a CS grill (thanks Scott) so got to work. Here are the two types - CS on the left, standard on the right. Image Unavailable, Please Login The CS grils are made from Alu and offer a slight weight saving. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login The CS grills are made from perforated sheet - 3mm holes with a 5mm pitch (32% open area). I managed to buy an offcut in Alu for about £12. Image Unavailable, Please Login All marked up: Image Unavailable, Please Login I cut out the piece with a diamond cutting wheel on the dremel Image Unavailable, Please Login I wasn't going to try and make the surround so I used the ones off some old grills. I chopped out the mesh: Image Unavailable, Please Login And then ground and polished off the spot welds from the back: Image Unavailable, Please Login The old surround and new mesh: Image Unavailable, Please Login As I was joining alu to steel I bonded them together using a 2 part epoxy resin specifically for metals: Image Unavailable, Please Login The old paint removed from the surround: Image Unavailable, Please Login A coat of etch primer: Image Unavailable, Please Login
Here's the OEM grill: Image Unavailable, Please Login And here are the DIY ones. I didn't bother to put the surround on the centre grill as it cannot be seen when it is fitted and would only add weight! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login And here are the weights of my creations - only about a 200g saving... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
