What Modifications Have You Done To Your 3X8?

Flowmaster muffler with two twin pipe resonators, (ear plugs on trips)
Rebuilt and rejetted webbers, gutted airbox & K&N, Facet fuel pump.
Norwood single distributor, (uses chevy $16.00 cap recurved advance & MSD 6AL, Blaster coil & MSD wires.
Smog junk in a box under bench, (no coubt, Enzo wept when forced to install that cr@p)
Flywheel lightened to 8 pounds, Centerforce improved clutch.
Mocal 180 degree oil thermostat, -12 aeroquip lines to mocal cooler, (basically stock size),temp controlled aux oil cooler fan, (very little difference).
Oil sump bafell.
Polyurethane motor mounts, (thanks, Sean).
4 point harness for driver.
Aluminum pedals, (not yet installed).
Two flag mirrors, (not stock but much better rearward vision).
Front bumper pushed in, (MA corbon mounts)
Twin 12 inch Spall fans with metal shroud over top of fans. Gleggy's louvered front panel.
Brembo 355x32 drilled ft rotors, (14" diameter) with giant F-50 calipers, Girodisc flloating hats & caliper adaptors. All calipers and ft rotors bought used)
360 rear calipers over 330x28 driled Girodisc rotors, hats and caliper adaptor, ss brake lines.
Upright ears spot faced, helicoiled to accept brembo calipers on front of upright, with custom parking brake adaptors to allow 360 brembo P brake caliper.
Modified Wilwood 1-1/16th MC and Tilton adj prop valve, (removed stock prop valve).
360 7.5 BBS front wheels with hill spacers & longer bolts, (Spacer counterbored to allow bolting to front hub, big help, when R&R ft wheels)
Narrowed, (to 9 inches) 360 rears with dunlop direzzionales, (awsome tires).
Poly suspension bushings, inc bars.
QA-1s with 400 & 350 lb springs, Lowered & corner balanced.
Old saner 22 mm front bar & 22 mm rear bars with spacers and safety washers to strengthen heim joint attachment and correct angled mounting.
Halon extinguisher behind seat.
Higher wattage bulbs all around, with Cibie H-1s, relays and soldered #10 gauge wiring.
CD player & better speakers.
Slick shift gate.

Other than that, the car is pretty stock
chris
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What's the delay with these???

For Gods sake man, you can't drive her correctly without these installed!



Btw, correct term is "racing aluminum pedals"

 

Hi Chris,

Did i miss your car in this line up??? It would probably take three pages just to list the stuff you've done

I forgot to mention Birdman's fine fuse box, all new relays and an Optima red top,Also not yet installed: Gleggy's georgous skid plate and timing belt interior plates, (don't know what else to call them).
I also have but have not yet installed the air injection plugs.

I wish i had the funds to go into the engine like The Pizza Dude did but it seems to be pushing the old 3200 pound crate along just fine. (fingers crossed against the evil sodium valve curse).

Ever hopefull, i remain,
chris

 

This is getting like The Twelve Days of Christmas!

"On the first day of Christmas I modd-ed my G-T-B... One Birdman fuseblock, four Brembo rotors, new Tubi headers, and a partridge in a pear tree..."

 

It is too early for the xmas spirit! Ignore the shopping mall decorations and wait until after thanksgiving, please

 

This could have been one of the best threads ever on FChat if it had pics. Instead I was bored by page 2.

Any chance we could "redo" this thread with pics and make it great?

 

Hi Bill,

I'd be hapy to post some photos, particularly the brake and suspension mods. What do you want to see more of??

chris

 

Threads that describe my car's modifications:

The GTS/B hybrid look

Removing the rear wing

Retro dash and wheel

Aluminum pedals


The 100,000 mile thread, "It's pretty much scrap these days"

355 wheels are finally mounted and look great (IMHO)

 

Custom Sway Bars- going on shortly.
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Ok, here it is.
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I don't understand the metal brake/clutch pads. Rubber works fine in my car and also my Aston Martin. Is it just a visual thing?

Also the Ferrari is so nice, I really don't understand all the many mods people have done. Why not purchase a much new Ferrari if you want to have a more advanced car? Don't ruin the car - its not a Honda that you can hop up like teenagers have done. Ferrari is a classic and you should honor the designer's original wish. The exception would be a track car. Mod it. But please no rice rocket Ferrari 3XX for me! Just my opinion.

 

I agree with pizzaman, more photos would make ths a great thread.

 

+1

I just dont get this metal pedal thing either.

Having said that, most of the mods people have done seem sensible, improving areas of the car which were originally compromises, and I definitely understand the thinking behind modifying US cars to Euro spec. There is not much "boy racer" stuff going on. Except the pedals...

I dont think I would want to do any suspension mods on a GTS though, the chassis is not up to it, too bendy. This is no Lotus Elise.

 

Forgive me but, how are those bars made? They seem to be sections welded together. Not sure how that would work as the whole thing is a spring. Having welded corners like that would crack unless I am missing something...

 

Welded corners is no problem , the torsion in the long tube is the working part. The used material is more important for how it works.

 

the shorter list would be whats not been touched

also wanted to give heads up to the modifiers, just got back from another great show at SEMA, and have quite a few new custom engineered products that Nick will be carrying shortly. just waiting on a status change from Rob here before I post any details. But I think you guys will like what's coming, it's only taken 2yrs to get here but hey better than never!

I also like to think of it as updating vs modifying, new materials, improved designs etc.. then it's full on no holes barred wallet draining speed!

 

Video

My 77 GTB with supercharger and a few other mods.



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+1 plus the material use on those bars is made of 4130 chrome moly steel that has special welding specially design for chrom moly steel, very very strong.

 

Brembo front brake kit
Girodisc floating hat rear brake discs
Stebro Exhaust
Hyperflow cat
Smoothed body-color painted targa top
GTB-modded rear quarter window louvers
Switched oil cooler fan
Brighter dash lights
Relayed headlights
Updated fuse panel (Birdman)
Modified parking lights
Hill slick shift gate
Carbon fiber shift knob
Carbon fiber plenum tube
Saner heavier front and rear sway bars
Poly suspension bushings upgrade
Adjustable shock absorbers (Varishock)
Lowered ride height
355 Challenge pedal set
Oil pan windage baffle
Wider tires on stock wheels
Tucked in front bumper
Euro front turn signals
Electromotive XDI-2 ignition
Machined distributor cover plates
Forza lightweight harmonic balancer
Upgraded radiator fans
!!!!SUPERCHARGER!!!!

I do still have all the original parts "just in case"

 

Love the pics gents! Definitely made it more interesting.

Thanks!

 

In my case, the original pedal rubber and the dead pedal were flat worn out. Since I had to replace anyway, why not got for the bling?

Mine actually have a raised pattern on the brake and clutch pedals that improve grip.

 

Pictures of the SUPERCHARGER for those that haven't seen it.

 

It's fancy looking. I like fancy.

 

My 308 has racing cams, twin turbocharger, a coffee can exhaust, carbon fiber stick-ons throughout the passenger and engine compartment, muffler removed, and flames painted on the fenders.

Naaah. . . just kidding!

I understand what you are saying: These are not "Boy Racer" modified Civics or the like!

I think that what we are talking about here are some (a) minor personal preference modifications, like Yoshields and drilled pedals, which are easily reversed and mostly just cosmetic, and (b) improvements over the few weak points, such as adding Dave Helms' fuel lines, Birdman's fuse box, a better ignition, or Hyper-Flow cats. (Face it, the OEM cats were crap to start with, and if they've lasted 30+ years already, it's obviously time to replace them with something better.)

Some things I've heard talked about that I would never do to a 308 (which might be a subject for another thread): Cadillac Northstar engine; turbos or superchargers; "Challenge" style racing stripes; permanent trip computer/GPS installation; phony exhaust tips. . .