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355 Bought my first 355

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  1. dustman

    dustman F1 World Champ
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    After selling both CS’s, I was Ferrari-less for most of this year.
    Wasn’t looking for another F Car, but randomly came across a mint gated 355 Spyder in yellow and fell in love.

    Adding a Capristo Stage 3 to get the most out of the F1 sound. I favor noise and drama over speed, so this should be a fun experiment. Super excited!

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  2. Shorn355

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    Fantastic- Congratulations- I have a Giallo GTS- Enjoy!!!
     
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  3. cuneo

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    Nice find, these cars are so much more fun than more modern cars. Congrats!
     
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  4. yelcab

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    Nice, the 6-speed is the one to get after your CS. Although, keeping one CS and converting it to 6-speed would have been epic.
     
  5. buddyg

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    Congrats the 355 is one of the most beautiful Ferrari’s. I loved mine but didn’t love the expensive maintenance. Hope your experience is better in that regard.

    Enjoy!
     
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  6. dustman

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    Thx all…no avoiding the expense for sure.
     
  7. Sancho22

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    Congratulations! I have the same exhaust on my 1995 Rosso Corsa spider. Enjoy!!!
     
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  8. 308 GTB

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    That's a nice one and in my favorite color too. Congratulations! Drive it in good health.

    Barry
     
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  9. dustman

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    I hope it wails as loud as it appears to in the videos!
     
  10. Sancho22

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    It does. I think you will love it
    Keep us posted
     
  11. dustman

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  12. dustman

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    Currently has a stage 2 with cats.
    Going S3 and no cats will be a big help to open it up.
     
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  13. dustman

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  15. ShineKen

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    There's really no difference between a Cap 2 and a Cap 3. If anything, a Cap 2 is the loudest.
     
  16. ShineKen

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    You'll want a catless Y-pipe and a valve controller.
     
  17. dustman

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    Yes, going no cats and controller.
     
  18. WATSON

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    Save the cats. Removing them creates a heavy fuel smell you may find objectionable.

    I have de-catted two cars ( not f-cars). One was too much and I bought high flow cats instead.
     
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  19. bobzdar

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    Same, my car came with test pipes but I put cats back on at the last major, don't like the fuel smell when cold. It didn't lose much in flat out pull that I can tell, but it quieted down the ridiculously loud challenge exhaust and cleaned up the cold idle smell. Now it's only obnoxious when I floor it, as it should be :).
     
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  20. ShineKen

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    Sports cats primary cats. Straight Y-pipe.
     
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  21. U-Boat Commander

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    I kept the OEM cats and swapped out the headers for Fabspeed and the exhaust with Capristo always open. I have to get the car smogged and pass a sniff test. You may not.

     
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  22. Oz-ATL

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    FWIW - I had Fabspeed headers + Capristo on my GTB I recently sold and have Tubi + Capristo on my GTS. I much prefer the Tubi + Capristo setup with valves open.

    (I also have a Tungsten ‘06 FGT. The driving experiences couldn’t be more different, both amazing.)
     
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  23. ryalex

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    Congratulations! I miss mine from time to time.

    for me Fabspeed straight pipes + Tubi = epic sound but tinnitus, CEL and couldn’t pass NV smog.

    I got the Fabspeed cats instead, still threw a constant CEL for fuel/air mixture but screamed without shattering the eardrums.
     
  24. Shark01

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    Good call, every car guy with good driver skills should own one of these at some point.
     
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