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  1. ENZ10 1

    ENZ10 1 Karting

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    #1 ENZ10 1, May 28, 2008
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    Just in the process of buying a nice 348 tb,its done 29k miles, I hear all sorts of stuff about the handling and wandering at speed, i have driven the car and its tighter than my Mondial which it replaces,but much easier to steer, not heavy at all.
    Question, do rear spacers help or do they simply look wider while loading up the rear bearings with no plus side?
    I spoke to a an ex main dealer technician yesterday who tells me the best value is a 4 wheel Optiflex set up at the Dealer to run it straight?
    any thoughts or fixes/
    thanks
    js
     
  2. stevew

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    #2 stevew, May 28, 2008
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    #3 $$$=SPEED, May 28, 2008
    Yes they help tremendously. I put them on my 348 and what a difference. I also bought them from Hill Engineering in England. Great service and fair price. They also make the car look much better :)
     
  4. 348paul

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    #4 348paul, May 28, 2008
    The 25mm spacers on the rear of the 348 is one of the most popular mods with huge improvements - Ferrari actually released the USA 1994 cars with an extra 50mm track to improve handling - 25mm basically do the same job.

    http://www.hillengineering.co.uk/catalog/ws025-p-232.html

    Paul
     
  5. angelis

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    #5 angelis, May 28, 2008
    Paul, was that only US cars?

    So the Uk version GTB/GTS/spiders didn't ahve teh extra 50mm track?

    PS. You got any titanium bolts in stock?
     
  6. stevew

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    #6 stevew, May 28, 2008
    No only the last US Spiders
     
  7. ENZ10 1

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    #7 ENZ10 1, May 28, 2008
    thanks guys, just came back from the car tonight, it has spacers on the back, they look like 20mm could be wrong, the cars a 1993 model, dont know if thats helps or not with regard to handling, I get it Sunday so we see
    thanks for the links to tracking specilaists, Im based in stoke on trent, any specialist near ie Manchester or Brum or is it main dealer option
    js
     
  8. angelis

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    #8 angelis, May 29, 2008
    Had my geometry set up done by robin at Damax which is near silverstone.
     

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