I'm planning on it just looking to see if my quest is realistic or not. My "Intentions" are essentially what I stated in the first post, upping engine performance only to the point where reliability can be maintained because I'm not interested in engine pulls every other time I drive the car If that only means a few tweaks here and there and ripping out a few things to cut weight then that's fine, I don't need to have a GT car I just want to maximize the performance, and maybe get a little obnoxious in the process with straight pipes. As Tool Fan mentioned $125k for 600+ BHP is nothing to sneeze at and that looks like a nice number, certainly not cheap to get to, but nice things cost money. Do you do work for people up in the Northeast Bcwawright? or would I have to have the car shipped to you to be worked on? Thanks for your reply.
A stock F50 is obnoxiously powerful and fast and loud as is. Of course, this is the internet, so anyone can pretend anything that they want...but...if you are following through on your words instead of just posturing, keep in mind that your comfort will be the limiting factor in F50 usage and modifications. The F50 engine is physically a part of the car's frame. It is structurally attached. This saves weight. However, it also transmits all of the engine and transmission vibrations into your seat. So what you've got in the F50 is a low-sitting car that is only barely practical to drive on city streets already...hyper-performance stock from the factory...and engine vibrations that are going to increase if you do serious mods. Such a car should *not* be your very first Ferrari, and I have no way of knowing if it would be or not so I'm not insinuating anything. Moreover, even as a second or subsequent Ferrari, you should drive a stock F50 for at least a month before even remotely planning on modding it. I say all of the above because you appear to have taken this thread away from the theoretical into the realm of practical. That being said, coil-on-plug is a clear improvement to a stock F50.
Thanks Nodoubt, yes it will be my first Ferrari : ) The thing is, I'm so utterly convinced that it will be "the best" to drive based on all the reviews from both magazines as well as owners here. I had a chance to ride in one last year but refused on account of not being able to own it at the time. The logic goes: if I don't have the money to own Id rather not have a small taste to whet my appetite then go back to driving something less than phenomenal. So by about Q3 or 2011 I will have the ability to own so then I won't mind going for a ride in one What makes you say it would be a poor choice for my first F car? I figured it might spoil me but it seems like the best "drivers" car out there. The other thing that does concern me is tightness I'm pretty stocky 6' 220lbs and I have back problems. I'm just hoping that the engine/chassis/vibration issue won'y have me doubled over in pain after a quick jaunt in it : (
A naive 15 year old virgin would be making a huge mistake for his first girlfriend to be a NYC runway model. Fun to talk about and dream, though!
You are -as the previous posters have intimated-talking about a street car which is an odd bird in that it isn't really a race car, and isn't really a street car...but is closer in heart, spirit, and construction(design and execution) of a racing car. Racing cars make poor street cars, in my own experiences... I had the opprotunity in the early 1970s to trade a 275 hot rod model car for an LM. It took a week to recussitate the LM, and after a hard run through the Streets of an Eastern city's river side drives...quickly determined that while the coolest car I'd EVER driven to that point, the crash box and hi-end cammed engine and funky clutch meant that the car was ill suited for "driving it to school"(I was still in college at the time) ... I kept the 275...for the time being(I never saw the money thing coming...). I have worked on a 50 before and it is a formidable machine...honestly, I would not reccommend it as a first car.. if what you say is accurate, and that you want the docile nature of a street car-with some track noisy-ness, and the ability to actully go to the track and get wobble knees after a few laps...I would heartily suggest that you get an F-40, spend the 100K and then you will have a car which willl run circles around any 50 I've seen short of Art's GT. Hell for the cost af a 50, mods you are considering, an F-40LM would probably be in the neighborhood cost wise, and be a really, really gnarly knee knocker.... IMHO...
Doesn't the F50 have intake leaks somewhere? Not sure where I read it, but would your setup cure that?
