Improving my 328 GTS

Wow that plenum chamber refurbish looks terrific!

 

Looks great Graham! Did you re-trim the console top?

I have a LED in mine too which I would like to get rid of. At least they put the switch in the glovebox. I thought about finding a small Horse to stick over the hole but it would be nice to just get rid of it.

 

Great job there, lots of small improvements add up to a big difference.

 

Your doing a great job, thanks for the before and after pictures.

Are you planning on replacing the firewall foam insulation to the correct looking material that is dark brown/bronze in colour with a very soft film on the surface? I noticed from your pics the upper portion of your firewall foam insulation material my not be correct but your lower portion of the firewall foam insulation is correct.

 

I dont believe that material is available any more. Have you found some?

I used silicone rubber foam.

 

HVL Exclusive Italian Interiors, has a foam with a texture soft plastic type film surface but the surface is grey. I ordered some and plan to dye/spray paint the surface to the dark brown/bronze like the original, I will let you know how it works out.

 

The foam must be made of silicone rubber or similar otherwise it wont withstand the temperature. Its right next to the exhaust manifold. Nitrile rubber foam wont work.

The original foam was charcoal grey. A while ago Ferrariparts still had some of the factory pieces in stock and they were not the bronze color, I think the color changed with age and heat exposure.

 

Yes could be charcoal grey thanks. The material that HVL has is a closed cell foam used for firwall applications, unlike the soft cell that was originally used that was useless as a firewall material ..........I guess after 25 years the foam turned dark brown, as that's the colour of the piece I remove from my car.

 

Correct on both counts I think. PVC nitrile won't stand the heat ( I tried it, it turned to dust) & when I removed my original foam the piece behind the heat shield was very much a silver-grey colour.

 

As Andy said, I would check what its made of - if its silicone based it should be fine, pretty much anything else is likely to fall apart in the middle beside the exhaust manifold.

 

I had the same experience with the rear cavalino for my '77. So what car DOES it fit???

 

I've got the exact Clifford Immobiliser fitted to my 328.
Mine still works though but my car only came with one fob and a few years back I contacted Clifford to see if I could get a spare but they told me that model had been superseded..

 

Mine isn't an alarm,just an immobiliser,,the red led flashes when its armed which is approx. 30sec after the engine has been switched off.
The rectangular rocker switch was supposed to be some sort of manual override when pressed in a sequence of sorts but I have disconnected.

 

I notice on eBay uk a search on Clifford key fob brings up a few different models.


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Hi all,
I'm reviving this old thread in order to know if someone could give me a tip on how to disassemble those rear lights.
I'd like to clean up a bit in that area and looking inside the rear trunk I was wondering how to unscrew the 3 nuts per lights. They are all screwed on a long stud/tip and some seem in very very thight places.
Help would be appreciated.
TIA