Your 355/348 mods

How have you improved or Modded your cars.?

Mine:

Monster brembo big brake Kit
Gruppe M intakes
Mapped ECUs
SRI supreme Gold connector kit
Capristo 3
Hyper flows
Challenge grill
Challenge wheels
Blacked out lights
Yellow calipers


This car is fast!!!!

 

Pics Nikki Sixx?

 

355: done by previous owner.

Fabspeed headers
Emptied factory cats
Tubi exhaust
Retuned ecus

By me mostly ascetic

Challenge style exhaust. Bought a year ago still haven't installed
K&N filters
New embroidered floor mats
Hill dead pedal and passenger foot rest
Window tint
Some interior carbon fiber

348 done by me.

Cat removal for test pipes
360 modular wheels
Blacked out lights
355 hood grill
Hill engineering passenger foot rest
Converted from 2 belt/ mouse belt to one regular 3 point belt. Best mod ever!
Much more to come.

 

Would be nice
Getting old hard to visualize cool "stuff"

 

Oh yeah I almost forgot, I modified my 348 back window the other day by breaking it. I wouldn't consider that an improvement though.

 

98 gtb 6 speed manual
h&r springs, lowered factory coilover
fabspeed exhaust
tubi test pipe
tubi exhaust
euro clear corner
m-tecnologia led front turn signal bulb
m-tecnologia rear license plate bulbs
m-tecnologia rear grill
m-tecnologia front carbon lip
Challenge front bumper
f50 shift knob
hill engineering interior plate
19 inch Work Meister s1r wheels

 

F-chatter Rob'Z ported throttle bodies
Endyn ported intake runners
'93 spider eprom mapping (with Eric's custom chips on stand by )
Hytech tri-y headers
200 cell metal core hi-flow cats
gothspeed exhaust/Hytech siamesed race exhaust (so loud even the deaf hear it )
larger brained fuel lines
3.8bar/55psi fuel pressure regulators
deleted cat TCUs
hvac system deleted
WPC treated cams, cam caps, and valve shims
Hill engineering cam belt tensioners, and throwout bearing
Bosch gen III four hole injectors
upgraded alternator rectifier and regulator
repined wiring harness t55 connectors with JPT tin pins
MAF screens deleted
solid battery cables

Body color matching top, bumpers, runners, engine lid
body color matching, powder coated, intake plenum, cam covers, timing belt covers, coolant over flow, oil reservoir, and air box
chrome shift knob
355 wheels (currently not on the car)

Thats it for now.

 

Momo Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel
Carbon Fiber Gauge Surrounds, Console Trim, and Door Sills with Alluminum Inserts
Challenge Suspension and Sway Bars
Hill Foot Rest and Dead Pedal
Complete Exhaust: Fabspeed Coated Headers, Hyperflos, Nouvalari SS Muffler
Upgraded Brakes and Rotors: Redid Calipers Red with White Lettering
Euro Front Lenses
Remappped ECUs
Challenge Grill
19" 3 Piece Speedline Mesh Wheels
Upgraded Stereo with Custom Speaker Encosure in the doors
Hill Engineering Tensioners, Throw Out Bearing, etc

I've been considering the Gruppe-M Intake lately but I'm still not sure about it....

 

Hey Pete - can you post a photo please?

 

I wonder how this would look on a 355? If would need a Yellow center w/ horse.
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Gruppe M is a must. Performance and sound.

 

Got any before and after dynos?

 

Perhaps, but not looks - that thing is fuggly

 

I don't have the printouts but when I had mine installed it was +13hp to the wheels.

 

Interesting. Didn't Toda (who are the only ones really hotrodding these motors to my knowledge) say that the stock airboxes with K&N filters were best for performance even compared to the Gruppe-M?

 

That's what I am using in my 348.

Kai

 

Old Photos.
The steering wheel is probably the best mod I've done and is easily reversed...
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horrible p-shop....
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The 2.7 setup looks hard to beat, I have to agree. The 5.2 setup doesn't look as "straight through" with it merging into one MAF. Maybe that's where the gains are with the gruppe M?

 

Hey Pete - thank you and thank you for the photo shop - it helps!

Questions:

1) Are all momo wheels available with the Ferrari center cap?

2) How did you handle the removal of the airbag - meaning how are you electrically dealing with this to not get error codes?

I'm somewhat of a purist but I would like another wheel as long as the original can go back on at any time with no problems.

I'd really like to find a wheel that suites the interior well and looks like it was meant to be. And, the momo's are reasonable in cost.

 

1) Make sure you order yourself a momo wheel adapter, spacer, and the longer bolts so that everything fits together correctly. Its literally a 10 minute job if that. Also, your going to need a seperate "Ferrari" horn button that you can get just about anywhere.

2) I put a transister in the wiring loom that fools the ecu into thinking there is still a functional airbag there so it doesnt throw any lights. But, you could go the very simple route and just remove the bulb for the airbag warning light from the cluster.

I've switched steering wheels on almost every car I've had and its almost ALWAYS the single best upgrade I have made as its the part of the car you interact with the most on every single drive...
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I just emailed Momo and they don't offer Ferrari horn buttons - Looks like the F Police strike again!!

Pete, please share your fake out circuit - I'm not going to pull the bulb because if I put it back, I would need the circuit reset by a dealer.

 

I will get in touch with my friend who does all my electrical stuff and ask him for a more detailed explanation of what he did to get rid of the airbag warning light. unfortunately, calling myself a novice when it comes to electrical/electronics is greatly overstating my knowledge.

Im pretty sure you can grab a Ferrari Horn button from Ebay.... but they are around $75

here is one... eBay item number: 160562424051

 

Here are some of the modifications I have done:

Larger front and back sway bars
Front back Hyperco 2.5” coilovers (350 lbs front and 450 lbs rear)
Custom two can light weight exhaust
Performance chip
18” Challenge wheels
A/C deleted
Aluminum light weight alternator belt tensioner
Light weight battery (Anti gravity ~5lbs)
Big brake 355x32 front and back based on StopTech Trophy calipers powder coated yellow.
Carbon fiber passenger foot rest
Aluminum pedals
Front diffuser
320mm steering wheel
Numeric gear indicator
Darken rear lights
MAF screens removed

 

What does removing the screens from the MAF do??
Wouldn't that allow more dirt, etc, to pass over the sensor??