Well, if you can fit an old V12 in there for questionable gain, is there any reason why you couldn't put, say, an F430 engine in? Then you'd really have worthwhile increases in both hp and torque without much increase in weight.
The 512M motor works due to it's packaging with the transaxle. The 430 wouldn't bolt up to the 355 transverse transaxle and fitting it in with it's longitudinal transaxle would require either splitting/moving the gas tank or extending the wheelbase.
They are 19x8.5 front... 19x11 rear For the longest time, I thought they were made by speedline, but after A LOT of research... I've come to realize they are very rare Champion RG5 3 Piece Wheels that were custom cut for the F355. Unfortunately, I'm not sure of the offset. I will try and get you guys that info along with the tires sizes next time I'm in the garage.... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
355 front rotors and Stoptech calipers. Picture of Bruce Wrights headers with Fabspeed blankets. You can see the Challenge adjustable links. Gothspeed's bypass with muffler. This is the first configuration. Goth redesigned an improved version to the bypass that I don't have a picture of. Each bank has it's own valve vacuum opened. Gained 23rwhp with exhaust. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I didn't know Bruce sold those headers. They look very nice! Bob when it comes time it might be easier to sell your car if returned to stock If you need help finding a home for any of those parts I will gladly help
Sold most of the stock parts over the years. I know most guys don't like to touch a Ferrari but I think Ferrari left a lot of performance to be improved upon if you want to drive the car hard. It's a whole different car then when I got it 15 years ago. I have not gotten the car out of winter storage but after the major this spring not sure if I will sell it. Hard to replace a 355.
ok thanks.. offsets are to be determined next time you have the wheels off.. its usually engraved on the inner side of hub. as for tires sizes.. you can just look at the side wall of your tires.. the sizes are there..
I believe at WOT the motronic ignores the MAF and O2 sensors anyway, so for a race car or track car it wouldn't matter much. For a street car you could use the stock management but you'd have to re-map it for good operation. I don't know that you'd gain anything by removing the intake tract. It'd be interesting to try on a dyno and see if it picks anything up with no airbox, but I think you'd find the opposite. Edit: maybe it just ignores the o2, can't find anything definitive on the maf, but I guess it wouldn't make much sense to ignore it. Who knows with Ferrari, though.
I agree. Even if it picked up on the dyno I think it would perform better on the road with the ram air effect of the scoops. I have read motronic ignores maf at WOT but how does it run otherwise? Do these run fine at start up and part throttle with the maf unplugged? Maybe tuning is the answer as you mentioned. Just fail the maf in the program and tune it 100% speed density. (if that's possible with these)
I've always wondered if you could take off the entire intake tract and just slap filters on the velocity stacks...
I found madturk's 355 vs. 512 'faceoff' very interesting. One of the interesting stats concerned weight. Ferrari used to (still does?) play fast and loose with stats, and one of those is weight. They had a claimed weight of 1350kg for the 355, but when the 130kg (approx.) was added for fuel & driver the measured weight was 1558kg. Has anyone ever actually weighed his car?
With no interior and lightweight bumpers, lexan glass I am in the 2700 range I never give my full weight or HP My HP per pound is very impressive and feels insane
Here is more on the 355 with the 512 engine. Un peculiar Ferrari F355 Testarossa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-c0DZSnMtg Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've been a long time lurker. Because of this thread I finally joined Fchat. Please keep this thread alive. What amazing cars on this thread. Keep it coming
not that much modified.. original red painted rims - not that nice if you ask me... Ferrari F355 F1 Berlinetta in in Heidelsburg | eBay
THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST THREADS EVER ON FCHAT I love perusing through what everyone has done Awesome!
I don't like the red wheels either. I am however going to plasti dip the wheels in black. I am thinking about big brakes options. There was an other thread about big brakes that I am following.
Yeah I've been thinking to do the same, waiting on my new rims to arrive before I start experimenting on the stock ones.
Stoptech fronts on some HRE wheels I used to have Shortened shifter 3 inches Yellow tach with adjustable rev limiter lights Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
