Rosey It does swell up after it settles down. There are two aluminum versions from Superformance. eyeman1234 has the unpainted one. I believe eyeman's tank is a bit swollen too. I went for the black painted version. They both priced for under $300. It bothers me that the cap ends up in diamond position. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thorn Yes I tried 3 different caps that I have they are all in the diamond position. See eyeman1234's post 2427 his cap is in diamond position.
David I don’t think the cap is your problem. The problem is the neck of your tank, it was soldered in a wrong position to begin with. Here’s my new cap that I just got from SuperFormance a few weeks ago and and a shot of my tank from the side. I’ve had this tank for over seven years now. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Two points on that buddy. Firstly my steel header tank has NEVER swollen up like that so it may be a characteristic of the aluminium version. And secondly I agree 100% with Mike, the problem is the neck of the tank and not the cap. The placement groves on the top of the neck are in the wrong orientation. I think I'd be swapping that tank over for another one... the quality on that one is not there.
I was able to take my gated 360 Spider out of the garage today for the first time in a couple of weeks. The weather has been quite miserable until today. Got to run it up full throttle to 100mph towards the end of my drive. When I got back to legal speeds, my heart rate must have been about 150. I had almost forgotten how exhilarating running through the gears with the top down on a nice day can be! One benefit of the current crisis is almost no traffic. At least that's one thing good. Image Unavailable, Please Login
First time I noticed this was in-person, with a local fellow 308 owner... almost positive he said he bought the tank from SF. And no, it shouldn't swell like that.
First I might try the photoshop Bertrand.. How are you managing there? Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Second, you could looking for a 550 Barchetta Jason As many people, stay at home and waiting for the end. Hope you and your family are well
I would like the Barchetta, but I’m thinking it will be a while till a new car finds its way into the garage.. Yeah, we need to get use to working / schooling from home now and for the next while.. But the Austrians are well behaved. Better then my Canadian landsmen and women... How about there? Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Image Unavailable, Please Login Made a new front inspection panel .The old one had been battered and a front edge bent with speed humps and other groundings . Took the opportunity to waxoil the front compartment beams and lower front A arms .They were fine corrosion free . Pics show the paint still wet and some thick black arch liner paint / goo sealing the front edge . I have used 2 mm alloy the OEM is very thin + flimsy. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Tracked down (and repaired) a leaking coolant hose under the plenum. How convenient it was that one. Image Unavailable, Please Login
3/26 - removed the rear brake pads... cleaned everything, greased the pins and pads. Seems to have solved the slow-braking squeal I've had forever.
Changed the oil. As a still fairly new Ferrari owner and used to playing with old American cars I placed the oil container directly under the drain plug Needless to say it made quite the mess but thankfully only for a few seconds. Hopefully next year I’ll remember to slide the container over!
Figured out how to restore my targa top! By removing oxidized gel coat. Before: Image Unavailable, Please Login After: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
After 13 months at the body shop I have the car back home. Enduring the quarantine with my 1:1 scale model of a Dino GT4. The car was stripped to bare metal with lots of "interesting" body work by previous owners exposed during the process. The Maranello Classic Parts website is an unbelievable resource for parts and diagrams. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
While my grill is out I thought about removing all the little rocks between the cooling fins of the condenser, and I removed a lot. Image Unavailable, Please Login
A radiator fin comb is quite good for that and also straighten damaged fins at the same time, just need to be gentle Image Unavailable, Please Login