Classic Ferrari horn sound

Trumpet sound. I think an air horn. The current F sound is just like GM or Ford to me. I wished Ferrari Would offer the option of the old one.

 

FIAMM air horns...Probably not legal now as original equipment.

 

I swapped my 430 horn for an air horn. Ferraris are not supposed to sound like Buicks.

FChat Sponsor Ricambi America sells the kit - trumpets, compressors, mounting brackets etc. They are NOS 355 parts, and pretty much a straight bolt on swap on a 360 or 430. Not sure about 458 and later.

 

Or just go to a junk yard and get them off a Fiat. Almost the same Fiamm horns and compressor. Ferraris had Fiamm Road Masters IIRC. I’m putting this set on my vette so people can actually hear me. The Hellas on Amazon are also very close in tone from what I’m told. Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

My 456M came with them, and I believe it was the last Ferrari to have them stock. The problem is, from a US regulatory standpoint, that the air horns do not speak fast enough, so they are no longer legal. It takes a few milliseconds too long for the compressor to move the air and for the horns to sound. Well, that seems like a very hard thing to police, so when I got my 360, I replaced the "Honda horn" as I called it with a proper pair of trumpets. Now it sounds like a proper Ferrari.

 

I think we need some “classic Ferrari horn sound” videos.

 

I replaced the “Buick” sounding horn in my 360 with the trumpet type.

I had to remove the front bumper for placement.

The car now sounds like a proper Ferrari.

Cheers

 

My research points to the 575M being the last, not 456M. The 355 was the last V8.

 

My 575m has them .. 2003 , was told dealer installed , factory option .. is that possible ?

 

Your should be factory OEM, not an option, unless there was something quirky about US spec cars I am not aware of (my 04 has them and it was not listed on the options sheet/list).

You can check yourself by looking up the part number filament:

https://www.scuderiacarparts.com/part/1640/ferrari/189428/electro-pneumatic-horn.html#fitment

 

Good to know.

 

I want air horns on my 599 ... that is something that will be tackled soon... hate the regular horns

 

https://www.ricambiamerica.com/ferrari-air-horn-kit.html

Bumper off needed

 

I am surprised at this thread.

My 308 has those classic air horns which I do not find to be loud enough or fast enough for my taste. I’ve installed Hella Supertones (118 dB) behind my battery. I don’t use my horn much; only for emergencies such as when an SUV might begin backing out on me in a parking lot.

The Supertones are nice and loud. I can switch back to the stock air trumpets by moving one jumper wire.

 

I have a 2005 575M and it is stock
on the car. Coolest thing ever

 

I remember honking my 2003 456M horn for the very first time while driving through the Beverly Hills shopping district. I stopped at a light and overheard someone say “so that is what a FERRARI horn sounds like !”

Funny because I was also thinking that same thing at the exact same time. It’s a cool horn.

 

It was moving from the 456M to the 360 that got me to change the horn. Couldn't stand the 360 horn.

 

I've never noticed the Fiamms in the 328 to be "slow".

FWIW, Way back when I bought a '79 Alfa, it had the piezo horn, which wasn't very loud, and just didn't seem "Italian".
So I had a set of air horns installed.
(I'd mentioned I wanted to get Fiamm air horns, but my family bought me generic truck horns as a gift. Ah well.)
The shop that fabricated mounting brackets for the air horns also installed a little rotary switch under the dash so I could choose air horn, electric horn, or both.
(In NJ at the time, the state-run inspection station had a habit of looking for excuses to fail a sports car, so the switch could make the air horns "disappear" temporarily.)
(E.g. They once failed the Alfa for "asymmetric tire wear" -- for the stock XAS tire tread pattern. The Alfa shop was a re-inspection station, so it just meant an additional stop.)

The truck horns did have a noticeable lag, so I generally left the switch in "both".
If I wanted to wake up a phone zombie, I could just tap the horn and get the piezo "eep", but if I held it longer, the air horns cranked up.

At one point, some driver started drifting into my lane without looking.
When the air horns went off, I could see the flex in his roof when his head hit it.
Must have drove him nuts looking for the truck.

 

I suspect the more likely reason for the Feds to disapprove air horns is that they need a drop of oil in the compressor from time to time, and the Feds have been pushing for "no user serviceable parts" for cars.
Some new cars even come with plastic covers under the hood so you can't even see the engine. Just the dip stick and the engine oil fill.

Probably originated with the early mandatory emissions controls .... which some car owners ripped out on their own.

 

I've since put air horns on the 599 - so it sounds like a Ferrari should. but there is no lag either. used the Ricambi system

 

Ferrari air horns quit needing oiling many many years ago.

 

Ricambi may have quit offering kits but Ferrari has not.

If you want to get it cheaper from time to time Harbor Freight offers the exact same horn compressor for under $10.00. Then just buy the trumpets and some hose and you have Ferrari air horns for $300 or so less.

 

Not a Ferrari, but my Maserati Merak from 1977 has a town/country horn rocker switch. Hoot sound in town, Italian sportscar skriek elsewhere.