Put on new Brixton 21 & 22s Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Sent from my SM-G986U using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Got her all cleaned up before hibernation: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Finished the bracket for the accelerator. Ready to mount on the floor. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hmmmm Loads of things - Cleaned and sound/heat insulated the floors and doors. adjusted windows, insulated the hood, coated cleaned and polished the exterior. Heat shielded the front and rear hood - tinted the windows with heat expel So that the AC can be used at 1 not MAX Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Same old, same old: high-speed ambulance for the cats. Except I had to break the "lock-down" twice, that is; Last Sunday, under the rain, to go to the emergency Sunday vet (40 miles) for the tabby female who had lots of tears running from her right eye; turned out to be conjunctivitis. This morning for a new female that came out of nowhere two months ago and took a fancy to my house; she has Eosinophilic granuloma, a kind of skin disease not easy to treat. This time no need for the emergency vet, the usual one... Rgds Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
My passenger window stopped working ('85QV)from being dormant too many months so I decided to take the, 'I'm gonna rebuild the window regulator challenge' and wow did that suck. Birdman's instructions were very insightful but it still took me 6 hours to get it right. Has anyone replaced the old pulley system with an updated one? Does the 328 window system work any better than the 308?
Can't really compare because I don't have enough 308 experience, but, FWIW...I have no complaint against the 328 windows' speed: on both of my cars, this is something I never think about. Perhaps I've grown used to them, who knows? I don't seem to recall that many 328 owners complained about them, either...certainly they could not be qualified as "fast", but they are not "slow"... Rgds
Image Unavailable, Please Login Turned 90,000mi today. Time for Valve Adjustment, T-Belts and Fluids. Drove her around 15,000mi in 2020.
15.000 miles in one year in a 308? How cool is that!? Probably the only one in the world right now that is driven that much?
We drove it every chance I could, it was really nice March, April, May with very little traffic on the roads. This Summer and fall we took the 308 pretty much everywhere we went - even as daily driver. Best driving year yet..... just saying.
Just installed new fuse blocks and fixed my passenger mirror... foam was disintegrated so I added new foam and reglued. Now I'm working on fixing the horn ring that's busted so that the horn doesn't flop and pop out when you use it.
Finally found the problem with my 308 and fixed it. Problem: while returning from Cambria, I stopped at a light and my idle rpm went from 1000 to 3000 and then slow down to a stall. Every time I stopped, idle would shoot up to 3000 rpm, rpm drops and engine stalls. What I did: I attempted to resynch and set carbs. Same problem. I removed carbs and checked issues, none found. I reinstalled the carbs and looked for plugged or loose Jets. All good. After 3 weeks of looking, it turns out my advance and timing for the fwd distributor was way off. The advance weights are stuck and the points were intermittent. I replaced with a spare distributor today, set for 7 btdc and it now runs great. Spent many hours troubleshooting. I also installed new spark plug wires which I constructed with Kingsborne copper core wire and appropriate terminals.It turned out my original wires were open for 6 of the eight. I do not use the radio. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Make sure the timing matches on both banks. It’s more important they match at 4000rpm than at idle. Or do yourself a big favor and get the Pertronix kit that fits in just one distributor. That way they will always match. Aaron
I had removed my airbox to have it refinished and destroyed an L shaped vacuum fitting in the process. I just got a new 3D printer so I thought I would try printing the fitting (I have been trying to find an original one for a while). Built the data, printed it out and had it installed all in the same day. Kind of fun. I don't know what the temperature properties of the plastic are but I guess I will see how it goes. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Had a relative in town who has owned a series of vettes. He had never been in a Ferrari so we went out for a drive and halfway through I pulled over, handed him the keys and told him the only thing he needed to know was where first was. Not only was he excited and achieved a life dream (and made his buddies super jealous) but I got to enjoy having the intake next to my ear for a bit. Now that's a mod we need - reversing the air intake and oil cooler so the driver gets a better listen to the Webers. Image Unavailable, Please Login Knocked a few other items off the list today Replaced Radiator Foam Vacuumed out the 22+ year old disintegrated Heater Core filters - what, they have filters? Debugged my power antenna and found it has a bad ground while figuring out that the lucas switch was not the problem. At least I learned you only need to remove two screws in the ash-tray to do it.
I started mocking up a crank trigger wheel for programmable ignition. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Put the carbs back on after being restored by Mike Pierce. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Got my speedline wheels back and put them on the wall with the BBS wheels Image Unavailable, Please Login
Worked on my Mondial 8 this weekend. added a second pump to the turbo oil scavenge system. One pump did OK until a sustained 5000+rom cruise, then it didn’t move enough oil and it came out the vent or the turbo seals. I already had a second pump so why not just install it. I also added a short section of clear hose so I can verify flow. It returns the oil to the ? shaped hose that goes from the head to the trans plate. I also installed my crank trigger and sensor. I used my lathe to remove a small amount of material from the pulley so that I had a nice hubcentric lip that fit the inside of the timing gear. I also started running wires for the ecu. I’ll use it initially just to upgrade the ic ruin to a 3D timing map. I have the option to run an air temp correction, knock sensor, and boost control. I can expand to full fuel injection too, but for now I think I will just run one additional injector in the intake tube before the throttle body to enrich the motor under boost. (So far the stock CIS system can handle 300 horsepower with only minor changes) Aaron Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Took my car in for it's annual service to my Ferrari specialist a few weeks ago. As you can see, it was in good company amongst its fellow Ferrari siblings. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Great. And I even see the twin of my Alfa -even similar colour- in the background. The Citroen SM on the left must be a rare sight down under. Isn't it? Best from Germany Martin
