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Here is a link to Robin’s website. His dba is Out of the Gate. @wilhit10 ’s garage looks very similar to mine, although my space is a bit smaller...
Let's start with parts diagram #22, titled "Blow-By System." I've put a purple dotted line around the plastic 3-way connector that turned up...
After I had disassembled my intake I was describing my car's hidden "chimneys," and their butterfly valves, to the owner of Team III Wheels/E-T...
Here's a view of the 612 that most owners (mechanics too?) have not seen before: The intake manifold base with the three red plenums removed:...
I want to leave the top half unpainted. So yeah, that choice is the reason for the mismatch.
I just couldn't live with the color and gloss mismatch between the upper and lower halves of the steering column surround, as depicted in the...
Here are some photos of the steering column surround installed. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I don't love the mismatch in color and gloss between the...
This is Robin @brogenville's car. Jay Emm's review is unduly negative. It's surprising, because he has a 550, which he adores. He starts with the...
More about the clock spring connector: I my car the wiring harness was routed between the clock spring and the flappy paddle frame. This made it...
Removing the pivots requires tapping out the tiny roll pin at the bottom. The red arrow in this photo is pointing at the pin. The pin nests in the...
Ding ding ding! This is exactly right. First I turned the Quattroporte clock spring's cover to the limit of its clockwise travel. Then I pressed...
I don't know the 575M assemblies, but here are some photos of the 612 stuff. The first photo shows the two halves of the plastic steering column...
Yesterday one of my Facebook friends posted up a copy and paste of a story about the mother of NBA superstar Steph Curry going to the Ferrari...
I am in the process of converting the F1 flappy paddle system in my '05 612 to gated six. The removal of the flappy paddles requires the removal...
Yes, of course, which I always do. My home state of California is many billions more broke than I am!
Today was a landmark day for my project: the installation of the $100,000 pedal! Or in the case of an F1 conversion, the $30,000 pedal....
All this talk about master cylinders made this villain of the late '50s, early '60s suddenly pop into my addled Boomer brain: The Master Cylinder,...
Here's another under-dash shot of the mounting points for the clutch MC and the brake booster: [ATTACH] The back of the pedal box is filled...
I want to stop beginning posts to this thread with "It's been awhile," but here I am, back again, and it has undoubtedly been awhile. I'll plead...
100%! In addition to the gated six conversion, my personal '05 612 project includes a set of Aragosta brand coilovers with pneumatic lifts at both...
