] Thanks. I lucked out with this car. Mine too is a very late 2005 model. It was in the last 50 standards before all HGTC and Super America's were made. The sticker is 265 and I have not seen one higher for a standard. Options are FHP, full carbon, Daytonas, shields, spare tire, leather quilted shelf and roof, tunnel glove , charger(worthless) and these leather bagPicked it up in LA and have never looked back. This one goes to the grave. 29k trouble free miles Image Unavailable, Please Login
The “wink” in my last post meant while I was hunting I was building notes and a database on all the 550/575 forum participants and their cars with the understanding that….that specific subsection of cars…..owned by enthusiasts…..are the closest/most-desirable….to the concept of “buy the seller”…. And typically that subsection of Maranello’s should be well cared for, and most likely the most unique. I was building notes to pay attention to those owners so if/when they became available I’d be ready/educated. I was prepared to have my search go on for years until the right car came available. Your car was on my “list” is all I meant. There are only so many Maranellos out there but the real desirable list and the hunt for those “special” cars is/was fun. Terry @tazandjan had shared with us the 2nd to last 575 with HGTC and that option list and color is an example that should be on anyone’s “Alicorn” hunting list as well. Maranello’s are special and the frequent forum participants have a sub set of very desirable cars for sure….if anything it’s disappointing we don’t have more contributors from the “super specials” that exist out there…..I’m guessing those are in collections and might not be owned by “actively used enthusiasts”? Definitely feels like the “Fabio Cars” are all residing with “active enthusiasts”. ;-)
I have used that philosophy and selection / vetting process in every car I have purchased. So far the due diligence and timing has provided a great Ferrari experience in every purchase. Almost as rewarding is the two cars that I have sold, the buyers have been just as excited and positive about their purchase and as I was. Good vibes all around
When I bought my 575M, I knew very little about them, but it has worked out well and she is a very strong example. Now I just need to get two HGTC Motronics to go along with the HGTC TCU I already have.
That would be quite a Christmas present! I have casually been looking for a spare set and they are hard to come by and $$$
Terry, can you elucidate on the HGTC TCU? How did it improve technically? What’s your perspective on improvement in experience?
Joe- The HGTC TCU actually pretty much has 612/Superamerica F1A software. Smoother shifting and take-off, longer clutch life, and min shifting time reduced from 220 to 180 ms. Only compatible with the HGTC Motronic ECUs. Neither works without the other.
Joe- Trev has already done a Fabio version of the Motronic DMEs, but do not think he has fooled around with the HGTC DME/TCU match. We only confirmed that recently. I knew the TCU would not work without the DMEs but did not know the DMEs would not work without the TCU until a friend tried it. She would barely shift with the vanilla TCU and that is a post 52556 575M.
I just purchased my 2002 575 F1. It came with what appears to be the Tubi mufflers (no valves). I plan on doing the race headers, center H pipes back to my Tubi mufflers. Does anyone have a video with this style of setup?
Congratulations on the pick up. If I may ask, why the race headers? Are you also planning a custom tune to get rid of the cat warning with race headers? I am very curious to how everything ends up sounding because I was thinking of doing the same but nervous about potential drone.
I usually run catless on all of my performance builds. My CTS-V has long tubes, no cats, factory X pipe and factory muffler. My Mclaren has 3.5” straight piped with an X-pipe. I just prefer the sound of catless on cars. I plan on running a Tune on the car too so I’ll have the secondary air injection and cats tuned out. Between the full exhaust, BMC filters, forged wheels and a tune I’m hoping for 500rwhp.
I tend to avoid oiled filters in modern high reving cars as I’ve had friends with MAP sensor issues after their use. Independent tests I’ve seen with before / after dinos show no gain, with net loss after the filter is cleaned / reused. That said, that was in BMW M cars.
red- No, if there is enough oil to stop small particles, the oil can get on your MAF sensors. If too little oil, particles get through. OEM paper filters work fine.
I have had K&N filters on my 550 since before I bought it and I have never had a single problem after 90.000+ kms.
Oiled air filters cause compression loss over the long term due to the additional dust particles that they don't filter compared with OEM "paper" filters. You can't have your cake and eat it - if more air flows through then more dust particles also flow through.
You know, now that you mention it. I’ve had oiled filters (K&N, BMC, S&B) on every one of my vehicles for the last 6 or 7 years. Collectively putting on more than 300k miles and never once has any of them given me a CEL or problem having to do with the filters.
