360 Public Svc Announcement! F 360 blinker relays back in stock

Why change back from a solid state relay which are far superior and should never fail again? Internally they are controlled by light rather than big lumps of metal which wear out to an old cheap mechanical relay based on 80s technology ?

It's like downgrading from an Ssd hard drive back to a 3.5' floppy drive just because thats what your laptop came with when new... So what?

 

BTW.. The original SDC relay used on the 360 was also shared with the Alfa Romeos. It wasn't a Ferrari specific part.

I actually ran one myself for a while before upgrading to ssd relay capable of driving leds without double blink or hacky resistors to draw current. The only difference I saw was the cover was black on Alfa one and green on Ferrari one. Both internals where identical..

 

No I get that, it was the intention to 'downgrade' that I was questioning the rationale of.

Is it literally just to keep absolute originality? Or some other concern? Not even talking about vendor here.

Crazy thing is with that SDC relay is the chip responsible for doing the delayed blinking of the bulbs is actually using a timer and doesn't need relays at all, it's all integrated into the ic itself.. The reason why they still used relays was to give the clickly relay sound everyone is so familiar with. Seems such a stupid thing that when those relays fail it doesn't still work as intended but without the relay click sound... Instead it just doesn't work period. Wonderful bit of work there... Sigh...

 

My dealer says they are still back order on blinker fluid

 

Thats weird, my dealer is awash in blinker fluid, they tell me its a steal at only $1200 an ounce, and they tell me it makes the car go faster too.

 

Let me know when you are ready to sell your SS versions

 

Can't, you have your profile limited

 

I don't think that's why. You don't need to be a paying member to use the PM/Conversation feature. Maybe you have it disabled in your profile?

Kevin