Questions about 360 mods

richard and fernando at competition have been doing lots of crazy mods on 360's. they carry and install the parts you are taliking about and have proprietary ecu remapping. they are a sponsor here and a great local repair facility if you need that. I would give them a call. i imagine they can answer all of those questions. You could also try richard garre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPF8cSCasKM

 

give fernando a call, i think he can answer all your questions in the OP.

 

i know the feeling. in their defense, they are pretty busy. but fernando is a nice guy, give him another try.

 

what shop is working on it now? can they give you the answers you are looking for? sorry, i don't know the answers.

 

The CSECU will give you faster shifts, though I do not think it will do much for HP, in fact other than spending half of what the car is worth, the best bet would be new exhaust, cats, and there was a company that made a CAI, I had one on my 01, I'll try to remember their name. I have driven a remapped ECU car, and it was a bit quicker, though not sure I'd let them remap the CS ECU, unless they do not touch the shift control. I've been doing mods to cars for over 30 years, and I think after everything you can do other than a SC you might get 30hp. Good luck, have fun.

 

There are other tuners, DMS, EVO in AZ, and Powership to name a few, they do offer some power gains. I think Fabspeed also has a ECU program for the 360. I guess I'd ask what do you want the car to do, I assume you have spent time behind the wheel as it is now. Be glad to help any way I can.

 

Okay, I've been ding mods to cars for over 30 years, many in this section have seen my cars, so if I were you I'd get the car back here ASAP. If all you want is a bit more power and you do not have a F1 car, then just have your ECU's flashed, and some companies can tune your car to match the other mos you have. I have learned that a lot of claims made by tuners, and just claims, you end up paying lots of money you think your car is faster, your butt dyno says it is, it sounds faster, and then you dyno it and it ends up having less power than when you started. I have a local shop that as done work (they are turning my moded Gallardo to RWD now), and they have worked on over 25 of my cars, I would not let someone 3000 miles away do work for me. I was going to buy and mod another 360 and looked into the CS ECU's, but only for the increase in speed of the shifts, and a Ferrari dealer would still have to do their part after I bought the ECU's. Take some advise from someone that has spent 100's of thousands doing mods, drive the car as is for awhile and then see what you want to change about it. The 360 is not a drag racer it is never going to be a monster fast car. The only way it would ever be is to SC it. Good luck.

 

I agree with Carnut. Bring it back here and drive it around some. Then drive a modded one...to compare.

Most bolt on Ferrari mods are cosmetic or for sound. They don't do much if anything for actual rwhp increases. You need to think about forced induction or a major engine rebuild with more extreme components for any increases.

I've seen many dyno sheets from a bunch of different shops and it's very rare to see any real increases from the parts you've mentioned. And the combination that did make a noticeable increase costed $20k...which wasn't worth it.

Evotech offered a great ECU reflash for the 355 and 360. They changed the shape of the torque curve which was fatter down low. Ultimate increase was small...6-8 at the wheels, but the car felt much more lively.

LS

 

don't forget to tell him to check the barometric pressure before the dyno!

 

Bring that ish back and put some miles on it this summer with us...Molson Indy to Toronto!!!

LS