Spitting fire update.

I got back from being out to sea about a week ago and replaced the exhaust with Hyper-Flow test pipes from Ricambi. When I got the old pre-cats off, the one that had caught fire had a bunch of honeycomb shaped chunks and a couple pieces of melted slag in it. I put the new exhaust on it, but there are some leaks. I don't exactly understand the spring concept that is used for the connection. Is there any easy way to fix this, or should I take it to an exhaust shop and ask them to fix it for me?

Also, I replaced the spark plugs with the OEM Champions as recommended by somebody here and my car didn't start. I put the old dirty plugs back in and it started and ran alright. I think I'm going to get Iridium replacements like the ones that are in it now. Is there any real difference between the Denso and NGK Iridium plugs? I've got the NGK in it now, but with the Dense being $4 more a piece it seems like there may be something I'm missing.

Thanks again for everybody's help in getting me to this point.

-Olin

 

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I think I gapped them right. I set them to exactly what the Iridium ones that were in were set to. .020 I think. I'd have to check, though. If that doesn't sound right, please let me know. Either way, I just ordered a new set of the NGK Iridium plugs.

As for the exhaust, I loosened it all up a little and started tightening them all more like tightening up a pressure assembly. It's a bit better now, but it'll still take some more finesse.

Thank you.

 

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Thanks for the gap info. I suppose I should have checked the manual instead of what the old ones were set to.

Enjoy.

 

Hey Gary, good to hear from you.
The car's been running all right, as far as I can tell. UPS screwed up the shipment of my spark plugs, so I'm not exactly sure when I'm going to get them. They got sent to the wrong island. After changing out the pre-cats the car is running a lot better, but there's still a noticeable putter on the right side, which I think is from the spark plugs, but until I replace them I can't be sure.
I still haven't found a good Ferrari mechanic on the island and don't really feel like connecting the O2 sensors and "see what happens" like the last guy told me to. And I'm not exactly sure how to handle the exhaust temp sensing thing not being connected.
As far as the pre-cats go, they're not leaking anymore. It took a bit of time, but I finally loosened and tightened all the joints until they all made a good seal.
I'll be leaving on deployment sometime around my dad's birthday, so I think I'll send my car back home and have Carlo do a major service and check out the exhaust setup.
Thanks,
-Olin