THE F50 THREAD

Did you get that made SD? Or new genuine Ferrari cover?

 

Cool. Awesome pics mate. Very cool of you to let everyone look at how these bad boy F50's are pieced together. You dont see these photos everyday. Well.........now we can.

 

Scott the car is a mechanical marvel and ill be keeping an eye on this thread with keen interest

The more detail the better imo!

I see the 2 small thermos you speak of to suck heat out...theyre quite small, wonder why they didnt make them 50% bigger...clearance with other components?

 

No doubt!

Thanks for taking the time to post the photos and information, it's interesting to see some of the real detail and condition of cars like yours, and to hear your trials and tribulations during the restoration.

Generally all we get see are the shiny outside, and that is from a few feet away at best.

much appreciated..

Greg

 

you mean they just had this part lying around or ordered it in ?

you really are an anal retentive when it comes to the finer details of your cars, nice to see but it would make the car undrivable for me as I would be worrying about people scratching it or the engine heat damaging the shielding again

Probably why I got the lowest score in the concour

 

Major PIA to get..
I invested hours of research and admin to sort out a 3 page parts order and bouce it around the world to get best prices but more importantly, find availability... then F-UK say... "oh, we don't supply trade out side of UK any more... as an independant specialist, you have to buy from your local dealer..."... at hiked prices of course.... so I ordered all parts then, I went to uk myself, so I simply handed SD my trade deal at Dealer... and he paid directly at my trade rate while I was away. Which is fine by me. Happy to help.

and no, the car is more drivable now than it was before...fitting the tubi means smaller silencers/no cats and less heat overall, and also less proximity to carbon to damage it... and it's been driven in the damp at Calder and now all day at PI...

this week, It took me only 2.5 hours to convert the car back from dirty bug covered brake dusty track day hack into concours competitor, including cleaning both sets of wheels inside and out and washing all the brakes out etc..

(I did get most of the bugs off on the day, before packing up)

 

Are they stock brake pads in that monster? Is there a market for aftermarket brake pads/parts for the F50?

 

Std pad for F50 from factory is 4-2-1.. which is just a 4-2 with a special backing plate attached..

they're fine for most things, lasting well and performing fine.

Same front and rear too... just like your 348

 

So no aftermarket options? Im just curious.
Are they the same size rotors front and rear? Or just pads/calipers?

 

Plenty of pad choice.

yep, same disc and calliper front and rear too.

 

Very interesting, thanks for taking the time.

 

A minor triviality....nothing a good beating won't fix.

Thanks for posting...great stuff. I've recently taken a heap of photos of a mate's yacht he just launched after 16 years of building it. Still has another 6-12 months to make the masts before he can sail her. As you can imagine, he is the nautical equivalent to you in the anal department.

Will get around to posting some pics in the near future.

 

Cheers for those awesome pics! Scott, what attention to detail you have making sure your car is perfect!
She's a keeper!

 

geez...i remember the days that scott used to do that stuff himself! he must be getting old.

 

Getting old.......or lack of interest? Maybe he needs me there cleaning the F50 in my budgie smugglers for him. That will get him motivated again I reckon.

 

i had a tool made to do it.....but that i ever used it

 

What was plated Scott? I cant make it out from what has been plated or not? Maybe because I dont know what im looking at.

 

the pics of the C/F parts are awsome.thanks for the pics scott
a bit off topic but FF any pics of the cars in the backround,of Ferrari's.