Totally cool Ferrari engine Lid!!! Custom

very awesome! I like it alot!

 

mmmhhh, sorry, but i don't like it...looks like a civic engine hood

Sorry, i'm jocking...

Nice work, but I prefer to keep it stock.

 

Well there goes $5k off the resale value...

 

I like it. But what really matters is that you like it. I would imagine that it looks totally different in person then it does in picture format.

 

I think you lose $5k in resale on a Ferrari if you sneeze while driving it too....

 

That looks really sharp...how could someone not like it? The stock foam looks like garbage.

 

Many of us have replaced the foam with a higher quality JC Whitney product that is reflective and well insulating. The insulation does serve a purpose; Ferrari didn't put it there just to vex us owners.

 

Looks good but you might want to wash that engine bay and engine so it would look even better!

 

Thank you for sharing pix of your car with us!

OOH AND... WELCOME TO F-CHAT!!

Enjoy the Forum and do not take everything too seriously! Unless you visit the “Off Topic” Sections where nothing is embellished!

 

Looks wise it is certainly better than dangly foam by a long shot. But the black foam is an insulating material that soaks up heat. I would think that this might be an ok alternative for protecting the paint on your engine cover (maybe) but might also raise the temps in the engine bay and help cook your wires and rubber bits faster, not unlike tinfoil around a baked potato.

Nice choice of car though - extremely well chosen in fact.

Welcome to F-chat!!

Cheers
Kevin

 

Folks ....

I'll probably go out of business if I continue to recommend *other* companies... but I'm using the heat shield listed here for my 348:

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse/c-10101/s-10101/p-100000142779/mediaCode-ZX/appId-100000142779/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:100000142779

and the glue....

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse/c-10101/s-10101/p-100000221105/mediaCode-ZX/appId-5000002002963/Pr-p_CATENTRY_ID:1000002211055000002002963


Very easy to fit, glue works great, and looks quite respectable.


-Daniel

 

I would have replaced the original heat shield. Ferrari put it there for a reason......IMO.

 

Here is some ancient history. As an update, I've had my homemade insulation material on the car for more than two years now, and it still looks like the day I installed it. The original factory foam insulation was junk, junk, junk!

http://70.85.40.84/~ferrari/discus/messages/256120/202509.html

Daniel, I'd like to see a picture of the JC Whitney material you used on your 348. (I saw the link you posted, I'd like to see a picture of it on your car - it looks like good stuff!)

 

Jeff -

Mine looks almost identical to the final photo in your old thread. Except... I didn't cut it into six pieces... I made two long strips and threaded it under the braces. That way, even if the glue were to come loose (but it hasn't!), the insulation wouldn't fall into the engine itself. I performed my installation with the hood still attached to the car, although a local 348 friend (dcdc) removed his hood during installation.

I think the trick to the JC Whitney approach was their special hi-temp glue. The original Ferrari insulation was total and utter crap.

FYI for DIY'ers: Since I did the installation "in situ", I draped a big tarp over the engine while I fitted the insulation. I didn't want any errant bits of glue dropping on the engine and causing problems.


-Daniel

 

I'd like to know if there are any 348's with the 360 type glass engine cover? I think it would be cool. Does anyone make one? I've seen them for TR's before.

 

I don't care if you loose your shirt on the car if you ever try to sell it. It's just one more thing that will have to be fixed during a restoration down the road.

You're obviously new to the Ferrari world. The "keep it stock" camp has many more members than the "modified" camp.

 

I don't think it will affect resale that much. It's such a neat addition that the fac thtat it's not stock will balance out with the originality... possibly...

 

GQ. Welcome, and very cool that you are subscribed. I like the mods. Don't take some of the knocks to seriously--there is a strong "anti-mod" contingent on Fchat. Certainly, with rare cars, this makes sense--newer cars are less collectable (maybe not in 50 years, but in the near future) so you should mod it how you want it. Be sensitive to the fact that there is a subset of members who don't see their Ferrari as an investment, but they can't treat it as a disposable object either (I'm one of those). One of the things that makes Ferrari ownership possible for me is low and predictable depreciation (relative, of course).

Keep the photos coming.

 

do what you want ,i say- to YOUR car the way YOU want it to look and perform !

i had to paint my targa , the black one drove me nuts , i figure , i can buy another when one of you trash yours..
and i had to get rid of those god awlful rims. i still have them though, for the next guy ....
i would have done more ,but it is a 348 speciale . someone will want it someday as stock as possible ...

 

That's a beautiful modification & customization....it's done tastefully with style and looks very VERY elegant: huge points for creativity, initiative and not being a drone for fear of staying between the lines!!!

It's not like it can't be returned to it's former ugly state; no harm, no foul. He didn't cut into the body or do something absurd like turning it into a mud-bogger...it's just a nice touch and suits the car very well.

In the wise & soothing words of Paris Hilton "It's HOT.....uh, can I get paid now?"

 

It's a nice mod. But I have been to SEMA and I wasn't impressed by the gaudy, flashy rapper cars. Why would you put a TV in a sports car? Or bling bling wheels that block cooling air flow to the brakes? Or hideous ostrich leather seats.

To each his own, but if you are going to cite examples, you may want to make sure they are impressive ones.