Window sticker

No code sheets included with the documentation????

Strange they couldn't tell by looking!!!

You can ask anything you want, of the Factory, by logging on to the Owner's Site with your VIN...they gave me my 1977 paint codes, the other day......

 

Ferrari North America, actually, and you may be correct......201 816-2600.

 

with rear tires off the ground , rotate one tire by hand. the opposite tire should rotate the other direction if the car has a limited slip diff. ferrari transaxles may differ from the other cars i have had , but this has been my experience if it helps. *edit. car needs to be in gear * and not reverse !...... *

 

The differential is of the limited slip type for sure. That does not mean that the fluid used should have the "limited slip" additive. In fact if you put a gear oil in there with the normal limited slip additive your synchos will slip too much and your gear changes will chatter.

You must use the designated Shell Transaxle fluid. Other fluids have been tried. I am using the Red Line 75W-90 NS (non-slip) gear oil in the transmission.

If the car is on a lift with all four wheels off the ground then the rear wheels turn the same direction if the transmission is in neutral. In the Murcielago, all 4 wheels spin the same way when one is turned!

aehaas

 

Hey Ali what the heck are you talkin' about? Your gears don't chatter the limited slip clutches in the diff. are what can make a chattering noise. What makes the chatter sound is the clutches lack the additive that you may need to add to the standard gear lube. Or did I misunderstand your answer sorry if I did. Anyway to answer the question, as far as I know all Ferraris from 308s forward have limited slip diffs. There was never an option to delete or add it was standard. Brian(Rifledriver) would know for sure. Regards, Vern

 

you put the car in 5th it doesnt take much effort. limited slip dont lock the wheels together unless you are spinning one faster than the other or you are in a tight turn, which does the same thing. maybe the open diffs spin opposite and the limited slip ones do go the same direction. damn i cant remember now. next time i wont say anything and stay in the Lambo section. 3 ferraris is enough .

 

I cannot imagine a high powered car without a limited slip diff but I only know for sure that my Maranello and the Murcielago and the Maybach have them.

I guess I should be more clear. In general a limited slip diff needs the additive to prevent diff chatter. A synchronized transmission should NOT have the additive so the synchros work right. Otherwise the gears chatter/grind while shifting. But a transaxle that shares the fluid needs a very specific fluid type and as far as I know the Shell Transaxle fluid is required for the Maranello. Nobody will tell you what is in there.

aehaas

 

..or Royal Purple.......

Yea, the formulas have been secret for a long time....we used to have some type of synthesized whale oil, in GM Pontiac Parts department.....

"Put down the harpoon, and step away from that whale".....

 

Are you in Texas??

I've met another Ferrari owner here, that was with a Pain Clinic.......appropriate I'd say......his 360 F1 was broken, out on the Highway....

 

Just muscle on up and turn it! I've done it lots of times in top gear to get the flywheel at 12 degrees to time the ignition. How else can you time it?

ken