MOMO Steering Wheel 89 TR

No "adapter" is needed (I'm using the 320mm MOMO Corse -- center hole = 55mm diameter and the mounting bolt circle = 70 mm diameter), but a lot of us like to add extensions -- I'm using this one from OG Racing:

http://www.ogracing.com/eshop/itemdetail.asp?ses=474glm50evl96b6tsu&itemid=552&showbrake=1

The O.D. of the OG Racing extension is 86 mm which is best for TRs IMO. For 308, the 80mm O.D. extension from Hill Engineering would be a better choice.
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Here are a couple of pics of what I switched to. Steve is correct - No adapter is needed since the original wheel is also a Momo.

The original wheel is a little too big & thin for my liking - This new one feels much better. It is a Momo Monte Carlo model I think.
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It's easy to do as long as you use a fresh, high-quality hex wrench (with sharp well-defined corners) so you don't "round out" the (smallish) hex drives on the mounting bolts.

The stock horn button fits fine (there's actually a thin sheet metal piece that you'll reuse to hold the horn button). I decide not to reuse the trim piece that hides the mounting bolts (and so did Jerry), but either way is OK.

 

If you want to support one of our sponsors, www.polepositionusa.com keeps quite a few in stock. Also, I bought one from www.shopmomo.com for a good price and very quick shipping. By the way, there is a "suede" version of the Monte Carlo which is very similar to what comes on the Stradale. Of course suede may not last as long as smooth leather, but it feels GREAT and isn't expensive. It's the Momo Mod 78 (www.shopmomo.com/momod78raorr.html) -- my stock Ferrari horn button fit fine, and it was a quick replacement with no adapter required.

 

Hello!

Didn't recognize the name.

I bought pedals from Hill Engineering for my old 328 - They were great. Ultimate Pedals is pretty common also.

Here is the Hill Engineering Site - Just click the link below & then click on pedals on the menu on the left of the page :

http://www.customferrariparts.com/homemainferrari.htm

Like Steve, I preferred not to put back on the ring that hides the bolts on the steering wheel - I prefer the look without it.

It's a pretty easy job unless some of the hex bolts are stubborn. But the 328 wheel & TR wheel both came off pretty easily with no hassle. On the TR, just remove the horn & metal ring & undo the bolts. I bought a 1986 TR wheel off ebay & thinking of putting it on My H1 (Don't want to ruin my original TR wheel). It already has a momo wheel on it, so it will be an easy switch.

Let me know when you are going to CC - I haven't been in a while & I am due for a trip there! What city are you in? We should cruise the 2 TR's there together.

 

Steve,
Will the corse wheel fit the 308??. You mention that your wheel is
320mm. Looks like they are not making it any longer as they claim it to be 350mm.
Thanks
Tommy A

http://www.shopmomo.com/mocostwh2.html

 

It's easier if you use a 3mm hex-socket rather than a hex L-wrench if your bolt heads look like they're less than perfect. I had one of mine round out... we used a 1/8" and hammered it in, and then it turned right out. Of course, the head was ruined. But replacements are available at Ace Hardware, believe it or not.

As already mentioned, Hill Engineering is good, and you can get those from Dan at www.RicambiAmerica.com. However, the guy at www.UltimatePedals.com is also a Ferrari owner and a Ferrari Club sponsor and makes quality stuff -- it's what I have in my car, but he was making them before Paul Hill started.

 

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Here's the "Mod 76" Stradale-style steering wheel installed in my 308QV. If you look carefully you can also see the Ultimate Pedal set. I like it without the aluminum footrest... I wanted it to be more like the 355 Challenge pedal replacements.
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Omar - I have the TR wheel I bought, but I haven't fitted it to the H1 yet... Surprised anyone would want pics of that...

 

Yes and No. The carbed 308 is the same as a TR MOMO-wise (55mm center hole diameter and 70mm bolt circle diameter), but I think it's been mentioned here that on the 2-valve 308i they changed something in the steering wheel mounting design -- can you measure yours to compare to the 55mm/70mm numbers?

As far as the available sizes -- I don't know what's actually available now. When I bought mine back in ~2000, they offered the MOMO Corse model in both the 320 mm and 350 mm size. I would say that the 320mm is definitely a "smallish" size and that most stock F steering wheels are the 350mm diameter.

(I'm still kicking myself for selling my ex-308 with the 320mm MOMO Veloce steering wheel that it had -- I liked that one even better than the MOMO Corse since the Veloce outer rim had a thicker round cross-section )

 

Steve,
I just called MOMO and asked them if I need a hub since I'm switching from a Nardi to MOMO. They assured me that I don't. They claim that they made all the hubs that year. They told me that if I can measure 70mm from bolt to bolt than their steering wheel will fit.
Is this possible?
Tommy A

 

Tommy -- I'd agree with them that if you have the 70mm bolt circle AND the center hole measures 55 mm on your existing stock set-up then it would fit for sure. I'm 50% sure that some "incompatibilty" issue has come up before regarding differences in the 308 family (and IIRC "Nardi" was in the conversation) -- but I have no better information than to search here (and "not my homework" ). I think the 308QV might have gone back to the carbed 308 set-up so this may be confusing their understanding (or someone please correct me), and why the issue doesn't come up more often (maybe just a few, and not every, 2-valve "i" is incompatible?). Or you could try looking at the SPC illustrations and/or comparing PNs for the steering wheel hubs for the three 308 families at the FerrariUK site.

They might also be assuming that you'd be using a MOMO horn button (mounted to the steering wheel) rather than the F horn button (which doesn't mount directly to the steering wheel). The steering wheel hub on the carbed 308 is like as shown in the Hill Engineering jpeg of their 25 mm extension below. There's a projection of a thin rim section up from the mounting surface so that the O.D. of the rim fits inside the steering wheel's 55 mm center hole, and the horn button fits inside the (smaller) 51 mm ID of the rim section. On the TR, this "rim" is a separate sheet-metal piece, but it serves the same function -- holds the horn button. HTHs -- fill us in when you get it sorted out.
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LOL - OK, just for kicks, here is the Hummer TR.
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Dear Ferraristi,

I have a 91 Testarossa and I also found the wheel too thin and uncomfortable. I ordered a 512 TR wheel from my local F dealer and it fit the bill. Much thicker rim, and OEM to boot. I don't like the 512 m wheel as it looks like a ricer wheel. The 512 TR wheel cost me $ 850.00 Just unbolt the center nut of the old wheel and pop on the new one...hub and all included.


Shamile

Freeze...Miami Vice!

 

Here's a MOMO wheel on the Ferrari "FX", which is based on the 512M.
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