Stunning, yes, but the early F355s were not fully capable. The front shock mounts were poorly designed and the sheet metal used was very thin. 1994 and 1995 cars would develop cracks on cars driven beyond the limits of the usual Home to C&C and Back Runs... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Early 1995 F355 Challenge cars like mine had to have the front shock mounts modified... Image Unavailable, Please Login Ferrari corrected this design flaw with the late 1995 cars.
My car was a "test bed" of sorts. High engine bay temperatures were reported when the car was being developed... Image Unavailable, Please Login ...which led to the development of the "Challenge Grill..." Image Unavailable, Please Login
And then comes all the trim, panels, knobs and switches Ferrari put into the F355s destined to become sticky. And Ferrari continues to do so till today. What's with that anyway?! My 944 turbo is 33 years old with none of that nonsense happening... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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My dash is good but rod bearing number #2 not so much. Definately not adding any character that I appreciate. LOL
Not really, the stock headers are trash, stock throwout bearing trash, stock timing belt bearings trash, shock actuators are trash, etc. Nobody should rightfully bat an eye at replacing that stuff with better aftermarket parts so why stop there? They did do some stuff amazingly well, but the ultimate form of the 355 is actually the challenge which upgrades a bunch of stuff on it... and if Ferrari isn't afraid to modify it why should the owners be? If it was so good stock Ferrari wouldn't have to modify it themselves, would they...
Why arethe shock actuators are trash? Also my Maranello have them... I have H&R springs. I like the 355 but the small engine has no torque. My 512tr engine is very different
They break, both the gear on top of the shocks and the gear inside the actuator. There's a company that does nothing but rebuild them (they were also used on corvette zr1's in that timeframe). F1 engines have no torque either, but they sure go fast....Torque is pretty much meaningless without rpm, and torque with rpm is horsepower.
I bought the gears for the shock absorbers. The chassis is good because it can be comfortable and sporty. You need a Nitron chassis for the race track: https://www.diamondracing.de/shop/nitron-fahrwerke/ferrari/355/ferrari-355-94-99-fahrwerk-ntr-r3/ The Ferrari flat-12 engine family is a series of 180° V12 DOHC petrol engines produced by Ferrari from 1973 to 1996. Introduced with the 365 GT4/BB, this engine shared its construction with the flat-12 race-engines used in the 312B and 312 PB, but its displacement, bore & stroke, rods and pistons were the same as the Tipo 251 60° V12 Colombo engine powering the Daytona it replaced. Design and development of the new engine was overseen by Ferrari engineers Giuliano de Angelis and Angelo Bellei.
...because modifying from stock release bearings doesn't make the car look like it was designed by a poser.
I would be afraid that such a bellows burst at 310km/h on German Highway. In addition, the air tanks are too big and heavy for me
If looks are your main concern, well you might be the poser...I think some of them look overwrought but I'm more interested in what's done under the skin - and that's where the heart of a Ferrari lies. So if you're ok with modifying the heart and soul but not just the outter skin...That's more of a poser than the opposite imo.