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Hi Keith, I had exactly the same problem with my 1999 456 , smoking when cold, stopping to smoke when hot. Oil consumption was roughly 1 Liter...
This could be anything. Leaking valve, malfunctioning Lambda sensor, bad connector, malfunctioning injector, bad leads to the power plugs,...
That more back pressure leads to more torque is a myth that seems to be unerasable. Backpressure leads to worse cylinder fill with fresh mixture,...
Hi Claudio, My posting was just a warning to take great care of figures that Dynoshops are producing, not to embarrass you. Stevens races...
It is almost impossible that these power figures are at the rearwheels. Stevens did a series of dynoruns with his highly tuned 550. With 542Hp on...
What exactly is your question. Do you want to go back to your original 456 shocks after having made them firmer ? If you are happy with the 550...
That is 100% wrong. X or H pipes are disturbing the scavenging effect, for this engine. That is what dyno tests confirm. Hans
I live in the Netherlands. BMC filters can be ordered here: http://www.bmc-sportluftfilter.de The sound level increased, but in the car only...
You are right, repairs can be extremely expensive. One of them is having the valve guides replaced, because the engine is consuming too much oil....
I replaced the resonator, because the 575 did the same, and because the existing resonator acts like an Xpipe, meaning that the left and right...
The dynamics are probably quite simple. With Xpipes the sucking of exhaust gasses out of the combustion room is being disturbed by backpulses...
456 versus 550 Hans [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hi Alfredo, I had NKG, but I switched back to Champion. It is hard to say which one is better, I did not notice the difference. The Ferrari...
I kept the stock tail mufflers, since their sound is perfect in the new setup. No booming, rattling or annoying resonances. I posted a dyno...
First removed the rear silencers, then removed the rear tubes connected to the mid silencer and after that the mid silencer itself. I took the...
I have simply replaced the middle silencer for two straight tubes costing less than $100,-. On the rolling road this produces 15Hp plus, and the...
Jan, Looking at your profile, I saw that you are living in the Netherlands, just like me. Is your car dark green or dark blue. Mine is blue...
I had the same with my 456M GT. Problem disappeared completely after all valve guides had been replaced. My car was consuming almost 1 litre of...
I had this problem on the passenger site of my 456. My wife hated the car for that. It was repaired by the Dutch Ferrari distributor for a few...
I am sorry to say, but you pretend to have quite some knowledge on the subject, but what you say is irrevelant. Just take a simple diode to...