Normal Guy Supercar is livestreaming a gated six 599 conversion on YouTube

Aaron- The 575M is actually 220 ms, 575M HGTC/Superamerica/612 is 180 ms, 612 HGTS/HGTC is ~160 ms, and they got that down to 125 ms in late pre-OTO 612s with the same hardware. That should be about the minimum you can get without the twin disc clutch and Superfast 1 software.

Trev has massaged the ECUs in my 575M to go with my HGTC TCU and that should actually improve on the 180 ms. Should have her back soon.

 

The closer you get, the more clutch you use no?

 

Actually no, it's the opposite, the slower the shift the more clutch slip!


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Thanks Taz,

I would really like to hear your thoughts on how this turns out.

Like I said before, the video of Machetinno driving Fabio Fiammenghi's 575 appeared that he car had zero head jerking and I know that @360trev did the TCU's for Fabio.

 

This part number 163926 is found in the following part catalogues.

Ferrari 456
Ferrari 550
Ferrari 575
Ferrari 599
Ferrari 612

 

Speaking of parts and maybe I will start a separate thread…

….where are all of the takeoff F1 components going from all of these conversions? Are the owners keeping them in a sealed package and keeping them with the car? Are they going in at Parts bin? Etc.

Steve

 

@14.02mins. Ed mentions how stiff the shifter is.
This platform is a 360/430 shift tower, looks like they modified the design to fit the console of the 599, but because its a 360/430 based shift tower probably using some of the same parts, so it will always be stiff and won't change. If you look even the gate plate selector is a 360/430 design and not flat. Also in this conversion theres is no click clack sound of the metal in gear changes. if you watch this video
starting @1:20 you can clearly hear all the click clacks of the gate.

 

Huh..I would suggest people hang on the the F1 equipped cars. They will become quite rare if this trend continues.

 

Just keep all the original parts and the cars are bi-lingual / bi-sexual / non-cis gender?


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TRev: Isn't your tune included in the conversion precisely for the rev matching? If not, it will be a disaster.

 

Trev, how long will your final version ta

 

Fine..take your like..now go sit in the corner and think about what you have done.

 

I drove Normal Guy Supercar Dan's 599 and I could tell you all that it was awesome. I have never driven an OEM gated 599, or even an F1 599 for that matter; however, I could say that the shifting was super smooth and the rev hold was like a dashpot which aided in smoother shifting (from what I understand a V12 could dump out its RPMs rather quickly). And @360trev is a brilliant programmer with all of the modifications that he has made to the Ferrari ECU encoding.

As a manufacturer, I could tell you that it is tough, especially when you outsource the parts. For all of you who have your cars at EAG, hang in there because the wait is really worth it.

 

Hi @180 Out, FerrariChat newbie Rick here. Yes, that's my 2008 599 Grigio Silverstone, unbadged. I've been patiently waiting for the conversion for over a year now and from the reviews I've been reading on EAG Art's gated 6 conversions, fingers crossed, I will not be disappointed. I made sure that I am also getting the @360trev tune for my conversion. As soon as I get to drive it which I hope before April ends, I will post here. Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

April of what year??

 

That's a beautiful 599!

I hope that you really enjoy the conversion! Keep us posted!

 

Thanks, @180 Out. Photo was taken from Autosport Gallery showroom in Long Island, NY late 2021. Yes, looking forward to actually driving it soon!

 

I just find it confusing that people will say in one video that "its perfect, I love it!", when it later transpires there are appreciable issues.

Main thing though is EAG are getting it fixed for Hoovie, and presumably the other customers.

 

I think the bulk of people that get their conversions and blindly defend them don't have a background in automotive mechanics or engineering so they just repeat what EAG told them.

That being said, their CEO seems to be genuinely trying to turn things around for them.

 

There have only been two 599s delivered--with a bunch in waiting. Interminable delays.

 

But Hoovie definitively didn't jump the queue...

The argument given for this was that the kit was provided by Dan, which I can buy into. Where I struggle is that there is clearly a lot of cars waiting to be worked on at EAG, so presumably the work schedule was broken into to install this kit. This is speculation, but not unreasonable I think.