RE: Evoluto's 'peak analogue' Ferrari 348

[gigglebug]

anonymous said:

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Because the article originally stated that a 355 engine was to be transplanted into the 348, not a 360 engine, and to be fair it still goes on to mention that Ferrari themselves were getting 500bhp from the 355 engine in race trim which is now pretty irrelevant all said and done.

My original question was why take a 355 engine and put it into a 348 that is trying to look like a 355 which, as it turns out, has been rendered pretty irrelevant too since the article has been edited.

[bernhund]

I imagine once the cost is disclosed, the Noble M600 will suddenly appear to be fantastic value for a very rare but fantastic analogue supercar..

[Leins]

The 348 is the finest looking Ferrari of the last 30 years IMO, so this wouldn’t do it for me particularly

[cookie1600]

I think if I was going to the expense to pull a classic Ferrari apart, I'd like to go this route (though I don't have the expertise to even contemplate how):



https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-proj...

[thegreenhell]

cookie1600 said:

Perhaps the answer they are looking for is:



https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=13316

Or this

https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-spottedyky...

[Ares]

anonymous said:

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Yes....but at (likely) four times the cost of an F8..???

There is a good chance you can have one of every current Ferrari's for the price of this. Or the top available models from Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren, possibly with change for an Exige 430 for cheap thrills.

[aaron_2000]

thegreenhell said:

It looks awful. Most people will just think it's an MR2 with a bad bodykit, because that's what it looks like.

Which is good, because it makes a wide arch, custom built Ferrari into a sleeper. If I had the money, I'd absolutely have one, right next to a Testarossa.

[HRCM]

sladeburn said:

I always absolutely loved the 348.

Tell me that is not a fantastic looking car.

But I think this looks more like a 355 though

It's fantastic!

I'm in the minority that always preferred the look of the 348 to the 355.

[Pothole]

[anonymous-user]

Water Fairy said:

mrclav said:

Aren't Ferrari really sensitive about this sort of thing? And those wheels? Hell no.

Yes, unless they're doing it themselves of course.......................................................

What,
like putting a 60's body on an 812 and charging 3m for it? The classiche/concourse fanboys love it, they'll absolutely hate this of course which makes it even better!

[Mattjevans]

I thought the 360 engine was an odd choice. Surely you’d be better off making mods to a manual 360 (admittedly rarer beasts but hardly unobtainable)

[Cable]

yonex said:

Mitch Buttons 400HP 328

Ooh, I like that

[RemyMartin81D]

Pothole said:

[Shy Torque]

Less black trim and different wheels worked for me.

[sladeburn]

HRCM said:

It's fantastic!

I'm in the minority that always preferred the look of the 348 to the 355.

I absolutely love both of them, but always thought the doors on the 348 made it the cooler car

[ali_XF]

I absolutely adore the F355- my dream/lottery win purchase- but the renders to me look like an F355 that has had some sort of allergic reaction causing bits of it to swell up. Some angles make it look good but overall the proportions are wrong.
If you wanted to do a singer-ised 348/F355 you’d keep the body panels standard but upgrade the suspension, interior,oily bits etc etc. That I can see a market for. A standard looking F355 with a 458 or 430 scuderia engine, modern suspension and tyres and a retrimmed interior like the singer 911s would be quite a machine.

[Jex]

ali_XF said:

I absolutely adore the F355- my dream/lottery win purchase- but the renders to me look like an F355 that has had some sort of allergic reaction causing bits of it to swell up. Some angles make it look good but overall the proportions are wrong.
If you wanted to do a singer-ised 348/F355 you’d keep the body panels standard but upgrade the suspension, interior,oily bits etc etc. That I can see a market for. A standard looking F355 with a 458 or 430 scuderia engine, modern suspension and tyres and a retrimmed interior like the singer 911s would be quite a machine.

You would lose the manual gearbox with a 458 engine.

[kambites]

To my eyes it's certainly looks infinitely better than what Ferrari are producing these days... but that's not saying a great deal.

Stylistically it does appear to be a fat 355 bodykit on a 355, which seems an odd thing to do when they could just modify a 355.

[Water Fairy]

yonex said:

Ares said:

That is just nasty. Horrid. Looks not even a mother could love.

...and probably WHY Ferrari don't like modifiers fking with their cars.

Yes, not to everyone's tastes but I do enjoy seeing the traditionalists get really upset when someone personalises their car.

Easy to dismiss this but it's a very well resolved vehicle, and all credit for someone doing something different I say.

the internet said:

At first glance you might look at this ‘slammed’ Ferrari with its wide bodykit and simply dismiss it as somebody’s rather expensive folly, but take a closer look and you’ll find a method to the madness.

Ferrari fanatics, do you recognise those distinctive fog lights? They are straight off a 288 GTO! Those wing mirrors that you might have disregarded come courtesy of a Ferrari 458 GT3 racing car. The car’s intriguing shade of grey called Grigio Medio is also a colour that officially appears on the Italian marque’s pallet

Even some of the bits that aren’t 100% Ferrari are at least inspired by a Prancing Horse of the past. The alloy wheels were custom made by a company called Rotiform, who used Dino Cromodora rims for influence, and the protruding exhaust pipes are a nod to the 308 GTB rally car.

The 3.2-litre V8 engine does belong to this model, but it has had a good going over and now churns out 400hp. Getting there should be a giggle too with a 9,200rpm limiter. A new ECU, throttle body kit, and custom stainless headers contribute to this classic’s newfound performance. Its widened body also hides other mechanical enhancements such as adjustable air ride suspension that raises the car for real world driving.

I love it, although i would raise it a tad

[anonymous-user]

Water Fairy said:

I love it, although i would raise it a tad

It runs on air suspension, I guess he drops it for photoshoots and the like.