Panic buying a pandemic Ferrari

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Slippydiff said:

Patience of a saint springs to mind Jack ...

Glad you sorted the fuel supply issue. Worthwhile getting the carbs set up with a CO meter to improve the fuel consumption ?

I guessed it was the cooling fans when you said the noise appeared as soon as you switched the ignition on

Not many really amusing threads on FChat, but I found this gem at 3 am this morning ...

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/chronicl...

Enjoy it, the guy's got a very dry, ascerbic, British SoH I'm sure you will, because you'll be able to relate to it better than most ...!!!

Truly shocking the butchery inflicted on these cars by less than proficient techs/grease monkeys over the years

Thanks for the link, read first few posts but will read whole thing later!

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Guys, never a dull moment. The Influenzo gave me another heart attack a few days a go when it made a noise akin to the gearbox disintegrating. But it turned out not to be as serious as it seemed. It’s coming close to my birthday and this is the only reason I can fathom that the car made me buy anew fuel pump, that it turned out wasn’t needed. Ah the joys!! Here is the link:
https://youtu.be/qIQJwf0b8oQ
And a couple of lovely pics!

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Mezzanine said:

With regards to the knocking noise from the back of Pepé, it might sound stupid but is the spare tyre fully secured in place? Could it be that moving around in its cage or the cage moving at all?

I’m pretty sure it’s secure but I’ll check again!!

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drewwa said:

You realise you can never get rid of those lucky pyjamas now... in fact I suggest never washing them or taking them off just incase they lose their magical potency...

Cheers,

Drew.

Absolutely!!

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Once again thanks so much for all the kind comments! I do need to start a separate thread on Pepe the 205!

Back to the InfluEnzo.. once again the hand of fate has intervened and a 30 minute job has turned into two days of cursing! There was a very small leak coming from the water pipe going from the expansion tank to the water pump. So I got some good quality silicone hose, drained part of the collant and set to work. This is why I found once I removed the pipe

So.. ended up having to remove a fair few bits to get to the water pump so it could be removed. There was no way that union was budging, having been there since 1979! Will have to take it to an engineering place to remove it. Still working on it.

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SnowySpeeder said:

Jack, check out what Mototechnique are doing..... 3 x 308's being rebuilt!!!


https://www.facebook.com/pg/MototechniqueLtd/posts...

You might be able to take any unwanted parts off their hands

- and a Muira in the background

Hey, I know them well and did a review of Kev’s awesome Updated Dino... he knows about my new Purchase and has been giving me
Advice!

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Thanks for all the Peugeot advice too chaps! I’ll start another thread on that today’

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g3org3y said:

Just saw the recent vid. Fingers crossed the new problem isn't anything too serious (i.e. requiring engine out work).

Really great content, keep up the good work.

Thanks chap.. for all those that don’t know, it looks like I did dose damage in the end when I boiled the InfluEnzo... video can be found here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=10-R7ttboyk

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Bright Halo said:

Long shot
Is it possible oil got in there when you took the water pump off?

Unlikely! And the oil cooler does not have water in it..

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Medic-one said:

If there's any Dutch documents with it you'd like translating feel free to post them here or send them over.

Very kind thanks. Unfortunately I don’t have any of the Dutch documentation!

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Grappling with the silencer this week.. something which should have been so simple! At least I got to start it up just with the headers on. It was LOUD. Video here https://youtu.be/sfggGGbVzjE

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Thanks Lads! Hopefully no mods needed. The sports exhaust should come out lower and clear the valance, then at some stage I might fill the hole!

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RLE said:

Had the video saved to watch with my Sunday morning coffee but it seems to have been taken down due to copyright issues. Grrrrrr

It was a misunderstanding.. been resolved and should be back up in a few hours. In the meantime am doing a short video explains the copyright stuff plus starting it without a silencer and a quick tour of my vintage arc cars! Will be up in an hour or so I think!

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Well the new exhaust has turned out to be a bit of a disappointment.. and controversial in terms of looks!
This weeks episode is now live. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/ooAB-C46dp8

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Slippydiff said:

Whilst the crank is a flat plane item in the 308/348/355/360, the 360 Modena uses a different firing order .
However the 348, and 355 which use the same firing order as the earlier car can be given a proper flat plane V8 wail with the right exhaust, whereas the 308 seems to struggle in this department.
The transverse installation of the engine/transmission in the 308 makes the exhaust packaging more difficult, and the car runs 4 into 2 into 1 manifolds, whereas the later cars run 4 into 1 manifolds, and the real screamers (S-Line, Kreissieg etc exhausts seem to run X pipes)

308 firing order : 1, 5, 3, 7, 4, 8, 2, 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJiP3MDmceA

348 : 1, 5, 3, 7, 4, 8, 2, 6

https://youtu.be/0aoogO7PGGg?t=31

355 : 1, 5, 3, 7, 4, 8, 2, 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtAw4XMEn7o

360 : 1-8-3-6-4-5-2-7 (allegedly shared with the Cosworth DFV ... )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3WSUMeH7Lo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-FCMD0d-Q

And the 360 in its most extreme guise :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olB-IgdrRvk

Ryan Edwards is a very good exhaust fabricator, I'm sure he'll come up with something considerably better sounding then the Superformance sports exhaust.

Interesting stuff thanks!!

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Gallons Per Mile said:

Cool car and cool videos! I'm subscribed and now a fan

Thank you!! Glad you like them!!

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This Friday’s slice of InfluEnzo!!
Airbox mods improve the sound and should I go back to the original colour, white??

https://youtu.be/h7JjWKwakNE

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carinaman said:

Nice photo.

Jay Leno drove a white one in one of his videos. It looks good in the still of it in his 'garage'. I've not watched the video. The UK isn't sunny California or Côte d'Azur.

Does it need paint?

It will at some point.. but I could leave it as is.. probably will

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outnumbered said:

Red.

Much better with a bit of induction noise (I would say that as the owner of a car that is ALL induction noise!)

What car is that??

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Starfighter said:

A white 308 would be unusual but not in a good way.

Loving the videos and updates on here, you have the only YouTube channel I have subscribed to.

Wow, thanks!