Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Two More Ferrari 458 Italias Wrecked

[dale sailors (sailorsdaleedward]

Hi Clyde,

             Old type 1 vw's would blow filters when retrofitted with spin-on external oil filter kits and revved on cold heavy oil; lots used 40 to 60 wt non-Det back then!

Tuner Gene Berg of Ca. never found a fool proof filter brand he claimed.

In the 60s to 80s he probably saw more souped up VWs than anyone else.

That was part of the reason for the metal case filter mesh strainer filters that spin-on in place of the throw away filters. I had no problems on a stroker I ran but I always warmed it up at fast idle about 5 minutes before speeding it up; in SW Texas that thins the oil quickly. Actually I was more worried about letting the engine warm to running dimensions. Of course, these were low rev motors anyway.

               Sad that Ferrari is still having the filter failure problem!

               Ciao!

                Dale

         

--- On Mon, 8/23/10, clyde romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:

From: clyde romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net>
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Two More Ferrari 458 Italias Wrecked
To: "'dale sailors'" <sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, August 23, 2010, 4:59 PM

430 seem to have an oil filter problem which explodes and causes fires

 

 

 

"IF YOU CAN MEET WITH TRIUMPH AND DISASTER AND TREAT THOSE TWO IMPOSTERS THE SAME"

 

CLYDE

 

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From: dale sailors [mailto:sailorsdaleedward [at] yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 9:07 AM
To: Clyde
Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Subject: [Ferrari] Two More Ferrari 458 Italias Wrecked

 

Hello,

          Do 458's have a handling problem or a buyer problem?

          Also a lot of 430s have engine fires too; is there an assembly problem?

           Ciao.

            Dale

Wrecked Exotics Weekly Update:  August 23, 2010

Two more Ferrari 458 Italias have been wrecked, bringing the total
crash count to 10.  Each car was valued around $350K, which means
over $3 Million worth of Ferrari has been wrecked in the past
90 days.  Check out the latest crashes in this week's update:

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/exotics2010aug23


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