Ferrari Mailing List: Re: rims for ferrari 308 1981

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

The extra wheelbase really takes out the twitchi-ness that the 308 has, and since my 308 is a GTS, there is a huge difference in torsional rigidity.  It really is a great driving car and they got it right.  The scary thing is part a Mondial next to a F430, they basically have the same dimesions, the back seat was given up by remounting the engine longitudinally.  For the era, it was a solid product.  Only other complaint other than the lack of power is the seating position is akward with the bolsters on the bottom cushion.  Not a car I want to drive 8 hours in, but a good all around GT car.  But if you want a real comfortable GT car, that is what the V12 2+2s are for...

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com> wrote:

You know Erik, the Mondial is one of the most underrated Ferraris made. They drive beautifully. No, not massively powerful but the K-Jetronic FI is rock solid and drivability, even from cold, is excellent. Yes, I prefer my 308GTB but for jump-in-and-go, the Mondial wins.

I didn't put expensive rubber on the car when I owned it. I just picked the cheapest, most sticky, quiet performance tires TireRack offered at the time. BFGoodrich I believe. Still, I reach my limit before the car reaches its limit. 

-rick

-------- Original message --------
From: Erik Nielsen
Date:03/04/2014 8:42 AM (GMT-06:00)
To: Rick Lindsay
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Re: rims for ferrari 308 1981

I also have the superformance wheels on my Mondial 8, even for a Clyde
shitbox, it transformed the handling with modern Michelin rubber.  My 308
GTS QV has the original stock 16" wheels.

Erik


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:11 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com>wrote:

> Michael,
>
> I put non-ABS 328 wheels on my 308GTB, not to avoid metric wheels but
> rather, to support modern rubber. They were exchanges at the dealer when
> some 328 owner went with something else. The usual metric swap is to QV
> wheels in standard size but these 328 wheels were cheap. Be advised, the
> 328 hubs are different so the wheels or 308 grease caps have to be mildly
> modified. Not so with QV wheels.
>
> When I owned Matt's-Rick's-Dave's-Rick's-Ed's '83 Mondial QV, I bought a
> set of new wheels from Superformance. They replaced the 390s that were on
> the car. Shipping from England was not as bad as I expected AND the cost of
> new wheels + shipping + normal tires was LESS than a set of four crappy old
> 390s that may have been on the shelf for years. Just FYI.
>
> -rick
> PS: My TR now has standard size wheels now too.
>

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