Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Watch "The 610 WHP Twin-Turbo, Flamespitting Ferrari 348…" on YouTube

[Adam Green (FlatCrank]

One man's nightmare is another man's sailboat: the ecstasy of the day you own it is only surpassed by the release of selling it.

I think this car looks to be a seriously well built aftermarket car -- no longer a Ferrari per se, but something a single, individual owner has decided to pay someone to build.  I am just as pleased to know and enjoy a conversation with an owner who enjoys keeping their car in pristine condition after a fun weekend, as the driver who wants "more" from what they've got, as the purist with the funds to maintain an authentic machine unmolested.  I think this owner has taken the "more" way to the extreme, but no more so than a Glickenhaus or anyone anointed by the factory to build their own bespoke Ferrari.

If it could do what I ask, such as running some dyno pulls without adverse heat sink, and making a day at the track without incident, then I'd say it deserves all the respect and deference afforded any factory car.  It may never attract the prices arising from the preposterous attempts to impress others by paying exorbitant sums for otherwise mechanical devices that deserve never more cost than the sum of their components, labor and development, but such is the nature of a society inculcated with an irresistible desire to consume and pretend.

Adam

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Clyde Romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:

Listen a stock 348 was a nightmare to own

Why would anyone spend a dime to turbo a turd ?

I mean it will still stink like a baby's diaper that's been shit in on a hot summer day!

This car already had a major heat issue stock 

It would melt the rear lenses!!!!!!

This same lack of mentality causes idiots to twin turbo 512 TR as well!

Go figure 

Thank god these people ( or are they really people) can't buy planes 

Because you have to convince a doctor that your are sane enough to fly one 

Although aviation is self cleansing 

Much like motorcycling 

In victory you deserve Champagne

In defeat you need it!

     

Scars are Tattoos with better stories !

If you follow all the rules

You miss all the fun! 

Clyde Romero

Clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net.          

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On Jul 18, 2014, at 6:32 PM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

Where is Clyde to comment on this when you need him...

Sent from my iPad

On Jul 18, 2014, at 5:19 PM, "Doug & Terri" <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:

Reminds me of the old annual trophy at the first January luncheon:

 

“Least Likely To Make It Home”

 

DOUG

 

From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Adam Green
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 1:36 PM
To: DOUG
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Fwd: Watch "The 610 WHP Twin-Turbo, Flamespitting Ferrari 348…" on YouTube

 

What I remember of the 348 is nothing to do with overweight men with tattoos, shaved heads and goatees taking pride in disrespectful treatment of women.  So it goes.

The car, on the other hand, seems great.  Not an easy thing to build, even with a healthy budget and current technology.

What I do remember is chassis flex and contortionist ergonomics with heavy, dead steering that needed narrow tires and just the right suspension and tire pressure to get on a knife edge of handling.  And disconcerting secondary safety.

What I remember about those "shoehorn" after-market turbo's is heat, lag and longevity.  Modern turbos and IC's greatly improve the drivability, but heat is heat and those old drivetrains are not forgiving even if you can fortify a 355 box and try to keep the metal out of the bearings.  Note the blue smoke on a trailing throttle in one of the later shots.

All in all, an impressive build that deserves a lot more professional review -- stats, specs, design, turbo specs, dyno pull, chart, gearing, weight, lap times -- maybe that's all saved for a magazine print sale.  Of course, there's nothing "sleeper" about a Fly Yellow 348, though I'd rather something other than that wing, but it does have a nice look to it as not being over the top.  It would be good to see it do a full track day and drive to/fro the track without issue -- that remains my "proof of the pudding is in the eating" test for any modification to a road car.  That, and good a/c. : )

Adam

 

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:

The 610 WHP Twin-Turbo, Flamespitting Ferrari 348…: http://youtu.be/6KajL7klumA

 

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