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Number plate lamps?

Number plates even?

Nuts and bolts, washers?

A smaller bill hook for minor adjustments? ;-)

+ New front number plate
- side repeaters as the ones I have will be staying in the front side panels

No lamps or bolts etc as it is only the bonnet I am replacing and already have the hinges and pins

Chris - if you read this, I have an idea for integrating the side vent on your 250SWB with the little side panel on my Z300S.

The side vent on this is not dissimilar to the top of yours but stops at the chrome side strip. Perhaps you could do something similar for mine with the shut lines for the little front wing replacing the chrome strip?

Please don't use any other part of this car in the design, it looks awful.



1953 ferrari 250 europa coupe vignale

The one-off, 1954 New York Auto Show,1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Coupé Chassis no. 0313 EU Engine no. 0331 EU
Sold for US$ 2,805,000 (£1,785,562) inc. premium

Okay - I have had to delay receiving the bonnet due to needing new tyres on the Merc and new exhausts on the Barchetta. I should now be getting it towards the end of September which is after my ankle operation but hopefully I will still be reasonably mobile and able to work on it.

Until then, here are some pictures of the new exhaust (repeated fromt he My exhaust is Feked thread)

Finally got the car back.

The back box was fitted into what little space there was behind the cat' and the 2.5" pipes leading to 3" tips

From the front looking back from the cat



And looking forwards towards the cat


I love the long pair of pipes with no further boxes to disturb them


You can see the bigger tip from this angle but doesn't look too bad I think


And from the side on the ground


I think the single pipe per side suits the simpler, more petite, rump of the Z300S


And the ground clearance is a whole heap better

That looks very nice. Are you pleased with the sound? Any sound clips 😃

That looks good, should get a better exhaust flow as well without the 90 degree bends in your pipes

Andy

Just back from a nice long test drive. Sounds great. Quieter but more deep and sonorous.

Not sure my camera phone will do the sound justice but might drive later

That looks the part Nick
Some great photos taken from below - helping me design my exhaust

WCA - Those tail pipes look very good indeed.

Enjoy, Paul.

PS
I love the fact your paint is deep enough to show you & the two other guys in the garage in the reflection.

Here to help.

The challenge is the lack of space between the cat and the rear axle means most standard boxes won't fit, especially if you want to put a Y after them to have split rear pipes.

They custom built my box to maximise what fitted in the gap. This included a 1 in, 2 out design to negate the need for a Y piece.

If you try to fit the boxes after the axle the spare wheel bin means the floor drops too much on one side so there is no room. You either end up with the exhaust being really low or a non-symmetrical design.

Not bad paint considering I haven't polished the car under the number plate probably since it was painted

The guy on the right with his arm out is Posy John who did the work

We do need a vid so we can hear the new exhaust note

Im missing the vlog

There will be updates today...

Very smart and extremely well hung !!!

I always have been...

Less of that... lets hear that exhaust. Don't get too close, incase you burn something!

https://youtu.be/blOt5hzz-i8

looks good sounds good - I know it was an expensive fix but you must be happy Nick

Sat with a beer and thought I might make a start on a Cold Air induction System.

Not altogether sure what that is but it does involve flower pots apparently.

First, examine the situation


identify the air box


Find the two bolts that hold it in place and remove them


Undo a couple of spring clips


and the box pulls out easily


Leaving a flange to attach whatever I build and a big space to fit it


Direct feed of cold air from the front


That is perfe3ctly lined up with the Z300S vent


I will not extend the system to the front as I intend to use it with both the Z300S and the SWB bonnets and the SWB is noticeably shorter.

More updates tomorrow after I have slept off the Duval

I think you should- isn't that the front bumper shock housing? Can it be used as a duct up to the MAF???

Someone PM'd me to see if I could use the bumper shock as an air feed. I replied

It is the bumper shock but is closed. I don't want to use it as a duct as I am not yet sure of how my SWB bonnet will fit.

I am thinking of a ram air feed going to a shrouded cone air filter.

Air filter gives great induction noise and ducting gives cold air. If it needs different ducting for the different bonnets that is easier to change.

Ordered one of these

Nick, your new K&N filter uses oil to help trap particles effectively. Following a web search you'll find many people complain that over time this oil contaminates the hot wire in the MAF making it U/S. I've fitted K&Ns to many cars without problem, but just in case you might, you could remove the MAF and temporarily fit the filter, do a few miles using wide open throttles to suck excessive oil from the filter, then refit the MAF and filter assembly. A problem, is that this could make the CEL to come on, though I believe the correct signal received by the ECU when restarting the ignition with the MAF reinstalled will extinguish the light.
I suppose an alternative would be a quick puff of compressed air to blow out the excess oil before fitting the filter. Careful, Not too much!!
Looking forward to the how to guide and hope the bill hook will make a reappearance
Steve

i have seen the warnings about the MAF wire. Check out this video and the garage guy says it can be particularly bad for turbos as it makes the engine run lean

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

I found somewhere else (can't find the link now) that cleaning the MAF wire with a squirt of alcohol and a cotton bud about once a year solves the problem.

I will fit the filter, take the car out for a thrash and then try to clear the MAF wire to see how bad it gets.

I will post a video on my YouTube channel.

Prevention is better than cure