Giles’ 360 Modena on-line scrapbook

[giles]

Main dealer were indeed cheaper for the wishbones but they couldn't give me a delivery date and Euro had them in stock.
Yes, the flamblocks are non oem, and much cheaper, Euro get them engineered themselves so we will see, if no good they will wear out and i'll change them, no great shakes.

575, Thanks for the heads up on an alternative supplier for the sus components, I will have a look and see for next time I need some, with my lovely old banger that could be at anytime!

I'll collect the 360 by taking my 488 to be serviced, one in, one out!

 

[Silver360]

My view was rose jointed suspension isn’t really suitable/durable for road use. You barely need any play for them to knock loudly. It’s one of the main reasons my 360 had to go as it’s definitely a Forth bridge scenario with 8 ball joints and 20 flamblocs. Used to drive me nuts.
The main part of the s/s hill ball joints are bought in from the OEM manufacturer and the outer is machined to fit the wishbones (along with a couple of adaptors pressed into the ball part). They’re definitely better quality that the mild steel chromed standard ones but I’m not sure they last any longer…. IME anyway.

Agree .
Ran a 360 M F1 , FFSH from 18 k up to 42 K over 9 yrs .
Every service at the dealership it needed suspension work of way shape or another .
Drove me mad
The car was an F1 and used to have intermittent F1 brain farts . Whereby it wouldn’t engage R . If you turned it off waited a bit it would “re set “ itself . Dealer never got the bottom .

Lack of use I sold it .

I went back ( couldn’t stand no Ferrari in the garage ) to a 208 GT4 imported from S Italy ( no salt ) basic carburettor- plugs + point’s. Got that polybushed .

Recently acquired to go alongside a cab the 348 SP …..which is far up the tech hierarchy ( AKA reliability) I want to step . 6 months in I am enjoying it .

As you can tell not bothered by ultimate performance the 348 s enough for me @320 Hp in 1400 kg . I am retired now and your driving style ….let’s say becomes more cautious with age .

 

[Silver360]

Just to clarify not knocking the 360 . It’s in a right time and place in my ownership. Working no time to phaff so main dealer and the F1 bit was all the rage at the time .
I liked to stiff chassis.
But on retirement ( all the time in the world now to play in the man cave ) I wanted more DIY able cars .
The carb d 3#8 series are as simple as a wheel barrow to maintenance compared to the 360 .
Love of cabs open air motoring and the relative simplicity compared to the 355-360-430 -458-488 et al I ended up with a 348 SP .

Again very DIY er able .it’s my 4 th Fcar a Testarossa back in the day was my first .

My mates gotten his first a 488 .
I went in it the other day . But underwhelming if iam honest ..l.felt like a BMW 5 series from the 90 s in terms of refinement. Very muted engine sound(s) compared to my tubi “ competition use ‘ 348 . The ride felt very insulted.

Anyhow he’s a decade younger , I kept my trap shut . Guess times moved on and todays buyers expect a more refined drive and Ferrari have simply followed the market ?

Every F cars a nice car no matter what genre .

 

[giles]

Finally my 360 is ready for pick up after a couple of months being serviced. The bottle neck was the supply of the rear right hand side wishbones which needed replacement due to the ball joints housing within the wishbones had been become over sized, I guess from a number of repeats of ball joints being pressed in over the years. The issue wasn't helped by Eurospares first off sending up wishbones that were not new (although paid for new), in fact one of the arms already had flamblocks fitted to them.
I have just been called by the expert tech at Stradale Italia who tells me my Yuasa battery is not holding charge. A quick call to Tayna batteries has resulted in confirmation of the battery being 3 years old so therefore within the 4 year warranty period and they can replace it - just need to send them photos of the battery showing the substandard reading on the test equipment and they can send a new one out. Superb customer service if that works out as hoped!

 

[A348W]

Finally my 360 is ready for pick up after a couple of months being serviced. The bottle neck was the supply of the rear right hand side wishbones which needed replacement due to the ball joints housing within the wishbones had been become over sized, I guess from a number of repeats of ball joints being pressed in over the years. The issue wasn't helped by Eurospares first off sending up wishbones that were not new (although paid for new), in fact one of the arms already had flamblocks fitted to them.
I have just been called by the expert tech at Stradale Italia who tells me my Yuasa battery is not holding charge. A quick call to Tayna batteries has resulted in confirmation of the battery being 3 years old so therefore within the 4 year warranty period and they can replace it - just need to send them photos of the battery showing the substandard reading on the test equipment and they can send a new one out. Superb customer service if that works out as hoped!

good to hear about the battery. wishbones, anything new and oem just get from maranello, its where eurospares gets them and at least you would get owners club discount.

bet you can’t wait to get it back!

 

[giles]

Hi Folks,
Just a quick update on the 360, principally around the battery.
The good guys at Tayna Batteries did indeed collect my Battery, tested it and refunded my money in full, so that's 3 years with the battery (Yuasa 4 year guarantee), it failed and they refunded, amazing! It does surprise me that it did fail, I had it on a C-Tek MSX-5.0 if the car was not being used, holidays and suchlike and as you may know I use this 360 regularly..... so why did it fail(?), I guess some just do.

This year's motoring in the 360 has been pretty fantastic, I have had a couple of issues as normal, but nothing that has stranded me, worse being the failed clutch slave cylinder or was it the master, can't remember! But a quick top up of fluid was all that was required to temp fix before I could get it changed. That, plus a new rear wishbone, which added time and a bit of cost but nothing horrific.

As a result this years costs so far(!) have been the cheapest in my 7 years of ownership - and that is with this year being a cambelt change year, so I am pretty pleased all round. I will, as usual, post up in December this years costs by way of the spreadsheet I keep on the car detailing everything I get done.

MOT soon at the end of Nov, should be fine!
Cheers, Giles

 

[Nosevi]

As a result this years costs so far(!) have been the cheapest in my 7 years of ownership

You're a very brave man to write that in October, Giles.

 

[Bebs]

Hi Folks,
Just a quick update on the 360, principally around the battery.
The good guys at Tayna Batteries did indeed collect my Battery, tested it and refunded my money in full, so that's 3 years with the battery (Yuasa 4 year guarantee), it failed and they refunded, amazing! It does surprise me that it did fail, I had it on a C-Tek MSX-5.0 if the car was not being used, holidays and suchlike and as you may know I use this 360 regularly..... so why did it fail(?), I guess some just do.

This year's motoring in the 360 has been pretty fantastic, I have had a couple of issues as normal, but nothing that has stranded me, worse being the failed clutch slave cylinder or was it the master, can't remember! But a quick top up of fluid was all that was required to temp fix before I could get it changed. That, plus a new rear wishbone, which added time and a bit of cost but nothing horrific.

As a result this years costs so far(!) have been the cheapest in my 7 years of ownership - and that is with this year being a cambelt change year, so I am pretty pleased all round. I will, as usual, post up in December this years costs by way of the spreadsheet I keep on the car detailing everything I get done.

MOT soon at the end of Nov, should be fine!
Cheers, Giles

Hi Giles,
I dropped you a message on FerrariChat last week FYI.
Cheers
B