My 355 v mates new M3
01 February 2013, 04:33 PM
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yeah, seen the different ECUs...funnily enough the newer allegedly more stable 5.2 has been more grief than the 2.7. The newer twin intake airbox does produce more power than the original single intake version.
The GTS has Challenge rear engine valance and challenge springs too...the owner has never been sure if anything else has been fitted from the Challenge cars.
The GTS has Challenge rear engine valance and challenge springs too...the owner has never been sure if anything else has been fitted from the Challenge cars.
http://www.the355.com/mambo/content/view/16/27/
Motronic Engine Management System
In 1996, Ferrari updated the engine management system and made some other subtle changes to the car. While doing your research you might find references to 2.7 and 5.2 cars, or even M2.7 and M5.2. This is a reference to the version number of the engine management system, which originally started out as 2.7 and was later upgraded to 5.2.
The 2.7 cars can be easily identified by looking at the airbox configuration in the engine bay. If you see a single inlet pipe, with the pipes from the two airboxes joining onto it, then you are looking at a 5.2 car. If you see two airboxes with separate inlet pipes, then you are looking at a 2.7 car. The 2.7 car has two separate mass air flow sensors - one for each bank of the engine, whereas the 5.2 car has only one - which is why the two airboxes feed into the same inlet pipe. In the pictures below, the 2.7 car is the first one.
2.7 cars are not bad cars in any way. In fact they are reputed to have 5-10 more horsepower than 5.2 cars, but it isn't anything you'd feel under your right foot.
01 February 2013, 07:36 PM
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Whatever bud, but here is my 355 GTS 2.7 with 2 intakes. I'd check yer mates lol, sure its not an mr2 with a bodykit.
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02 February 2013, 07:18 AM
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funnily enough he had an mr2 before
While fitting the capristo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9hrqWqIAIE
While fitting the capristo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9hrqWqIAIE
02 February 2013, 07:36 AM
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funnily enough he had an mr2 before
While fitting the capristo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9hrqWqIAIE
While fitting the capristo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9hrqWqIAIE
02 February 2013, 08:09 AM
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02 February 2013, 08:22 AM
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Makes, sense I read from the statement that it might be an MR2. Wasnt sure how but if it was I knew what my next car would have been 
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In my opinion there arent enough threads on Ferraris/Lamborghinis. Hundreds on GTRs and Porsches which are nice but nothing competes with an Italian supercar.
.In my opinion there arent enough threads on Ferraris/Lamborghinis. Hundreds on GTRs and Porsches which are nice but nothing competes with an Italian supercar.
02 February 2013, 09:54 AM
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02 February 2013, 10:08 AM
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