A return to form: Say hello to Banana MK2, the Italian Prancing Horse (Ferrari 458 Italia)

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There's a few ways to look at it:

1. No anti-seize
- Risk of dissimilar metal corrosion between the Ti and Aluminium Bell of the disc (if it is aluminium).
- Risk of galling with Ti.

2. Anti-seize applied
- The grease will increase the applied torque on the fastener, so you will be stressing it higher than you think. This could lead to stretched fastener and fracturing in the future with constant removal/installation.


1. is probably the more sensible choice, but ultimately just stick with the OEM nuts and don't waste money on Ti, which could cause issues either way down the line.
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I’ll leave it to Ferrari, they actually know what they are doing and they supply Ti nuts so they no doubt have a procedure. In short I feel in good hands with them as they seem to pride themselves also on their knowledge of the cars but I suppose that’s advantage of a limited range.

Tried LC for first time this morning, it was so good I did it a second time :D zero stress on car just feels very effective and zero wheel spin. :)
 
kindai said:
But he cheats with his fancy gearbox :(
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You have paddles too. :p

Watch out for Mac too, his new diff is in, new LSD too and new stickier tyres and looking to get a street, track and drag maps written so he could be serious challenge as he will get power better, just be left to his gear changing abilities.

Three bananas, shame only two at a time can race. :D
 
Hi there

Some pictures from Sunday's meet:

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Actually manage to pickup the pearl/fleck the paint has in the sun, now its detailed the paint looks even more liquid and that pearl effect is even more apparent.
 
And music to my ears:



Car sounds incredible and tunnels are just on another level, true F1 type sound, but I mean the proper F1 cars before they sounded rubbish after being turbocharged. :)
 
Epic weekend away. :)

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Sometimes when you hear hype about cars, then you drive them you feel massively let down.
For me this car exceeds all the hype in real life, its just a totally incredible machine and hands down the best car I've ever owned, apart from fuel consumption. :D
 
Steedie said:
How good does it feel driving up to a place like that and parking up in your Ferrari? :D
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Pretty good, not only that your happy to leave it parked all weekend and not worry about it, even the grounds keeper was moving his chains so he could park it away from other cars. :D

Also something I never expect, owning a Ferrari I was expecting lets just say some not so welcome gestures from public but so far the car just really invites questions, smiles and I've never being let out of junctions so much or flashed to pull into lanes.

The Porsche used to get quite some hate thrown towards it, though no one ever touched it but you'd often get not so welcome gestures. But maybe as I was younger I was also driving around like a total pleb. :D
 
FlapR said:
What's your average MPG if you've any idea Gibbo?
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No idea as there is no gauge on the car because they clearly don't want you to know how terrible it is.

I'd say its somewhere between 9-11mpg average, maybe around 20 on a motorway journey. Ferrari may have got 125HP per litre from the car, but at the expense of fuel economy.
 
Well not a good start too today. :(

Went to start the car this morning, does not turn over, just dimms lights, then dash comes up electrical fault, programming required blah blah.
My instinct suggest flat battery, watching some youtube videos pretty much confirms as much.

I emailed Ferrari, they rang me, they pretty much confirmed, they have told me how to manually release front bonnet and connect the trickle charger to see if it can give it live, but suspect battery is past its best as they don't last particular great.

The bad news is I park the car in a defensive manner, that means I can't get all three cars of the drive as the gates cannot be opened and I can't get the Ferrari in neutral so its totally not moving.
I've told them this and they have offered if 100% confirm battery dead to either send up assist to recover the car back to them, not sure how they would get around the gates due to not being able to select neutral they I am sure they have jumper kits that can fit the battery.

They also have offered to courier me a battery as they know I am capable to work om a car and the good news is though warranty technically does not cover battery, but due to how recent after collection is that they would foot the bill.

In short the supplying dealership "Dick Lovett" has being nothing short of awesome with service and prices for stuff, as they did offer ceramic brakes all round at over half cost, fitting of plugs at half that of another dealer and now willing to provide a battery free of charge. It is good service that goes such a long way and they are so fast to respond and so quick to give solutions and answers. :)

But it must be a yellow car thing, Mac's broke this past week (front suspension failure), Kindai's de-cat pipes don't fit and now mine won't start which is just hopefully the battery.
 
Steedie said:
Ah man, at least you don't have the stress of forking out and knowing they will assist you. If you were to take it in for warranty work, do you have to go back down to Swindon or will any Dick Lovett Ferrari dealership look at it?
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Any Ferrari dealership can deal with it, but the fact the service from these guys seems so good, I'd rather take the drive to them and its not so bad because my Mrs lives down that way so I can just stay with her and gives us an excuse to get away for a few days. :)
 
Simon said:
I thought you had fitted a lithium battery ? Probably a good reminder of why they often aren’t great on road cars. McLaren have issues with them I understand
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Nope it would not fit, its a small area, so Mac purchased that one from me.

It is why getting jump leads onto the Ferrari stock battery is not easy, the battery literally only just fits.
Going to connect up the tender to trickle charge tonight, if it then starts tomorrow its battery and Ferrari can courier me one up and I shall change it out myself.
 
Firestar_3x said:
Worth setting up a CTEK and regularly connecting the car to it? Plugs are waterproof so can remain outside.
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Yeah the car came with one, but as I've being using it daily I never considered using it as such.
I think and suspect it was just a battery close to end of its life cycle.

It is quite well known in Porsche, Lambo, Ferrari circles that their AGM batteries are not so great quality and tend to die within 2-3yr, as I won't be paying I shall take a replacement, when that goes I shall get a better quality unit of same size but more cranking and more amp hours. :)
 
theone8181 said:
How do you move an auto when the battery has died (im assuming with no power the gearbox is stuck in 'P'?
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A recovery vehicle would just use a booster pack as with more power it allows selection of neutral.

Scania said:
I’ll say it - Bloody Italian electronics! :p :D


Depends on the gearbox tbh, on some automatics (usually older ones) lack of electrical power makes no difference,in the case of an electronically controlled/operated ‘box then you’d - in most cases - just get power to the vehicle via either a jump start or charger.
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As above. :)

After 24hr on charge, the car barely started, but it is absolutely fine.

Requesting Ferrari courier me a new battery up so I can fit myself as I want to use the car and don't want to risk it not starting anywhere other than home where I don't have such easy access to an electrical charge point.
 
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