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Old 05-16-2020 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by bogey1
see you at 8:30. You Turbo guys have to let me keep up!

Ha!! I know how quick the GT cars are.

Besides, it'll be a big group, so the pace will be 5 - 7 / 10th's at best.
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Few pics from the Drive the other day. Awesome group of cars. Great seeing you Phil!!














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Little bit of Europipe Love (Sound Clips from back in the Fall)!!





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Few more pics of my Friends home / garage / collection / etc. and a ride we did back in the late winter / early spring.












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Okay. I Finally got my Torque Wrench set and was able to swap to my new Black RS Spyder Spare set of wheels and tires.



What are your opinions on what looks best on my car????









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definitely like the black ! looks like a different car - meaner ...
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Black all the way. Plus you will be safer out on the streets....


Needs a drop to complete the look.
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Originally Posted by dz997 tts
definitely like the black ! looks like a different car - meaner ...
Thank you!

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Black all the way. Plus you will be safer out on the streets....


Needs a drop to complete the look.
lol @ the "safer" thing!


I'm NOT a fan of lowered cars. I've always thought stock ride height looks best. Plus hate a rougher ride.
Now, If I was doing track work, then looks would take back seat.
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I let a Friend of mine drive my car the other day on the way to get lunch ( I drove his Cayman S).
He forgot to put it in Sport / Sport Plus mode but did a little "FLY BY".


My iPhone doesn't do it justice on the sound, but the Europipe sound so good and just loud enough.




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Been meaning to update this thread for those that don't already know. I guess I kept putting it off because I can't really believe I did it.

The Turbo S is gone


Very long story but I'll try to shorten it up. I've always loved cars and especially Ferrari's and Porsche's. I've checked off several of the boxes of my "Bucket List" with Porsche beside them but never an Fcar. I've researched them for a long time now and even bid on a few on BAT but never was totally serious since I had my TTS and have been so happy with it. However, one day I joined FChat forum just for S & G's. Made only one post on a thread asking about wether he should get rid of his 991.1 for a Ferrari 328. I simply commented that I understood his love for his childhood dream car and that mine was always a Ferrari 308 GTS QV from Magnum P.I.

Within about an hour I was PM'd by the now current owner of my Turbo S. Long story short, he proposed a Trade. Due to some personal issues on his side, he was needing and wanting to try a PDK 911. After about a month of us meeting and driving each others cars, we finally came to an agreement on a Trade deal.

So, Here's what I now own. I've wanted one since I was a kid. The 308 is one of the most iconic beautiful cars made. (BTW, I hope to be back in a Porsche sooner than later also...Hoping to find a way to have / keep both).
1985 Ferrari 308 GTS QV that has been completely restored. Infact, it's sort of a "RESTOMOD". It was restored by a famous Ferrari Restorer (Paul Newman in Canada) who rebuilt the original engine but used a 360 Crank to basically "Stroke" the original 3.0L. So it's now a 3.4L. It also has special cams and an Haltech EFI injection system.

It makes 351 WHP.

Here is the original "Build Thread" that shows the whole 1 + Year Restoration in 2012 - 2013. It was completed in Oct. 2013. It's only been driven about 11,000 miles since the complete restoration / rebuild. https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/th...enture.386363/




Here are several Pics from the threads build and several pics of the car once I got it home from PA where the original owner lived and where my old TTS now lives.























































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