Not right now, going to enjoy and attempt to maintain the 360 for a little bit then see longer term.

 

Post his teardown and inspection... Just to clarify what parts were upgraded to newer items and why didn't you go with his new 93 octane tune and negate the need for octane boost?

 

IIRC the 93 tune at that time didn't exist or was early stages and frankly I never had an issue using the boostane. People really blow out of proportion adding that when filling up the gas tank, it takes like 30 seconds. Parts wise we changed up the headgasket and I believe the pistons/lighter rings.

 

Can vouch @BealeAss knows his stuff with the DeMan 4.5L! The Euro-plate is an awesome Easter egg. Sad to see it go.

Remember you're not only buying the car, but buying the previous owner. In this case, there are no doubts. GLWS.

 

Just got some of the pics back from the West Coast trip, thought they would be good to add to the thread. Aware my initial pics were meh

 

Per my understanding he now has 93 octane only tunes with a slight change in exhaust that yield comparable power without the need for the octane boost. Thus my question surrounding the refresh and what parts were updated/changed along with wondering why he wouldnt jump to the updated tune after doing a tear down/reassembly. But duly noted, thanks for the reply

 

Wow. Amazing pics of a gorgeous car, @BealeAss!

 

Absolutely amazing car. Tried to send you a pm but apparently my account is too new. Could you pm me and maybe I’ll be able to respond.

 

Yup you're new but posted a visitor message for ya

 

Strange you can not use messenger, wonder how many posts I need. I responded in the visitor message area, hopefully it worked. Thanks for doing that.

 

you will need all the help and $$$$ to maintain that 360 all these ferrari's cost an arm and 4 legs once they are a few years old

 

Doesn't help they are all over 20 years old now

 

Couple pics from the other day, lots of interest all PM's answered, car still for sale.

 

SOLD!

 

If this is a Cayman "then i'm ... something equally hard to believe is true" . @Rick DeMan has apparently turned the 981GT4 into something closer to how i'd presume a modernized 959 GT car would have felt. After the first couple passes it's really not giving up much time to a baller-built 991 TurboS on fast desolate mountain roads. Most disturbingly its less to do with the expected linear advantage of the 991's 4L big turbo setup (there's only so much room in which that thing gets into triple-digit pretty much instantly) and more with the giant slabs of R compound and various chassis+driveline/motec magic tricks which allow it to dig through this type of terrain carrying more speed and getting into the throttle sooner (without loss of traction). The 6spd gearing is surprisingly similar to the 7spd PDK's first 5 gears and both motors get serious around 3800RPM. While the ESMotor 4L is a lot more rev-happy and does sound the part of a forced induction RS over 6k through a titanium exhaust; the DeMan 4.5 never has to contend with turbo lag or be reigned in by the ECU in order to prevent "bad things" from happening at otherwise manageable inputs (using a Porsche ECU unlike the 12 injector 991) and has a very distinct growl all its own with the exhaust setup @BealeAss configured. This thing's a marvel of a car punching way over its weight class/price range at things like R8s, 458s, and the lesser breeds of McLaren - cars usually considered 911Turbo/GT3RS competition. The fact that it's on stick makes it all that much better even if it costs fractions of seconds apace - pretty sure the only N/A i've driven with 3 pedals and more downright usable thrust is a V12S and the Vantage wasn't quite as quick in tight places or seem nearly as easy to pivot (some restraint applies when man-handling a buddy's Aston) due to its a large front-engine GT layout. This is a furiously fun mid-engine beastie and there's not a pound of boost anywhere to be found - thanks to @Rick DeMan and @BealeAss for engineering, building, and preserving this awesome machine in such a clean state.