944CS

Thought you all might appreciate this beautiful car. It's highly modified so I figured I'd put it in the modifications section. Here is a link to a thread with more info on the car...quick run-down of some of the modifications:

Height adjustable Varishocks with hypercoil/eibach springs, bigger sway bars
Urethane bushings throughout
Op-Con Supercharger with dual air to water intercoolers, 8psi on stock engine internals
Dry sump
Tilton dual master cylinders/993 Turbo brakes with custom aluminum hats
Kinesis 3 piece wheels
Custom Stainless exhaust system
Electromotive Tec3R engine Management

earlyapex

The 308 is one of my favorite cars. Thanks for sharing.

stv951

Sh............tttt........

I am going down the garage to my 308 GTB, and I have a hard on.........

SAM DACOSTA

Saw this last weekend at Car's and Coffee in Irvine, California.

wzlc

The car is very nice ,i like it .

944CS

The 348 is a beautiful car too

SAM DACOSTA

I like the older Ferrari's myself but the maintenace budget is way too steep for my pockets, so I'm an admirer off hem at a distance.

krystar

oh man i'd love to watch and hear that thing on the track in video

944CS

Here ya go then

this is at only 4-5 psi...we had a set screw come loose on the recirculating valve which kept it open...normally the car runs 8 psi....let me tell you those few pounds made a HUGE difference once we got them back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0QmjBYds8Y

95spiderman

i timed a 2:40 lap and he seems like a good smooth driver. nice effort to put together such a car

10 GT3

308s and 328s are cheap to maintain. It is the later and bigger engine cars that get expensive. Try a Testarossa that costs $7500 for a major maintenance.

How many of our board member have actually driven one of these cars? (poll?)

Many years ago (2001) I looked at buying a 308 or 328. I drove 7, including a Norwood Turbo 308 (at Bob's old shop). Driving position is terrible and uncomfortable. Legs are way to the right and steering wheel is flat, like a school bus. They steering is jerky like an old Fiero at anything up to 35 mph, but comes to life on the highway. Seats are Italian reclined. Shifters are either so loose they wobble 2-3" in the gate or so stiff you can barely move them. Brake pedal is stiff and feels like brakes have no power assist (they really do have it). The clutch just engages someplace along the pedal. You can't tell where by feeling the pedal. So, not all is bad. The engines are marvels, especially in a 328. It idles butter smooth, has decent torque to pull from 1000 rpms in 5th and pulls to 7750.

After I drove the 7th of these cars, an 87 328 GTB, the dealer asked me my impression and I told him basically what I typed above. He responded that I needed to drive a 911 and it would be the car I would be happy with. I had no interest at that time in the 911 as I was hunting for prancing horses.

We went out and drove a 911 S/C. The driving position was very good, far better than the 308s/328s. When touching the pedals, my legs were straight and had plenty of room. The clutch and brake, although pivoting from the bottom, were both smooth and had great feel. The steering was light and smooth, even at parking lot speeds. Although the engine didn't sound as good at the Ferraris, it pulled as good. The next week I bought the 79 911 S/C I still own today. True story.

If I were to go look at a Ferrari again, it would either be front engine or F355 or later V8. Once you get up to the F355, they really handle like a sports car and all the controls are smooth with good feeling. The F360 finally fixed placed the pedals in front of you and give the legroom to drive comfortably. Of course the downside is a major service for an F360 is several times that of a 308. Hence why I continued to stick with 911s.

944CS

There are a lot of things I wonder about the older Ferrari models. I agree that the steering is not as good as Porsche, the shifter requires a lot of effort, the clutch pedal is vague, and the brakes don't have the same power as Porsche's of the 80's. Not to mention, they don't have galvanized bodies (at least the 308's don't, not sure when Ferrari started) and a Ferrari didn't go to a Motronic in it's entry level cars until the Mondial in 1989 (Porsche's entry 944 had it in 1982). I found the seating position to be ok but not the steering wheel position, too high. This is the reason why I couldn't push myself to buy an E36 M3 - the steering whell position is awful compared to Porsches, and non adjustable.

944CS

well, there are a lot of places where the driver wasn't pushing as hard as he could for fear of something bad happening. Not to mention the car was down 30+ hp. On the tires it was running it should have been turning low 2:30's

FredC

308, 328, and 348: fun to look at, ****ty cars to drive.

333pg333

Nice to see some Fezzas being driven in anger on the track though. Most of them just ponce about the streets occasionally.