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Car Forum / Ferrari Cars / July 2004

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Lance Thompson - 25 Jul 2004 22:38 GMT
Well, I did it.  I found, studied, and purchased a 1984 308 gtsi (that
is the same red as Paul's :-) ).

Anyway, the first order of business is a new set of tires and an
alignment.  I'm checking in to see where the lift points are on the
chassis so the guys don't mess up the bottom of the car.  So, where are
they?  Or should I just have them use the standard jack and jacking points.?

Cheers,
Lance
Iain Miller - 26 Jul 2004 00:49 GMT
> Well, I did it.  I found, studied, and purchased a 1984 308 gtsi (that
> is the same red as Paul's :-) ).
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> chassis so the guys don't mess up the bottom of the car.  So, where are
> they?  Or should I just have them use the standard jack and jacking points.?

Many congrats & welcome to the party (!)

Does your car still have the original metric Michelins on it? If it does I
think they are pretty difficult to come by now. Our good friends at QV do
some replacement wheels which will take 225x50s on the rear & 205x55s on the
front (as per what's on the 328). Paulo will be able to step in & tell you
the improvement that these make (in terms of grip) on the originals.....From
what I have been told the old Michi's went very hard very quickly with a
consequent lack of grip!

As for where to get the job done, suggest you talk to your local Servicing
agent & get them to recommend a tyre shop that knows what its doing.

I.
matt  borland - 26 Jul 2004 02:22 GMT
"Iain Miller" <donot@spam.me> wrote in message

Paulo will be able to step in & tell you
> the improvement that these make (in terms of grip) on the originals.....

The biggest difference came when he stopped putting the
tire black on the tread, or so I hear...

-Matt- "Been awhile since I jabbed MCPD."
Lance Thompson - 26 Jul 2004 04:15 GMT
I got a lucky break when I found the car.  It already has the 16 inch
wheels which take the sizes you mentioned.  (I also have the stoke 390
mm rims with old michelins just in case...)  

The "local" Ferrari shop send tires and alignments out to a tire shop in
Minneapolis.  I'm taking it to a shop that has done a lot of work for me
in the past that I'm happy with.  I had the car jacked up this afternoon
to have a peek and the rear frame members look like a good spot.  For
the front, I'm thinking the frame where the suspension pick up points
are located are a good bet.  Any better places?
Paul Duffin - 26 Jul 2004 09:12 GMT
> Well, I did it.  I found, studied, and purchased a 1984 308 gtsi (that
> is the same red as Paul's :-) ).

Good man!

> Anyway, the first order of business is a new set of tires and an
> alignment.  I'm checking in to see where the lift points are on the
> chassis so the guys don't mess up the bottom of the car.  So, where
> are they?  Or should I just have them use the standard jack and
> jacking points.?

All I can do is warn of the consequences of not doing the job properly -
my 308 had suffered (under prior ownership, I hasten to add)
from damaged sills resulting from a garage jack (the huge hydraulic things
with arms that reach under the vehicle from both sides) being used without
sufficient spacers/risers to allow the arms of the device to clear the
sills.
This left the car with two minor, but noticable dents at the bottom of both
sills, just forward of the rear wheels.  What I didn't realise was that the
base of the sills had actually split, so everytime the car was used in the
wet, water
was getting splashed up into the sills, where it would then sit, presumably
for
several days. This is what lead to the huge rust problem I had :-(

Paul
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