As I mentioned earlier, I brought 3 Ferraris to do some test runs on the Chassis Dynomometer in Burlington. I was very impressed with the results. Ferrari has been known to embellish the horsepower figures of there engines but we found the actual readings closer (not as high) to the factory figures.

Here is a youtube clip of the 365 BB run

After doing all kinds of work on a 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC we are now going through the transmission. We overhauled the engine last fall and after our customer spent the spring and early summer driving the car he realized that the synchronizers were too worn for him to enjoy driving the car.

We are going to replace the bearings at the front of the transmission but all of the other bearings look great. All 5 synchronizer bands have been replaced even though the second and third gear synchros were the worst.

These transmissions are straightforward to work on provided you do not have to deal with the spacing on the pinion shaft.

I bought another Ferrari 365 GTC/4 recently, a car that is blue chirao metallic just like the color we painted our project C/4.

With original paint and interior this car is so special. It is clean and detailed nicely even with some old age related deterioration. The interior has that special smell associated with leather, wool carpets, latex foam mixed with the years of oil and gas fumes!

The other reason that this car is so appealing is because the engine and transmission have been overhauled. There are photos of the engine break down and of it on the dynomometer, service invoices and dyno sheets. The engine does not leak a drop of oil and the transmission shifts like a dream.

As of this entry, the car has sold but I still have my 365 GTC/4 for sale. We are currently assembling the body, getting all of those tiny trim pieces assembled around the door frames. This car will probably be one of the nicest ones out there with fresh engine, trans, brakes, paint, and detailing. I am excited to do another post on this project.

What would cause the shift lever to move forward and backward upon decelerating and accelerating? I am not talking about a 1/4″, more like 1-2 inches. The transmission was quiet and the ring and pinion are totally silent so it could not be the pinion shaft cluster that was loose.

We pulled the trans-axle and something very unusual happened, we found a simple problem that required a very simple solution! The forward most ring nut on the main shaft was loose and it did not do any damage to the rest of the gears or bearings. With this nut loose, the selector rings were moving which made the shift lever do the voodo dance.