Ferrari mechanic, tho Bmw fanatic

[Drgt5683]

Ferrari mechanic for a living I’d have to say this challenge took me longer with bloodier hands than a full service on a f355! ,lmao,pita...so again getting a weekend to my own projects so I’ve decided to start gathering parts over the last month,still currently awaiting downpipes to show up ,the list’ was starting with the Schwaben scan tool from turner on sale wich I like and suggest.., chargepipe, relocation inlets,catless downpipes 3”,oil filter housing gasket again ..with intake ports walnut blasted and new gaskets,spark plugs and coils packs , new serpentine and tensioner along with rear subframe bushings inserts for a start, tho the relocation inlets set me back alone that project took over ten hours the rear turbo inlet was such an enormous pain the the ****,it took me under car 20+ times without a lift ,a 30” crowbar from top pushing down and someone wiggling from top back and forth with the stock downpipes in the way it is sooper tite ,I’d say half the time was on the rear turbo inlet getting aligned now I can finally get to the rest of the Jazz with ease now all that plastic crap out of the way ...,I was really hoping to install downpipes since I had the entire weekend to get things done but I’ll have to wait. So here are few pics after and I’ll keep ya posted on the rest ..also awaiting xpipe for resonator delete ,then a good buddy from the Ferrari shop is building me a custom air box along with finishing up the exhaust another weekend..pe mod is done so that’s taken care of ,one day at a time ..

Ill toss couple other pics from Cavallino classic for yu Ferrari lovers ...I figured the Ferrari headline is a catch lol

enjoy !

 

[patsbimmer1]

Where do you work at?

[SteelBlue]

More pics of Ferrari stuff pls

[Drgt5683]

Motion Products Inc/Restoration ...a well known Ferrari restoration shop in the prancing horse world ,yea I wake up and play with some of the worlds most sought after Ferrari’s ever made ,and vintage European cars including some oddballs we have never heard of ,we do everything there ,some of these cars have thousands and thousands of time put into them to bring them back to original time where you can’t just make a call and find a part ,it doesn’t exist .,anywhere from the queen of England car to your local business mans boy toy..we take care of these cars very well ,.I love my job, I don’t want to brag much but keeps my love/hate relationship with  bmw’s alive and well that’s fsur .!

I’m not allowed to to take pictures at work,so I’ll share some from the show we semi trailered 13 Ferrari’s to .most these cars the general public would never see ,they rarely move let alone be driven and keep stored away and hidden 

enjoy enjoy 🤮🤑🤯😳

[Ryan...]

Welcome!

Do you work with Curt, the body work guy? I think he still works at MPI.... Tis my uncle through marriage.

[patsbimmer1]

Well shit.  That is awesome!  The 335i is pretty cool to!

[Drgt5683]

Well heck yea I work next to or with him every day ! He is one good guy to work with and very good at what he does ..I try to get involved in just about everything there as much as possible so I have a wide range of skills to use 

well..keep posted on the next projects soon to be and thanks for 👀 looking ..

 

[SteelBlue]

Are those M Pars 18s or 19s? Did they even make 19s?

[Drgt5683]

18” and I don’t think bmw made a 19” mPar.,these are actually 4 front e38 mPars,I’m working on purchasing new tires for the rears wich are a little wider, currently running 225/40 and will have 265/35’s on the rear once finished with wheels and tires arrive

[B C]

cool pics. non-red F40's look great! (especially white).
There are a few Ferraris that I absolutely love but its hard for me to love Ferrari as a company. They babysit and tweak their cars when journalists and testers have them, are too exclusive on who can own certain models, on the really hot models you get to pay an exorbitant amount of money for the "client-test driver" program and cant even keep the car at your own mansion, and they nail lawsuits on their own customers when they "desecrate" them such as Deadmau5's nyan-cat livery, and a wrecked 360 that was made into a limo. Very cool that you get to work around this stuff though.

Looking forward to seeing your custom airbox!

 

[suspenceful]

Your struggle with the rear inlet reminds me of doing mine. What a pain in the ass.

Looks like you're enjoying typical N54 mods/maintenance! Cool Ferrari stuff too, I've heard good things about Motion.

[Daggerty]

Nice, let me know when there is a job opening. 

[Drgt5683]

o......yea, behind the scenes it’s a secret world in Ferrari’s fsur I could go on and on but this is a bmw forum so I’ll stop rite there and just enjoy cars for being just cars 

You may only pic one lmao

[damnboy037]

Nice pics, welcome

[Jdesign]

Did you work on that F50 GT?!!?! amazing car and welcome!!

[Drgt5683]

Through it with a fine tooth comb !   Completely disassembled and reassembled the car so ges I can say yea I worked on it ,is one hell of a car , you’d be surprised what’s underneath 

here some more fun photos,previous cars ,projects exc...enjoy enjoy !!

[Drgt5683]

So again I had time to tear into the car a little bit been running very well and I’m sooper impressed with everything so far unfortunately tho my gDanm a/c has a leak now between the condenser somewhere and maybe the lines idk excactly yet so I’m tearing into that I went ahead and ordered a new condenser/w/dryer almost positive it’s cracked rite there...,along the way I also decided it’s a perfect time to start modifiying a custom cold air inlet system out if some other pipes I’ve been saving for a project just like this one,very excited! ,once I mark it,cut it all up and route it, I have a buddy from work who has very good skills in metal I plan to have him finish up along with the resonator delete to x/pipe conversion with mandrel bent downpipes ...I’ll keep ya posted,can’t wait 😆

[HipMF]

Ah, you're in my old hometown. I still remember when you could rent Neo-Geo from Tri-Star... The Mexican food there is better than the old video rental place ever was though.

Edit: just noticed the pick of the e34 with the ladder on the roof. I remember seeing that car around before I moved a few years ago. Why were you always hauling ladders around?

[Drgt5683]

Yea I used to do construction for years as a sub then work on car/bmws for side jobs and fun after ...untill I realized it was actually more enjoyable to me working on cars then I gave that all up and picked up a job with a local bmw friend at a transmission shop ,now I work on and take care of some of the rarest and most sought after cars ever made😂🤯😳 not just Ferrari’s ..

well I stayed up last nite to start making my colder air relocation inlets even tho the ones from mmp are cute and all I still prefer them boxed off of colder air so this is what I came up with so far I think it will work ,I’ll have to still notch out the front pipe to turbo to connect to the other pipe basically like a Ypipe inside the bay and yea I decide to trash out some plastics on the very front wich were kindof just in the way for me ,tho I’ll still have to make the fender liner itself fit properly ..should be almost plug and play when I’m done !

 

 

[Daggerty]

265s, put them in the front. Interested to see how the pipe looks all welded up. Now you won't have to run the quad double double deep intercooler the n54ish guys are running. 

I would say make a jig for the pipe and sell them but the stuff you got rid of wouldn't be considered plug and play for the home gamers.

keep it up 

[Drgt5683]

With some finagling I was able to make this one work for now ..I think I mite end up changing it again cause I was in a hurry like usual but it’s a start and my first mock up so will see results ..onto getting my dang a/c condenser out so I can replace that now..so on my way to get my condenser I stopped at the stealer to get a couple orings for the lines to condenser, 12$ for 2 orings and a plastic fill cap wich was less than the rings themselves..is why I could never actually afford to buy a brand new car but dam anyway..,Well here’s a few more pics of the first ‘mockup and a couple pics from the dealer that caught my attention driving out 

[Drgt5683]

So I’m actually impressed with the inlet system other than the gawdy look for wich i managed to figure something out with but I think I’ve come up with a better routing plan anyway!!!, I’ve been contemplating just getting a larger but yet shorter/not as wide radiator and condenser so I can have an entire or half the right side kidney grill as my air inlet so its almost a straight shot to the snails ..get me 3-4” to work with and I can fab something up in no time ,then if I go big single turbo I can still use the same routing as well 💭 I’ll be pondering this and cost of coarse .Something fun to do I ges ,in the mean time I’m working on putting my new condenser in today !

[Jdesign]

What am I looking at?

[Drgt5683]

Lmao hahaahhaha I’ve been waiting for someone to ask ! ...so I have had numerous bmw’s over time 20+, so parts have accumulated , when I’m bored I think outside the box some ..That there is a bmw e34 headlight lense just the curved glass projector taken out of the headlight itself with a bmw logo fit inside of it ! I thought was pretty cool hanging on my garage wall for years and figured hey what the heck it fits midas well make it work.anyway here are some more older pics of past cars and past shop time .and yea that’s a 40’ ladder from when I did construction lmao better than any truck!

[GunMetalGrey]

Are you Brian? Or do you just know Brian? 
Have I met you in person before? I showed up to the house (4 pictures up from the last one) to look at an e30 (don't remember which one) in my swapped red e30.