[AshSimmonds]

360C, how would you describe the sound of the F50?

I have heard you comment on how great the 355CH sound is, and how the modern Ferraris are not the same anymore.  But I wondered, what about the F50?  Forgive me if you have already mentioned it elsewhere and I haven't had a chance to read all off the F50 thread either.

I thought the F50 sounded fantastic, but it didn't curl my pubes any more than the 360CS or F355CH, and certainly not even a contender against the 360NGT - but that's like comparing Mercury to Jupiter.

Some vids of ~40 Ferraris from 2007...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-tw42mK-VU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-tw42mK-VU</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4eQ8vQdiY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4eQ8vQdiY</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI_diEdnA5k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI_diEdnA5k</a>

[Aircon]

OMG...in vid 2 I heard Moretti talking about an oil leak! Just towards the end. How funny.

If that F50 wasn't so bloody fast, we might have had a chance to hear what it sounds like!

[Aircon]

I thought the F50 sounded fantastic, but it didn't curl my pubes any more than the 360CS or F355CH, and certainly not even a contender against the 360NGT - but that's like comparing Mercury to Jupiter.

Some vids of ~40 Ferraris from 2007...

Surprisingly, that silver 308 sounded bloody good too. Bit of smoke though.

[AshSimmonds]

Surprisingly, that silver 308 sounded bloody good too. Bit of smoke though.

Smoke = power.

[360c]

360C, how would you describe the sound of the F50?

I have heard you comment on how great the 355CH sound is, and how the modern Ferraris are not the same anymore.  But I wondered, what about the F50?  Forgive me if you have already mentioned it elsewhere and I haven't had a chance to read all off the F50 thread either.

The F50 sounded anywhere from fantastic to absolutely BIBLICAL depending upon the exhaust system that was fitted.

The first F50 that T-REX (Raftis) owned had the full monty, totally unsilenced Tubi system fitted. When I say unsilenced, it was straight through from the headers right back to the exhaust tips. Nothing, nada ,ZIP in the way of muffling the noise.
It sounded like a Bedford truck at idle; but at full noise it was trully EPIC, pure early 1990's Formula 1 stuff. This is a clip of an F50 with this system fitted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1bk0TGyoU 

Check 1 minute 20 secs into the clip to see what I mean about no silencing. From memory it was rated at 120 dB and would get you thrown off any race track in Australia. Cool for 15mins; but I was told it was unbearable to ride in for any longer than that.

I was advised by the Tubi dealer to go for the full system; but with free flowing muffler boxes fitted. Still sounded awesome; but you could at least stand to be in it for longer periods and it was ok for most tracks. Kinda important when that was the only way I could legally use the car in Oz. It was a very expensive exhaust system, something in the order of $25k if you brought it in correctly and paid all the taxes. Then it's a big job to fit to the car.
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[360c]

Tons of pics that  dumb arse AE server won't let me load up for some reason. Never had a problem before.
I give up- sorry!