REBUILDING AN EX RENTAL FERRARI | PT1

I bought a cheap Ferrari F430 with a Gated Manual Transmission. These are super rare models! Only issue is that this ferrari was an ex track day rental car and the engine and gearbox was in a thousand pieces when it got delivered. Ive now got to rebuild the car & the engine whilst keeping the whole thing cost effective!

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[msej]

Your dad’s knowledge and time is forever proving to be invaluable. He is truly a legend and I hope he can see how much your fan base love him around 👌🏼

[zollotech]

Love that you show building up the engine step by step. Not a lot of people show all the detail. Appreciate it and looking forward to the rest.

[MoltenKing]

21:52 Hey mat, ring gaps are calculated from the bore size X factor. The factor changes depending the piston. So forged and cast pistons will require less gap a than hyper-eutectic piston. The other thing to consider when determining the factor is how the engine is destined to be used. So N/A street driven engine is different to an engine with boost.

If you can’t find the torque specs you require, consider replacing the factory fasteners with new fasteners from ARP. I’ve always used the ARP’s recommend torque spec which they determine by the size of the fastener.

[giuseppelamberti]

The relationship you have with your dad is amazing. What amazing memories you two are building

[marko-vucic]

You are one of the few YouTubers that actually makes a video rebuilding a car and doesn't spend half the video making/eating a sandwich, talking nonsense while cleaning the car for 5 min of the video, etc. Thank you for the top quality content!!

[kvijuuu]

I watched all the videos about RS6 (and cant wait for an update). Now I am on the F430 and I have to say, this is so nice to watch.... you working with your dad, the passion, the smiles, the approach towards any kind of problem. Thats an example to everybody. I can imagine that in normal garage it is just about nerves, swearing and pressure but this is genuinely pleasant to watch. Big thumbs up and keep up the good work :)
cheers from Slovakia

[AmjidMajeed]

I never had a meaningful relationship with my late Dad. He passed away back in '06 and I miss him every single day. But watching you and your Dad working together brought back old memories with mine. I know this gets mentioned quite a lot- and too rightly it should, your Dad is an integral and important part of your channel and one of the main reasons why I watch you both work on some amazing dream cars of mine and why I subscribe to your channel. He is truly amazing, Mat. Please give him a huge hug from me- and anyone else in my position. Can't wait to see F430 completed. Keep up the grand work.

[jamesbencke]

Great to see Hannah and your Dad. You all make an awesome crew and contribute to your success ! Give Kevin a scratch from all of us in Tucson!

[Slayer-euxn]

Matts dad laughs like a maniac when he finds something damaged😂 i love it

[deadcertainty]

your spare engine to check out what those cylinder head bolts are torqued to. It won't be perfect, but it should be pretty close if you can't get the official specs.

[NIcad]

I have the Ferrari workshop manual for the gearbox. I can probably try to get the engine manual too 👍👍

I just had to rebuild my F430 Challenge gearbox if you need any info on that👌

[Njerukinyua]

This man is rebuilding a 60K+ pound vehicle & Engine, records it, has time to edit the videos, updates the website and also designs and makes the merch! How much time do you have in a day brother!!!! It's amazing and you deserve all good things coming your way.

[Max-ikqb]

Typically when reusing valve springs, valves, keepers, rockers they ALL must go back in the place they came out off. Valve guides wear with the valve stem, springs have a seat pressure spec set at the factory, rockers wear a pattern on their valve tips and so on. The cams/ cam caps absolutley need to go back where they came from as they wear a pattern into the head/ lobes. Definetly try not to mix cams from head to head. Best case scenario you get away with it all and worst case you wear down that drivetrain in 10, 000 miles or less. I'd be cutting my oil filters apart for next 10k looking for glitter. Hopefully all these details don't come back to bite you in the arse.

I would have personally just used the assembled complete heads from the free motor you got and just sent them to a capable machine shop for a cleaning and health ck, maybe valve seals depending on miles/ kms.

For ring gap you can copy the gap from your bent con rod/ piston set up. Take the rings off it and insert em into the block you didn't hone. If it's all stock unmodified parts (stock bore) the gap reading should be the same. Ring gaps aren't something that wears with use. As for torque specs on critical things like rods, heads, mains i would absolutely not F around. Pay a hacker to dig into Rarris network if ya have to but do not guess trq specs or sequences on critical parts. While you have the block apart I'd also invest in a proper bore gauge and measure each bore top and bottom to make sure the bores aren't out of spec needing oversized rings. Your dad was moving too slow (up and down) with that hone fyi.

A compression check of all cylinders before firing up the engine should tell you how well you put the thing back together. Best of luck! and i'll have the popcorn out watching this build unfold!

edit: forgot to mention the obvious but absolutley do not forget to put the straighest of straight edges in your arsenal on both heads and block sealing surfaces before bolting em together. use a flash light from one side and look for ANY light coming through the other. you have no clue why that engine was taken apart and if the track guys overheated it aluminum heads tend to warp if you even look at them the wrong way.

[less-sidemen]

One of the reasons Mat stands out from the rest is that he's learning and teaching us along the way. Huge respect to you.

[chrisbartlett]

I love the fact that you take time to explain stuff so well, for someone who might not understand vehicles and engines overly well. There is not a great NEED for folks to understand things now as so much is just disposable or all done by the workshop, however even if you are never going to use a spanner it is good to have a basic understanding of how things work. Cracking channel great work, a true inspiration. Well done to ALL of you.

[mincraftgeek]

Love the build Mat. Just one thing I noticed from the video (you mightve not shown it), make sure that when you are honing the cylinders, that you move up and down quickly with the tool that your dad was using. You want adequate cross-hatching so that when you install the pistons, the piston rings grab against the wall adequately and give you the proper compression and no oil goes into combustion chamber during operation. Cheers.

[alancooper]

As someone else mentioned, when honing the cylinder bores you need to effect cross hatching !!

[jairivasmen]

What a great energy you two give off working together. You made my day. Bloody hell I miss my dad

[daevidcrawley]

Couldn't agree more, with all the comments about how involving, detailed and passionate your work is. Keep adding the detailed explanations, diagrams and video inserts....this is what sets you apart from the rest.... and the humour. Keep it up Mat ❤️😀

[ericcrawford]

You can’t just hone the cylinders. You have to crosshatch the cylinders with either a hone or a glaze breaker ball hone. If you don’t the rings will not seat properly. The car is looking good and nice job on the valves.