http://www.mibz.com/18229-video-ferrari ... crash.html
ouch!
http://www.mibz.com/19233-another-ferra ... in-us.html
seems to tend to spontanious self ignition..
not sure Marcus,marcush. wrote:uuuuh..nasty .. the worrying thing is that fire could also start on the other side.. as seen in pics..
the oil coolers are behind the rear wheels now so what could be in that area starting a fire?
I´m pretty sure a fuel fire looks a bit more dramatic ...? to me that looks more like an oil fire...but then ...747heavy wrote:not sure Marcus,marcush. wrote:uuuuh..nasty .. the worrying thing is that fire could also start on the other side.. as seen in pics..
the oil coolers are behind the rear wheels now so what could be in that area starting a fire?
in another forum someone mentioned the possibility of a hair crack in the high pressure DI fuel line (~200 bar), due to a combination of heat and pulsation, spraying fuel onto the hot exhaust in the process.
I don´t know if this is creditable or not, never looked into the engine bay of an F458 - yet.
agree, on the other hand, if you switch off the engine, and the fuel spray stops, what remains is maybe just some burning of heat islolations and/or plastics around the area. If you keep driving/the engine running, it would burn pretty fast pretty big - I agree.marcush. wrote: I´m pretty sure a fuel fire looks a bit more dramatic ...? to me that looks more like an oil fire...but then ...
747heavy wrote:agree, on the other hand, if you switch off the engine, and the fuel spray stops, what remains is maybe just some burning of heat islolations and/or plastics around the area. If you keep driving/the engine running, it would burn pretty fast pretty big - I agree.marcush. wrote: I´m pretty sure a fuel fire looks a bit more dramatic ...? to me that looks more like an oil fire...but then ...
That may happened to the red one in the US.
Go out of the car in panic, but let the engine run -> fuel pumping out.
need a bit of concentrated temperature in this area to melt the aluminium away,
something like a welding torch ??
Anyway, it´s pure speculation on my side, as I don´t know, I´m sure we will hear in the not too distant future.
Maybe just a leaking damper - what do you think Marcus ?
Hope you have a nice weekend
=D>autogyro wrote:At least McLaren are spending some time in pre production making sure their cars are up to a standard that can be sold to customers.
This fire issue should see the back of Montezemolo, if Ferrari was a company with proper values in the market place.
I suppose it will be another case of special privelige for the mediocre.
No it is not off topic. The Ferrari F458 Italia is prone to catching fire.Agenda_Is_Incorrect wrote:If you had done half the things you say you do you would know it is a mid engine problem. The whole internet knows of at least 10 cases of this involving many manufacturers. And if you want to generalize about the values and construction quality, what would you say about British cars? And what would you say yourself?
And this is going off topic again, isn't it?