Pulling some spark plugs in the the paddock at the track. On the track my brakes overheated and completely went away. I figured changing the spark plugs ought to fix that.(!)	These are my lucky pants... I rebuilt the engine in the Ferrari. Here I am tightening the main bearing cap bolts on the Ferrari's engine block. With a torque wrench you have to make your reading while it is motion. It takes a little practice. See other 308GT4 engine rebuild pictures below.
Coat patch from the Ferrari Club of America National meet. I got Phil Hill's signature and spoke to him briefly. Phil (that's what I call him, "Phil") won the Formula One championship with Ferrari in the early 1960's. WHERE THE NAME "308GT4" COMES FROM- 308 refers to the engine displacement - 3 liters. GT- Gran Turismo (Italian for Great touring) 4 - 4 cams.	Making a plastigauge reading on the Ferrari's crank shaft bearing face. This stuff is way cool. You smash the plastic spagetti by bolting the bearing on. When you take it off the width of the smashed spagetti indicates the bearing clearance in 1/1000". That's the gauge I'm holding there against the smashed plastigauge.
Inserting the piston into the 308's cylinder liners. The blue device I am holding squeezes the rings into the piston. This allows you to insert the piston without an "a.. holes and elbows" kind of hubbub. The machine shop honed the steel cylinder liners. This texturing of the cylinder walls permits the new piston rings to settle in correctly. The block itself is an aluminum alloy.	Checking the piston diameter with a micrometer. For some reason I used to think that the pistons rode up and down in the cylinders making contact only via the piston rings. But this isn't true. The piston actually makes complete contact with the cylinder wall over its entire surface. It fits precisely into the cylinder. There is no slop. The pistons were within specifications. I recorded all readings.
Putting the 308's engine in. It turned out the whole problem with the car was this dog which we found, to my amazement, in cylinder #2. That's Mary behind me, myself, John Dickison and Cosmo. Cosmo is a famous dog. He writes a weekly article in Voices Magazine. John is the Editor.	Ferrari GTO during original factory manufacturing.
F40 Ferrari at Watkins Glen. You may not believe this but...I passed this car on the front stretch. See I told you you wouldn't believe it!	Thats me coming down the front at Watkins Glen. Probably @120MPH or so. No use going any faster. The next turn (turn one)is a hard right. People spin a lot on turn one.