V8 Ferrari until the F430 are actually pretty easy and not so expensive to maintain (i’ve seen mundane modern cars maintenance prices being more expensive than these).
One of the most iconic cars from the 80s, with only 6,000 miles on the clock; of course it's worth 20 or 30 grand to fix and get back on the road! Can't wait to hear this running.
@@jimbob3030 You clearly have zero clue what you're talking about, that's how the odometer looks when it is about to just change all the numbers on the cluster, it will change from 5999 to 6000.
@@j.d.8593 How about you leave Jim Bob alone. A car with 6,000 miles shouldn’t need 20 to 30k in repairs. It definitely has odometer tempered with once before.
@@Nousername9-b1n You'd be correct but between morons on new cars (check just rolled ins channel) and time. This ole girl has probably been kept well, but oxygen is pretty much eating these things away. That and It's a Testarossa man, people want these things and Ferrari parts aren't cheap.
@@j.d.8593 I went and took another look, you're right, I missed that it was exactly at the 5999 mark. If it was misaligned at another point it would be a more obvious sign of tampering. Even still I would be a bit suspicious of that and be checking service records to see if that's legit because this is the level of car most likely to be tampered with.
17:02 I can remember the old days of pulling out my radio and walking thru the mall carrying it. You gave me a retro flashback seeing that pullout cassette player.
Back 1992-93 after I got of the RCAF for family reasons, I was going to Vancouver Community College when it in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, I used to drive along side a Ferrari Testarossa that was being used as a daily driver in the Lower Mainland traffic, rain or shine. It was huge and took up the whole lane.
I just did a 1985 928 Porsche it went over on the timing belt service. The last people slammed it together and I had to start completely over. I warned the customer and was not a big deal. It is perfect now
A couple notes for Mrs. Wizard: Honk the horn for us as part of your interior tour! Also for auto industry colour nomenclature I don't think they'd be referring to the instrument cluster colour as day-glo, probably amber.
I'm impressed by Daniel's Ferrari knowledge and experience. He's worth every bit of his salary plus whatever additional that he wants. It's hard to find techs with the know how he brings to Omega. I'd pay him his weight in gold if he worked at my shop.
You have some great mechanics, Wizard! The old adage remains the same; if you can't afford a new one, you can't afford a used one. Very nice, low mile car, though! Thanks, everyone! ✌️❤️🙂🤘
Miss Wizard - good lord that is the BEST merch ad I've ever seen anyone do! Do more of those! Just seeing all those "distributor" fuel pieces, 2x, is already cost cost cost to properly refresh... so I can absolutely see your numbers on all that. And absolute props to Daniel and you finding him and taking him in!!
I had a black one on my floor once , immaculate , fsh and just been serviced (on the odometer) , had sat for about 3 years , a customer who was a potential buyer , asked if he could just start in , it was delivered from the factory with a Tubi , so it sounded great , we let the car warm up and then he blipped the throttle , sounded fantastic so he asked if he could blip again , knowing the possibilities that could go wrong , we said yes as it was hot enough , next thing the engine was stuck revving about 9500 and not coming down , I dived in from the passenger side and turned off the ingnition , stopping any further problems , got into the drivers footwell and the throttle was operating perfectly , started the car again , straight up to 9500 , turned it off . Off it went to the agent , came back 3 months later having had an engine out , whole new feul system installed and it was fine , these things are not a joke and love to be driven , if not , it bites .
My '85 Porsche 928S2 had a very small washer bottle in the extreme nose of the car. This was supposed to hold "intensive washer fluid", while the main washer fluid was actually in the passenger side front fender with a filler cap next to the engine. I suspect that the small washer fluid bottle on the Testarossa is the same thing. Interestingly, the Testarossa is not powered by a "Boxer" engine, it is a 180 degree V12 technically. Great video!
@@BubblesTheCat1 No. Subaru engines have a horizontally opposed design which means that they have two heads, not one head for each cylinder. [light aircraft engines are built that way] The Subaru "boxer" engine has a crankshaft throw for each piston. If you were to look at a Subaru flat engine from one of the ends and see what the pistons were doing inside the block, you would see that pistons across from each other were either moving towards each other or away from each other. A four cylinder Subaru has four crankshaft throws. This Ferrari engine is NOT a "boxer", it is a flat or horizontally opposed engine in which the pistons across from each other are always moving the SAME direction. If the piston on the left bank is moving toward the spark plug, then the piston across from it in the right bank is moving away from it's spark plug. That is because these two pistons share a crankshaft throw. Which means that while a four cylinder Subaru has four crankshaft throws, a twelve cylinder Ferrari has only six.... Thus, the engineering naming convention in the world industry calls this horizontally opposed Ferrari engine a 180 degree V12, not a boxer 12. This is the only non-boxer horizontally opposed engine; Four, six or eight cylinder horizontally opposed engines would have severe vibration issues if they were built with shared crankshaft throws.
@Flies2FLL Ok, I sort of understand what you're saying. I'm ashamed to admit that I'm a qualified diesel mechanic and have rebuilt many diesel engines in diesel pickup trucks, but... I've only ever worked on inline 4 cylinder engines. I've never even seen a crankshaft or inside of any boxer, or V engine 🤭🤭🤭 . When you say they share a crankshaft throw, does that mean the two bottom ends of the conrods touch each other on the sides, or do they each have their own journal on the same throw? Sorry, for sounding a bit stupid, I just have zero experience of these types of engines🙄I'm also retired now due to back injury, although I'm only 55. Does this engine and a boxer each have only one crankshaft, but with different throws?
@@BubblesTheCat1 Yes, the connecting rods "touch" each other like in a typical V8 engine. It is really just a V12 with the bank angle spread all the way apart, essentially two inline six engines. In this example you have two complete CIS fuel injection systems and two ignition systems.
@@BubblesTheCat1 By the way, what is the weather like where you're at tonight? According to my computer, it is 2 degrees and there is snow possible at 0230... (nice try....)
The K-Jetronic system can be quite reliable as proven by my 41years old Granada which has had no work on the system. It's low milage and has been reguarly driven though. Some work is needed now though to get it perfect. So if it's gone through carefully and rebuilt it can last for a long time again.
if you drained all the fluids and stored it properly in humidity and temperature controlled environment it would be fine maybe. or just take apart the fuel system.
no kidding. and not only the fuel system, look what happened to the brakes. car looked a little not cared for for a testarossa. shame that it has an owner that did not drive it for a long while i guess, with seized up brakes and cluttered fuel system and god knows what Danielsan is going to find. Bosch Jettronic fuel system is a nightmare, half of this system is also in delorean cars, always a ton of trouble by itself
Thanks for the memories!! Had a red 1990 Testarossa (same color scheme) for 5 years (1999 - 2004) that I drove 32,000+ miles. Top speed I hit was north of 170. Yep, I had the normal melted fusebox issue that had to re-done. Ditched the catalytic converter, muffler and had straight pipes from headers back. Spit 2-foot flames out back no problem. Had nice burbling race car sound in the downshifts - awesome looking at night. Fun car for sure. Back then the engine out service was $8 - 12K. I did that 2X in 5 years (every 12K).
16:47 it is a shame this Ferrari being in "perfect condition" 18:16 ,inside and out, was earned by sitting in stored condition for so long that it created all the troubles with the fuel system and other engine mechanicals. 7:47 The Testarossa was a "dream car" for many of us in the 1980's - especially after it was featured by the automotive press, in movies, onTV, most notably the white car showcased in _'Miami Vice'_ . This car is a trip down memory lane for me. Thank you to the Wizard and the owner for sharing this big "flat 12" Ferrari with us!
I remember hearing the Miami Vice car was a reproduction. Or maybe it was the previous Ferrari. I can't remember now what that one was called. Anyway, they blew one of them up.
Always liked the Testarossa. I would pull up in the car park of a casino I worked at back in the mid eighties here in the UK and see one of these which belonged to a frequent customer. There was always a couple of nice V12 Jaguars knocking about as well as Audi Quattros and the odd Mercedes SL500.
I'm sure if you were to piecemeal that fuel system the owner would be bringing the car back constantly with all kinds of leaks and failures. Makes sense just to replace everything at once.
Reminds me of when I put a super high end stereo in a Testarossa for a MLB Texas Rangers player...back in like 1993 ....install went great and on the "test drive" down to wash car ...the transmission exploded...the player said "I been dogging on it dont worry about it" ...turns out after Ferarri sent a guy from Italy to look at the failer.....it turned to be the main shaft in trans had some kind of defect ....I never took another customers car on joy ride again
Yeah, I worked on an 84 Volkswagen Jetta that I think had that same system on it. It'd been to several other garages and none of them could figure it out. So I just did a little research on our mid 90's computer program and all's it took was an 1/8th of a turn with an allen wrench and it straightened right out and ran perfectly. That was when I was back in my early 20's, I think I deserved a little more than I was being payed.
I'm glad that this channel is educating people About the fact that maintenance is not always about how many miles but it's about age as well because rubber stuff deteriorates
18:59 the "prancing pony" and horn section the in the center of the steering wheel, should be one of the two horns shown under the hood. I can't remember if the second horn is a separate control or if there is a switch to activate it with the center mounted horn. These Ferrari Testarossa's still had the high pitched "city horn" and louder "country horn" ( as seen at 5:23 ). Thanks to Danielson, Wizard, and Mrs Wizard, for really showing off this grand Ferrari!
I stood next to a Ferrari at a dealership in San Antonio pretending that I owned it (as a pair of pretty girls walked by). This was in 1986. That is the closest I have been to one. They are BEAUTIFUL!
Well... that particular THING was on the poster on my wall, for years, while I was a school-boy in the end 80s to mid 90s. Somebody got a Contach, but I've had a Testarossa😍.
*Customer:* "Wizard, I want to get this minty Testarossa running again. It's got a fuel leak that needs fixed." *Wizard:* 🤑 "No problem, I'll put Daniel-san on it and get that taken care of. When was the last time it ran?" *Customer:* "Hmm. It's been a long time." *Wizard:*
DANIEL I assume that you had to use a timber block or similar that fit into the calipers that would stop the pistons coming right out until you had them all moving. Otherwise once one popped out it was game over getting the others out. That’s what we would do when I worked in a brake shop.
I had one. No car likes to be sitting. Especially 80-90 cars. Mine was low mileage but regular use. I had electric power steering installed. Fantastic. Drove fantastic. Sold it and regret it everyday. 😢
When I was about 8 we went to harrods london, they had a kids size f40 with a roof an all and a small petrol engine in it. Being that age at the time I didn’t understand money. An asked my dad to buy it. It was 22 grand English back in 2002
I remember in the 80s, on holiday in Rome staying at my wife's mother, driving south on the Via Pontina from Rome in my mother-in-law's Daf, definitley NOT a fast car. A Testarossa came past doing quite a few knots more !
What kind of engine is in the little kid Ferrari? Looks like it might have a Briggs & Stratton or Tecumseh 1-lunger type of motor in it, something used in lawn tractors.
Cadillac used a chain on their "under the engine transmission" because it's GM and they simply cannot help but build to a price-point, even on their most expensive vehicles. Ferrari doesn't care how much the car costs when they're done building it. So they used cogs, not a chain.
People rave on about the cyber truck that looks like it should have been in the movie TRON.Now this is a really beautiful car that leaves modern cars in the dust.
Just some info: Testarossas did not have the prancing horse on the front grille from the factory, and the one on the rear grille should actually be black. Also, Testarossas were not offered with Scuderia shields on the front fenders.
Cool car I'd never want to own. I remember everybody went Testarossa bonkers when it was introduced. Personally, a front engine Ferrari for me. A little easier to work on. Check the valve guide seals! They're likely shot at this point.
Good thing that Sony cassette deck and CD changer control has a handle on it. You'll need it to pull it out to send to domeone who knkws what they're doing just to clean the mechanism and replace the belts. BTW Ford fans, it it looks familiar, that's because it's basically the same deck they made for Ford back in the 90s.
That's a beautiful car can't wait to hear run and I'm sure by just pulling the motor by itself as several thousand dollars to the bill for ending is done so I can see that building over 10 15000 easily if not more good luck and have fun Danielson😅
I used to see one as l grew up in the 80s and 90s, and grimace as he scraped the front airdam on the road when pulling out of a car park opposite the house.
Looks amazing but please can someone tell me why reverse is where 1st should be? I’ve always had R down past 5 and that seems very safe to never accidentally miss that shift
It's not a boxer engine. It is actually based on the 180° V12 F1 Ferrari engine. I'm a bit confused why they can't tell the mechanical difference. The crankshaft is totally different.
@@PDLM1221Yes and no. It was only used in race engines, even by Porsche. They have a 180° V12 on display in their museum that was used in the various Le Mans racers. Apparently it was advantageous to use this layout.
Daniel san is invaluable.he really knows his ferraris. awesome mechanic.
TH-cam has cured me of any desire to own a Ferrari
haha, me too! if i had the money offcourse....
celica, supra, prelude - had them all - scheduled maintenance and they are as reliable as death & taxes
Buying a Ferrari or any other super car is cheap, maintaining it is the expensive part
V8 Ferrari until the F430 are actually pretty easy and not so expensive to maintain (i’ve seen mundane modern cars maintenance prices being more expensive than these).
I love that even Jay Leno will not buy one!
One of the most iconic cars from the 80s, with only 6,000 miles on the clock; of course it's worth 20 or 30 grand to fix and get back on the road! Can't wait to hear this running.
The odometer being way out of alignment is usually an indication that is not the true mileage and someone rolled it back.
At least on normal cars.
@@jimbob3030 You clearly have zero clue what you're talking about, that's how the odometer looks when it is about to just change all the numbers on the cluster, it will change from 5999 to 6000.
@@j.d.8593 How about you leave Jim Bob alone. A car with 6,000 miles shouldn’t need 20 to 30k in repairs. It definitely has odometer tempered with once before.
@@Nousername9-b1n You'd be correct but between morons on new cars (check just rolled ins channel) and time. This ole girl has probably been kept well, but oxygen is pretty much eating these things away. That and It's a Testarossa man, people want these things and Ferrari parts aren't cheap.
@@j.d.8593 I went and took another look, you're right, I missed that it was exactly at the 5999 mark. If it was misaligned at another point it would be a more obvious sign of tampering.
Even still I would be a bit suspicious of that and be checking service records to see if that's legit because this is the level of car most likely to be tampered with.
Must be a pleasure to have an automobile like this in the shop and be trusted with its repair and restoration.
I love the credit he gives to his mechanics.
That's because they do ALL the work, not sure that beardy weirdy could change a tyre.
@iainstewart6200 He's very experienced, though. I think he's worked hard in his younger days. Now he's the boss😁👍🏻
@@iainstewart6200And to think, my guys ask me for help at times. Dont be a prick dude. Dont.
@@CarWizard acknowledgement goes a long way, well in my case at least and in turn it makes you look good and well leveled
@@CarWizard why not? You sure are.
17:02 I can remember the old days of pulling out my radio and walking thru the mall carrying it. You gave me a retro flashback seeing that pullout cassette player.
It Reminded me of MacGruber : "You owe me a Blaupunkt !"
@@Czechbound haha yes!
Or popping the trunk and hiding it there.
Back 1992-93 after I got of the RCAF for family reasons, I was going to Vancouver Community College when it in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, I used to drive along side a Ferrari Testarossa that was being used as a daily driver in the Lower Mainland traffic, rain or shine. It was huge and took up the whole lane.
Excellent video Mr Wizard! I love when you include Grimes and Daniel in these videos!
Grimes and Daniel do 95% of the work that's why. Without those two the garage would probably shut down.
I have a BMW K75 with jetronic. I bought it to learn how to work on fuel injection. Got my money’s worth
I just did a 1985 928 Porsche it went over on the timing belt service. The last people slammed it together and I had to start completely over. I warned the customer and was not a big deal. It is perfect now
A couple notes for Mrs. Wizard: Honk the horn for us as part of your interior tour! Also for auto industry colour nomenclature I don't think they'd be referring to the instrument cluster colour as day-glo, probably amber.
One of the most beautiful engine bays ever put into a car imo
I'm impressed by Daniel's Ferrari knowledge and experience. He's worth every bit of his salary plus whatever additional that he wants. It's hard to find techs with the know how he brings to Omega. I'd pay him his weight in gold if he worked at my shop.
You have some great mechanics, Wizard!
The old adage remains the same; if you can't afford a new one, you can't afford a used one. Very nice, low mile car, though! Thanks, everyone! ✌️❤️🙂🤘
I went from loving Testarossas, to thinking they were tacky in the late 90s/2000s, to loving them again. That engine 😍
Miss Wizard - good lord that is the BEST merch ad I've ever seen anyone do! Do more of those!
Just seeing all those "distributor" fuel pieces, 2x, is already cost cost cost to properly refresh... so I can absolutely see your numbers on all that.
And absolute props to Daniel and you finding him and taking him in!!
I love Daniel's passion for Ferrari. He's the kind of guy you want wrenching on your investment.
I had a black one on my floor once , immaculate , fsh and just been serviced (on the odometer) , had sat for about 3 years , a customer who was a potential buyer , asked if he could just start in , it was delivered from the factory with a Tubi , so it sounded great , we let the car warm up and then he blipped the throttle , sounded fantastic so he asked if he could blip again , knowing the possibilities that could go wrong , we said yes as it was hot enough , next thing the engine was stuck revving about 9500 and not coming down , I dived in from the passenger side and turned off the ingnition , stopping any further problems , got into the drivers footwell and the throttle was operating perfectly , started the car again , straight up to 9500 , turned it off . Off it went to the agent , came back 3 months later having had an engine out , whole new feul system installed and it was fine , these things are not a joke and love to be driven , if not , it bites .
Such a cool car. One of my dream cars growing up and now it screams Outrun.
Daniel-San is getting more comfortable in front of the camera every time we see him. Clearly knows his stuff.
Lol yea, he clearly knows his stuff when he ordered and put on a wrong timing chain on an Audi where he almost destroyed the engine.
He's doing well, bare in mind he's a small monkey that they shaved down and kinda taught how talk, the talking bit is taking some time though
Daniel-San looks so adorable sitting in the Augustini
My '85 Porsche 928S2 had a very small washer bottle in the extreme nose of the car. This was supposed to hold "intensive washer fluid", while the main washer fluid was actually in the passenger side front fender with a filler cap next to the engine. I suspect that the small washer fluid bottle on the Testarossa is the same thing.
Interestingly, the Testarossa is not powered by a "Boxer" engine, it is a 180 degree V12 technically.
Great video!
Boxer engines like Suburu have individual cylinder heads, where this has two -one piece heads? Is that where the difference lies?🤔
@@BubblesTheCat1 No. Subaru engines have a horizontally opposed design which means that they have two heads, not one head for each cylinder.
[light aircraft engines are built that way]
The Subaru "boxer" engine has a crankshaft throw for each piston. If you were to look at a Subaru flat engine from one of the ends and see what the pistons were doing inside the block, you would see that pistons across from each other were either moving towards each other or away from each other. A four cylinder Subaru has four crankshaft throws.
This Ferrari engine is NOT a "boxer", it is a flat or horizontally opposed engine in which the pistons across from each other are always moving the SAME direction. If the piston on the left bank is moving toward the spark plug, then the piston across from it in the right bank is moving away from it's spark plug. That is because these two pistons share a crankshaft throw. Which means that while a four cylinder Subaru has four crankshaft throws, a twelve cylinder Ferrari has only six....
Thus, the engineering naming convention in the world industry calls this horizontally opposed Ferrari engine a 180 degree V12, not a boxer 12.
This is the only non-boxer horizontally opposed engine; Four, six or eight cylinder horizontally opposed engines would have severe vibration issues if they were built with shared crankshaft throws.
@Flies2FLL Ok, I sort of understand what you're saying. I'm ashamed to admit that I'm a qualified diesel mechanic and have rebuilt many diesel engines in diesel pickup trucks, but... I've only ever worked on inline 4 cylinder engines. I've never even seen a crankshaft or inside of any boxer, or V engine 🤭🤭🤭 .
When you say they share a crankshaft throw, does that mean the two bottom ends of the conrods touch each other on the sides, or do they each have their own journal on the same throw? Sorry, for sounding a bit stupid, I just have zero experience of these types of engines🙄I'm also retired now due to back injury, although I'm only 55. Does this engine and a boxer each have only one crankshaft, but with different throws?
@@BubblesTheCat1 Yes, the connecting rods "touch" each other like in a typical V8 engine. It is really just a V12 with the bank angle spread all the way apart, essentially two inline six engines. In this example you have two complete CIS fuel injection systems and two ignition systems.
@@BubblesTheCat1 By the way, what is the weather like where you're at tonight? According to my computer, it is 2 degrees and there is snow possible at 0230...
(nice try....)
Car Wizard you are lucky to have Danielson working for you!
Wow!!!! Thats one awsome Ferrari!!!! sweet Testarossa!
The K-Jetronic system can be quite reliable as proven by my 41years old Granada which has had no work on the system. It's low milage and has been reguarly driven though. Some work is needed now though to get it perfect. So if it's gone through carefully and rebuilt it can last for a long time again.
Low miles actually means a ton of trouble.
if you drained all the fluids and stored it properly in humidity and temperature controlled environment it would be fine maybe. or just take apart the fuel system.
no kidding. and not only the fuel system, look what happened to the brakes. car looked a little not cared for for a testarossa. shame that it has an owner that did not drive it for a long while i guess, with seized up brakes and cluttered fuel system and god knows what Danielsan is going to find. Bosch Jettronic fuel system is a nightmare, half of this system is also in delorean cars, always a ton of trouble by itself
Aluminum Drivetrains, filled with fluids, sitting for three decades is a BAD situation regardless of 'make'.
Not really if it is well taken care off.
Still would have problems…plastic, rubber hoses and belts are not meant to last forever. Consumable materials do have a shelf life.
Thanks for the memories!! Had a red 1990 Testarossa (same color scheme) for 5 years (1999 - 2004) that I drove 32,000+ miles. Top speed I hit was north of 170. Yep, I had the normal melted fusebox issue that had to re-done. Ditched the catalytic converter, muffler and had straight pipes from headers back. Spit 2-foot flames out back no problem. Had nice burbling race car sound in the downshifts - awesome looking at night. Fun car for sure. Back then the engine out service was $8 - 12K. I did that 2X in 5 years (every 12K).
I have so much respect for technicians.
I hope you pay Daniel San really well lol. He would be so difficult to replace. He's much better on camera now too. Great team
I built the Tamiya model Testarossa when I was a kid, one of the coolest looking engines.
Daniel-San must be very happy! I will follow his channel to watch progress! This was one of my bedroom poster cars. 😊
16:47 it is a shame this Ferrari being in "perfect condition" 18:16 ,inside and out, was earned by sitting in stored condition for so long that it created all the troubles with the fuel system and other engine mechanicals. 7:47
The Testarossa was a "dream car" for many of us in the 1980's - especially after it was featured by the automotive press, in movies, onTV, most notably the white car showcased in _'Miami Vice'_ . This car is a trip down memory lane for me. Thank you to the Wizard and the owner for sharing this big "flat 12" Ferrari with us!
I remember hearing the Miami Vice car was a reproduction. Or maybe it was the previous Ferrari. I can't remember now what that one was called.
Anyway, they blew one of them up.
@@wernerdanler2742 The black Daytona was a replica, the one they drove before they got the white testarossa. The testarossa was the real deal
@@wernerdanler2742 Yes, the Daytona was a replica based on a Corvette. But still nice and personally I like it more :D
@@VolkerHettyes the ferrarravette
Always liked the Testarossa. I would pull up in the car park of a casino I worked at back in the mid eighties here in the UK and see one of these which belonged to a frequent customer. There was always a couple of nice V12 Jaguars knocking about as well as Audi Quattros and the odd Mercedes SL500.
Such a pretty, pretty car. Oddly enough, now I got Sir Mix-a-Lot's Testarossa song stuck in my head!
I'm sure if you were to piecemeal that fuel system the owner would be bringing the car back constantly with all kinds of leaks and failures.
Makes sense just to replace everything at once.
man I love how these cars look, so beautiful.
WEEEEEEEEEZARD ! You are the best brother. Love from Cape Town , South Africa
Brah, you have no taste (no offense)
Good to see Daniel-San back on screen!
Wow! I can't even afford the toy Ferrari!
Same. But they are sure fun to look at, even the miniature. lol
A Ferrari will run you about $300,000 to buy and ANOTHER $300,000 to maintain per year! Only billionaires and God himself have cars like this!
Which is why the Acura NSX makes more sense to drive, no rearing stallion emblem but less headaches.
Omg the airfilter caught fire 😲🔥 thank driving Jesus it put itself out!!! 😲😲😲😲
Reminds me of when I put a super high end stereo in a Testarossa for a MLB Texas Rangers player...back in like 1993 ....install went great and on the "test drive" down to wash car ...the transmission exploded...the player said "I been dogging on it dont worry about it" ...turns out after Ferarri sent a guy from Italy to look at the failer.....it turned to be the main shaft in trans had some kind of defect ....I never took another customers car on joy ride again
Yeah, I worked on an 84 Volkswagen Jetta that I think had that same system on it. It'd been to several other garages and none of them could figure it out. So I just did a little research on our mid 90's computer program and all's it took was an 1/8th of a turn with an allen wrench and it straightened right out and ran perfectly. That was when I was back in my early 20's, I think I deserved a little more than I was being payed.
The Testarossa has always been my dream car ever since I saw it in Miami Vice. It was love at first sight 😍
I'm glad that this channel is educating people About the fact that maintenance is not always about how many miles but it's about age as well because rubber stuff deteriorates
very nice car i always liked this model it’s just so stylish and timeless i wasn’t aware it had such a unique engine a flat 12 very unique
We need videos on the mini Ferrari!!
I absolutely have to see the drivetrain!
18:59 the "prancing pony" and horn section the in the center of the steering wheel, should be one of the two horns shown under the hood. I can't remember if the second horn is a separate control or if there is a switch to activate it with the center mounted horn. These Ferrari Testarossa's still had the high pitched "city horn" and louder "country horn" ( as seen at 5:23 ).
Thanks to Danielson, Wizard, and Mrs Wizard, for really showing off this grand Ferrari!
that satement is false. Testarossa owner here.
I stood next to a Ferrari at a dealership in San Antonio pretending that I owned it (as a pair of pretty girls walked by). This was in 1986. That is the closest I have been to one. They are BEAUTIFUL!
So, did the girls even look at you or just the car? 😂😅😂😅😂
If there's one man that is this Testarossa's savior, that's Daniel-san. And that flat-12 is just...plain...GORGEOUS. 😮
Well... that particular THING was on the poster on my wall, for years, while I was a school-boy in the end 80s to mid 90s. Somebody got a Contach, but I've had a Testarossa😍.
What a great TH-cam channel this is!
*Customer:* "Wizard, I want to get this minty Testarossa running again. It's got a fuel leak that needs fixed."
*Wizard:* 🤑 "No problem, I'll put Daniel-san on it and get that taken care of. When was the last time it ran?"
*Customer:* "Hmm. It's been a long time."
*Wizard:*
This episode was amazing! I drooled over these as a little boy.
Wizard, wheres your Miami Vice shirt?
DANIEL I assume that you had to use a timber block or similar that fit into the calipers that would stop the pistons coming right out until you had them all moving. Otherwise once one popped out it was game over getting the others out.
That’s what we would do when I worked in a brake shop.
Daniel San will enjoy fixing this car
I had one. No car likes to be sitting. Especially 80-90 cars. Mine was low mileage but regular use. I had electric power steering installed. Fantastic. Drove fantastic. Sold it and regret it everyday. 😢
I love your channel wizard! Great work Danielson! I look forward to the dismantling of one of my most favorite cars
I’m going to be following this project.
My favorite 80's Ferrari!!!!!!! Thanks for doing a video on it!
Amazing juxtaposition of the red testarossa and the 20K price tag to repair and the NSX which would be a fraction of that even today......
The Testarossa is worth, on the open-market, more than $150,000 in 2024 dollars. How much is that NSX worth today? Yea....
@@Kidsinamerica agreed but what I can afford to own and afford to drive are very different
Perhaps the Car Wizard's new motto should be: "No Ferarri job is too large or too small..." Lol. Thanks for the upload Car Wizard and Mrs. Wizard.
When I was about 8 we went to harrods london, they had a kids size f40 with a roof an all and a small petrol engine in it. Being that age at the time I didn’t understand money. An asked my dad to buy it. It was 22 grand English back in 2002
Danielson is amazing with these Italian beauties
Most shops won't even try to work on them. After a collision, you almost have to box the car and ship it back to Italy. 🤑🤠
Whoa look at that car. Is that an Acura NSX??? Lol I had to do the reversal on ya from the NSX video lol.
Rather have that than the Ferrari!
@@curezilla me too
@@curezilla I'd rather have both!
The NSX > the Ferrari. Any day of the week
I remember in the 80s, on holiday in Rome staying at my wife's mother, driving south on the Via Pontina from Rome in my mother-in-law's Daf, definitley NOT a fast car. A Testarossa came past doing quite a few knots more !
What kind of engine is in the little kid Ferrari? Looks like it might have a Briggs & Stratton or Tecumseh 1-lunger type of motor in it, something used in lawn tractors.
Wow one of my childhood dream cars , will never get old. LOVE IT
Cadillac used a chain on their "under the engine transmission" because it's GM and they simply cannot help but build to a price-point, even on their most expensive vehicles. Ferrari doesn't care how much the car costs when they're done building it. So they used cogs, not a chain.
The first V12 Ferrari that I saw in Texas was a BB512. Pictures do not do these cars justice.
People rave on about the cyber truck that looks like it should have been in the movie TRON.Now this is a really beautiful car that leaves modern cars in the dust.
Hey Wizard,
Great idea for old parts. Take care!!
I saw your video Sunday and I loved it, like I did all your videos
Keep the update video's coming. Great car.
Just some info: Testarossas did not have the prancing horse on the front grille from the factory, and the one on the rear grille should actually be black. Also, Testarossas were not offered with Scuderia shields on the front fenders.
The BMC Mini used the same clutch design. But shared the oil with the gearbox.
The front end overhang is just crazy.
Only time I drove one of those was playing Outrun in the pub.
Test Drive on the Apple II. This car slayed.
Great TH-cam channel!
Cool car I'd never want to own. I remember everybody went Testarossa bonkers when it was introduced. Personally, a front engine Ferrari for me. A little easier to work on.
Check the valve guide seals! They're likely shot at this point.
Love these Ferraris, and those wheels just make it POP!!
Good thing that Sony cassette deck and CD changer control has a handle on it. You'll need it to pull it out to send to domeone who knkws what they're doing just to clean the mechanism and replace the belts. BTW Ford fans, it it looks familiar, that's because it's basically the same deck they made for Ford back in the 90s.
Phase 3, second mortgage
That's a beautiful car can't wait to hear run and I'm sure by just pulling the motor by itself as several thousand dollars to the bill for ending is done so I can see that building over 10 15000 easily if not more good luck and have fun Danielson😅
I want to see that little one driving around the parking lot!
whenever I see the rear end of this Testarossa, I hear "Magical Sound Shower" playing in my head!
I used to see one as l grew up in the 80s and 90s, and grimace as he scraped the front airdam on the road when pulling out of a car park opposite the house.
Looks amazing but please can someone tell me why reverse is where 1st should be? I’ve always had R down past 5 and that seems very safe to never accidentally miss that shift
Even the toy ones don't run. Lol
The wind blowing got me thinking, Mrs Wizard was a teacher but I can't imagine her riding a bike and saying "I'll get you and your little dog!"
Wow this Testarossa is such a beautiful car very nice very nice , never knew about the H-12 or flat 12 or Boxer 12. That’s real cool!
It's not a boxer engine. It is actually based on the 180° V12 F1 Ferrari engine. I'm a bit confused why they can't tell the mechanical difference. The crankshaft is totally different.
Think he said 2 opposing piston rods share a crank pin? As such it ain't no 'boxer'.
Thanks for clearing that up. Still very different from norm right!
@@PDLM1221Yes and no. It was only used in race engines, even by Porsche. They have a 180° V12 on display in their museum that was used in the various Le Mans racers. Apparently it was advantageous to use this layout.
Its like two engines with one crank there is two of everything cool
not so cool for maintenance though..and your wallet
I did my fuse box on mine myself. It made a world of difference.
I definitely had a Poster of that car on my wall when I was a kid
Gorgeous car.. my childhood.. my dream car.. LOVE IT
The only Ferrari I would ever own.
Nice to see Danialson included in video-
Mrs wizard hopdies keep art alive 😂😂💪🏼✌🏽🏴❤️
Agostini made a kick ass Countach and 308 as well.
Crockett from Miami Vice could be driving that testarossa.
His was from Ferrari and it was white.
Davey Crockett had a testarossa