Ferrari 348 - The Cold Shift Myth

I had the cold shift issue when changing from 1st to 2nd initially, but after changing to Redline 75w-90NS shifting has improved drastically. If you give the synchros about 1/4 of a second to spin up, you'll have perfect shifts every time without ridiculous methods such as having to skip gears or let the car warm up before driving.

[@CedricMartin1]

Palm trees, sun... Outside temperature and car sleeping in a warm garage helps. Try that with zero degree celsius in Europe on a 348 sleeping in an underground garage : ) +1 on the vid but there's nothing "ridiculous" about switching from 1st to 3rd for the first few minutes: that's how many owners of old Ferrari do it since forever. On my 1992 348 I do skip the 2nd when it's cold (haven't tried the oil you recommend that said), no matter how slow I go between the gears. Even "double clutching" (don't know the term in english) doesn't help (going from 1st gear back to neutral, re-clutch, try 2nd gear). Only thing that works is 1st to 3rd.

[@halogenltd]

To be honest I didn't have colder winters in mind when making this video (close-minded, I'll admit), but it's awesome that you still drive it in those temperatures and don't tuck it away for half the year. I would do the same. If you do try the Redline oil, I'd love to know if it made any difference or improvement in cold shifting.

[@neilhampson2843]

My thoughts when I saw the wether, In the U.K. we don't see the sun that often. I have used the 1st to 3rd method for the last 10 years , I only takes a few miles until the gear box is warm enough to work.

[@HollywoodF1]

Are you running the Redline 75W-90-NS gear oil he recommended? It worked cold wonders for my car.

[@williamchen1216]

What worked for me was switching to Redline MTL, worked much better than 75w90NS. Mine is a 91.

[@rickybreakspear3341]

I had a Ferrari 348 TB for 19 years and it was always difficult in 2nd gear until warm didn’t take to long to warm up if you found a hill a lot quicker To warm up I never found it a problem, great car can be quite expensive to up keep, the 3 year engine out service a real pain to ownership, I learned a lot in 19 years about the car,sold just to buy a modern fast car ended up with 991.1s good luck to all Ferrari 348 owners a car with a lot of history for Ferrari itself

[@bayareaomg]

Hey Ive really been enjoying this channel lately, keep up the awesome car edits please!! Are you the person in the video as well as the channel owner?

[@halogenltd]

Thank you! Yes it’s me in this video and most of the others.

[@bayareaomg]

@@halogenltd you have social media?

[@halogenltd]

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[@fabiobellini7642]

E non si cambia da fermo con la macchina spenta come i bambini

[@fabiobellini7642]

C'è da fare prima terza non serve parlare per 3 minuti