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  1. spacecadet

    Ghibli Cup suspension settings

    Anyone knows the suspension settings of the Cup? Also could someone with a Cup please measure the right height front and rear? Distance from wheel center / wheel top to bottom of fender above. Thanks
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    Ghibli II winter works

    Hi, I'm soon starting this winter's work, will share progress here. The planned items, it's a pretty long list, hope will finish before the season: Pull engine and gearbox - DONE Fix and strengthen cracked R.H. chassis rail, while there also tackle a small rust spot below one of the air...
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    Ghibli engine rebuild or not

    I would like to get your opinion on this. Last (and first) time I was on a rolling road my Ghibli was measured to have 250bph. I thought that probably the engine and the turbos are tired after 140k kms, so I started collecting all the spare parts needed for a full (top and bottom) engine...
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    Ghibli II belts

    Anyone knows the correct sizes of the aux belts? I had the following PS: Contitech AVX10 x 685 Alternator: Contitech AVX10 x 813 AC: can't find any mark Looking at some photos Maserati branded versions seemed to be Contitech FO-Z 9.5, but probably that 0.5 doesn't matter. I don't...
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    Late in the game

    I never did a proper introduction, but better late then never. My passion started a few years ago while looking for a daily driver (after a Mercedes G off-road trophy car) bumped into a 2.24v close to my home town in some old factory. Of course it was in a sad state, but made me start looking...
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    BEWARE - KJB Parts

    To spare headaches stay away from KJB Parts, Koen Bart. I found some parts on his site, went into fast email communication, he assured the parts are available so I have wired the amount. This happened in the beginning of February, over a single day. Since then he completely disappeared. Sent...
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    Biturbo center console removal

    Hi, trying to remove the center console from my Ghibli but I'm stuck. Found a screw in front of the gear lever behind the wood trim, also removed the gear lever knob and the ashtray and that's all. If the side carpets from the tunnel have to be removed how to tackle the clips? They look...
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    Ghibli suspension overhaul

    Hi, I'm planning to do a full suspension overhaul during the next few months. I would document it here if there is any interest and would also like to hear your input in some questions. Mostly gathered all the bits and pieces, only missing the ball joints for the front arms and rubber...
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    Blow-off valve, boost leak

    Recently I was suspecting boost leaks because the boost gauge never reached the yellow zone, only around 12am. Without a boost leak tester I was only able to manually verify parts. First I thought it's the AMAL valve but testing it with 12V it seemed to work properly. I've recently replaced the...
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    MC12 Corsa conversion

    http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/maserati/mc12/1854377.html Not sure about the colour, but looks like a nice job overall.
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    Jacking points on a Ghibli

    What do you use as jacking points for axle stands if you want to jack up the whole car and remove all the 4 wheels? What I did on the back so far a few times was lifting at the subframe mounting points (with the big rubber mounts) and used the original jacking points under the sill for the axle...
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    Door sills

    How are your Ghibli II door sills attached to the bottom of the door? Mine are done with blind rivets along the edge but I'm not sure that's the original way, and also it doesn't look too nice. Now that I have to remove them because of the welding work I would like to sort these out too. They...
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    Ghibli II rot

    I guess it looks familiar to you... Next week we will replace the outer sills, fingers crossed for the inners.
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    Engine oil level increasing

    Hi, this is my first post here, but I'm a regular reader since 1 and a half years, when I bought my Ghibli. It's one of the first MY94s currently with 144000 kms on the clock. I have some issues I would like to clear up now (without any background in the area) that I got quite familiar...