F3 Dallara 396 - advise required

[poleman]

Hello everybody.
I am the proud owner of a 396 , which hasn't been used for the last 7 years (!) .
Now that I have managed to drag myself off from the couch, and psyched-up to get back to the tracks, I am geting cold feet just by the sheer look of her, lonely and dusty in a dark corner of my garage. The car has no damage, but really, i dont know where to start from working on her. Besides the engine, which will go to a speciallist for a rebuild, I am desperate for any sort of advise on the rest, at least on major things that have to be looked at..
Is there any standard procedure , or any literature available ?
Do some items, like fueltank , belts, or fire-extinguisher have to be replaced ?
I have a couple of mechanics ready to go, but I am afraid I will have to give the orders.. Also, I will need to slowly stock-up on some spares; anyone knows where I can get those without having to ring up Dallara in Italy ? ..any of you guys still have some somewhere in your garage ?
Really gratefull on any kind of assistance offered.

[andy97]

I suggest you ask someone the Monoposto guys - some of them are bound to have run a 396

[Simon Davey]

Hi Poleman. I'm the Monoposto Club Administrator. Send me an email on admin@monoposto.co.uk and (as Andy says above) I can put you in touch with Monoposto racers with similar cars who may be able to offer advice

Simon Davey

[flatbroke]

See private message

[poleman]

thanks Andy & Simon.
Flatbroke I will contact you.

Meantime anyone else willing to offer any guidance or advise ?

[tristancliffe]

There are Dallara manuals available, although not sure if I have one for the 95/6. There is one for the previous and subsequent models, and I doubt much changed that's important at our level - http://nordicf3masters.eu/lang/en/fo...itors-2/manual

Seat belts will need replacing for racing, but for testing you may be okay if the belts are clean and tidy.
Fire extinguisher needs to have pressure to be legal in the UK. Getting it serviced/refilled/rearmed may be difficult if the bottle is more than 10 years old or thereabouts.

Spares are findable, depending on whether you are rich or not. Dermot Healy has a few bits and bobs for these cars most of the time. There are people around that can make suspension, suppliers that can get wings... Depends what you want/need.

These cars are pretty solid really, so you shouldn't need to replace too much unless it's been poorly cared for or damaged. Just a case of going through it methodically, making sure the wheels won't fall off, the brakes work (and release), and that the engine/wiring/coolant/oil is behaving itself...