Why I hate Ferrari's

[126coupe]

But not all Ferraris…. Love the "older" stuff.
Doing a friend a favor so we decided to bring this to the hallowed Mercedes/Porsche ect man cave.

F-355 1997 24,000 miles, what a **** box, crappy engineering. The bearing part of the clutch is done $3,000.00 for the part, we located one for 1500, but needs a half day of assembly and 2 days of re assembly. Fasteners falling out everywhere. interior coming apart. Leaks from every orafice. for sale 40,000, probably was close to 200K new?
Now a 40,000 car buyer cannot afford this car and the repairs. I hear when the engine is done it's 8K a hole times 8

[Embraer]

are you insane? look at the hill engineering part. the bearing is less than $600 from ricambi. the clutch job on the 355 is quite possibly the easiest car to change a clutch on.

make sure you do the triple seals while you're in there. if your mechanic is taking days to do this...he's not doing it right.

[masraum]

yeah, but they look and sound really cool. I've heard that they go like stink too.

[GWN7]

How much is the broomstick to hold the engine lid up?

[RANDY P]

Unbelievable. This is from Ricambi- the bargain site.

[fastfredracing]

Originally Posted by GWN7

How much is the broomstick to hold the engine lid up?

I think if you cross reference it , this same broomstick will also work on Porsche cars.

[Embraer]

Originally Posted by RANDY P

Unbelievable. This is from Ricambi- the bargain site.

...or part number 1. the entire package for over 3K

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by Embraer

...or part number 1. the entire package for over 3K

How does that make sense? You can buy a part for $8-12K, or the entire assembly (that part plus all the other ones around attached to it) for $3K.

[ZAMIRZ]

This pretty much defines F355 ownership (and the delusions that come with it):

Have we destroyed the 355? - FerrariChat.com

Shame because it's one of the better looking mid-engine Ferraris and the sound is amazing with Tubi, but the ownership experience and how slow it is are why values are in the toilet.

[Embraer]

how slow it is? I don't think that really has any correlation with values. it's a 20 year old car that does 0-60 in around 4.5 seconds and does 180mph. the 360 was only marginally faster. maybe a half second in 0-60? who cares about the numbers though.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Embraer

it's a 20 year old car that does 0-60 in around 4.5 seconds and does 180mph.

yeah, 4.5 secs to 60 and 180, sounds slow to me. I'd have to short shift the miata to let them keep up.

[spuggy]

Originally Posted by Embraer

...or part number 1. the entire package for over 3K

Seriously?

The "complete" in the "differential" line description refers to the diff (e.g. the casing, end cap, friction/plain plates, bellville washers, bolts etc), not all the parts on that diagram...

I don't have much of a problem with $3,300 for a LSD or $12,000 for a CWP. An Albins CWP for a 911 is $3,000 - and I would SWAG that these move at least 100x faster than part #132413.

You knew the risks when you bought the car - or should have; racing aside, most cars will go to their final rest with their original CWP...

What shows a problem to me is item #6 on that diagram. Those nuts are either made from unobtainium blanched in unicorn tears - or you're being fleeced.

And just because I watched it again the other night, here's one of my favorite 80's movie quotes:

Benjy Taylor: [points out a Ferrari to steal] How about this one?
Ted Varrick: [disdainfully] Italian trash... besides, I only steal Porsches.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by spuggy

racing aside, most cars will go to their final rest with their original CWP...

...unless, of course, you own a Ferrari Testarossa.

JR

[livi]

Originally Posted by GWN7

How much is the broomstick to hold the engine lid up?

Lost a good mouthful of fine cognac on that one.

[Nostril Cheese]

Rich man problems in this thread.

[bell]

Since no one else said it. ......ls1 conversion. ..... lol

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by Embraer

are you insane? look at the hill engineering part. the bearing is less than $600 from ricambi. the clutch job on the 355 is quite possibly the easiest car to change a clutch on.

make sure you do the triple seals while you're in there. if your mechanic is taking days to do this...he's not doing it right.

We are doing the seals, Your comment taking days to this? We do things right, never in a hurry this is a non profit organization

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by javadog

...unless, of course, you own a Ferrari Testarossa.

JR

oh c'mon, that's being unfair. The Testarossa pinion will easily last the life of the car.*










*As long as the car is not driven.

[126coupe]

Now these are Ferrari's

[speeder]

Originally Posted by Embraer

are you insane? look at the hill engineering part. the bearing is less than $600 from ricambi. the clutch job on the 355 is quite possibly the easiest car to change a clutch on.

make sure you do the triple seals while you're in there. if your mechanic is taking days to do this...he's not doing it right.

I wouldn't say that he's not doing it right but he's definitely learning on this car.

So what's a CWP?