Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 355 maniflod & valve issues,any 360 issues?

[LS (lashdeep]

"leads me to believe Lamborghini is head and shoulders above 
Ferrari in terms of build quality and engineering. Flame on!"

You may want to qualify that with a model year span. The earlier cars are
certainly not any better and the later cars are...well...not completely
100% Lambo.

So, do you mean 1996-2001? :)

LS

--- "Charles G. Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:

> I have experienced every known 355 issue except the valve guide problem:
> 1) Melted headers (rebuilt by QVLondon)
> 2) Bad seat sensors (3 times, spiders only)
> 3) Leaking shocks (rebuilt by Delta V)
> 4) Melting interior (will probably replace with Valence carbon fiber)
> 5) Alternator Issue (ground strap added)
> 
> Plus a couple that are rare:
> 1) Broken timing belt (my fault for waiting so long)
> 2) Broken valve springs (bad luck)
> 
> Luckily all of the common problems have been irritating but not
> disabling, 
> but if I were shopping for a 355 I would either make sure the above
> issues 
> have been addressed or I would put aside a serious chunk of change for 
> addressing them. I will probably have spent $10k on stuff to make this
> car 
> the way Ferrari should have made it by the time I'm done. If you count
> the 
> rare items, more like $25k.
> 
> I still love the car, but if I had it to do over again I would probably
> wait 
> another couple of years and buy a depreciated Gallardo spider. My
> experience 
> with my Diablo leads me to believe Lamborghini is head and shoulders
> above 
> Ferrari in terms of build quality and engineering. Flame on!
> 
> -- charles
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Rehkopf" <CaptRehkopf [at] msn.com>
> To: "Charles G Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 7:47 AM
> Subject: [Ferrari] 355 maniflod & valve issues,any 360 issues? Hate to
> see 
> Rick go! Talladega is about Ferriari's,Your City
> 
> 
> > Although for many years I have said the next RehkopfMobile will be a 
> > Yellow/Black 355 GTS, I knew about both these issues. However, how 
> > pervasive are they? Should I start thinking 360? Are there 360 issues
> too? 
> > I haven't heard because this wonderful List and the Listers knowledge
> has 
> > been missing from my life.
> > I hate to see Rick go!
> > Talladega has everything to do with Ferrari's!
> > My City is no different than yours, it only takes one crime for it to
> be 
> > personal, and every City has a crime.
> > Thank You
> >
> > Robert Rehkopf
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