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

[Charles G. Perry IV (charles]

Deep makes a good point, and I would agree with his choice of years...

Certainly a Countach would be on par or below a TR in many respects, 
although the TR fusebox/connector set should result in some Italian 
"engineer" being transferred to Siberia...

-- charles


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LS" <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com>
To: "Charles G. Perry IV" <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 355 maniflod & valve issues,any 360 issues?


> "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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