Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 456 gt search

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

The 1993 Corvette used a ZF sourced tranny.  It was ZF, not
GM that chose not to sell parts.  The later B-W/Tremec
box *is* repairable.  One of the reasons that GM changed
to it....

Hans.

On 7/18/07, Brian Keegan <bks281 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> I believe the unit is a modified Borg-Warner and about the only parts
> available for them are the 3 filters for the ATF.
>
> "... parts were somewhere between difficult and impossible to get."
> Ferrari is following GM's lead on this one.  A friend has a 1993 Corvette
> with a 6 spd and virtually nothing is available for that gearbox either.
> IIRC, he told me to meet emissions, you are required to shift to 2nd by
> 25mph or the shift indicator (commonly referred to as a rev limiter) shuts
> you down.
>
> Brian