Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 456 gt search

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Waaay off topic - but a couple of comments on that early ZF
6speed.

When it came out in, uh, 1989 I think, GM told us to warn
the customer against missing shifts - or more specifically
selecting the wrong gear.  They said the syncros in this
German box were so good that it would slip into 1st gear
at 140mph without any resistance whatsoever.  The result
would be a clutch exploded into a zillion bits.

Altho you couldn't repair them, they offered an exchange
program.  The price was reasonable by Ferrari standards,
but a bit pricy for the Chevy buyer.  Seems it was around
$1800, I think.  The price for a new box (not exchange) was
around $8000.  I have no idea if there is still any such
exchange offered.

Hans.

On 7/18/07, Brian Keegan <bks281 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the clarification Dr. Detroit.