Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 400i manual

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

I've won stoplight shoot outs with 328s with my 365 GT4.  The early
V8s are fun for the twisties, but the 365/400/412s are monsters when
sorted.

On 12/3/08, Michael James <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, there are 5-speeds out there - rare, but if people-who-know find one,
> they buy it.
>
> The Autos, I believe, are Turbo Hydromatics or some-such GM Tranny.  The
> manuals are ZF?  There was a Lister, back-in-the-day, from the NY area
> (Benjamin Kao comes to mind???  Worked for Goldman Sachs and had a Biology
> Degree from Harvard?) who had one.  Lashdeep may remember him?  VERY nice
> car.  Drove that car to Montreal for the F1 Gathering on Peel Street, there
> were videos of Ben on the web somewhere of his manual 400i spanking 308s in
> stoplight races....Ben carrying three/four people in the car and leaving
> single-passenger QVs in his rearview easily.  That V-12 could move.....
>
> Manual 412s are even rarer, but all were Grey-Market.
>
> M
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/3/08, E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 400i manual
> To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 5:57 PM
>
> Not sure about the US, but there are 5 speeds here in Canada.
>
> Ed
> 911SC
>
> 2008/12/3 LtWacko <ltwacko [at] aol.com>
>
>> Are there any stateside 400/400i/412's stateside that are manual?  I
> have
>> always been intrigued but only come across the automatics.  If I read
>> correctly, all the autoboxes are GM 3-speeds?  Can they be upgraded,
> swapped
>> or improved?  Could a vette 6-speed be dropped in?  Of course anything can
>> be done with the right amount of money but if it's a GM part, the
>> possibilities seem enticing.  Even a better autobox makes sense to make
>> better use of the powerplant.
>>
>> Rodney
>> Hey, I'm in trouble already.  Why not get into more?
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