Ferrari Mailing List: Re: '97 456GTA

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

You've got it backwards.  The 400/412 had the GM turbo 400, the
456 has some non-GM unobtanium unit.  However, I believe that
the source for the 456 was a now defunct Michigan company.

Britt reports that there are companies in England that will rebuild
these for something a bit less than an arm and a leg.

Hans.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Fellippe Galletta
<fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:05 PM, philville dejazzd.com <
> philville [at] dejazzd.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>   It would seem like a heck of a lot of car for $35,000.00 ( as Clyde
>>   suggests) but the problem is that even at that price it make the car
>>   appealing to some one who really CAN NOT afford to own it....and that
>>   is what causes a great deal of dissapointment , dissatisfaction and
>>   ultimately a repair and maintenance nightmare that would give a Nash
>>   Rambler a bad name.
>>   Have a nice day any way...Phil
>>
>
> The maintenance nightmares are scary and I believe the automatic
> transmission is a huge risk.....I can't bare repeating what it would cost to
> replace it, lol.
>
> It's pretty ironic since GM transmissions are typically robust and with
> access to lots of parts and places to rebuild/service them...but apparently
> there's something different about the auto in the 456 than the standard GM
> auto tranny (was the 400/412 like this too?). I believe this to be true but
> would welcome knowledge refuting this hearsay.
>
> A shame since I was hoping someone would take the 456 GTA and do some torque
> converter and other tranny mods to get a feature article in Car Craft..:)
>
> FG
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