Ferrari Mailing List: Re: '97 456GTA

[Brian Keegan (bks281]

The company was Ricardo and primarily built truck & bus tranny's I believe.
 
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:28:32 -0800
> From: FList [at] hanshansen.org
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] '97 456GTA
> CC: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> To: bks281 [at] hotmail.com
> 
> 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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