Ferrari Mailing List: Re: '97 456GTA

[jimshadow (jimshadow]

So, at best there are very mixed reports on the tranny.   The concensus is that 
it is very expensive to fix....don't see much at all on the 6spd.  What's the 
word on that?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Keegan <bks281 [at] hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:43:11 
To: JIM<jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] '97 456GTA


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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