Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Nothing about Forza, just big blocks and Ferraris

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

You're not going to get a 'Good' or 'Nice' 355 for that kind of money - you're going to get one that needs $30K of engine work....LOL.  "There Are No Cheap Ferraris"!!

 

M

--- On Tue, 3/16/10, philville [at] dejazzd.com <philville [at] dejazzd.com> wrote:

From: philville [at] dejazzd.com <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] Nothing about Forza, just big blocks and Ferraris
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 5:11 PM

If it cost say....$ 30,000.00 to bore out and rebuild the heads on a 308, and , I can buy a 355 for a little less than that, hymmmm, what am I missing here ........

There is fast and then there is faster

Phil
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610.525.8949
philville [at] dejazzd.com

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---- Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Michael James
> <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> > Hmmm....that 'might' be about right - there is a lot of labor involved with
> > Head removal if the engine isn't already out of the car.  My 4V heads were
> > around $7,000 for all the valves and machine-shop work.  But that was AFTER
> > the engine was pulled, stripped, and heads removed.  The 4V heads can be a
> > royal nightmare if they don't want to come off - I got major-lucky, my rear
> > heads practically fell off the block while my front heads only needed mild
> > pursuasion with a rubber mallet.
> >
> > An engine punch-out, with custom heads, pistons, crank, and cylinders will
> > EASILY run north of $35,000.
> >
> > M
> >
>
> Ok, a lot of money but not the end of the world either. It should obvious
> this isn't a starter Ferrari by any means!
>
> Michael, would it be any better if we did this project on a 2 valve carbed
> car....save ya 8 valves worth of work?
>
> :)
>
> FG

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