We have a guy in our club who thought he bought a 'cherry' 355 Spyder...beautiful car, hardly a paint-chip on it...it ran great, sounded great....until one day he did a compression/leakdown while doing his own major. The numbers were terrible. Having rebuilt a 348 motor himself, he geared-up for the Suicide Mission of rebuilding the 355 himself. The heads were shipped-off to Dave Helms of Boulder, CO. The valve guides were so shot, the valves RATTLED in the heads. New wiring harnesses with gold electrical contacts, the old contacts were corroded and sending squirrelly codes to the CPUs. New cylinder liners. Other pricey 'bits'. He brought a box of some of his parts to a Ferrari BBQ we had last summer for alittle 'show-n-tell'. The amount, and prices, of some of the parts he had to replace had
me drinking straight bourbon. Somehow, by the grace of God and many phone-calls to Boulder, he got his car running again. His recollection of the experience? "A total nightmare".....
We have another guy in our club with a 355 B....it hasn't run in two years. We keep asking him to get working on it....I firmly believe he is deathly afraid-to, not knowing what BOMB lurks in his engine bay.....
That's all I'm gonna say about THAT.....
M J
From: Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Friday night funnies
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 8:17 PM
Would $15k pre-emptive be enough to ensure a near bulletproof ride?
My best bet I think would be to find the cheapest 355, then drop 15-20k and then take the plunge.
Wonder what Carobu has to say about the motor....
FG
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