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Justin Kerns 86 328 GTS (Kerns)
| | Posted on Sunday, February 25, 2001 - 10:57 pm: | |
Erik looking at the before pictures almost makes me cry. I can't imagine if that happened to my 328. Hmmm maybe I should get the push button fire suppression... |
Christiank (Christiank)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 11:08 pm: | |
If you are not sure about the engine condition - forget it. There is no way to test the engine without taken it apart.
I would not rec. anybody beeing too crazy about the 4 V engines. A proper setup/slightly modified 2 V has not much less performance. The parts are just a ripp off on the 4V and there seem to be not many people who have rebuild a 4V (i.e. not many non OEM parts available). The bottom end of the engines is very reliable and the top end of a 4 V has twice as many valves as a 2 V - sounds like common sense!?! |
Erik Jonsson (Gamester)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 10:02 pm: | |
Hello from the proud owner of the previously burned '82 308 GTSi. I would suggest a lower offer. Mine I am certain was in much worse shape than the one you are being offered. Here is a link to the pics.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=483698&a=8389458
Hope to have it back from the paintshop this coming week!
It has been a fun/trying time getting parts inexpensively. The most expensive parts have yet to be gathered. I purchased the car from KC Imports off Ebay for 15000 and now I am into the car about 17000. I have been trading labor on Marky's 308 (the paintshop owner) for the paint and bodywork. He and his crew have been doing a fine job.
I will keep everyone posted to the progress.
Thanks for all your support!
Erik |
Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 11:17 am: | |
I agree with William, the car without that little bit of excessive heat would be worth around $25k.
How much will the time and parts cost to get it back to previous condition? Although, sometimes the challenge is worth more than the financial loss. |
William Hubbell (Countachxx)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 8:49 am: | |
My suggestion would be that since you can afford $19k, can u stretch your budget a little to between $25-30k ? cus in that price range you can get a 308QV in perfect running condition. It would b a lot more fun & less headaches than rebuilding a trashed car & wondering when the engine is going to die. If u cannot go up & u really want this car then I would point out to the guy that running cars can b had for $25 & offer him $15k |
Chris Coleman (Dmc4cc)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 7:35 am: | |
Yeah, my dilemna is that this deal is very enticing, its an 85 Blue QV GTS. Its got relatively low miles and the fire looks very minor, there only one spot on the louvres that has any sign of a fire and the rest of the car is immaculate. There's no sign of abuse, and I have located a parts supplier and he has given me prices all for about $2000 if I had to replace everything that came near the fire. However, I can't check the engine as I said before, and if there is about 1/5 of th oil in the sump I have a feeling the car lost a lot of its oil while the engine was running. Is it possible that this is not true, could the engine run just fine with only that 1/5 left in the sump if it was for only a few moments? Thanks for the help. |
William Hubbell (Countachxx)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 12:58 am: | |
what year is the 308 ? you can get a new engine for around $10k which may be cheaper than a rebuild. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2001 - 12:54 am: | |
There is a fellow just going through this. He bought his on eBay. As a matter of fact, he has a posting on this site under "Wanted". There's no way around it, if you don't have records to verify any service, walk away. I'm in the process of an engine rebuild and its VERY involved. I'm having a hard time trying to find an alternative to those oil lines, I spoke again to the Finning service-tech that comes by our shop often and he'll check again about my hose enqiury, but he has doubts (although he just helped a BMW owner with some of his funny metric hoses and said he enjoyed the challenge).
You shouldn't avoid a rebuild if you decide to get this car, there's no way of knowing what else the fire could've damaged. The result of the fire was more than likely oil dripping on the cats (in the general vicinity of the fuel distributor). |
Chris Coleman (Dmc4cc)
| | Posted on Friday, February 23, 2001 - 8:32 pm: | |
Until last month I had no intention of buying a Ferrari, but I came across a beatiful blue 308 in Petersburg. There's on problem, its had an engine fire. From what I can see the damage is not too bad, I can see 4 of the injector lines from the fuel distributor are burned and oil cooling lines have been burned. Knowing this much, I can probably guess, the throttle sensor is bad, and the control pressure regulator is gone too. But this does not discourage me because I am all too familiar with the 308's fuel sysytem (I have the same K-Jetronic on my DeLorean). However, what disturbs me is the oil problem. This fire looks like a small oil fire that caught on to the injector lines. THe problem is that there is very lttle oil in the sump and if I get the car I don't want to rebuild the engine. So, how can I be sure that the car has not been run with nearly n oil? Would this car be a good buy for 19,000? |
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