New 348 Owner

Do your homework. Hope you get a good one.
How about details?

 

Good luck in your quest. They're fun cars, especially for someone who enjoys race cars.

 

Congratulations. The 348 is very easy to work on, you will have no trouble at all. You also have the support of very knowledgeable members here who know the 348 inside out. There are several excellent DIY threads for various repairs.

 

348s are great! good luck. Maintenance on a 348 (mechanical knowhow) isn't any different than an e36 BMW or other similar era luxury or exotics. Pretty simple cars as compared to today's cars.

 

Pics! Which one did you get?

 

Congrats! Great car!

 

Your not the only one trying to reach Gothspeed.

Do you know how much the Rarefab is?

 

Congrats, and good luck. Hopefully you went with a PPI as a part of the purchasing process to help avoid/identify any questionable areas with the car. The 348 is an awesome model if you like a raw, unaided driving experience that gets the adrenaline pumping. Very easy to work on, and relatively robust at this point with attentive care.

I'm sure Goth will get back to you. I've seen the Rarefab in person, and one thing that I came away with was being far from impressed with the quality of fitment. If the former doesn't work out, X-ost makes a great sounding quality option to the Tubi, Capristo pieces that get a lot of press.

More than it should be for a basically bent set of open pipes welded together without much apparent attention to quality of assembly re: maintaining symmetry, alignment through the fabrication process. Last I recall, it was something around $2-3k... I would be pissed if I spent that and the one that I saw showed up.

 

Sounds like you're in a similar situation to myself and a lot of others maintenance wise, there's nothing scary about working on it other than the prices of some parts if you break them but most general items are a reasonable price given the volume of production.

I've done a thread about a custom exhaust I built up, have a listen..

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/348-355-sponsored-bradan/538300-so-im-making-my-own-valved-exhaust-348-a.html

 

Where's "here" ?

 

Goth will get back to you even though it may take some time. And the wait is worth it.

 

I think I have the latest 348 exhaust he built. I speak from experience.

 

Definitely want to see/hear some vids ripping it up through the revs. Love the twin wall tips.

 

I had some sort GoPro vids, but then the GoPro shutdown due to heat. I'll get some this Spring once I have it back on the road.

 

I'm not sure if Goth has the prices public. I will say that for high flow cats and the muffler from Goth, I paid half of what I would have for the same thing from other vendors.

 

Where. Are. The. Pictures?

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/348-355-sponsored-bradan/527232-project-348-hi-flow-exhaust.html

 

Did you get the Kermit the frog green 348 with the odometer rollback?

I spoke with the seller a couple times and caught him in lies which made me a little weary of the car and spoke to the guy he bough it from. He told me he sold the car for just under 25k. It was originally red which is why I considered it and was going to repaint it back to original. Needs some little things addressed but should not be too hard to sort.

Welcome to the brotherhood.