Brake Rotors, parts for 348 and other questions

Your going to get lots of opinions on this. Take them all with a grain of salt.

I'll go first with my own personal facts on my last major service interval: 14 years and 11000 miles. All parts (bearings, belts, etc.) inspected to be in good condition when replaced.

 

Service intervals are 5 years for that kind of use. It needs it now. Rotors are hard to find for stock. They come up on eBay once in a while and we horders just scoop them up. You probably won't need new ones anyway. I am still on the original at 46K miles.

 

Its your dime - Ferrari gives a recommended interval for a reason - its up to you how far you push it

There's a million threads here about service intervals & belts - here's yesterdays which in posts 1 & 5 has information of particular relevance to you

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/308-328/451498-timing-belts-whats-true-whats-legend.html

 

Its not the mileage, it's the age. The rubber in the timing belt gets old and cracks. Lack of use is not good. Also the tensioners need to be checked if you have stock versus Hill bearings. I had 6k and 6 years on mine and they were toast. Happens.

 

and also stretches, throwing off the timing by a few degrees...

 

Not sure about that given the age and lack of use/heat cycling, but I suppose this and you could also throw a tooth. Nevertheless, for whichever of these reasons and more, do the major now. You will sleep better and relax when you bury the pedal.

 

I was referring to what Ernie has posted after waiting 9 years.

He said the belts were in great shape (it was a bearing and he waterpump that were about to fail), however the belt did stretch and cause the timing to be off a few degrees.

 

Yes that is true about ernie's car. But we should hardly cite his cholo-wagon as an exemplar. j/king Ernie...

 

Lol