Cheers. The idea of an injector service is also something I'm looking into along with a bunch of other things. Nothing broken, but I do like to "over maintain' .. I did the cluch last year. Was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be (the setup of the cluch on these cars makes it so easy to swap out). Did the whole deal.. Clutch plate, flywheel, pressure plate, slave cyl and all bearings/seals. The old clutch was pretty well shagged but it certainly lasted the distance so no complaints. @Gizzi do you have details on the alternator? I was going to get a new one put in when I had the engine out in a few months - along with a new A/C compressor and other bits and pieces.
Seals/gaskets eventually break down and start leaking. Some of these, mine included, are at least 27 years old now. Same thing can be said for brake piston seals. Apparently newer ones are manufactured slightly differently so the seals last longer, but even if I get a further 25 years out of a $500 compressor I won't be complaining. Mine has a very slow leak, takes 9 months to dump its coolant, but it's leaking none the less.
That's what I'm saying.... So what gives with the Ferrari that would cause that? Sig www.pless.com.au/mechanics.htm
They're not doing anything different that I'm aware of (or maybe they are, who knows?). Air compressors eventually fail, especially ones with (I'm lead to believe) perishable seals that were used up until a few years ago. Compressors run under fairly high pressures and when the rubber seals go, they leak. This is why they have A/C regas service centres. I'm sure they don't exist purely for the benefit of F355 owners. 10-15 years seems to be pretty much the norm if you google it.
All the money and then some... But who knows in this market. https://www.carco.com.au/cars/carco-prestige/1995-Ferrari-F355-Berlinetta-Manual-61009184
Nothing about an American delivered anything looks hilarious. They foiked up some pretty special cars with all their smog/safety B/S......luckily with GTB/Si it was foiked from the start!!
They didn't get it all entirely wrong.. The side strakes on the Testarossa/348 were apparently put there due to safety rules in the US. but yeah those bumpers, not so much. Image Unavailable, Please Login Oh my poor eyes.
Each to their own, but putting a Challenge Grille on was the first thing I did. Looks better IMO, and I'm still on the alternator the car came with 10+ years later. It makes a huge difference to engine bay temps. Headers on any 355 should have been replaced ages ago, and only an idiot puts factory headers back in. Get Tubis like I did or Fabspeed ceramic coated like Moretti and you'll never worry about them again. I put Hyperflow cats on within the first year of ownership. Still perfect, and never had a CEL. I change the engine mounts every second engine out service whether it needs it or not. Cheap insurance. TBH honest apart from the drama I had with the solenoid issue (and that wasn't the car's fault, just no-one knew what they were looking for to find the problem), my 355 has been one of the most reliable cars I've ever owned. But it is expensive if you want to do it properly, there's no getting around that.
I can go out into the garage now and turn the key from the outside of the car and it will just start and idle nicely on 1200 and settle to 900-1000 after it warms. It'll rev all the way out to redline if I want to or just idle along in 6th gear in traffic with no problems (not as smooth as the 308s but still good) I have to say that the car is a LOT quieter since having the Fabspeed headers fitted and the heat reduction was phenomenal (worth doing to protect the wiring more than anything else) No shields means my car is lighter
Yes, but mine's an ex-race car that's been fncked around a lot and is now back to being a good car It didn't start like that when I got it
