Oil pressure guage reading...Need Help!

I just purchased my first "entry level" Ferrari after 5 weeks of research from Drive Line Performance Cars out of Jacksonville, FL. Great honest father and son team who were excellent to deal with right from when they picked me up at the airport at 10pm. I settled for a 1997 F355 Spider with only 11,977 miles, all carbon fiber interior including door sills, tubi exhaust, 2 years left on the engine out service, great clean car. Steve from Omega Motorsports did my PPI. It was delivered by Intercity which I would highly recommend with a great driver named Steve who helped show me how to angle it in my tricky drive.

My question is as I drove it my first day yesterday after it was delivered, I noticed that on my drive home after joy riding it for an hour was the oil pressure guage was riding at 3/4 of the way to the end. I calculated it to be at 105 psi. Is that normal? Also I drove it a short distance today and it seemed to be only at 35psi(2 bars) and when it idled it was at only one bar...17.5? Since my mechanic does not have weekend hours I wanted to know if I could drive it safely tomorrow for 2 hours on a trip an hour each way and feel secure I will not screw up my engine. I figured I would check engine oil levels tomorrow after letting it warm up as the manual states to do to make sure I have enough oil. Any guidance would be appreciative!

 

I appreciated all of my oil pressure advice. As the adage goes we all learn something new every day to help others in Ferrariville. Had the car in last week to my non Ferrai dealer shop at CB Foreign Cars in the Kutztown, Pennsylvania area, well worth my 1 hour 15 minute ride each way. My Ferrari mechanic/proprietor for life John who is very knowledgeable, looked the car over and will be replacing my pressure sending unit which is giving out inaccurate readings on ocassion.

Also, John at CB Foreign Cars taught me a inexpensive fix/trick for the convertible top that if it was taken to the Ferrari dealer, would have resulted into a major exuse to charge me a high repair bill.

When opening my top for the first time in PA just as the manual stated, it was having difficulty opening the entire way. After a few times trying and fearful of the beep sounds I thought I was in for a major repair. John stated over the phone not to sweat it as he would share his simple trick to fix it when I bring the car in for him to check my oil pressure concerns.

THE TRICK: You need to follow the same opening steps as the manual. I play it safe in that I move the seats forward and open the windows before hitting the top button. When you get to the part where you unlatch and open the top until you hear the beep and BEFORE you hit the convertible top button..............you push the underneath portion of the top "slightly" up with your fingers. This allows the bow to fold in better before the folding actually starts, thus preventing it from having problems closing, not to mention the stress you have by hearing the beeping noises of failure. Information like this surely can't be found in a Ferrari manual or from a Ferrari dealer without a costly repair invoice. Hope this inexpensive lesson learned can help other like it did me.

Anyone looking for a knowledgeable, honest Ferrari mechanic in the Pennsylvania area surely should consider CB Foreign Cars at 610-683-5777.