355 This Car is Testing my Love - Clutch is Done

It's been one thing after another over the last 12 months with my F355 (of my 18 months of ownership), from a 10 month engine out service fiasco, to the starter dying 6 weeks after finally getting it back, to picking it up today with fixed starter to find that my clutch is going. I'm at 32k miles now.

Venting aside, I absolutely love this car and will likely never sell but the love has been tested early and thoroughly.

Point of the thread was to chat clutch replacement. Here are some of my questions;

1) Where is the best place to purchase a clutch kit? I see Ricambi has a kit
http://ricambiamerica.com/f355ckit-f355-clutch-kit-6sp-manual.html?srsltid=AfmBOopSc4h9o1HRDVhrYBfAMcnLK6CvgBYa6dThNNzEfSYHn7DnkuSP

Any thoughts?

2) I like to take care of ancillary items while the car is opened up, knocked out a bunch of little things while we did the engine out service. What would you have checked/replaced/upgraded while the clutch is being swapped? Repack or resurface Flywheel? Throw out bearing?

3) What is a ballpark for labor for this job? I did have a brief chat with an overseas Ferrari tech who mentioned the clutch was a ~5 hour job. I know shops can vary widely

Thanks in advance

 

I bought the car with 29k miles and have added almost 3k miles since purchase. There's no previous maintenance history of a clutch replacement so I assume it is on the original clutch still

So it seems. I'm happy to see this will be a straightforward install for my shop.

I'm already really enjoying the car, despite the bad run of failed items. I knew what I was getting into buying a 30 year old exotic so I'm taking it on the chin.

The tech I spoke to said 30k+ miles is not a bad life for the OEM clutch after 30 years. I believe I am the 5th or 6th owner and of course do not know how the previous owners treated the clutch. I drive the car hard but no launches/burnouts.

I'm a fairly experienced driver and know how to treat a clutch. I'm hopeful this will likely be the last time I need to replace it. Hoping for 50k+ miles out of this one

 

Outside of the driver, vehicle weight and torque kill clutches, not horsepower. Tires on the 355 are relatively small, especially by modern car standards.

3100 lbs and 268 ft/lbs are not going to be hard on a clutch. You can drive a car hard without abusing a clutch if you're avoiding launches and improper technique. There is no reason a clutch cannot last far more than 30k miles in these cars.

Anyhow, not what this thread is about. Hoping some others can chime in on any additional items worth addressing during a clutch job outside of flywheel, Hill Engineering clutch release bearing and OEM pilot bearing.