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Originally Posted by Dmbrown34
I currently do all my service on a vette and lotus...how different can it be? As long as I can get the parts, I can do the work.
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It is my understanding from the 355 model and on, service and maintenance is more complex, and less of the Ferrari owners do their own service. The big service is the timing belt change, which Ferrari recommends every 15k miles or 3 years. In some models this is an engine out service, as the mid-engine cars have the timing belt positioned right up against the cabin firewall.
When Ferrari service can not resolve the issues they send them out. In the SF valley/ Calabasas they send them to Fusion Motorsports. Damian Forbes is the owner, I had taken my Ferrari in this week to get the A/C checked out. He checked the system found it was functioning properly, he them drained and vacuumed all the lines, checks for leaks and recharged the system. What he charged was reasonable/ more than, given he was dealing with a Ferrari and had to remove all the trunk carpeting to get to the A/C. And when I dropped off the car, me thinking it would take 20-30 minutes to check the system, his wife immediately offered to drive me work. They seem to be nice, honest, good people, that specialize in all exotics.
If you were to choice to do it yourself, you can get most of the parts you need from Ricambiamerica- they are quick and reasonable and Daniel will answer your technical questions.
But I do have an extra black prancing horse emblem, I could sell you, which you could stick on you car and say it's a Ferrari, which would be cheaper than buying a Ferrari expenive.
Hell, some mistake the Lotus for a Ferrari, so way not confuse more people. Have Ferrari Lotus symbol, this would go along with the Lotus Ford symbol on the Espirit.
