Place Your Bets! Maserati Repairs Edition

"rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S" (rb1971)
08/20/2015 at 16:06 • Filed to: None

Here is an email I just received this morning from my mechanic regarding my Maserati GranTurismo S, which is one of the <300 cars with the 599 F1 gearbox.

“[Our head mechanic] looked into your clutch problem, he said the clutch is dragging and it has been adjusted as far as it can go. At this point, it’s time for a new clutch. I am looking up the parts and labor to give you a quote, he said to call him if you have any questions.”

Yipe!

Anyone care to place a bet on what the ultimate cost will be?

DISCUSSION (32)

Eberle-Hills-Cop > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:09

two 1995 Maximas.

jkm7680 > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:10

$2,550 plus labor.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:10

A new Miata

Jonathan Harper > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:10

So we’re going for parts and labor here? I’m gonna say $5000.

Party-vi > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:11

You have a GranTurismo S? O_o

nerd_racing > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:14

0.333333 V6 Mustangs

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:15

My guess is $3500. Didn’t want to skunk the post.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Jonathan Harper
08/20/2015 at 16:15

You’re probably closer than I am. Sadly.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
08/20/2015 at 16:16

God I hope not. :)

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Party-vi
08/20/2015 at 16:17

Kinja'd!!!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:21

Right. Hear me out.

1. Buy 6sp manual transaxle from GranSport/4200GT

2. Sell 599 F1 gearbox for $$$

3. Swap in said 4200GT transaxle

4. ???

5. Profit (if by profit, you mean increased kudos on Jaloppositelock, which you’re not exactly lacking in...)

Oh, do I remember correctly that you have a flickr account? New job calls for new backgrounds :)

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
08/20/2015 at 16:22

I’ve actually thought about this before. I should have asked the mechanic what he thought that would cost. It would be 100% more awesomer.

RallyWrench > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:25

$7400. Plus a month waiting for parts from Maserati, if my experience with the 2 ‘04 Spyders we work on is anything to go by.

Biased Plies > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:26

Gonna go with close to $7000 here. Sorry about the impending wallet damage.

Party-vi > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:28

Fancy. *drool*

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:29

Hopefully it’s rusty NA price.

Jonathan Harper > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:33

When I was at CCC we had a Gran Turismo cab in the fleet, great sound, good looks, but goddamn did it handle badly. Felt like a tie-rod or something was broken (it wasn’t broken, we checked) going over rough road the way it would shimmy.

TractorPillow > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:34

5600

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Jonathan Harper
08/20/2015 at 16:41

Was yours an S? Mine handles very well. Not M3 well, but better I think than a 612.

Jonathan Harper > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 16:44

Not an S, I think the chopped top didn’t help either.

bryan40oop > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
08/20/2015 at 16:44

You’ll need the electronics as well. Didn’t these have an E-diff? That makes it more complicated.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > Jonathan Harper
08/20/2015 at 16:48

Probably not. I would bet Maser just cuts the top off, adds no stiffening, and goes “eh, good enough”.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > bryan40oop
08/20/2015 at 17:01

Pass :S just rip out the e-diff I vote :)

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 17:06

I wonder how comparable the two quotes will be...

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > bryan40oop
08/20/2015 at 17:07

Ah, bit of googling tells me that they had a clutch-type LSD so all’s good on that front :)

bryan40oop > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
08/20/2015 at 17:08

But you still have the issue of switching from a ECU controlled trans with auto blip etc to a gated manual.

CaptDale - is secretly British > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 17:09

5725

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > bryan40oop
08/20/2015 at 17:21

Ah, I see what you mean. People swapping 6-speeds into Jaguar XKs have this problem. Most run some sort of box of tricks/map that mimics the ECU into thinking it’s getting signals from the auto-box. AFAIK that’s how Jaguar themselves did it on the first XKRS

If you want to do it properly you could run a standalone ECU, but that adds to costs.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 17:26

If it’s too expensive, just get your mechanic to swap in a GM TH400... LOL

wiffleballtony > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 18:44

$2000.

Jonathan Harper > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/20/2015 at 21:24

They probably just blow a kiss at it and call it a day.

pip bip - choose Corrour > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
08/21/2015 at 05:18

$6K-$7K