![]() 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?
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two 1995 Maximas.
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$2,550 plus labor.
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A new Miata
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So we’re going for parts and labor here? I’m gonna say $5000.
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You have a GranTurismo S? O_o
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0.333333 V6 Mustangs
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My guess is $3500. Didn’t want to skunk the post.
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You’re probably closer than I am. Sadly.
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God I hope not. :)
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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 :)
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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.
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$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.
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Gonna go with close to $7000 here. Sorry about the impending wallet damage.
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Fancy. *drool*
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Hopefully it’s rusty NA price.
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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.
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5600
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Was yours an S? Mine handles very well. Not M3 well, but better I think than a 612.
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Not an S, I think the chopped top didn’t help either.
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You’ll need the electronics as well. Didn’t these have an E-diff? That makes it more complicated.
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Probably not. I would bet Maser just cuts the top off, adds no stiffening, and goes “eh, good enough”.
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Pass :S just rip out the e-diff I vote :)
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I wonder how comparable the two quotes will be...
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Ah, bit of googling tells me that they had a clutch-type LSD so all’s good on that front :)
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But you still have the issue of switching from a ECU controlled trans with auto blip etc to a gated manual.
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5725
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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.
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If it’s too expensive, just get your mechanic to swap in a GM TH400... LOL
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$2000.
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They probably just blow a kiss at it and call it a day.
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$6K-$7K