Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 355 exhaust manifolds or thoughts on buying one...

[Dave Handa (dave]

Factory manifolds for the 355 were never updated, other than the change in
the air injection rails in 1996(?).  Other than that, the manifold tubes are
still the same thin, crappy stainless steel.  The only true fix is either to
get aftermarket manifolds from one of several sources, or have your factory
ones rebuilt by QV London.  Here, they will remove the heat shields, cut off
the bad tubes from the mounting flange back to the collector, and install,
thicker, higher grade stainless steel ones.  They even put new CO ports on,
and then reinstall the heat shields.  I forget the cost, but I did the whole
job, including shipping from the UK to USA, and exchange of my manifolds
with return shipping for less than $2700, with new gaskets and copper nuts
(both sides).

-----Original Message-----
From: Britt2Asa [at] aol.com [mailto:Britt2Asa [at] aol.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:56 AM
To: dave [at] davehanda.com
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] 355 exhaust manifolds or thoughts on buying one...

Well, the cheque arrived for the 328GTS from the insurance company so I have

to put that behind me and start looking for another car. Now here in the UK
it 
is a real buyers market for all things Ferraris....prices are really low and

with winter coming (which is when nobody buys) I would guess prices will be 
even lower in two months if people want to sell their car.

I have played with the idea of getting a very late 348 (there is a 1996 
registered 348 spider near me for sale with only 8000 miles for the same
money I 
got for my 328) (and yes it is probably one of the last ones made and wasn't

first registered until january 1996). It seems however that if I spring for 
another £5-£7k I can get a 355 with about 30k miles.

So - what are your opinions - is the 355 a much better car than the 348? 
Should I get a very low miles 348 instead or is the 355 that much better?  I
plan 
on getting a 6spd and either a GTS or a spider, lhd.

After driving the 328 to 60000 miles and having a 21 year old car its going 
to be nice to have a much newer Ferrari!

Thoughts on the cars and a real question - Are the replacement factory 
manifolds for the 355 better made or do they crack as well? Has anyone
replaced them 
more than once on their own car? Just wondering whether Ferrari ever
bothered 
to redesign the part (probably not)...

BR in the UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
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