f430 running costs?? clutch life etc

[ODRALLAG]

UH-Matt said:

My Gallardo is in for a new clutch right now, on its annual service and I haven't minded spending £3k-4k as the car has cost me nothing else all year and hasn't lost a penny either. At least now I can enjoy a car with a 100% fresh clutch... Factor it in when buying if you are concerned

Which Gallardo did you buy if you dont mind me asking? Im looking to get a gallardo/f430 and looking for one which will be more stable and not lose as much as my current car.

Thanks

[iandc]

Auto Italia magazine next issue is running an article on running a supercar inexpensively. Could be helpful as it will cover early Gallardos.

[SpeedYellow]

Mario149 said:

I'd love to know what the issue with Ferrari and designing exhaust manifolds is! Every V8 car from the 355 onwards seems to get through them like they were a consumable, I just had to have one refurbed on my 355.

Glad you got your manifolds for free from Ferrari, but I'd lay money on them going again in a few years time

The biggest issue is the air pump not working or not working correctly. When the car is driven hard or the temps get high it should cool them. I know lots of 355s the pumps have failed but no one ever notices.

[carspath]

speedyellow : please could you explain where (with regards to a ferrari 355 2.7) these air pumps you refer to are to be found, and how one checks that they are working correctly
thank-you

[SpeedYellow]

Airpump is behind the rear bumper on the offside (driver on RHD). When you first start the car it normally runs (you can hear the high pitched whine) and then if you push the car hard you'll hear it kick in to blow air across the manifolds.

[355f]

SpeedYellow said:

Airpump is behind the rear bumper on the offside (driver on RHD). When you first start the car it normally runs (you can hear the high pitched whine) and then if you push the car hard you'll hear it kick in to blow air across the manifolds.

The air pump is there in order to clean up emissions, so at start-up the airpump pumps air in the manifold to make it heat quicker- I doubt very much that the failure of the airpump would lead to a reduced service life of the exhaust, I would have thought it would have increased it, due to the manifold actually running a little colder. if one looks at aftermarket quality headers from Tubi et al, they do not often include the airrail and it is blanked off.

In any event, the failure of these items is due to poor quaity thin metal, on the 'outside' of the bend where the metal stretches it is not far from paper thin and with the passage of many heat cycles just falls to bits.