430 manifold / warranty / inspection

[240Cup]

Hi guys, looking to come back into the fold and have my eye on a private sale 2005 car that had a cracked manifold change under warranty in 2008 which I believe is when the old design was changed to avoid the ceramic issue that could be hoovered into the engine. Thing is, how do I tell if they simply put a replacement manifold on that was of the old design or if they used the newer design which is less catastrophic if it cracks?

if I decide to change it altogether, which supplier and how much am I in for?

Also Ferrari inspections I believe are either 3 hours labour or 6 hours labour - anyone any experience of what is involved in each, I'm advised the bigger one involves compression test.

Can no longer warranty this with Ferrari, any good aftermarket ones and if so which and for how much per annum?

Thanks v much

[240Cup]

Just coming back to this as next purchase is imminent....manual car with approaching 30k miles and FFH.

Proposing to use a Ferrari main dealer for inspection and they want 6hours labour for it. For this I would expect a pretty thorough going over of the car - anyone had this done and any comments for or against?

I've also done a bit more reading up on the manifolds and read some comments that people 'undo the lower bracket and remove' which is supposed to give the exhaust some more freedom of movement - anyone done this?

[240Cup]

Thanks for the reply ..it has got 15 years of unbroken Ferrari main dealer servicing (every year) so it will be staying within the network. I just think it would be a shame to break that record. I do get what you are saying about the inspection though - is there a Ferrari equivalent of the 'Peter Morgan' Porsche inspection?

Car is going to be at Maranello Egham to have some minor remedial work done on the suspension which was picked up on last service so I figured it would make sense to let them carry on and do the full inspection.

I've read shed loads on this manifold issue but are they really ticking (literally) time bombs? There must be more people running around with cars on standard manifolds than an aftermarket one and you don't hear many 'engine ruined' horror stories, or do you?