Fabspeed Ferrari 296 GTS / GTB Silicone Boost Hoses

Anyone know if the is Ferrari warranty compliant in the USA?

 

This is DIY install? The GTB looks straight forward but as far the GTS, it's not that easily accessible. Where are the two shorter hoses located?

 

WARRANTY: USA: The official response from Ferrari is that it would affect your warranty. Per my service department.

 

I did these, the uppers took about 30min to swap in and was very straight forward. The lowers you have to remove the rear fender lining to access the hose clamps. The ones in deeper are a pain in the ass and will beat up your hand but it is doable. Just have patience. The driver side isnt too bad but the passenger side is harder and its easiest to get to the clamp by removing/loosening a bit of the undertray and sticking your hand up under, your extension tool will go into the frame hole between 2 electric cables (not as dangerous as it sound dont worry). My factory clamps were on in a horrible angle so I had to shove my hand in deep to get to that area (I believe I did this thru a very narrow area on the side once I got my tool into place from underneath).. At first it looks impossible but you will find a way, easier if you have small hands for sure. When you put the clamp back on after swapping the hose, you can set the clamp to be much easier to access with your tool. Just take your time with it. I did use a lift to do mine, to make it much easier to stick ur hand under the car for that passenger side, on the floor this would be impossible, doable with jacks but certainly not comfortable. Its very straight forward though so any competent performance shop should be able to pop these in.

The hoses are just better quality and thicker than the factory ones which are really soft. The new hoses keeps the tube from expanding, esp since they get hot, which helps retain boost pressure. You will notice a bit more responsivness which also translates to butt dyno horsepower. Is it worth it as a mod if your looking for a huge difference, not really, but if your after the best performance of your car then yea. I would do it again personally because I like having that extra edge on my cars.

As for warranty, it will only void an issue that would be directly caused by the change, not the entire car. The most likely issue would be boost hose popping off and needing to be re-clamped, hence why I suggest making sure they are very tight but this is a easy fix. Now if you introduce a rock or leave a bolt or something in the hose and it goes in the engine, then sure your on the hook for that, but this is nothing more than replacing a couple of low quality thin hoses, with much better thicker ones.

Finally if your still concerned, you can easily swap out the visual engine bay ones before a service, they wouldnt know about the lower ones unless you had a big issue in the suspension or interoolers where the fender lining would have to come off, and if thats the case, you could still swap those in as well before bringing it in. There is no reason why switching to better quality hoses would cause any engine issues or damage unless, as mentioned before, you left something in the tube and it got into the engine. Its just air that passes thru, nothing else.

 

Thanks for taking the time to write this thorough explanation. I'm leaning towards doing this as well.

 

I forgot to mention, on the uppers, you do have to remove the plastic shielding (very easy), just be careful not to lose any washers. There is a clip that keeps the shock holding the glass panel in place, just pop the clip off the top of the shock and then you can pull the shielding out over it. I put a few rags in the engine bay in case any bolts or washers fell as a pre-caution to catch them. I didnt disconnect the string release lines on the shielding, i just turned it sideways and laid it in the bay while i swapped the tubes. Very easy to do the uppers.