Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 458 with aftermarket exhaust

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:

yeah I am still not buying it at all...

My 1st vette put down 360 at the wheels (rated 385), my 348 put down 255 (rated 300), second vette put down 358 (rated 400)...  Granted the Chevy's at least were woefully under-rated from the factory but still... 

I haven't dyno'd the LS2...but figured it'd be 340. This is good stuff :)
 

So your telling me that Ferrari's brand new latest greatest video game, isn't as efficient as the "bane of Ferrari" the 348?  Man I gotta go back to that Ghetto and bring it home...

LOL....

I thought the direct injection was a big part in stepping up hp/liter in 2010 going forward...

Whatever you want to say about Ferrari's passion, soul, styling, direction etc...one thing cannot be debated:

They are kicking serious ass in Engineering. 

Traditionally they've spotted Lambo a good half liter of diplacement or more and you saw the difference in hp and torque....now it's equal or better!

Handling wise, they've stepped up considerably.....tech wise, the 458 is one of the most impressive cars ever built. 

FG