Our favorite automotive hooligan Chris Harris does his thing in the Ferrari 488 Pista. As always, Mr Harris does not hold back in describing his thoughts. As always, he also doesn’t hold back from getting the Pista very very very sideways. We love that guy.
[embedded content]We love fanatic Ferrari car collectors and we love Petrolicious. Car collectors like David Lee buy, care for and actually drive amazing cars and want to share their world with us car fans. Petrolicious helps tell those stories and share those moments. That’s why when we saw that Petrolicious published a video of David Lee’s custom Dino it was going to be awesome.
It will take the real experts to see the visual differences. The wheels are a bit bigger than standard, the arches are more aggressive, the light covers are unique and there is a clear engine cover not seen on a regular Dino. Two seconds is all any person will need to immediately realize that this car has a unique engine. The sound is angry, deep and not very Dino-ish. Lee took an F40 block (2.9L), removed the turbos, bored it from 2.9 to 3.6L and added twin banks of velocity stacks. This is a naturally-aspirated screamer that combines modern performance with the Dino’s ageless style in a package that doesn’t compromise on either end.
Turn up the volume and sit back and enjoy. Don’t forget to support the folks that put this together and check out the full behind the scenes story at Petrolicious, with cool commentary and a full gallery of amazing images.
When Ferrari makes a track special of its mid-engined V8 supercar, it doesn’t tend to get it wrong. And so to the Ferrari 488 Pista, a car that, Ferrari says, has more motorsport in it than any of its other road cars. Subscribe now: http://smarturl.it/autocar
It has the engine and aerodynamics from the Ferrari 488 Challenge car, but, at 661bhp, it not only makes 50bhp more than the regular 488 GTB and 20% more downforce, it’s also up to 90kg lighter thanks to a widespread adoption of carbon fibre.
Does this mean, though, that it’ll have the measure of other low-volume, race-inspired cars like the Porsche 911 GT2 RS and Lamborghini Huracan Performante? Join us as we find out whether this is another Ferrari special that ticks every gorgeous box it should.
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