How many 458 Italias with original ecu and exhaust crackles?

I have to play around with it more in race mode. I just got the car about a month and a half ago and installed the valve controller recently then we had 10" of snow. Snow now gone so I just need to get the time to get it out there and mess around with it more in race mode. But it certainly seems like there was more burbling in race mode with valves open.
I will let you know next time I'm out with it.


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THANKS!!! I'm so pumped!

Soooooooo, Dr. Shiv, please prepare for eventually doing your brain surgery on my baby... She needs her burbles!

 

Awesome. Thank you for the info. Details like this are vital when it comes to getting the full picture of the changes that Ferrari made between original and updated calibrations

I'll be happy to oblige

 

Hi everyone ! I'm new to Ferrari chat and this is my first Ferrari so I hope I'm doing this right ( 2011 ) 458 Italia , I got it about 4 months ago with only 530 miles on it and now it has 800 miles , it was the only 2011 at the Ferrari dealer out of six 458 at the time , the lady who solded to me said this is the loudest 458 she has , I didn't believe her till I was reading you guys talking about it , can you tell me if this sound like the original ecu ? Thank you
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It sounds like you do.

 

Good to know thank you

 

That sounds like an original ECU to me as well....

CONGRATS!! How in the world did you find a 2011 with such low mileage, by the way? What a great find!!

 

Yes, it sounds like you have one of the older ECU calibrations. Which isn't surprising since it seems like the car basically purchased in 2010/2011 and then parked for a few years

If you take it to a dealer for servicing, ask them not to update your software. Although there is a good chance they will have to. If they do, you will lose those nice burbles.

Congrats on the car!

 

To Shiv's point, you really should do as 458Trofeo does when he takes his car to the dealer, and make them sign an agreement that they will NOT update your ECU! Otherwise that beautiful sound will go away....

 

I said this in my thread, but figured it should be here too: my 2011 that I just picked up has the stock ecu

 

Had no idea that there are that many left! Fantastic!!

Now we need them all side by side for a huge drive!!!

 

Thank you guys for all the info !!! I love the sound of this car , I'm so glad I found you haha !!!!!!! I was making a deal on 2013 Italia with 8000 miles , didn't work out , then she told me she has 2011 with 500 miles and it's so loud , I said 500 miles ? She told me the previous owner trade all his Ferraris with low miles , then I said why will it be louder then other ferraris ? She said I don't know why 2011 are always louder , I told her they louder because you trying to sell me this car !!! She said no it's really louder , I didn't believe her till I was reading your chat !!! So thanks again

 

What exactly are they updating that you have to tell them not to? Is it a campaign?


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Yes indeed. It's a dealership mandated software update. Although it seems that some have been able to keep their dealership from doing it on their 2010-2011 cars. But there will soon be a solution to all those updated 2010-2011 and those unfortunate 2012 and up cars that never sounded special in the first place

 

You got soooooooooooooo lucky!!! Congrats again, very happy/excited for you!!

 

YES!!! Can't wait!

 

Update: ECUs were removed from Mike's 2013 Spider last night. They were opened and backed-up this morning and then reinstalled so I could drive the car home. The Capristo exhaust valve controller was also removed. Tonight I'll start working on the tune file. And tomorrow I will start my testing, followed by video recording the results. In the meantime, here are some pics of the process so far
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Wish the driveway always looked like this
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A couple other parameters you might want to look at when comparing files is the Canister vent and purge duty (at decel?) and the injected air duty (at decel?).