I just read about the 430 spider on two magazines, on both they said is the best ferrari now. (of course excepting Enzo) Of course I agree about sensations mainly because of the sound when u are without roof, but what about dynamics??? Almost the same, wonderfull both I know.. But WHAT´S THE DIFFERENCE IN FIORANO TRACK, 2 SECONDS MAYBE? DOES ANYONE KNOW THE LAP TIME IN FIORANO????? Thank u all.
Maybe is not very popular to say that there´s a real difference between them. Maybe there is not such a difference. Who knows?
This is hardly scientific, especially given some of the stuff they've pulled in the past, but when TopGear tested the F430 they took a Spider around the track as well. The driver in the coupe (apparently a professional touring-car driver) was unable to shake Clarkson in the spider.
Actually it was a Ferrari F1 test driver. Top Gear said the coupe was only 0.3 of a second faster than the spider.
Do u know in which track was it? How long it was? Here in spain 2 years ago they made a comparisson between 360 coupe and 360 spider. They said that there was a real difference. I think around 2 sec in a "more a less" 4 km track. Do you think that theres more difference between 360-360 sp, than 430-430 spider? Why? The diference in weight is similar.
coupe/ spider: length: 4512mm/ same width: 1923mm/ same Height: 1214mm/ 1234mm Weight: 1450kg/ 1520kg Dry weight: 1350kg/ 1420kg Weight distribution: front; 43%/ same rear; 57% Performance: Max speed: 315km/h. / 310km/h F1 0-400m: 11.95/ 12.05 sec. 0-1000m: 21.60/ 21.80 sec. So, after reading all this data it seems that in real life the difference must be little. But in the race track, can Ferrari ingeneers have made such a good work in the torsional rigidity???????????????????? If that 0.3 sec. difference is true the answer I suppose would be affirmative.
Good post yes But i want to add something with full optons F430 f1 become 1450kg and F430 F1 Spyder becomes about 1600kg
Thank u Thats even better, sorry if it´s not very polite, only if u can, how did u manage to get that information? and why the options are heavier? or is just because there are different ones?