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Perfect Ferrari 488 upgrades with pictures

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  1. ScuderiaCarParts

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    Ferrari 488 Upgrades: Sport Exhaust, Carbon Fibre, Lowering Springs and Spacers, Power Kit

    It’s not often that we upload commercial posts, despite being a sponsor of Ferrarichat, but this is the sort of “upgrade package” which we think should be seen by as many 488 owners as possible.

    We recommended a package which meant the owner was able to tastefully enhance his 488 Spider, making it more exciting, without going over the top or “blinging” the car out and without spending absurd sums of money.



    The Owners Requirements

    - Address the unexciting exhaust note/sound of the 488.

    This is about tonal quality as much as volume. Anyone who has heard a 355 from stock/a 458 with a sports exhaust/ modern V12s can hear that the 488 has lost that high-pitched howling signature V8 Ferrari sound. Furthermore 488’s exhaust is probably a little too sedate when cruising around and on the overrun/off the throttle too. The non-linearity of the vales opening and closing can seem a little obnoxious when transitioning and fitting a “remote control” on the stock exhaust just makes it sound agricultural and unpleasant at anything other than WOT. Stock exhaust in action:



    - Give the 488 a more sporting ride height/attitude.

    Ferrari are unable to set their cars up with a very sporting ride height. It’s rare that the delivered cars have that low-slung look of the press photographs. There are many reasons why which we won’t go into here but you can read about HERE: https://www.scuderiacarparts.com/blog/why-you-need-to-consider-sport-springs/

    Original ride height:
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    - Replace carbon to Replace Plastic

    Ferrari’s beautiful carbon fibre options look great. But what happens if you didn’t get a chance to option them from new? There are plenty of reasonably-priced options in the aftermarket.

    Our Recommendations and the Build

    1. Full Sports Exhaust Kit: (sold as single kit)
    - Novitec Rear Sports Exhaust with Valve Operation
    - Capristo Thermally insulated Cat Replacement Pipes
    - Capristo OBD Wizard
    - Capristo Remote Control Kit

    Why? We’ll keep it brief:

    If you want that nice sound quality – that high pitched scream - the stock rear silencer has to go simple. The customer loved the sound of the Novitec sport exhaust so he chose that brand. He wanted something he could switch off too or long distances etc so we recommended the vale operated Novitec exhaust.


    Next If you then want more volume on the Ferrari 488. The cats have to go. The turbo’s have taken too much sound away so you need to go beyond the stock silencer. Full test pipes are cheaper than sports cat and give the biggest bang per buck. The Capristo OBD Wizard turns out the CEL.

    Finally the Capristo remote control allows the driver to operate the valves on the Novitec exhaust allowing noisy or quiet sound whenever he wants it. Fitting this to the stock exhaust just make it sound rough and agricultural to our ears….

    2. Novitec Lowering Springs and some conservative small spacers.

    The Novitec sport springs work with OEM dampers, do not compromise their function and being variable rate do not compromise ride comfort but DO give adequate stiffness in extremis to stop the car bottoming out at the new lowered ride height (which the stock springs wouldn’t).

    Lowering the car can often sadly accentuate the deficit of width between the stock wheels and arches. Ideally, you’d fit new wheels with a more aggressive offset. In this instance some spacers neutralised this deficit. That’s why springs and spacers are often sold together or should be.

    The car was given a full geometry adjustment when the parts were installed to ensure that the handling was actually optimised around the new wider track and lower ride height, as opposed to compromised. This is essential and your vendor better advise you of this or their not qualified to sell these parts.

    3. Capristo Carbon Fibre Rear Diffuser and Front Spoiler.

    The Capristo carbon rear diffuser looks beautiful and plugs in to work with all OEM moving aerodynamic parts. The Carbon Front Spoiler just looks great and is Ferrari branded.
    YES for those owners who want something that looks completely Ferrari original, you can opt for the Novitec parts which are identical to stock. This owner wanted a little stylistic flourish which could have come from the factory itself.

    The Results:

    A complete overview can be seen here:



    1. The Exhaust

    Well The exhaust note “speaks” for itself.



    It’s remote controlled so it’s never too noisy (as you can close the valves) and it’s never too quiet (because you can open them again);
    No Check Engine Light.
    No technical ill-effects.

    2. The Lowering and Springs

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    After:
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    Once again, you can see the results for yourself. Remember the objective was not to “slam” the car – that just makes it undriveable. But you can certainly see the car suddenly look a lot more Ferrari-like. Low, sexy, and sporting. Lovely.

    3. Carbon

    And finally, you can again, see for yourself, the results. The plastic on there rear diffuser is gone (there’s an argument that it should never have been there in the first place) and the front splitter is now beautiful carbon fibre.

    Diffuser before:
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    Diffuser after:
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    Front spoiler before:
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    Front spoiler after:
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    That wraps us this wordy post.


    No doubt you will have many questions. So drop us an email with reference “488 BUILD” in the subject line and we will be delighted to answer them.

    Jack Morrad: [email protected]

    Chris Boyd: [email protected]

    USA: 866-684-8349

    ROW: +44 1784 434395

    www.scuderiacarparts.com

    [email protected]

    We hope you all found this useful.
     

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  2. jyupitt

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    Great writeup! I like how you mixed novitec and capristo for the exhaust setup.


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  3. Murcielago_Boy

    Murcielago_Boy Formula Junior

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    looks nicer that little bit lower! Sounds great too.
     
  4. ScuderiaCarParts

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    Consolidated before and after exhaust video for you to easily hear the difference here (it sounds even better in the flesh!):
     
  6. Baptist

    Baptist Karting

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    Beautiful work as ever, Chris.
    I bet he's pleased with that!
     
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  7. Melvok

    Melvok F1 World Champ
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    Where do I find prices ?
     
  8. Jack@ScuderiaSystems

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    Hi Mel. Please email me at [email protected] and I will send you back full details and pricing. Thank you!
     

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