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458 Scuderia Audio 458 Stealth Amplifier Sneak Peek

Discussion in '458 Italia/488/F8' started by SoftwareDrone, Jun 25, 2021.

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  1. SoftwareDrone

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    More details for anyone who is interested. The power cable from the amplifier connects to the positive post of the battery via a small ring terminal. Standard stuff. For the ground cable, if you remove the passenger side kick panel, you'll see that the negative battery cable is bolted to the chassis with a large ring terminal. This is the perfect place to ground the amp. I should have taken a picture of this but it slipped my mind. The attached images in this post shows where to connect a wire for the amp turn on. Very easy.
    The last image is basically my update on getting the harnesses ready for the larger, DSP amplifier version. I'm putting in the order today for some amp shelf brackets for the DSP amp.
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  2. SoftwareDrone

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    I've been working on SO many projects but finally had time to fully sort this one out.
    Now I can say I can offer a 100% plug and play DSP stealth amplifier kit for the Speciale. The amp mounts right above the battery, and the wires just plug right in.
    Every detail has been sorted out, from the correct lengths of the cables to the correct ring terminals and locations for the power, ground and amp turn on wires.
    You literally need two Allen wrenches and one Torx wrench to take the car apart, install this system, then put the car back together. The last Speciale I did took 30 minutes.

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  3. FerrariCognoscenti

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    Does it work on Italia also or only speciale?


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  4. pnd4pnd

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    Unfortunately not.
     
  5. SoftwareDrone

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    For the 458/488/F8, I have developed some mini harnesses that bring the factory harness as close as possible to the custom harness.
    This video explains in more detail: https://youtu.be/B6dD9T-y4Oo
     
  6. jordanfsl

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    Just curious, what is the difference between the 458 and Speciale in this case?
     
  7. Banzairacer

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    I know it may be sacrilege, has anyone considered the kicker, etc lines of mini-amps some with DSP functions. it’s not quite audiophile quality but we are talking about 458/488 Ferrari's with substantive cabin noise.
     
  8. pnd4pnd

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    the connectors
     
  9. SoftwareDrone

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    My video explains this in detail.
     

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