A few questions... What is the Ferrari-quoted top speed of a 360 Spider? What's the highest anyone has reported? Finally, assuming proper inflation pressures, what would an indicated 188 likely be after factoring in the error? I recently had an opportunity to stretch mine out (capristo level 3, straight pipe cat replacement, CF airbox, s/w optimized for these mods). I hit an indicated 188 at about 8400 rpm in 6th gear. She had a little more left but I was running out of open range. Conditions, approx 95 degrees, humid, sunny, top up, on the straightest, most desolate, and smoothest 4-lane limited access road I know in NC. Please save your lectures, it already took place. Just curious about the numbers. Thanks in advance.
188 is flying. Was it steady as 100? Vibrations? I think I did about 130 or so in my spyder but 188 is a bit risky off track I would say. Can you even begin to imagine what the judge would do. Mr.x the officer clocked you at 188 miles per hour how do you plead? Gotta be permanent loss of license for sure. Anyway congratulations on reaching that speed that is fast for sure. I thought I read that someone here has reached about 170mph in their 360.
170 mph is a cake walk for the 360 for sure. While I haven't been that fast in mine, I've been close and it was still pulling hard. I do not doubt at all that these cars will do 186 mph or whatever Ferrari claims, maybe faster depending on engine speed. Shoot, I've been 175 in my Lancer Evolution which has the aerodynamics of a brick and it was still accelerating.
You hit 188 with a spider? Hard to believe since the quoted top speed is 295 kms/h (183.3mph) only I did 286 kms/h (177.71) on the German highway many times, almost killed myself once. The Modena isn't stable at high speeds unlike the F430 which is amazingly stable at any speed Some of my Ferrari friends were even faster albeit only just a little bit, most of them were slower than that. Real speed is probably 2-3% less (a friend of mine tested it with his GPS) In general Ferraris seem to never achieve the quoted top speed.
I have no doubt whatsoever that "188" isn't 188 but i've been thinking maybe 180 or so. At that speed, it really isn't much more turbulent than 140. To mit was quite stable but a little bit turbulent. As for whether mine will do that or not, my car has 21k miles on it (we've all heard that the drivers have better output), and as i mentioned, it has a lot of airflow over stock. Its possible that it may have 40-50 hp over stock. The only other possible advantage i can think of is that it has been lowered a bit to give a more raked stance...may help some. Other conditions...50 lbs of luggage in the trunk plus my weight of 275. No passenger. Totally full tank of fuel. If it'll run like that in the 95 degree heat, i wonder how it'd do at 55 degrees or so. Oh, i'm also on stock 18" 5-spoke wheels (non-modular) with mid-kife Mich PS (1, not PS2) in stock sizes.
I've tested a couple of 360's with a gps and they've both been off 6-7%. Both cars were with stock sizes on tires and wheels. Also, I won't say how fast, but my CS is VERY stable at high speed.
I feel so inferior, having hit 'only' 145 on the long straight at Summit Point. I might have been able to go a bit faster but the instructor yelling 'brake, brake' was a bit of a mood breaker.
This probably explains the difference, mine was completely stock Nice car 6-7% seems a lot if not too much. According to EU laws the difference must not be more than 5%, so Ferrari should definitely adhere to that.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! yea, some instructors can be mood killers, but most are really good up at Summit. I had 150 in the 360 on the straight on the main course back in July. Pretty hot 2 days! Can't wait for October!!! Robert
I agree that it's a lot. I've used the same unit to check a Porsche, MB and BMW. These cars were off between 0-2%.
Upon reading this again the above jumped out at me. My car was pretty stable at 150 and I am stock wheels with P-zeros. I wonder how much coorelation there is between wheel/tire changes and precieved stability. Of course stability is subjective so it will be hard to compare but interesting none the less.
