430 diet

Yes, it is very possible, I was considering to do it, but bought a Scuderia instead.

The stock F430 with standard brakes weighs 3,366 lbs with a full tank of fuel on the standard US version.

Weight with no fuel for a 2007 F430 is 3,210 lbs, so to get under 3,000 lbs you will need:

- Race seats, not the Scuderia/Stradale seats, but something lighter (F430 Challenge Seats), you will save around 60 lbs total
- Custom wheels -20 lbs (forged aluminum)
- a 7 lbs lithium battery saves 35 lbs
- empty windshield wiper reservoir, -15 lbs
- remove trunk tool, -10 lbs
- Exhaust, big weight reduction here, new headers, sport cats, and a Ti muffler, you can erase 50 lbs from the stock system

At this point you have reached 3,020 lbs. If you find a car with CCB then you're right at 3,000 lbs with no fuel, which is just 14 lbs heavier than my 09 Scuderia with no fuel. Indeed a standard F430 with CCB and the mods above would be lighter than a 08 Scuderia without the carbon package.

The Modena does not put that much power to the ground, it does around 320rwhp on a dynojet, and it is rated at 400Hp. Power to the wheels is what matters, the engine in the Modena can be rated at 400Hp, but a 2004 GT3 rated at 380Hp puts around 355rwhp and it is a lot quicker.

The F430 puts in between 400-405 rwhp, good power but horrible torque curve below 6000rpm. It is rated at 483Hp in US. with a power kit (air boxes, filter, ECU tuning, headers, cats, etc) FabSpeed has reached 450 rwhp which is almost a 50Hp increase, so that would get the car to around 540Hp at the crank using Ferrari loses, you can get another 10Hp tuning for higher octane fuel.

I haven't dynoed my Scuderia yet, but another owner got 428rwhp. A F430 with the mods above would accelerate quicker than a stock Scuderia.

 

Well I can not say this for a fact since I have not driven a 430 that has had all of these things done to it, but since the scud has a different F1 system, and I would imagine it is programed to use the power band differently, I not convinced the 430 would be faster. If it were me, I'd drop a supercharger in the 430, probably not that big of a cost difference from doing all that other stuff and then you have a much faster car. I have learned over the years, go big or do not go at all.