Ferrari 488 GTB - MotorCity
Familiar and yet different. The Ferrari 488 GTB, launched in 2015, in many ways closely resembled the 458 Berlinetta model it replaced. The car looked very similar in overall form, size, and proportion.
The heart and soul of any Ferrari though, is the engine. In the 488, the V8 engine remains. Capacity was reduced from 4.5 litres to 3.9, but with two added turbochargers. The turbos add both power and more importantly, torque. For each measure, the 488 has the highest specific power and torque of any road Ferrari engine ever. This means that for every cc of engine capacity the 488 produces the most useable go. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels via a twin-clutch, 7-speed gearbox. This gearbox design uses two independent clutches. One clutch engages gears 1, 3, 5 and 7, while the second operates on 2, 4, 6 and Reverse. The gears are preselected electromechanically for the next shift.
The 488 is available as both a Berlinetta (coupe) and Spider (convertible) – these are the names commonly used for these body styles in the home of Ferrari, Italy.
Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1948, after he had run the racing team for rival Alfa Romeo. Originally he had built very limited numbers of road cars for well-heeled and well-connected customers – primarily to fund his racing team Scuderia Ferrari. Early road cars were almost exclusively V12 and front engined. Ferrari introduced a companion brand with assistance from FIAT with a V6 mid-engine design in the mid-1960s, named ‘Dino’ after his son Alfredino Ferrari, a name he also used for the V6 engine which Alfredino had helped design. In 1975 the V6 Dino 246 was replaced by a new, V8 engine model – the 308, with a 3.0 litre engine. The V8 line progressed through the 1980s – 2010s, with progressively larger engines. As well as a few low-capacity tax-specials, Ferrari added turbos to the V8 engine, high-performance 288 GTO and F40 models – the pinnacle Ferraris of their day.
This Ferrari 488 GTB has been included in Flickr LUGNuts' 120th Build Challenge, our tenth birthday, - "Happy 10th Anniversary, LUGNuts", - where all the previous challenge themes are available to build to. The 488 has been built to the 76th Build Challenge theme, - "Viva Italia", for vehicle from Italy.
The MotorCity-scale Ferrari 488 has also been included in my 2017 book title: 'How to Build Brick Cars'.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760352658/creativepubco-20
Ferrari 488 GTB - MotorCity
Familiar and yet different. The Ferrari 488 GTB, launched in 2015, in many ways closely resembled the 458 Berlinetta model it replaced. The car looked very similar in overall form, size, and proportion.
The heart and soul of any Ferrari though, is the engine. In the 488, the V8 engine remains. Capacity was reduced from 4.5 litres to 3.9, but with two added turbochargers. The turbos add both power and more importantly, torque. For each measure, the 488 has the highest specific power and torque of any road Ferrari engine ever. This means that for every cc of engine capacity the 488 produces the most useable go. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels via a twin-clutch, 7-speed gearbox. This gearbox design uses two independent clutches. One clutch engages gears 1, 3, 5 and 7, while the second operates on 2, 4, 6 and Reverse. The gears are preselected electromechanically for the next shift.
The 488 is available as both a Berlinetta (coupe) and Spider (convertible) – these are the names commonly used for these body styles in the home of Ferrari, Italy.
Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1948, after he had run the racing team for rival Alfa Romeo. Originally he had built very limited numbers of road cars for well-heeled and well-connected customers – primarily to fund his racing team Scuderia Ferrari. Early road cars were almost exclusively V12 and front engined. Ferrari introduced a companion brand with assistance from FIAT with a V6 mid-engine design in the mid-1960s, named ‘Dino’ after his son Alfredino Ferrari, a name he also used for the V6 engine which Alfredino had helped design. In 1975 the V6 Dino 246 was replaced by a new, V8 engine model – the 308, with a 3.0 litre engine. The V8 line progressed through the 1980s – 2010s, with progressively larger engines. As well as a few low-capacity tax-specials, Ferrari added turbos to the V8 engine, high-performance 288 GTO and F40 models – the pinnacle Ferraris of their day.
This Ferrari 488 GTB has been included in Flickr LUGNuts' 120th Build Challenge, our tenth birthday, - "Happy 10th Anniversary, LUGNuts", - where all the previous challenge themes are available to build to. The 488 has been built to the 76th Build Challenge theme, - "Viva Italia", for vehicle from Italy.
The MotorCity-scale Ferrari 488 has also been included in my 2017 book title: 'How to Build Brick Cars'.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760352658/creativepubco-20