488 exhaust options

Fabspeed Valvetronic $4995 plus they have other exhaust options https://www.fabspeed.com/ferrari/488/

 

You could try a Larini with its 200 cell cats.No ECU upgrade needed and very good value compared to Novitec. Another home grown exhaust maker is Brookes who make an Inconel exhaust for the 488 but not down pipe options.

 

I have a 488 and was looking for an exhaust upgrade but have now decided to wait until next year. Those in the know claim that the biggest bang for buck is to replace just the cat pipe with the 200 cell option. Larini's sounds pretty impressive and i did speak to them when i had my 458 but switched to a 488 instead.
Give Scuderia Parts a phone as they seem to be very well informed when i spoke to them.They suggested a Capristo for my old 458 as i'd already told them i was too tightfisted to fork out for a Novitec.

 

I don't know much about exhausts, but previous owner said mine is straight pipes novitec with some capristo parts. I like it. If you ever want a video of the sound (as helpful as that is), let me know.

 

Just get yourself a remote valve controller, just a few £/€/$, it sounds fine and then just drive and enjoy your car. Job done.

 

IMO just pin the valves first. Like that then maybe use a valve controller if you wish. I would certainly be doing that first for a few months driving . As stock it sounds great with pinned valves..

 

Oh BTW you are going to have battery issue. Keep her on the charger all the time. Also IMO buy a starter. I will go on a limb and say 100% chance you will need it. Prefer to have the charger in the car than a tow.

 

Speaking of a Jump Starter.....where are you guys keeping a Jump Started secured in the car?

1- They do ny fit in the little cargo nets behind the seat
2- They do not fit under the seat unless the seat is raised way up
3- In the front trunk on hard corners I heard mine clunk from side to side.

 

If you look on line there are these nifty carry cases available for the noco chargers. Not dear. But its padded. I leave it behind the passenger seat on the ground. Wife is short so the seat is forward.
BTW best to keep it in the cabin.

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Not the boot. Depending which starter you get there a carry cases on line. I leave it on the ground behind the passenger seat. You can get manually in your car with the key inside the remote.

I will predict 100% guarantee that you will need to jump start your car. The starter gets you out of the situation. Learn how to get to the battery also.

 

Yet another good suggestion MANDALAY that results in my Amazon trigger finger hitting the ‘buy now’ button. Thanks!


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Agree, first mod I usually do on all my cars is change exhaust so plan was to do that on my 488 right away. So I started searching for what to go with and was finding at least from the videos I was not hearing much difference, at least not in the way I'm use to hearing on my other cars. Then from more searching it seemed many were saying that aftermarket systems did not make a big change so I decided to just pin the valves at least for the short term. Have been very happy with that solution and car sounds great and with valves open at low RPM's now you can get some nice pops and burbles.

 

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I have this one. GB 70. If you do buy the same MAKE sure its fully charged.

This is a starter , its a lithium battery. I believe you are confusing yourself.

The battery is in the passenger fire wall. Look down there and you will see a round kernel. Unscrew it and that plate will fold down exposing the battery

If your car is RHD looking at the battery the left terminal is negative the right positive.

 

Also with KMs sounds even better. Frankly never worry about petrol and playing with the gears and revving.

 

Here is the one I got a while back. After watching many battery jump starter reviews and tests on YouTube this one was one of the top performing units

https://www.audew.com/Audew-2000A-Peak-20000mAh-Car-Jump-Starter-for-Any-Gas-Engine-or-Up-To-8_5L-Diesel-Engine-with-LCD-Power-Display-p-100058.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc_gg_s&utm_campaign=becky-20200805-us-s-brand_20000mah-SKU979938-da&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx7u5h6W67AIVpP_jBx2sAwWdEAAYAiAAEgJ7MfD_BwE

 

The 2 most important characteristics that a starter MUST HAVE.

Reverse polarity protection
No spark

If it has both these 2 items your good to go as long as it has the reserves.

 

A 488 with pinned valves is a really bad idea imo. It has a properly annoying drone at highway speeds when the valves open. At least with valves in normal operating mode you can cruise at 140-150 kph with the valves closed and no drone. When they are pinned it will drone all the time. No biggie during spirited back road drives, but a real pain during road trips.

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Speed limit 110 kms no drone noise But i get what you mean.