A few months back I noted that Novitec Rosso was up to its usual tricks again wringing improbable amounts of performance out of existing supercars, with the latest recipient being the Ferrari 458 Italia. (see here http://tyreroar.blogspot.com/2011/01/world-is-not-enough.html) I may have mused that despite the impressive feats of power-hungry engineering they bestowed upon chosen exotics, it was a slight shame NR were reinterpreting the 458, one of the last vestiges of the high-revving naturally aspirated supercar as the general march towards more capacity-efficient forced induction continues. Reports back then suggested the Fezza would gain NR's standard twin-supercharged package to up power towards hypercar levels.
Whether or not my post had an effect on Novitec Rosso remains a mystery at present, but Stateside sources have today shown that the finished conversion, revealed just in time for the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, is as one hundred per cent free flowing, unassisted, naturally aspirated as orginally, and a damn site more pokey to boot. Through the fitment of lighter F1-derived exhaust, a remapped ECU and a reprofiled carbon air intake, the baby berlinetta now hands over 609bhp in return for its 4.5 litres. While not as headline-grabbing as some of NR's previous outputs, unearthing a further 39bhp from an already highly strung motor with no increase in capacity, no forced induction, and an overall decrease in weight is an extraordinary feat. Make up your own mind about the mustachioed front and other carbon paraphernalia, but there can be little argument against the quality of Novitec's tuning results, not least the preservation of the 458's flat plane crack howl.
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