Green car power: 875 bhp Ferrari FF with bio-ethanol converted engine
You might have dreamed of cruising on the asphalt while stepping on the gas pedal of a speed monster like a Ferrari but you might be consciences struck with all the fuel it will burn and all the carbon dioxide it will spew out. So think of electric cars or maybe a hybrid to satisfy you. What if we tell you there is a green Ferrari that you can get your hands on?
Here’s how the Ferrari FF becomes a green car. A Norwegian firm called Customized.no offers a conversion kit that will make your stallion run on bio-ethanol E85 for less than 1,500 euros. The tweak can make your stock 651 horsepower V12 into a more poweful 875 bhp supercar that has a lower carbon dioxide emission comparable to a bluemotion VW Polo.
This is not really a first time that we hear of a car running on E85 that becomes very powerful in terms of its output.LIke the Agera R from Swedish hypercar manufacturer Koenigsegg which gives out 1099 bhp. Fill its tank up with a 95 octane gasoline and you limit its power to 927 bhp. E85 is also the blend of fuel used by IndyCars but they mixed it with 15% pump gasoline.
Looking at the carbon dioxide it coughs out of the air, the Ferrari FF is not doing so good at 360 grams per kilometer but the conversion to E85 puts it below the the 100 gram mark according to initial reports. Looks like the setup improves everything and steps up its 0 to 100 kph from 3.7 seconds down to less than 3 seconds or about 20% better.
The conversion kit was installed by a Ferrari dealer for the ride on picture on here. We do not have word if putting the conversion on the $300,000 car invalidates the warranty with the Italian carmaker.