Ferrari Superamerica Engine

The Superamerica's engine is based on the most classical of all Ferrari's layouts – the V12. It features a 65 degree vee architecture with twin overhead cams per cylinder bank and four valves per cylinder and the crankcase, cylinder heads and sump are all in aluminium alloy. In finest Ferrari tradition, the V12 also adopts a dry sump lubrication system.

The Superamerica's engine has been boosted to deliver 532 bhp at 7,250 rpm (24 bhp more than the 575M Maranello). This extra power was achieved by the use of new higher flow intake tracts, an improved flow coefficient thanks to the optimisation of the fluid-dynamic characteristics of the cylinder head inlet ducts and intake manifold. Similarly, the new exhaust system design reduces back-pressure.

The Superamerica has a transaxle layout featuring a six-speed gearbox with multi-cone synchronisers. With regard to the F1-style gearbox, the introduction of the latest generation electronics not only makes for faster gear changing times in the manual Sport mode (down to 180 ms), but also smoother automatic shifts in F1 A mode.