Remember that rather delightful, reimagined Ferrari F355 from 2024? It’s now ready, with Brit company Evoluto confirming it has tested all the specifications it promised us a couple of years back.
Chief among which is a re-engineered version of Ferrari’s 3.5-liter mid-mounted naturally-aspirated V8, now making 414hp and 370Nm of torque (up from 375hp and 363Nm when new back in 1994).
Those gains come courtesy of new internals with less inertia, along with bespoke cams, ported heads, and a new stainless-steel exhaust system with a different design. This being naturally aspirated, you’ll be able to enjoy every single one of those 414 horses right up to its 8,500rpm redline.
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If you want to enjoy more, there’s more. Though not quite the 500hp, 3.9-liter monster Evoluto told us back in 2024, there’s the option of 474hp delivered via a bored-out V8 now displacing 3.7 liters. This one redlines to 9,000rpm, too, and gets ‘extreme’ high-lift cams, more powerful fueling, and stronger internals for “sustained high-speed operation.” All of it is controlled by a new ECU.
There’s more. The track is 77mm wider at the front and 66mm wider at the back, accommodating brand-new upper and lower arms, uprights, and anti-roll bar drop links. You get huge Brembo brakes with six-pot calipers up front and four-pots on the back. Evoluto has also redesigned some of the F355’s hard points—the centers of the upper and lower ball joints, for example.
And where original items were no longer available, it built and produced its own, like the wheel bearings (each one 1kg lighter than before) and the driveshafts. Supposed to be easier to service, too.
The company has now confirmed its suspension partner, not just for this 355, but for anything else it and partner firm Boreham Motorworks will use (the latter is responsible for (re)doing the Mk1 Escort and RS200, don’t forget.) So the 355 now comes with three-way adjustable R53 dampers.
There’s a faster steering ratio, upgraded (but still hydraulic) power steering, and tons (not literally) of carbon fiber used for the redesigned cabin. A cabin devoid of any digital screens, and replete with a better HVAC system as well.
Speaking of tons, Evoluto is claiming a dry weight of 1,250kg—around 100kg lighter than Maranello managed back in the ’90s. Over the last year, the car has done over 8,047km of track tests, though Evoluto originally told us the thing’s been engineered for a road bias.
The first of just 55 customer cars will start getting stripped down from next month, and it’ll be delivered towards the end of the year. Each car starts from £595,000 (around P46.2 million)—a hundred grand cheaper than when we first saw it.
Looks good in red, no? And judging by this little short—filmed in Catesby Tunnel—sounds pretty good, too...
Tunnel run of the Ferrari 355 by Evoluto:
More photos of the Ferrari 355 by Evoluto:
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
