I just can go on and on about the beauty of tuning. And with the right amount of cash, available technology and know-how, you can really push an already great car to the borders of Clarkson-esque “Absolutely bonkers!” Like this one by Edo Competition for example.

They got an already-great Ferrari Enzo (which already produces 650-hp from a 6.0L V12) then tweaked it some to put 50 more horses, boosting overall power to 700 hp and 527 lb-ft of torque. The numbers - 0-62mph in 3.5 seconds and 0-124mph in a sub-10 9.5 second effort. Now that’s how you make a fast car even faster.

Edo Competition slapped on a high-flow catalytic converter, performance muffler, modified intakes and recalibrated the ECU to produce such results. Other mods include an adjustable exhaust sound level, sport suspensions, high performance clutch and a new transmission unit giving this Enzo the same shift times as the FXX Evoluzione.

Source: Edo Competition

Might be three-day old news but a well-deserved break from writing about SEMA previews and features. As you may have gotten from previous posts, I hate hulking machines. So now, I’m writing about a really mean machine - the Ferrari FXX Evoluzione.

Designed to be the heir to Ferrari’s grand supercar, the Enzo, the FXX Evoluzione was unveiled the past weekend. The FXX Evoluzione is the development of the FXX program which involves “client test drivers” (ergo rich people who belong to Ferrari’s elite clientele who have dreams of being F1 racers).

The car is a real piece of engineering. Stats would show that the output is a tremendous 860 hp with a redline of 9,500 revs. The traction control of the car can be tweaked on the fly with nine different settings. And there’s the expected suspension and aerodynamic tweaks to give the car the right balance of speed and handling.