The Ferrari 488 Pista’s V8 engine has a bore diameter of 86.5 mm. Its 3,902 cc engine combines that bore with an 83.0 mm stroke across eight cylinders.
The engine belongs to Ferrari’s F154 family and uses a 90-degree V8 layout, a flat-plane crankshaft, dry-sump lubrication, and two twin-scroll turbochargers. The Pista version received strengthened internal components and other changes derived partly from Ferrari’s 488 Challenge racing program.
“Bore” means the diameter of each cylinder, not the piston’s total travel. That travel is the stroke, which is 83.0 mm in this engine. Because the bore is slightly larger than the stroke, the design is oversquare, a layout often associated with strong high-rpm breathing.
The 488 name is also a clue to the engine’s architecture: each cylinder displaces roughly 488 cc. Ferrari unveiled the Pista at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 6, 2018, and rated its engine at 720 PS and 770 Nm of torque.