Ferrari Mailing List: Re: A reason for a 328

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:22 AM, E M <pokiebaron [at] gmail.com> wrote:

I think the best way to make any car go faster, with with more stick time at the track.  It's amazing how much untapped performance is in most cars, just waiting for the right input to free it.  Secondly, a really good seat will allow the car to be driven faster too.  If you're not comfortable, and properly positioned behind the controls, you'll never get everything the car has to offer.  Other things, like modern tire compounds increase cornering, but again, I'd send the money on #1 first, otherwise, sticky tires are only going to allow you to go off the road and crash at a higher speed.

My personal opinion is to spend the money learning how to drive the car really well.  When you can honestly say, you can drive the car at 10/10s....the cars 10/10s that is, not the drivers, and the car still isn't fast enough for you, then time to move up to a faster model. 

While there are some good aftermarket parts out there, very few of the vendors do as good a job as the factory.  And where does it end.  More powerful engine, usually requires attention to the gear box too.  And better brakes should be added to the upgrade list too, if you're going to make the car faster.  To do it "right", you often end up spending more money than just moving up a model, and you are also left with an expensive modified model, that often has less resale value than a nice stock car.

I'm rambling now, but those are a few of my thoughts.  Oh, and one last thing.  Remember, any car is only as strong as the weakest link in the package.  No disrespect to Ferraris, and I've never really tinkered much with them, but they do have a reputation for not having a ton of reserve strength built into many of their components.

Regards,

Ed
911SC

This post speaketh 100% truth, but it's harder for us non-rich guys to live up to this maxim.

I think about what it would cost to get my GTO to some seriously fun handling territory....I wager several thousand and it will start to do real battle with E46 M3s. You can do some legit school with that...probably best to do the school first and "earn" the right to upgrade the car.

Although I may want to sneak in the cool quick steering rack upgrade (3.0 down to 2.4 turns lock to lock)....slow steering sucks. 

:)

FG