Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New shoes for 308 GTS

[Grahame Reinthal (grahame]

Iâ??m not a stickler for originality, so YMMV, and my 308gt4 is more track-oriented. The story is a bit of a spider that ate the fly thing.  After the original engine lunched itself (think: sodium-filled valves), I started the rebuild with a 3.2 Mondial motor, then did a few nice mods to that and we ended up making quite a bit more horsepower.  So to go with that, I decided to do a brake upgrade and went for Brembo 4-pot brake calipers from a 360 with 320mm diameter x 32mm, 2-piece, floating, ventilated, cross-cut discs with custom billet aluminium bells and mounts.  I then put in new springs, about 20% stiffer than stock, and also upped the shockies by about 20% in terms of impact and rebound.  I was running 16â?? x 7â?? front and 16â?? x 8â?? rear rims before the brake upgrade but those rims did not work with the big brakes.  So I went for 18â?? x 8â?? forged aluminium Challenge-style rims all-round, which opened up a world of modern rubber.  By going to the 8â?? wide rim at front, I was a little worried that it might feel â??over-tyredâ??, but thatâ??s not how it is, as it feels great and points well.  I am currently running 245/40R18 Pirelli Dragons which I find are very nice on this car and versatile, being a very good dry/wet and street/track compromise.

Cheers,

Grahame

From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+grahame=reinthal.com.au [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Doug & Terri
Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2018 2:51 AM
To: Grahame <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] New shoes for 308 GTS

 

Need the Listâ??s thots on tires for our 308 GTS

Consider QV size 16â?? by 7 and 8â??s.

 

All the chatter made me look at our car and yikes.

 

Thank you &

Cheers

Doug