Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New shoes for 308 GTS

[Charles Perry (charles]

And this is the first we’ve heard of all this? Sounds great!! Where are some pictures?

 

-- charles

 

From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+charles=carolinasound.com [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Grahame Reinthal
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 8:02 PM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] New shoes for 308 GTS

 

I’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 16” x 7” front and 16” x 8” rear rims before the brake upgrade but those rims did not work with the big brakes.  So I went for 18” x 8” forged aluminium Challenge-style rims all-round, which opened up a world of modern rubber.  By going to the 8” wide rim at front, I was a little worried that it might feel “over-tyred”, but that’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 List’s thots on tires for our 308 GTS

Consider QV size 16” by 7 and 8’s.

 

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

 

Thank you &

Cheers

Doug