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Just a quick review of the GT350 in its natural environment: Sebring with Chin Motorsports.
Background: I'm an 'advanced' level driver coming from an 03 Cobra with 470whp, coilovers, 14" brakes and race tires. I also had a 95 GT American Iron car. My wife is an intermediate level driver and we were sharing the car in the same run group to run her in gently.
Overall: The car is phenomenal. It completely exceeded my expectations. Like everyone said before me, it seemingly has has no end to the power. It's very well balanced and doesn't feel like a 3850lb car. It understeers slightly when pushed hard but exhibits no bad handling traits.
Brakes: After the first day, I was a little disappointed in the brakes as they faded going into the Turn 7 hairpin. Evidently, they only needed a good bedding in, because they were great on Sunday. They don't have the initial bite of my old Carbotechs, but they never faded again. The brake pads did disappear quickly though. We had about 2.5 hours of track time on them and had to miss the last hour session because we wore through the pads.
Attention: I'm not one for enjoying a lot of attention, but I've never had so many people come up to talk about this car. I was even in really good company:
Handling: Blew my mind. No idea this was possible on street tires and pads:
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting "Wally", but I did meet his owner. Black_Boss is a great guy and an even better driver. I was about 2 seconds a lap slower than him, but he's got a few more years in the car than I do in mine.
FAQs:
Tires: Supersports @ 29psi cold, 37-38 hot
Alignment: Factory alignment, not track alignment
Pads: Stock pads, lasted 1250 street miles, 250 track miles
Lap Time: 2:30.3 Sebring long track
Dislikes:
Clutch - Haven't done the spring mod yet, but the release point is way too high. And it's not adjustable like my Cobra was.
Nannies - They were a little more intrusive than I was expecting, though they might have saved a spin in Turn 1, so I'm OK with it.
Background: I'm an 'advanced' level driver coming from an 03 Cobra with 470whp, coilovers, 14" brakes and race tires. I also had a 95 GT American Iron car. My wife is an intermediate level driver and we were sharing the car in the same run group to run her in gently.
Overall: The car is phenomenal. It completely exceeded my expectations. Like everyone said before me, it seemingly has has no end to the power. It's very well balanced and doesn't feel like a 3850lb car. It understeers slightly when pushed hard but exhibits no bad handling traits.
Brakes: After the first day, I was a little disappointed in the brakes as they faded going into the Turn 7 hairpin. Evidently, they only needed a good bedding in, because they were great on Sunday. They don't have the initial bite of my old Carbotechs, but they never faded again. The brake pads did disappear quickly though. We had about 2.5 hours of track time on them and had to miss the last hour session because we wore through the pads.
Attention: I'm not one for enjoying a lot of attention, but I've never had so many people come up to talk about this car. I was even in really good company:
Handling: Blew my mind. No idea this was possible on street tires and pads:
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting "Wally", but I did meet his owner. Black_Boss is a great guy and an even better driver. I was about 2 seconds a lap slower than him, but he's got a few more years in the car than I do in mine.
FAQs:
Tires: Supersports @ 29psi cold, 37-38 hot
Alignment: Factory alignment, not track alignment
Pads: Stock pads, lasted 1250 street miles, 250 track miles
Lap Time: 2:30.3 Sebring long track
Dislikes:
Clutch - Haven't done the spring mod yet, but the release point is way too high. And it's not adjustable like my Cobra was.
Nannies - They were a little more intrusive than I was expecting, though they might have saved a spin in Turn 1, so I'm OK with it.