Lowering my Pista

As soon as you start putting after market parts on any car you will mess the whole handling and performance on the car. And that car will never be the same .If i was you i would not do anything to it

 

Not far stretched. They always seem to have the technical information way before anybody else. Always the first to generate their upgrades. I am no computer engineer but I think that mapping an ECU to obtain better performance requires a lot of hours and trials and errors to crunch the right numbers.

 

With all due respect, I disagree. It is OK to leave as is, if that is one's preference. But if you want better, you can, as long as you have quality work and quality parts.

 

Tell me how you really feel.. Could you please??? I didn't get that. LOL

 

Wait....you are saying that Ferrari installs factory coilovers with the ability to be adjusted, but you can’t actually adjust them because they are not meant to be compressed?

What is your reference? I’ve had conversations with the techs at the dealer and that is not what they say.




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I never said you couldn't lower your car with factory springs. Anything can be done. You can adjust the springs to a certain extent without compromising performance and ride comfort, but that adjustment has a limit. You can adjust the springs to a low stance as well, but you will compromise their performance and your ride will be pretty hard.

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Understood. I would imagine that 1” or so should be fine without compromising the springs.

If one is looking for more than 1-1.25” of lowering, which is probably too low anyways, I agree that aftermarket is probably the way to go.






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Oh my,,, not even sure what to say...

What is your experience on track and with performance driving the 4X8 cars?

You clearly don't know how bad some of them roll out of the factory. They are so far off it is dangerous.

The idea of not being able to reset it? Good grief. Just lut it on the rack and set it to factory specs. You need to do that at any rate.

And while you talk about messing things up. Here's a bit of news for you. Ferrari do the damndest things. On a car like both the F8 and Pista, they set up the front so light and darty to give an artificial exciting experience. A bit like the stupid throttle sensitivity on the 458. Yet they dial in so much understeer that not even the dumbest bimbo would be able to climb a tree with it in a monsoon. You think that is a great set up for actual driving and the best Ferrari can do? Good grief. Unless you have gotten your hands dirty with the cars and know first hand that there are no improvements to be made, I think everyone would greatly appreciate it if you refrain from being so arrogant and condesending. Trust me. There are people here with litterally thousands of hours of track hours and racing licences. Some might not know a whole lot and not need a lot, but that's not the same for all. If you don't know, don't track, don't train or can't get it right if you try, fair enough. But don't project that on to the rest of us calling us out as morons who think we know better, because that is essentially what you do.

Enjoy your factory set up. Hopefully it's not top bad.

Quick edit: Just saw that you list yourself as,a Ferrari mechanic. That makes it even worse if that's true. In that case you know how screwed up these cars are from the factory - and you should also know EVERYTHING can be reset. I'm speechless.

Sorry for the slightly heated rant guys, but that kind of crap really gets to me.

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Oh and as far as aftermarket things go? Do you think my Surface Transform brake discs and Pagid pads are a step down from the overpriced 20 year old tech Brembo discs, and the run-of-the-mill OE pads using the good o'le T4300 compound? Or what about my HEL braided PTFE brake lines. Are they a bad idea compared to the OE rubber lines that deteriorated and had to be replaced under warranty, because they could not handle the heat from track day use? And the same was the issue for the rubber bushings in my 488 front suspension btw. Please enlighten me on how I make the car worse by replacing these things with a better part. I'm all ears. I take it that you think the Braille B7548 AGM battery is a bad idea? Yeah, I was told by a tech at my dealer that the OE FLAMM battery was programmed for the car... Herp derp...

 

YES!!! It's the perfect adventure! Let's do LA to Vegas,,, ON DIRT!!!

it looks like the wheel arch gap of my Pista Spider,,, on a jack... Let me find the picture. Not even joking here.

 

The Ferrari's come way too high from factory. It's a shame to drive around with stock height.

 

do you really thing you people can make the car performance better then Ferrari ? Because that is funny you guys should work for Ferrari lol

 

haha well sale it and buy a Honda or Kia with 100k warranty.

 

nothing wrong with the car

 

When the dealer takes delivery, I would imagine they are are responsible for prepping the vehicle and ensuring that it is delivered to the customer per the specification.

I would get the dealer to correct the issue under warranty.

Also, not sure, but I thought that Ferrari used suspension blocks for shipping purposes? If they aren’t taken off, the car will ride higher.

In regards the comments about crappy paint and electronics, that hasn’t been my experience and I have had 7-8 Ferraris. I do have to paint correct them but I do the same for all my cars including my bentleys, Porsches and Astons.




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Well on the bright side, at least the Ferrari's come with adjustable ride height so we have the option to adjust the ride height without having to replace anything.