F8 Novitec Springs / Vossen Wheels [installed]

Hey!

Been a life long Ferrari lover and finally was able to get into one earlier this spring. I traded/sold my GT3 RS to make the move into the F cars family. Have had many Porsche over the years, GTS, GT3, GT3 RS, and put thousands and thousands of miles on them all, through the Rocky Mountains in Canada and back into Ontario, a ton of track days too.

I absolutely love the F8, love the styling, the handling, power delivery. It's definitely more comfortable to drive around the city than the GT3 / GT3 RS were, but getting it out into some empty country roads is unreal how it eats up the pavement. yum.

Toronto is full of low quality roads, and lots and lots of traffic, good driving happens out of the city. Depending on the day that may be an additional 45 minutes onto the trip, not fun for just wanting to get out for a drive for an hour or so. For me the F8 has made some of the city driving aspects more enjoyable than in the GT3 RS.

Anyways.. I recently installed Novitec springs and 21/22" Vossen wheels. Photos below, I love the updated look and stance of the vehicle. IMO Ferrari should have launched it this way. Wheels actually fit the wells (front may need to come up 8mm or so).

In case you were wondering why I wrote everything above, because I wanted to illustrate the difference between the stock suspension and Novitec springs. The ride quality is equal with the new springs, there is absolutely less travel so pay a little extra attention to the larger bumps, and speed bumps, turn into parking areas on a decent angle to avoid the scrape noise. Otherwise, I recommend this setup, going with the larger wheels and the lowered springs almost cancels out the height difference. Like I said, front end is a TOUCH lower now.

I still think the F8 with this aftermarket setup is more comfortable than GT3 / GT3 RS (incase you wanted comparison).

Here are some photos, I am beyond proud of accomplishing this goal in my life, pinch myself often to make sure it's real. Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoy!
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There is one nasty speed bump near my place (the type that is bolted into the cement laneways vs shaped out of cement), when the car has 2 people in it, the very first time I know it barely rubbed, but now I just keep it in RACE mode and Bumpy Road off, to keep it as stiff as possible, no issue there anymore. I suppose the good thing about those bumps is they are hard rubber vs cement. Less likely to scrape and scratch.

Compression on the highway.. yup.. you must have hit that area on the 404 north of the 401 where the scraped sub-road turns into fresh pavement? Huge bump, should be marked. Otherwise, I am in the east end so I usually head out of the city via DVP / 404 North and into farm land as quickly as possible. Usually good out there, except for train tracks. I am used to the suspension travel like this when I had the GT3 RS.

I am usually at Rclub once a week or so, we should get both F8s out there

Thank you!

 

I'll have it out for some HPDE in the next week or so, and will report back. I don't have track days with this F8 in stock setup so won't know how it compares, but will see how it handles regardless. Hopefully great still

 

not of any quality. I’ll grab some and post.

 

Michelin PS4S

rears: 335/25R22
fronts: 255/30R21

They are a touch more stretched than I would like. Always going back to this, but the block tire look on the GT3 RS rear wheel is just perfection.

 

No lifter on this one, recommend it though. Novitec also has a lifter you can retrofit if the OEM one was not spec'd. Gunna be pricey though.

 

Piero at Pfaff Tuning is who you are looking for.