Another update and let me summarize what I have done with the car so far:
1) The car is @8560 km right now. I'm on my 5th set of tires and on my 3rd set of front/rear brake pads (the first sets came with the car when new is counted). Front rotors are 27% worn and rears are 40% worn.
2) I still have the BMC Carbon fiber airbox but still haven't test the acceleration of the car by measuring 100-200 km/h. In stock form, I did measure 6,19 sec on a 2% downhill slope. Corrected time was 6,4 sec
3) I have the lap record of Körfez Race Track in street legal cars category. My best time is 48,049 sec -actually which I did twice- w/Trofeo R tires. That is about 1,5 sec quicker than my best lap time w/Michelin PSS.
Here are the latest best times. First 2 cars are 458 italia and 3rd Car is 430 Scuderia. All of the cars had Trofeo R tires and track alignment.
Here is my record breaking consecutive 4 runs:
Unfortunately I don't have the video of my fastest 4 consecutive laps but here is My other 8 laps from the day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QHvua92bAs
4) I choose to put Speciale front tire size on my last set of Pirelli P Zero tires which is 245/35/20 instead of 235/35/20. This size works better than stock size which is indeed little skinny for 8,5" wide rims. Front tire side wall incresed by 3,5 mm which means the front of the car raises by 3,5 mm and front fender gap is closed by 3,5 mm. Since I lowered the front suspension by 13mm and rear suspension by 10mm, front to rear rack of the suspension setup is unchanged.
5) My best lap time of 2:12.383 @Istanbul Park has been passed by 3 cars -2 of which are heavily modified 997.1 Turbo and the other one is my friend w/his 458 italia that is only 0.068 sec faster than me on a 5,3 km track. I'll be back for a faster time in the spring
http://www.intercitypark.com/pist-dereceleri/
Here are the latest photos of my car which I took last Sunday night before going back Home from a Sunday Movie Night:
I believe I have just find the perfect ride hight for the car that is a good setup for the track, leaves enough clearance for not scratching the bottom of the car and takes away the SUV height of the fender gaps.
Interior of the car still smells new
Last photo of the day: Lapping @Istanbul Park.
This video is taken by a spectator from outside of the track on one of the Istanbul Park Track Days on which I broke the lap record in November.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRgrXuLWlnA&feature=youtu.be
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