Ichi - make sure Ford removes the spacers in the shocks that are put in at the factory for transport - apparently a few of these were missed and it makes for a very harsh ride if not removed during the PDI.

 

Hahah! Crazy, I heard about this when spec'ing my R last week. The sales guy had 1 customer who demanded to leave the spacers in! He wanted it "all original"... Hahaha. Get a grip I was thinking.

 

Yah seriously. Sounds like he's flipping the car. I will say for PDI, I to hold off until I get there, I did the PDI with them and kept all the wrapping but those spacers prevent the MagneRide from doing it's job.

FYI - GT350 owners - only the R comes with the transport spacers in case you were wondering.

 

Yeah either a quick flip or staying "bubble wrapped". Weird either way. I'll keep the spacers with all the other goodies it comes with tho...

Good tip on spacers only being in the "R".

 

... Rare "R" Spacers gonna start appearing on eBay at $1000...

 

Rare suspension tuning spacers must HAVE!

There were some GT3's delivered with their spacers.

 

We've had severe heat in Florida the last 6 weeks so I've been getting used to driving the GT350 in 95F with high humidity. The heat wave seemed to cool off tonight with temps dropping to 73F so I just took the car out for a short 3am night drive. The torque and power of this flat plane is absolutely mind-blowing in cooler temps. It's still plenty fast in the high heat but in cooler temps you could tell me this was a 600hp engine and I'd believe it. Honestly makes me wonder if this really is 526hp as Ford claims. I remember seeing a Hennessy Dyno video that showed the car is closer to 560hp - definitely feels like it.

BTW I've now got over 8,000 miles on the odometer - car is bulletproof.

 

^^ How many track days?
Pads, rotors, tires used?

 

All stock

1 Full track day at NOLA Motorsport and the rest mostly extended high speed driving on highways and backroads (often 2-4 hours at a time only stopping for gas).

I just woke up early so I can take it out again on this cool morning - extremely excited. Unbelievable car.

 

3am? Wife didn't have some questions about that?

 

Hoping for a few drovers with decent lap times to run up a dozen or two track days to report in. Where do these guys post? If I cant find failures or crazy high wear among the track junkies I'm out of excuses to not buy one.

 

I'll be taking mine to the track asap but have to break it in first

 

Most who ordered the car way in advance a year ago only just took delivery in the last few months. I'd be surprised if anyone has a dozen or two track events in already.

 

We already had a R front lip for sale on ebay last week around $1500. I don't know what the auction ended for but no reserve and people were bidding!

3am would have woken my neighbor up!lol!
You are really enjoying the car!

 

I have 3k miles on mine and they are all track miles at Road Atlanta and Barber. Will be hitting Barber July 9-10 with the GT3RS and the GT350. Both are setup with lap timers and AIM smarty cams and will have some data and video for both cars after that time.

Front pads were toast after 3k up front - the rears were at half life. I have racing pads on there now that should last a little longer. Tires still decent but were replaced with Hoosier R7.