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A Grand-Am Ferrari 458. There’s a lot of attention paid to the airflow around the front corners and fenders.
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Checking out the interior, there’s some serious cage work going on. There are big gussets added to the X part of the cage. There is also gusseting on the A-pillar to add even more strength.
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| Not as complicated as the LMP car, but still a fair number of buttons and switches. It looks like a TFT display with LED shift lights is mounted in the dash. I’m unsure as to what the small screen mounted on the passenger side is for. There appears to be a little cooling fan for the driver and a water bottle holder. |
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The duct on the upper bodywork feeds air to a heat exchanger which can be seen through the mesh in the rear bodywork.
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| Randy Pobst did some serious ass kicking in this turbocharged Volvo. |
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| The car rolls on BBS magnesium wheels with a single center locking nut. Something I found interesting is the rotor hat which appears to be ribbed for increased cooling (I think). |
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| Some interesting knobs… boost, brakes, map, and ABS. I’m a bit curious as to why there are both a boost knob and a map knob. Maybe the map knob also controls throttle sensitivity while the boost just controls peak power level. I initially thought the little lever to the right of the shifter was for brake bias, but as there’s a brake knob, maybe the lever is for adjusting the front sway bar. |
