I have about 9000 miles on the car. The track was about 110 degrees this weekend, hitting 113 at one point. I was amazed with all aspects of the car, except the braking system.
Initially I did completely aggressive braking and it took only 3 laps to overheat my front brakes to 850 degrees rendering them completely useless, even when rolling 5 mph. Afterwards I did very light breaking and relying more on engine breaking successfully keeping them withing 400 degrees.
I posted 2:09 time within those first few laps, right before I overheated the brakes. However, I could've done much better, as this was my first time driving this car on the track and I was very cautious about it. Without aggressive braking I posted consisted 2:10 time.
I didn't use the racing break plastic replacement cover that came from factory. I wanted to see how the car would stand up in stock form. Only mods I have is throttle body and subwoofer in the back (yes I rolled with it, and AC on
If it weren't for the breaks, this car would be completely incredible. Total control through the corners. Throttle very gradual and easy to modulate oversteer through corners. I used all the traction control and stabilitrack features with the "track" mode. I found the traction control to be perfect as it saved me well a few times I almost lost it, yet allowed me to powerslide through the corners. The revmatch for stickshift is incredible. Perfect for those hot corners. Also first gear tops out at 52 mph making hairpins awesome power drifts as the transmission lets you shift into 1st at any RPM like butter.
The power band is great and I could do majority of the track in 3rd gear. Few sections I would do in 2nd, and one corner in first. Few high speed sections in 4th. Don't think I went faster than 130mph anywhere.
The car does start to exhibit some body roll when throwing full weight into corners left then right at 90mph and smashing it atop 3rd. Still, feels very minor and managable.
Now only question: why should I install break ducts and not simply upgrade to better breaking compound?