TUNER ESSENTIALS
New ways to enhance your car that have taken our fancy this month
For when a standard 812 Superfast just isn’t superfast enough
AC Schnitzer parts for BMW 3-series £varies ac-schnitzer.de
Respected BMW tuner AC Schnitzer now offers parts for the latest BMW 3-series, including 19and 20-inch alloy wheel options, a 20mm lower spring kit, splitters and side skirts, and aluminium interior parts. A full sports suspension kit and exhaust silencer package will be available soon.
Gaz GP dampers for Lotus Elan M100 £123.62 each gazshocks.com
Is the front-drive Elan M100 the forgotten Lotus? Praised for its handling back in the day, Gaz nevertheless offers adjustable dampers with enough range to cover everything from road use to trackdays and even racing. Matching springs are also available for £30 per corner plus VAT.
ST X suspension kit for Suzuki Swift (Mk4) From €739 st-suspenions.net
The Suzuki Swift is looking like becoming a cult tuner car, and KW’S budget brand ST Suspensions now has a kit to suit the latest model. It comprises coilovers that drop the ride height by 25-40mm at the front and 30-50mm at the rear.
Balboni exhaust for Lamborghini Aventador SVJ £POA valentinobalboni.net
Legendary Lamborghini test driver Valentino Balboni turned his hand to custom exhausts in 2016. His company’s latest work is a 4.66kg titanium system for the Aventador SVJ – so light, it’s claimed it sheds one per cent from the kerb weight of the car. Only 63 units will be made.
Powerflex bushes for classic 911s From £12.95 (shift rod coupling bush) powerflex.co.uk
Polyurethane bushes can tighten up older cars a treat. Powerflex now offers front and rear suspension top mount bushes, and shift rod bushes for pre-’89 Porsche 911s, with varying levels of stiffness available and a subtle grey colour option too.
Brabus 800 Black Ops/shadow €330,066/€393,145 brabus.com
Brabus will make ten examples each of its new 800 Black Ops and 800 Shadow, each based on the Mercedes-amg G63. Both make 789bhp (up 212) and 737lb ft (up 110) from their 4-litre twinturbo V8s and each rides on 23-inch wheels, though the Shadow gets extra interior work.
Novitec 812 N-largo €POA novitec.com
The Ferrari 812 Superfast – and we cannot stress this enough – is not a car in want of more power. That’s never stopped tuners such as Novitec before though, and its latest work, the N-largo, makes the Superfast even more super-fast.
The 6.5-litre V12 has been remapped to produce 829bhp at 8750rpm and 554lb ft of torque at 7300rpm – 40bhp and 25lb ft more respectively than the standard car.
That’ll give you even less room than usual to explore the new 2.8sec 0-62mph time (a tenth quicker) and 214mph top speed (up by 3mph). Even more obvious are the visual changes, including a wide-body kit that broadens the car by as much as 14cm at the rear axle. While not subtle, it does suit the 812’s shape, aided by new 21-inch wheels and a 35mm lower ride height. Various paint finishes and interior enhancements are also available.