- There's no torque. (imitates car engine)
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All right, we're here to answer questions
that YouTube decided to ask me about the F430 build
and the fact that it's actually heading to SEMA.
Now, contrary to popular belief.
This is being filmed in the middle of September
and we are making excellent progress.
Everything is coming together perfectly.
There's no concerns, nothing is wrong, everything is fine.
So with that being said,
the reason that we're gonna be filming this one is
because we're waiting on a couple of pieces, parts
and things and because it's taken a little bit longer
than before and of course,
if you guys and gals don't know.
This thing's heading to SEMA,
we'd be really excited to see you there.
If you are gonna be there,
this'll be at the Acura booth inside.
It's going to be awesome.
Hopefully it makes it in one piece and of course,
if you looking for aftermarket wheels, tires and suspension,
be sure to check it over at fitmentindustries.com.
I'm Alex, Alex.fi on Instagram and let's get
into some of the questions that you have asked.
Are, okay...
This is always the most important one.
Aren't you afraid to get a nice letter
from Ferrari on this build?
So if you guys and gals don't know,
Ferrari does really like to keep their Ferraris, Ferraris.
They're not huge fans of modification
but they really aren't fans of any sort of change
to their design work, their logos, their colorways,
anything like that, they consider it defamation.
And so with that being said, am I scared?
Nah, not really.
There's only like a couple of things that I'm gonna need
to be keeping an eye on to make sure I don't accidentally
poke the bear but for the most part,
the integrity of the Ferrari logo has been maintained
in the build, even though it was spaghetti colored
and completely thrashed, we have torn it apart,
put it back together and tried to maintain that,
that look so that they don't get too upset.
But there is a couple things that we're probably gonna need
to change before we actually show you at SEMA.
Otherwise they probably will yell at us.
Main Street Moose says,
"Has the excitement of owning an exotic car worn off yet?
Knowing what you know now, would you buy another Ferrari?"
I think the feeling of owning an exotic hasn't worn off.
Driving it without anyone around maybe a little bit,
but I would say like when there's like a kid
that's like pointing or they wanna sit in the car
at a gas station or like I have neighborhood kids
that always come check out the cars when I bring them home.
Like that feeling of super cool and that feeling has never,
ever worn off because I think it's probably the reason
that I would continue to own a supercar is not maybe
just inherently for me,
but also for like the joy that it brings other people
that love those cars, that have posters
in their bedroom of that car.
I think that's super cool.
Would I buy another Ferrari?
Yeah, I would probably buy another one.
And I think the reason I would say that,
now I know they're picky.
I know they're kind of difficult.
I know a lot of people don't have the nicest things
to say about them as a company.
They still do make some pretty incredible cars.
Honestly, I think one of my dream cars
or car that I would really, really like to own
would be a four five eight.
I think that would kind of be the next one that I would buy.
Erick says, "What are some of the mods that you'll
be doing for the show?
How will you prepare yourself mentally and physically
for the whole event?
What are you looking forward to at the event?
And are you only going to the show or will you
participate in some of the events?"
So we've gone to SEMA now four years in a row, actually,
when FI was first started,
that's how I made a lot of connections with brands out there
to start the whole Fitment Industries thing.
So I'm used to how much walking and all the preparation
and all this stuff that you have to do
to get the show ready.
So I'm not, not worried about that.
Getting the car there is actually pretty easy.
We had custom offsets go in 2019.
So we're kind of just copying the same thing.
What I'm looking forward to at the event is I love meeting
up with some of the ambassadors and influencers
and companies again, just to be able to shake hands,
say hi, kiss babies, throw babies, whatever it's called.
And are you only going to the show? No.
So we'll be doing the whole show.
And then on Saturday and Sunday,
we'll actually be meeting up with AccuAir
doing a film series on it,
meeting up with HALCYON doing a video series on it,
doing some photography sets and things like that,
maybe out in Red Rock canyon.
So we'll probably be busy the whole time
and then we'll be going to SEMA Ignited as well.
And then we'll also be hosting a meet and greet,
which is pretty cool.
Dwight says, "Can you please
put wood flooring in the trunk?"
No, the answer is no,
the answer will always be no, Dwight.
All right.
I just want something different than wood
for an air suspension set up.
I would be willing...if we could do freshly mowed grass
like freshly, you know, like that sort of thing.
And we made it so there was lines in it.
Cause I really love mowing.
That would actually be a cease and desist.
That would be a cease and desist waiting to happen.
Are you actually going to drive it when it's done?
Yes, I will.
It is really loud.
So I can't really bring it home on the weekdays.
Cause I get up really early.
I usually get up at right around five o'clock in the morning
and I leave by around six-ish.
So I can't bring it home during the weekdays.
Cause I don't wanna wake up the neighbors
and have them angry at me,
which means I'm pretty much exclusively locked into driving
it on the weekends and then in addition to that,
it stays here at the shop.
It doesn't come home with me because I ran out of space
'cause I have cars at home that took up all of my spaces
because we bought another car that you're gonna see next
month actually, so there it is.
Bruh goes wheels, a bunch sticker and a lips.
What a build, English, I love it.
We're almost there but there are a couple more pieces
to it than that which if you've been paying attention
to the series since the beginning,
there's been a little bit more.
I mean we have yes, the side skirts.
Yes we have the wheels.
Yes, we have the Michelin tires.
Yes, we have the air suspension
but they're custom built struts.
It's a custom built system to manage it.
It's a whole different slew suspension,
geometry that we had to work through.
Specifically with the rear, we have the air emotions wing.
We have exotic car gear coming on board
with a complete revamp one-of-one steering wheel.
We have a whole new center interior piece coming together.
We have new carpet, new seats,
new re-upholstery coming from Paradise,
the stitching company that we actually went through.
That's going to get it all done in nine days
because I begged him please to get it done
as soon as humanly possible.
We completely rebuilt the top end of this thing.
We actually swapped out components off of the motor
because they weren't really good pieces to have.
I don't know why you'd have a cooler in
between the intake and the actual, you know, pistons.
But besides that,
there's a little bit more going on than maybe just that.
But hey, if it makes you feel better, then you know bruh,
you've done it, you've... You got me.
Right, okay.
Does owning a Ferrari fill the emptiness we all feel inside?
No, no, no.
What makes it stand out from other SEMA Super cars?
Nothing, there's some crazy people at SEMA.
The SEMA builds, there's some flack out there
for people that do them wrong.
But for the most part,
there are some really incredible SEMA cars that make it out
there every single year.
There's a lot of fantastic cars out there.
So it's not necessarily that it's a competition between,
is this car gonna stand out from other cars?
'Cause I don't really think it is.
I hope that it meets the quality that everybody's come
to expect from SEMA, which is high quality components,
a high quality bill and a high quality car with good owners.
I'm hoping to bring that to the table
but I'm not looking to be the best of the best
because quite honestly,
there's some really incredible builders out there
that have cars that are way cooler than mine.
How many cans of baked beans can it hold?
Hmm, that's a great question.
Just wear flip-flops.
I like my socks and sandals and I don't like your attitude.
Ah, here's a good one.
How does a normal person get a Ferrari?
So I think this is like a common misconception
that like Ferrari's, all Ferrari's are super duper expensive
and all Ferrari's are impossible to get
and that's actually not true.
And I know it's gonna sound very hypocritical or angry or
people are going to get upset that I even say this
but picking up an older Ferrari is now the same cost
as picking up like a slightly modified new Supra.
It's cheaper.
If not the same cost as picking up a GTR, it's the same,
if not cheaper than picking up a Ferrari
than picking up a Dodge Viper.
The Ferrari's in certain years, in certain models
have entered like a weird pricing range
where you can actually pick them up
for a pretty decent price.
Now before, you know, 2020 came around.
You could actually pick up a 430 for like $80,000.
Now I know that again, that seems like a lot,
but when you're actually looking at that price range
of car, it's not bad all things considered.
Ferrari's have the same depreciation curve
as a lot of other exotics.
And some of them have come down so much
that you can pick up older, Ferrari six speed, you know,
fancy peanut butter interior for 50,000, $40,000.
The issue comes down to maintenance and the fact
that they are an absolute dog to maintain
and the fact that they really were never built well
for garage builders.
They were built from the factory,
you bought it, you enjoyed it.
It blew up, you bought a new Ferrari,
like that was the cycle for these types of cars.
And it was only until like the 434, 458, you know,
even the 360 maybe where people started being able to get
their hands inside of these cars and keep them alive
for a longer period of time.
But I think it is, you know,
when you look to saying,
how does a normal person afford one?
I think it's just coming down to maybe not the car plaque
like Ferrari but more just what sort
of car are you looking to buy?
If you're looking to buy a $50,000 car,
you would be shocked at the amount of types of cars you can
actually pick up at that price point
that aren't all just JDM.
They're not all just Japanese cars.
There's a ton of British cars that you can pick up,
a ton of DSM that you can pick up,
a ton of just great cars for the same exact price.
And then the final question that somebody
had was any engine mods?
You know, outside of what we've talked about before,
it's got an engine cooler delete.
We actually put that back to the rear, we took that off.
We're doing an ECU tune and we are doing a couple
other things, it's got a different intake.
It's got a different exhaust,
it's got different tests pipes,
it's got different headers, you know, outside of that,
we're not gonna be going in and changing it
to like a forge setup.
We're not going to be changing it
to handle a higher compression.
It's already pretty well dialed in from that component.
So we really don't see anything needed to do that.
It's sitting right around 510, 520 horsepower,
which I think is just gonna be plenty for this car.
You know, in terms of being a track vehicle,
we'll let the other cars do that.
But hey, we appreciate all the questions.
And of course the angry people that just don't believe
that you can do this and the answer to that
is you can do anything that you set your mind to.
Just give it enough time,
give it enough dedication, keep trying,
keep hustling and you'll figure it out.
The internet's a crazy place, you can do whatever you want.
It's 2021, are you kidding me?
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Yes.
Wednesday noon central standard time
so that you can stay along for the ride with us.
Of course we will see you later.
Peace.
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