Talk to me about options...

[taco7]

I see the order guide and thanks to those who posted. Talk to me about the HANDLING PACKAGE. I will occasionally (3 x a year) hit the track, have done a few times in my '13 but obviously still a novice driver. Living in the west, we have wide open spaces that allow some serious speeds...Is the package worth it? Do I need it?

Also, has anyone seen the non-recaro seats? I had Recaros before and liked them, especially on the track, but I wonder about the price.

 

[biminiLX]

The GT350 Recaros are tighter than the ‘13-14 GT500 Recaros but I went for a drive in my ‘14 tonight and I love mine, so I’ll have to get the Recaros again. Definitely worth the addition to me, unless you have to have power/heated/cooled.
The handling package is probably worth it for swallowing large spaces and canyon roads.
-J

 

[Tob]

The Handling Package is really an Aero Package. It consists of wicker splitters and a Gurney flap.
Weak sauce Ford.

 

[BrunotheBoxer]

The GT350 Recaros are tighter than the ‘13-14 GT500 Recaros but I went for a drive in my ‘14 tonight and I love mine, so I’ll have to get the Recaros again. Definitely worth the addition to me, unless you have to have power/heated/cooled.
The handling package is probably worth it for swallowing large spaces and canyon roads.
-J

I agree with this. My 14 recaros I just fit my back in. The gt350. No way. I could never order those.

 

[ZYBORG]

I agree with this. My 14 recaros I just fit my back in. The gt350. No way. I could never order those.

I don’t know how you fit in yours. I ended up regretting getting a Recaro car, as the seats were to tight on my back, in my ‘14.

350 Recaros were even worse. No F-ing way.

 

[AustinSN]

The Handling Package is really an Aero Package. It consists of wicker splitters and a Gurney flap.
Weak sauce Ford.

I thought it included CC plates as well? I admit I haven't been following much lately.

Also, I fit in my GT350 recaros just fine. Even when I was getting near 250lbs.

I consider them a must have for any amount of track driving, if you don't have them then a harness would be the next thing to keep you in the seat. It's amazing how much less fatigued you are after a weekend where you don't have to hold yourself in place with the wheel/door/center console.

 

[DAVESVT2000]

I consider them a must have for any amount of track driving.....It's amazing how much less fatigued you are after a weekend where you don't have to hold yourself in place with the wheel/door/center console.

This +10000 lol

 

[Tob]

No plates was the latest I heard.

 

[AustinSN]

No plates was the latest I heard.

Well I would consider that package a waste then.

 

[BrunotheBoxer]

I don’t know how you fit in yours. I ended up regretting getting a Recaro car, as the seats were to tight on my back, in my ‘14.

350 Recaros were even worse. No F-ing way.

It’s called cope.

I just keep tellin myself that I’m not really sitting at a angle and I forget about it.

 

[Tob]

Well I would consider that package a waste then.

Even worse - Ford tells you in the owners manual that the splitter wickers and Gurney Flap are track only and need to come off after an event. And all this time I thought it was different size bars and spring rates, a tuned damper calibration over non-CF or HP cars as well as the plates being included. Ford missed the mark here, bigtime.

 

[ZYBORG]

It’s called cope.

I just keep tellin myself that I’m not really sitting at a angle and I forget about it.

Indeed.

 

[1 Alibi 2]

Even worse - Ford tells you in the owners manual that the splitter wickers and Gurney Flap are track only and need to come off after an event. And all this time I thought it was different size bars and spring rates, a tuned damper calibration over non-CF or HP cars as well as the plates being included.
...................Ford missed the mark here, bigtime.

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No they didn't, it's called " money for nothing "..

 

[Tob]

When a "handling package" is in actuality an "aero package" I'd say Ford pulled off more than a misnomer. I'm still holding out for someone from vehicle dynamics that can address the concern definitively.

 

[Snoopy49]

We might have to wait until the first lab rat gets his car and ordered the handling package to report their findings.

 

[taco7]

Thanks to all for the replies! I'll have to wait and see once they start rolling out. Hopefully my dealer will be behind on ordering (they get 1 allocation).