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with Hondas, Mitsubishis and other fast-road
Japanese fare, the team have recently been dipping
a toe in the vibrant waters of supercars and
motorsport – with some startling results. These are
not people who do things by halves. There’s a big
name pulling the puppet strings, which helps explain
the forthright nature of what’s been achieved here.
And that name is SEMA. The annual trade show draws
the great and good from across the globe to Las
Vegas for a colossal extravaganza of awesomeness
in which everyone shouts louder than everyone else.
If you’re building a car for SEMA, you pull out all the
stops. Because the world is watching.FEELING SHEEPEY
With this in mind, Sheepey founder Alex Soto pulled
together a squad to craft something unique. Largely
based in southern California (aside from bodykit
artisans Prior Design, from Germany), a crack team of
experts comprised LTMW, Rotiform, CSF Radiators...
big names and the sort of people you can trust to get
this stuff done right.
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bodykit to the car, because there’s just something
deliciously naughty about doing that sort of thing to a
Ferrari. And secondly, Alex wanted to develop a twin-
turbo kit for it. As you do. No biggie.
This is a particularly alluring idea for Ferrari owners.
A long-standing bone of contention has been that
aftermarket twin-turbo kits for Lambos are readily
available, whereas for Ferraris, not so much. So
what Alex set out to achieve here wasn’t just about
breaking necks at SEMA. It was a public service. Now
all those Ferrari guys lusting after forced induction
have somewhere credible to turn.
The car for this project is a 2013 458 Spider,
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Sheepey Race twin-turbo kit22-inch 3-piece forged
Rotiform BUC wheels