XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally Coilovers — Ferrari 812 (with hydraulic lift system) 2017-2026

A front-engined V12 Ferrari weighing the wrong side of 1,600kg was never meant to attack a sealed special stage, and yet here we are. The 812 Superfast and GTS carry their 6.5-litre F140 mass high and forward, which means tarmac rally use exposes exactly the kind of low-speed compression abuse that road coilovers were never asked to handle. The XYZ Racing Tarmac Rally coilover for the Ferrari 812 (chassis FE08, 2017-2026) is built specifically for that brief.

This is the spec for owners running closed-road tarmac events, hillclimbs, or rally-sprint formats in an 812 that still has to retain its factory hydraulic lift system for sleeping policemen on the way to scrutineering. The damping curve is set up to swallow mid-corner kerb strikes and surface joints without unloading the front axle.

What this coilover does for your 2017-2026 Ferrari 812

Tarmac stages punish a long-wheelbase V12 in a very particular way: the nose gets pitched into compression on every crest, and any damper that packs down loses front grip exactly when you need to rotate. The Tarmac Rally damping is tuned to absorb those big single hits without going harsh on the secondary surface texture, which is what gives the 812 a usable contact patch through fast, broken sections. Body control under the F140’s weight stays composed, so the chassis no longer wallows after compression events on the exit of a corner. Traction off slow hairpins improves because the rear damper resists squat-and-pogo, keeping the tyre planted rather than skipping. Crucially, the kit is engineered to retain compatibility with the 812’s factory hydraulic nose lift – non-negotiable on a car that needs to clear UK speed humps on transit roads between stages.

About the Tarmac Rally coilover

The Tarmac Rally is engineered specifically to absorb the impact of uneven pavement. Where a circuit damper assumes a billiard-smooth surface, this damper is built around the assumption that the road bites back. The valving is calibrated to soak up the jolt of larger bumps and stage surface changes, suppressing shock to the body so the chassis stays settled rather than skipping into oversteer on the exit. That same valving philosophy increases tyre traction by keeping the contact patch loaded through surface irregularities, which is where a rally car wins or loses time. The result is the kind of vehicle stability that lets you commit to a corner on a surface you’ve only seen once on the recce. All the settings come directly from XYZ Racing’s own tarmac rally programme – this is not a circuit damper with softer springs, it is a discipline-specific tool.

Fitment for the Ferrari 812 (2017-2026)

This kit is built for the Ferrari 812 chassis code FE08, covering Superfast and GTS variants from 2017 through to 2026, fitted from the factory with the hydraulic lift system. The coilover is engineered to retain that lift system rather than replace it, so the car keeps its everyday ground-clearance escape route.

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Configure your Ferrari 812 Tarmac Rally spec below – spring rates, damper preferences and lift-system retention all selectable.