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01-27-2020, 08:15 PM | #15 | |
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These cars aren't fast but they're fun as hell out of the box. Get tires and an alignment and bring it out. |
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Find me at the Depot, gray STX BRZ with green numbers. Happy to give you a ride along. 19-20mm front bar won't give you understeer in street trim from my experience. Quote:
I ran DS for 2 or 3 years and switched to STX last year, the car is even more fun with big tires and coilovers. |
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You can get it done on Megans, 17x9 w/245, stock brakes, front bar, exhaust, tune. The rest of the stuff you mention doesn't do anything. Honestly, if you have those stuff and your excuse of losing is modification, you need to work on your driving. |
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So STX is saving me money I guess |
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There is a guy in CCR that went from SSC to STX and PAX'd really well last year with nothing more than off the shelf coilovers, 17x9's, Bridgestones, and the front bar from the SSC kit. And that is a big region that draws people from all over the southeast and has a national site.
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I wasnt even debating. if you want to join STX and have a good time
Koni Yellows RCE Yellows Camber Plates Rear Control arm OFT with Canned Stage 2 tune for 91 oct ( no e85) rpf1 on 245's federals RS-RR Good Sway bars (im running a 25mm front perrin and '13 frs rear bar" Tune for as much negative camber as you wanna run up front Skip the exhaust, skip the short throw shifter, skip the intake can be had for less than 2 grand if you are lucky and dont mind used I just went over the parts I put into my car over the course of a few years after I started out driving the cheaper stuff. Bottoming out the Konis, needing more spring rate, wanting more sway adjust-ability, corner balance ability, and a little more torque, adjusting brake bias. all the fiddly stuff I dont know why guys are attacking me here. The place to do that was 2019 STX set up thread. And I dont know about other regions but Socal, both san Diego and cal club has some seriously fast guys in STX, so yes to "stay competitive" you gotta wheel really hard. and it gets sorta unfun knowing you got chops but now the next guy threw on A052's and wheel warmers between runs while you are huddling around your federals sipping coffee getting back to the main topic. SCC is hard to drive and STX is more fun, STX is a slipper slope depending how far you want to go, cause it offers more that you can go. I hated the idea of being restricted on what exact parts and tires to run as i still street drive my own car. So Street Touring is a classic and timeless category for car enthusiasts to conform to. easy as that. |
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SoCal STX is strong, but you're disagreeing with about a dozen combined STX trophy finishes at Nats. |
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We ran with those guys here in Norcal and nationally
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second statement: perhaps its my driving, again didnt counter argue, because its true, perhaps it was my driving style. the truth is I intentionally ran 225's in STX to practice with rotating the car without depending on grip. and I was still top of the pack the days I could attend ( couldnt show up to many events due to the job..) then get hit again Quote:
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what do you want me to do? Tell the Op to listen to the other posters cause they are national champs and I'm just a casual cause I can't commit to a season? My 10 years collective of casual autox and track experience doesn't mean anything? And I havent disagreed with anything, you can set up a car for under 2k in STX |
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'19 champ won on a $5k build. Sorry you got offended. |
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I answered the second part. yeah I'm sorry I even bothered I will say this to the OP in good faith, I used @strat61caster's list as a guideline for my own build, before at the end of this year going back down to CS |
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I agree with Clutch Dog in that it is very easy to spend $9k or more without buying anything really crazy.
You don't NEED to, but it is something to consider entering the class. Especially if you are the kind that likes really nice things or worries about getting outspent/outprepped. |
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correct me if im wrong but wouldnt getting a 5lb battery save just as much weight as a catback at 1/4th the price? So id you were trying to minmax wouldnt it be best to skip the exhaust?
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