SubiePig's BRZ STX Build.

[SubiePig]

I guess its time that I join the crew and make a build thread! Slowly building the car into STX after a few good years in CSP with this;


I currently have some backing helping me along from:
Chasebays.com
Corr Performance Tuning
and potentially some others

Current mods:
KW V3's, different spring rates
Vorshlag Camber Plates
Stranos 22m Front Bar
Whiteline Front Endlinks
Kartboy Rear Endlinks
Lamin-X yellow fogs
Clear sidemarkers
Ebay silicon sound tube delete
K&N drop in Filter
Chase Bays Stainless Brake lines
Chase Bays Grounding and Charging kit.
17X9 +35mm Matte Bronze RPF1's
255/40/17 RS'3
Invidia N1 Catback
JDL UEL Headers/Overpipe/Catted Front Pipe
Invidia N1 Catback
Project Mu +800 Front and Rear Pads
ATE Super Blue Fluid
Motul 0W20 300V
Motul Gear 300 (Trans)
Motul Gear 300 LS (Diff)
Whiteline trans, diff, subframe, and all suspension bushings
Swift Springs
Kartboy Short Throw
Kartboy Shifter Bushings
Kartboy Crank Pulley
TIC Steering Rack Bushings


Planned Mods:
Seats
Rear lower control arms
Brake kit (99% sure it will be AP/Essex)

For the time being this car is my daily driver and will be until about spring of next year. I plan to do all the major things that really improve the car first like dialing in suspension before I worry about minor details to the extent of the rulebook. After that will be power adders and weight savings mixed together, which ever order of things does the largest bang for the buck at a time.

Last but not least here is a picture of the car as at its first event, stock suspension at the time. Also, thanks to Scooby South for some setup discussion.


Video of fastest run, first in STX by .4XX and 7th out of 41 in PAX in a pretty much stock car with wheels and 380 tread wear tires at the time.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnq9xot8bxI&feature=share&list=UUALlMc16gV tUiEC_ILWb2EA"]7.13.13 11 STX Fastest run NOLA Motorsports Park - YouTube[/ame]

[autoXracer]

Good Luck on your build! I haven't seen you in ages, since I moved out of Louisiana last year. Hope you enjoy the car.

[SubiePig]

Originally Posted by autoXracer

Good Luck on your build! I haven't seen you in ages, since I moved out of Louisiana last year. Hope you enjoy the car.

Thanks! I have been so busy with school the past few years, just graduated in May, and the miata was just not CSP competitive anymore when I got out. I still have the car, I see it going into the time attack/track day world. I plan to do Houston Region events as New Orleans from Lafayette is the same drive time as it is to RPR in Baytown.

[autoXracer]

Come on over In fact we have an event this Sunday.

[SubiePig]

Originally Posted by autoXracer

Come on over In fact we have an event this Sunday.

I would but I already made some plans a few weeks ago for this weekend.

[Scooby South]

good deal...Welcome to the club. The Car is already fun.. now with the mods...its a freakin Blast.
Tires: there are only 3 pretty much, Dunlop, BFG and Hankook
BFG and Hankook Pay contingency. Dunlops do not. Look at the fast STR guys. most are on Dunlops. I was the only one at the Toledo Pro on Dunlops everybody else was a 50/50 split on the BFG/Hankook
Hope to see you at nats..


Bill

[SubiePig]

Got my first package from ChaseBays yesterday! Grounding and Charging Wire Kit looks great out of the packaging. Nylon coated, soldered connections, adds grounding points, and will take out a pound of weight in the process. Brake lines should be around tomorrow.

[hyper4mance]

Oh man I was down there for a bach party at the go karts across the street the same day. I think I saw a SWP and WRB brz there. Hope you guys had fun.

[SubiePig]

Originally Posted by hyper4mance

Oh man I was down there for a bach party at the go karts across the street the same day. I think I saw a SWP and WRB brz there. Hope you guys had fun.

Nice! those karts are fun. We do an endurance league during the week, had a 2 hour enduro race out there last night 2-4 driver teams. I think there was 3 of us drive an frs/brz that day.

[hyper4mance]

Haha yeah... first track that had legit curbs. I think I was a bit aggressive passing one of my buddies at the last chicane before the start/finish. Had the kart 90% over the curb with only the right two tires on the asphalt. Obviously there was some major scraping =P... but I passed him!!!

[SubiePig]

I had my first event with the coils and good alignment. Car has massively improved in grip. The course was very tight, 3 really tight 180 corners that needed first gear, not my kinda course but the region I went to runs on a small lot not my usually region. Made it really hard to get a feel for setup on the car.

Wheels should be here Wednesday and tires will be ordered soon. Just did my 7500 mile oil change this weekend. 0W-20 Eneos, will be getting an analysis done after 5000 miles. These are the wheels I ordered. :3
17x9 +35

[SubiePig]

I Installed my ChaseBays Stainless Brake Lines and ATE (now illegal!) Super Blue fluid this weekend. Install was not bad, bought some cheap fluid to refill the master as it gets low from taking the lines off and it leaking till I flushed the system with ATE that afternoon. The black stuff that the factory put over the lines was kind of a nasty mess and was the only thing that really made the job annoying.

Pedal feels a bit firmer and I am happy with the fit and the quality of the lines as they retail for less than the other brands around!


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Also, I would like to thank Kartboy, All Wheel Engineering, for sending me some rear endlinks, now I just need bars!

Waiting till Nationals end this week to buy tires, but until then:

[SubiePig]

Tires will be here tomorrow! Next event is the 13th in Houston, can't wait.

[Xero-Limit]

Lookin good. Always a fan of the white/gold combo...my old z32 300zx sported that years ago.