Probably not the best choice in wording. Unless it was. In which case please send me a link so I can order mine :happy0180:

I think the pipe dream comments were about the racecar for 15k. Until real pricing comes and in the unlikely event Subaru would even offer the shell for sale for race car build, it is pretty close to impossible that you can do a real track ready BRZ for 15k.

I don't doubt subaru will offer race oriented components at a nice profit margin for the company to people who want it. I am less sure that Subaru would do a "stripped down" version at this point. I think STI version may happen if there is a market. Anyhow its all speculation at this point. Other than a bunch of journalists gushing over the handling we have very little real performance info to go on.

I'm familiar with the stripped down "body in white", but that is not what I was looking for.

I do mean something in the vein of the S2000 CR or 911 RS America. A production car that is street legal, but that you could take to the track or autocross course and be very competitive right out of the box.

This comes out of the fact that the original weight released for the car was around 2600 lbs, and now it looks like it will actually be almost 2800 lbs when it lands here in the US.

If they were to get rid of a lot of those frilly things that don't help with going fast, and put that money towards things that do, then I think that the BRZ/FR-S would be much more appealing to those of us that want to compete in the car.

IMO, I doubt that Subaru especially would do something like this because they really do not support weekend racers at all, and that is what I would like to see change most of all.

Do you realize how many components from a totaled STI would be a direct (and better) swap? There is no need to dismiss the potentially good idea so quickly, especially with wrecks going for ~$10K.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3104

Most of us think it's Ej swapped..

I'd certainly hope it isn't EJ swapped, considering we already know they have FA turbo engines in the works. However being if it's just a drift team without engineering support, it may very well be just a shell with an EJ dropped in. It would be simple enough to do.

:bonk: Subaru's.
They mean it when they call these cars Legos, most of the stuff you mentioned should be able to fit.
This isnt about being cheap, its about building your own car. If its done with patience and know-how it can be much cheaper than you assume, but you do have to pay to play in the end.

If the FB shares the same trans bolt pattern as the EJ then the FA will as well (I have no idea if that's the case or not).

All you need from the 04 STI is rotors. Any 04-11 STI front calipers bolt up (although won't be proper as discussed in some brakes threads) and 04-07 rear calipers... and the parking brake stuff if you want the parking brake to function.. and pads of course.

A BIW BRZ will be at least 5k if they ever sold it. Add in all of the parts to build it as a race car and there is no way you'll be under 15k IMO.

Exactly +1 I was always under the impression that the FA FB and EJ closer relatives to each other in design than even Nissans VG series.

Yep from moto's Article sounds like Impreza 5x100 brake hardware will bolt up properly without much modification. (I hope the factory BMC&BB are big enough to support larger calipers)