going up to laguna Seca this sunday ROAD TRIP!!

lol Also will be at the Extremespeed FT 86 cup bonus round at SOWS sunday, may 26th SPECIAL PRICING 90$ including timing! (discount code is ft86cup) for all BRZ and FRS owners/drivers. We created a stock class just so you guys out there would come out and have fun without having to directly compete against the "super cars"

I will be completely straight, I am only doing the FI build for the experience and to just see if this car would be worth the money if Toyota/Subaru offered an FI STI model at around 34k.

I think RTR is probably the perfect class for this car, as it responds so well to good tires, sway bar and even shocks. And you don't go broke.
I may return the car to this class anyway if I am not happy with the FI.

STX is a pretty big money sink hole as well. As you could easily unload, 4-6k on suspension, ECU tune, intake, exhaust, tires, bars, bushings etc to be competitive. And the car still still suffers in straight line acceleration for street and track.

Really staying NA or going FI you can dump a lot of money based on your priorities. But as this thread is about FI on track, I can promise there is more than meets the eye in terms of prep and money.

Question will be is it all worth it?

There just... isn't any solid data on that yet. That's what we're getting at.

You guys piss me off being so far away!

$90 for Laguna Seca? Living in Kansas sucks!

Pretty sure everyone would track their car if they could afford an FI upgrade. That's a no brainer.

190 for mrls
90 for sows...

??? come again? That's not making sense to me...

Really? I shall come ck out ur car on Sunday!

Come! The more the merrier!

I am not arguing NA vs. FI. I am arguing that there is not enough data or evidence to make any concrete decisions yet about the deleterious effects of FI and I am offering an alternative strategy (which does ultimately end with adding FI) that builds on the car slowly as you improve in skill, comfort level and awareness. As others have pointed out there is so much more that needs to happen for FI to work harmoniously with the rest of the experience.

It is a difference in philosophies. Not everyone will agree with mine. I used to be in the other camp. My main focus was power. I ended up building cars that I hated or couldn't drive effectively on the road course.
@robispec I am going to be putting so many miles on this car if you keep tempting me with parts/track days down in SOCAL. :bonk:

Please do...might even have time for a ridealong! Got a helmet?

I'm so jealous... I'm not going to MRLS this year :(

I wish someone would do an LED washer nozzle install for the track and see if its faster.