Subaru BRZ Build opinions
 

Hi,
First time poster here.. sorry if this is in the wrong place mods please move

I have just bought a 2017 brz and have big plans for it I was wondering if you guys could give me opinions on my build list so far. I am looking for roughly 300+ whp and I plan on doing occasional track days.
I love in Queensland Australia so some things may not be legal or available please keep this in mind...

Handling:
- MCA red coil overs
- MCA traction mod
- Kartboy short shifter
- Tanabe front strut bar
- GrimmSpeed master cylinder brace
- Whiteline steering rack and pinion bushings
- Perrin steering rack lockdown
- Perrin transmission mount
- Perrin Shifter bushing
- Perrin 19mm front sway bar
- Perrin 16mm rear sway bar
- Perrin front and rear poly endlinks
- Whiteline diff support and outrigger bushings
- Whiteline sway bar mount supports
- Voodoo13 rear lower control arms
- Michelin Pilot Super Sport Tires

Engine:
- JDL coated UEL header
- Invidia overpipe
- Invidia catted front pipe
- Invidia R400 catback
- Omni power 4 bar map sensor
- Perrin light weight crank pulley
- Perrin light weight accessory pulley
- Velox fuel rails
- Velox fuel rail covers
- DW 700cc injectors
- DW 300c fuel pump
- JRSC C38 kit
- JRSC high boost pulley
- Clutch Masters FX400 clutch and fly wheel

Exterior:
- INTEC carbon fiber japan tail lights
- DT MOTO smoke side markers
- Seibon FA style carbon fiber hood
- Seibon carbon fiber roof panel
- latch and pin locking kit
- Hood gas struts GrimmSpeed
- Seibon FR carbon fiber fender inserts
- Stancenation X Aimgain Type 2

Interior:
- Cusco acceleration pedal
- OEM GT 86 arm rest
- flossy heavyweight grip tape shift knob
- OEM Audio+ CF kit
- Braum elite series racing seats


Thanks all for your help


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HELLO MyZC6 and WELCOME to ....... The Forum ....... :clap:

I have no comment on your mod list .......... however, are you sure you bought the right car .......:popcorn:


humfrz

What do you mean?


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He means if you just bought it you have not driven it enough to really get a feel for it, yet if you are willing to dump as much money as that list will take, maybe you should be looking for more expensive track toys.

Easy way to achieve said goals:
Sale car, buy any RWD with a V6 or more.

If you bought this car for power, you bought the wrong car.

You're looking at about 25 grand right there. Should be equally exciting and horrifying for the wallet. So you're looking at having one cat in the front pipe? Just to clarify, you do mean coated header and not catted header?

I thought he meant he was going to spring for the ceramic coating.

I didn't get the sense that he bought the car for power.

I got the sense he bought the car with the intention of completing a long list of mods he'll get about halfway through before something else shiny gets his attention, at which point he'll put it on Craigslist priced at what he has in it to try to recoup his money for a new project to half complete.

But I could be wrong.

Well give me a list of mods that won't cost so much but will still achieve 300+ whp reliably

That list is just a compilation of what I have heard/read and have been told is the way to go, I'm not used to the whole new car/JDM scene as my pops and I have been doing up old mopars and painting Nita s my whole life


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Nah man I'm talking about this one:
https://jdlautodesign.net/shop/ft86-...length-header/


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Stop focusing on the number, it means nothing. If you've been dealing with old mopars there is a very good chance this car is lighter than anything you've experienced. Just drive the car for a few months. Decide what you want to do with it. Is it a dd? A track toy? A little bit of both? A show car? etc.

How much do you want to spend? What can you do yourself? If after a few months you really want 300+ hp ignore all those other things and get a turbo kit. Then drive it for a few more months, get all the usual kinks out, and just see what it feels like then.

There are a lot of good people with a lot of good advice here, but the mentality you are taking is all wrong, it will end up with a car with a bunch of parts on it and there is almost a 100% chance you will hate it. Take it slow.

^^^^This.

A thing that happens often with these cars is that people will build them in their heads before they buy and drive them, and the result isn't exactly what they're expecting. The disappointment leads to reduced enthusiasm, the build stalls, and then they start thinking about selling. Since they have so much money in the car, they want to get their money back out of it, but they can't because mods don't increase the value of the car in a 1:1 ratio. In some cases they actually decrease the market value. So they're either stuck with a car they don't like and can't sell, or they have to accept taking a bath on the build costs.

Whenever a newbie comes in here with a grand list of mods, we're all pretty skeptical about that car's future. The only time I wouldn't be skeptical is with someone who had been building and racing these for a while, knew exactly what he wanted to achieve and already knew exactly how to achieve it. If that's not you (and it honestly doesn't sound like it is), you'd be much better off making one or a few changes at a time and observing the effect rather than firing the parts cannon at it from the outset.

I suggest you pay attention to @why? 's posts.

My point was that if you feel you have to do all those mods to a new car ....... maybe, there is another car on the market that would be better suited to your needs ...... pretty much out of the box.......for the same amount of money (your purchase price plus mods).

However, if your goal is just to tinker with the platform ...... by all means, carry on ....... :thumbsup:


humfrz