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Originally Posted by Gadflyii
whoa.... careful there bud.. saying anything negative about the car is a risky move...
The people on this forum will generally go all crazy on you, label you a troll, preach how you must not appreciate a true sports car, imply that you have never been on a track, tell you that you are a drag racer, suggest that you would be happier with a Mustang or a Camaro (because if you want more power, you obviously want a large, heavy muscle car!) and immediately start stroking each other's egos to justify there planned purchase if you make note of any of the following:
- 200hp is not a lot of hp
- 151ft. lbs is really not a lot of torque
- 2800lbs is not that light
- 0-60 in 6.0+ is not quick
- 25-28k is not cheap
- Point out that the brz/fr-s is not going to be quick around any circuit.
oh... and use search... a lot... |
Here's the thing, the majority of people can't drive any of these 300bHP cars to their limit with any sort of effectivity anyway. So why not start off with something lightweight (in this day and age 2800lbs is a blessing for a RWD 2+2 vehicle) and moderately powered? Hell half the people that THINK they're good enough to easily manipulate this car at 300bHP would probably get wrecked by someone who actually has the skill to drive the car at it's limits effectively with stock horsepower. And if the people asking for more Horsepower don't have any intention of tracking the car then why the hell do they need all that power on such a light car? You'll be well over the speed limit in just 3rd gear
, at which point you're just driving like an ass
.
I personally plan on running the FRS with stock tires, stock horsepower and stock alignment settings for some time just to get used to the thing before I decide to up it another 100-150HP or get grippier tires. Not to mention there is absolutely NO reason to stagger this thing under 400bHP, all you'll end up doing is adding a bunch of unnecessary understeer, but I'm sure we'll see a lot of that as well.