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Originally Posted by fatoni
well lets take a look at it. is an order of magnitude more expensive than this production car. this car does not have the ridiculous race tires which, if you "spent any significant time on a race track" you would know is the single biggest factor for that cars lap time. not the aero. i would be willing to bet a standard twin with decent tires is going to run circles around this race inspired griffon street car. giving credit to this car because of what an actual race car has accomplished is like saying my moms camry is fast because they use them in nascar. just because two cars are not powerful but one is fast doesnt make the other one fast. your perspective is naive at best.
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The only cars that have track ready tires on them from the factory are $80k cars.
Tires are definitely significant. But Aero and No Aero are significant as well. And how many track junkies are taking their cars to the track with the factory tires on? Lot easier to change tires than adding aero. You are not making a case to say it's not functional just because it doesn't have R-compounds on it from the factory.
My perspective is that the aero if functional, not that the car is blazing fast. Pay attention to the message here.
I track my car on a monthly basis for the past 4-5yrs (not my FR-S, but my other Scion). I know what it's like to have only 150hp and know what it's like to have 300+.