I no longer have a dog int he fight, sold my BRZ in April.
However, I saw gearing graphs on the ND and it's 2nd gear is woefully short. The epic drivers may be fine with many 2-3s then 3-2s in each run but it's going to hamper it's solo effort in stock trim. If they aren't lying, it looks like ~54mph for second gear.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/resea...p4B?srcref=rss
CRAZY short transmission with a really long rear end.