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Originally Posted by jamestown
CSG Mike!
I've read a lot of your posts and you have probably answered this somewhere already but here goes:
I currently have a camaro 1le that is very satisfying to drive on track. Unfortunately I've been having some reliability issues with the engine that are making me not want to own the car anymore. What is the point of having a capable car if it doesn't work??
I'm considering getting an frs to do say 5 track days a year over the next 5 years. My experience level and speed is somewhere between medium and high. Mods will be kept to a minimum and no power mods at all. I value reliability going forward and would plan to get 17x9 rpf1 +35, some 255 re-71r's, carbotech xp12/xp10 or equivalent, an oil cooler/oil temp and pressure gauges and whatever decent alignment I can get on the factory suspension.
Is this a good plan? Anything I'm missing? Is this car going to hold up for my needs? It's either that or maybe it is time for me to get out of tracking entirely.
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Originally Posted by jamestown
That is too bad. That has been my experience with both my g35 and my camaro at the track. Everything could use more brakes. I'm hesitant to get a BBK or coilovers for insurance reasons, and I'm not set up to tow a car to the track so it is a bit of a delema.
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If you're concerned about upgrading to BBK or coilovers for insurance reasons then maybe you want to wait until the 2017 BRZ Limited with the Performance Pack comes out. It will get you 90% of the way there with big brakes and upgraded suspension right from the OEM. Just install an oil cooler and upgrade your pads and fluid and you'll be set and have done nothing to the car to make an insurance adjuster look twice.