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Originally Posted by Locust
I'm really starting to wonder how much of this lack of BRZ attendance is due to the hooting and hollering on this forum versus the actual performance of the car at events. If I had a BRZ and hadn't autocrossed it before I sure as hell wouldn't come out if I had all these people telling me I'd lose to every FR-S because they have an advantage I'll never be able to match.
Everyone tells me that I can't beat a turbo MR-2 at a pro because they gain so much time on the launch but I still go to them. Maybe I should stop attending pros in CS now because I can't launch as fast as the other cars. You know what... I'm going to write a letter to the board asking that the FR-S be re-classed for Pros because it's not competitive. Of course, I'll wait until they move the BRZ first so that they then have to move the BRZ a second time when they complain about the FR-S getting moved back in with them.
Seriously though. How about someone out there go and get an auto-x course setup, get a fully prepped CS BRZ and CS FR-S, get the same damn driver, and have them drive the course 10 times each (alternating between runs) with each car? Let's compare the data and see what the difference really is. Also don't forget to let the driver run the course 3 times with a completely different car prior to that so we can rule out course knowledge bias as well.
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Just look at nats results bro. The fastest BRZ was driven by a multi-time jacket winner, and was not well placed.
Also DS participation is soft. We'd be doing them a favor. Additionally I suspect the TRD-sprung FRS will get buried by the ND at nats - seriously, go drive an ND, they are stupid easy to turn quick times in - and also by the updated 2017 model, plus whatever the SEB decides to shuffle down from BS.
In a year you're going to be very happy to put your stock springs back on and go WRX hunting. Unless you're all silly enough to write your letter against it, in which case, have fun fighting Caymans/Boxsters and 2017 twins with faster gearing/potentially no torque dip. Spring swapping is technically legal for us, but not in the spirit of street class rules. Don't expect your car to stay competitive for too much longer; the SEB can't outlaw those springs without massively breaking a lot of things, so they like to bury stuff like that instead (see: MX-5 MSR, Solstice Z0K, Boss 302 Laguna Seca, and others).