[GrandSport]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Not what I would choose for suspension, how do you feel about tuning suspension or writing a $2k+ check to replace them with what you want?

http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/stan...l#.W9nsstVKj0N

$17k for a car that's gutted, caged, and cooled to your liking makes a bit of sense assuming you agree with how it was done and don't have to do it again but I'd expect more work needs to be done which will likely be the case with 99% of all 'prepared cars' out there. Hence the suggestion to just start with a cheap used one that's closer to stock. But hey, some of the magic of this chassis to me is that I can throw a set of tires in the back and drive it to the track and then drive it to work the next day, if you're set on gutting and caging the thing and trailering it there and back then by all means dive on in.

Lightest one I've heard of is ~2,300 lbs, <2,600 without losing creature comforts is doable (~2750 wet on the scales for a '13 FRS in my experience, first fifty pounds is losing the junk in the trunk) so you're looking at about 250 lbs lighter by gutting by my math.

I think he said it was 2550lbs. No AC but still has power windows.
As far as coilovers, they're not the best, but honestly, shocks don't make THAT big of a difference.
When my magnetic ride controller overheated and failed mid day, and I was riding on all 4 at their softest setting, I was < 1 second slower. That's going from an electronic, dynamic/on the fly suspension controller that adjusted every tenth of a second or something like that based on loads and acceleration, etc to having full soft. I definitely made some adjustments (and then more adjustments when I got a new one) but once I made them, I was fine.
If this was supposed to a super competitive race car, sure, there are many reasons to spend big bucks. But for HPDE, I'm not concerned.