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Originally Posted by 14stu
I've instructed 16 year olds on track in FRS/BRZ, they make great track cars and are excellent to learn with.
I'd recommend looking for a '15 or '16 and setting it up for SSC. It's a spec class so you don't go overboard with parts and don't feel like you cheaped out on anything. They also make great track cars (I recommend an oil cooler for serious track use or if you live in a hot climate). SSC cars are just as comfortable as stock on the street with the exception of if you go with a loud exhaust (you can do a catback in the class and that's usually a turn down straight pipe which can get loud, but you're not losing much just sticking with the stock setup).
Like mentioned before, the 2013's have a few first year problems and the 2014 have the coilpack issues (at least most of the 2014's). I've got 60k miles on my 2014 BRZ with over 250 autocrosses and 80 trackdays.
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When the plugs/coils fail, can they be replaced with the updated parts from later years, or are they incompatible? Would that move the car out of stock class?
I get that the car would be better with a build to ST or SSC, but for autocross, I think newbies still learn better in a stock car. Once you build into a class, you really need to do everything allowed in that class to be competitive, and it doesn't change the flesh and bones sitting in the driver's seat. Its already a stretch to consider buying him a car like this, let alone prepping it beyond the basic necessities for track reliability.