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The plan all along was to toe the line between SCCA STX autocross and NASA TT5. SCCA TimeTrial T4 and Gridlife ClubTR were fortunate secondary possibilities.
SCCA ST classes require keeping one catalytic converter, so the hot ticket for power is to do a catless header and keep one cat in the over/mid pipe.
So I ordered a ceramic coated JDL EL 4-2-1 header and matching "Ultra Quiet" catted and resonated midpipe. That order took forever with catalytic converters disappearing from the world economy at one point during covid.
At some point I also scored a used and unmarried Open Flash Tablet tuner.
Wheel choice is also limited in ST classes, with STX being limited to a 17x9. Options aplenty, but I didn't lke any of the Konigs at the time and 6ULs were actively going extinct. Enter the Enkei PF05. 17x9 +40mm
Did I mention this is a 146k mile, northeast Ohio car that was sold to me with Bridgestone Blizzak winter tires installed? Evidence of the "Salt Life" below:
On the Tomei expreme Ti 80mm exhaust: I love the idea of a titanium exhaust. I actually liked the sound of it below 30% throttle and also above 5500rpm. The problem is that real life driving is none of those things and it made my ears bleed if I wasn't wearing a helmet... More on this later.
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