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Originally Posted by HogtownBRZ
Frickin’ love it!
Edit: Meant to include BRZ in heading.
I had a chance to test drive a 2023 BRZ last weekend. I used to own a 2016 BRZ which I bought new and loved that one too but the new one really takes care of the details. Soooo glad that torque dip is mostly taken care of. I didn’t want to rev the nuts off of it with the sales lady sitting next to me but could def feel a difference in thrust from what I remember (traded the BRZ for a 2014 Cayman). Brakes felt great, nice feedback. Can always tell what the front end is doing.
I track my cars, mostly at Sebring, but plan on hitting Road Atlanta this Fall. Now I’m seriously considering getting a BRZ/GR86 as a dedicated track car to keep the miles/abuse off of the GT4RS (and the consumables expense, which is really high, especially track insurance and ceramic brakes). There’s so much aftermarket parts available that it’d fun to build a GT4RS-styled BRZ with carbon hood, wing, etc. I’ll still track the GT4RS but I’d travel more to farther tracks like Barber or COTA if I didn’t have to leave a crazy expensive car in a hotel parking lot overnight.
The GR86/BRZ is a truly amazing drivers car, great platform to either keep stock and enjoy or build to your heart’s content. Plus it’s nice to not have businesses/services jack up their prices because you show up in a Porsche, lol.
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Just a FYI, peak torque is at 3700 rpm, quite the opposite of having to wait till nearly 5000 rpm just to have the engine wake up in the 4RS!
The factory stock compound for the brakes is different on the 22+ from the 13-20. It isn't however, track worthy.
Keep in mind that wheel/tire fitment is a bit different on the 22+. Front is identical to 1st gen, but rears will need higher offset. You can run high offset all around and space the front to taste.
Have you seen the price of the Porsche rotor carbon content testing tool?
