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Originally Posted by diss7
Fairly sure you can manage this with the accelerator. Remember its not a switch, you can actually back off a bit if you know flooring it will cause it to break out.  |
I'm thinking of the fact that the majority of twin owners are young and don't have a lot of track experience. Do I think
I can handle it? Sure. Most people who are going to buy this kit? I dunno.
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Originally Posted by diss7
IMO, this kit running 1 bar is far more car than 90% of people could properly drive anyway. Probably a over-generalisation, but I bet I'm not far off.
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You answered it here yourself.
Also... I can say with decent certainty, you won't need 1 bar for 300whp.
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Originally Posted by diss7
Regarding OP's comments. Great honest feedback. All I would comment on, is that test driving a car around the block and living with it day to day are two different things. Agree that if you have driven 400whp cars, this kit obviously wouldn't blow your socks off. But, if you've had 400whp cars, the level of supporting modifications required to utilize that much power on the track (clutch, suspension) then makes the car less fun on the street.
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The car feels so OEM (as far as power) that it doesn't matter whether it was a drive around the block (which it was a little longer than that) or all day... The power is the only thing different and it's completely welcome in this car... in fact in my opinion it'd be EASIER to live with as you don't need to downshift as much to get thru traffic. The suspension is stock besides RCE springs (and some bushings IIRC) and the rest of the car, besides the turbo kit and cat-back, is largely stock.
As far as the power comment, you'll need a clutch and while the stock one is light effort, I can see something in the spec stage 2 or 2+ variety being just fine, and they're not to hard to deal with on the daily. Suspension is going to be adjustable in most cases (other than coilovers the only shocks out right now are Koni yellows - adjustable) and you can put it a little softer, brakes (pads) and tires most track people swap at the track anyway. At 300whp you should be able to get away with a stock clutch for a while and if you don't plan on going up in power, you won't need anything too wild.
400whp didn't require much in a C5 to track btw, pads and tires did it. Stock clutch, stock suspension (lowered on the OEM bolts actually), stock everything else and it did just fine
Keep in mind, not all my previous cars are japanese
In any case... This is getting a little off topic.