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Originally Posted by cab33
This may have been asked before, but what is the ballpark cost to take a stock FRS and make it a competitive STX car?
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If you're definitely going to do it, trudge through the rest of the thread, on the cheap $4k can get you locally competitive, it seems like it doesn't take a significant amount to run competitive at nationals with people placing well with <$2k coilovers (which imo is the big X factor in this build, heard some people do well with Fortune Auto/ Feals but I bet there are people up there on >$4k Teins, JRZs or custom Ohlins) and all the key components not needing to be the best of the best. Not sure how much the top guys have into their cars, their builds are not very public but I imagine you could swing at them for about a $6k if you're intelligent about setting up a car and can drive well, and of course all the money in the world won't automatically hand you a trophy.
Must haves:
9" wide wheels & 245 tires in a competitive compound: $1k-$2k+
Header & tune: $1k-$2k+
Suspension; coilovers, camber plates, rear lcas, $2k-$12k+
Good alignment and Brake pads and fluid and then odds and ends to taste (sways, intake exhaust, bushings, weight reduction, etc.) And that's pretty much the recipe.