Building my FR-S

[Gillams]

I have a lot of time and little to do. Im on lets say a "vacation" at the moment, its hot and full of sand.. not a beach. Anyway i have a lot of time on my hands, so i spend it building my parts list. I have ran into a few issues.
1. Fitment.
2.when i have decided what kind of wheel, what is the best tire. i do tend to be more of the snap it and let it ride "slideways" kind of driver. but i also like my grip when i want it.
3. I am not keeping this N/A status for long. so supercharger or turbo. I know how a turbo handles. What about the supercharger?
4.Ive looked into light weight pulleys, and aesthetically they seem to do a good job. What actual effect would they have?

I would like to say also that this forum has been a bug help thus far, and thank you.

[BRZerk]

1. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25177
2. so you want to slide, and have grip? idk sounds like you are asking for a lot. if you don't want super grippy tires go with 225 or 235 mid range performance tires.
3.
4. lightweight pulleys do have an effect but it is negligible alone. now, if you replace all the pulleys, the clutch/flywheel, driveshaft, and get lightweight wheels and tires you will see a pretty noticeable drifference. you are reducing rotational mass. reducing rotational mass is easy to understand. a lighter series of spinning shafts has less resistance than a heavier set.


if i were you id look into E85

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Gillams

..........I would like to say also that this forum has been a bug help thus far, and thank you.

.....as in the "mod bug" ..... ??



humfrz

[Gillams]

Originally Posted by humfrz

.....as in the "mod bug" ..... ??



humfrz

Big* but yes that too.

[Gillams]

Rite now i'm looking at 17x9 +45s. My only concern is coil over specific (tein flex coilovers) witch i'm sure entails a bit more patients and research. As far as the tires, im sure i can snap grippy tires. I guess im looking far a happy median.

[DarkSunrise]

For tires, Sumitomo HTR ZIII. They're not nearly as sticky as SS Z2's or RS3's, but they're not fish-out-of-water at the track/autocross either. You can easily get the rear end to come around when you want. I would consider these the happy medium tires between slip and grip. As a bonus, they're cheap and relatively quiet.