FR-S at a CA Autocross - Page 4 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

mankarn86 · 03-23-2012, 02:43 PM

Man I love red....I would just be really scared of it fading

Dadhawk · 03-23-2012, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mankarn86

Man I love red....I would just be really scared of it fading

My wife's '05 Mustang is "firestorm" red and looks as good today as it did on the showroom floor with no real maintenance and its parked outside during most daylight hours.

I guess I'll see since mine is Firestorm, but I wouldn't worry about it.

My '85 MR2 did fade in the Florida sun but that was before clearcoat days. Lots of oxidation.

mankarn86 · 03-23-2012, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

My wife's '05 Mustang is "firestorm" red and looks as good today as it did on the showroom floor with no real maintenance and its parked outside during most daylight hours.

I guess I'll see since mine is Firestorm, but I wouldn't worry about it.

My '85 MR2 did fade in the Florida sun but that was before clearcoat days. Lots of oxidation.

Ya I guess it's hit and miss, and depends on the paint quality. My buddies E46 was red and looked great till he sold it this year. I've seen red on a lot of GM cars fade (like sunfires).

AX_FRS · 03-23-2012, 03:32 PM

so it sounds like this car will probably be competing in CS? I think that's what a lot of people were expecting.

oneday · 03-23-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DIG1992

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Originally Posted by mankarn86

For those who weren't sure of telescopic steering ^^^^^

Good post!

I guess it wasn't good enough for you when I posted that as post # 11 in this thread?

RiskyTrousers · 03-23-2012, 06:05 PM

A bunch of us were out there trying to time the runs manually and we were all in the same ball park.

The fastest SK1 B Stock S2k ran an 88.3ish. We were clocking the FR-S at high 88s. Impressive to say the least.

The S2k had oversized super sticky RS3s, dialed in alignment and a fat front sway bar. The FR-S has its stock skinny tires, and hasn't had its suspension dynamically tuned yet!

Of course the runs were at different times of the day and our hands aren't as accurate as timing lights so keep that in mind.

bneale · 03-23-2012, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RiskyTrousers

A bunch of us were out there trying to time the runs manually and we were all in the same ball park.

The fastest SK1 B Stock S2k ran an 88.3ish. We were clocking the FR-S at high 88s. Impressive to say the least.

The S2k had oversized super sticky RS3s, dialed in alignment and a fat front sway bar. The FR-S has its stock skinny tires, and hasn't had its suspension dynamically tuned yet!

Of course the runs were at different times of the day and our hands aren't as accurate as timing lights so keep that in mind.

Thanks for posting this. I was hoping someone was timing these and would post this. Thanks again.

But I wonder how much of a difference the driver makes. Wasn't the FRS driver pretty good? What if the SK2 driver was shit? That might be the difference right?

Any idea if the S2K driver let the FRS driver do a lap in his car? The difference would give us a good idea on how to offset the times.

bneale

RiskyTrousers · 03-23-2012, 08:48 PM

I completely agree, too many variables to be an end all be all comparison.

However, the S2K driver was fastest in his class, so I doubt he was complete crap.

Dragonitti · 03-23-2012, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 7thgear

found this for reference,

Is that one stock? Pretty good stuff...but then again, I don't think we can have that for $24k.

mankarn86 · 03-24-2012, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by oneday

I guess it wasn't good enough for you when I posted that as post # 11 in this thread?

Sorry dude. Didn't see ur post.

brewksy · 03-24-2012, 09:45 PM

If this hits C-stock class and competes well, that will be your performance-bargain right there.

The other cars in this category - original MSRP/inflation-adjusted MSRP:
Mazda Mazdaspeed Miata (2005) - $25780/$30052
RX-7 Turbo (1991) - $27100/$45298
RX-8 (2012) - $26795
Nissan 370Z (2012) - $31910

Not too shabby

Evil86 · 03-26-2012, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Scion FR-S

I don't know what else Peters has driven, but that seems to be a pretty strong endorsement....

Peters is one of our autox champs in our club, although he spends a lot of time in Cali. Frankly, he is an amazing driver who has driven a wide variety of cars. He is one of those who can run top times in any car he drives. In my first season autoxing some four years ago, he got a special award for having top pax in every event in our series. And we generally have several multiple winning national autox champs in our midst, so competition is tough.

I think he was one of autox triple crown champs for 2010: won a divisional, a national tour, and the nationals.

Many of the locals want Brian do drive our cars when doing set ups because he really understands handling.

ubersoph · 03-26-2012, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by brewksy

If this hits C-stock class and competes well, that will be your performance-bargain right there.

The other cars in this category - original MSRP/inflation-adjusted MSRP:
Mazda Mazdaspeed Miata (2005) - $25780/$30052
RX-7 Turbo (1991) - $27100/$45298
RX-8 (2012) - $26795
Nissan 370Z (2012) - $31910

Not too shabby

To be fair, the car to have in C-Stock is actually the Miata...

mrtodd · 03-26-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ubersoph

To be fair, the car to have in C-Stock is actually the Miata...

Not anymore.

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03-23-2012, 02:43 PM	#43
mankarn86 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2007 Altima 3.5 SE 6sp Location: Burlington, ON Posts: 101 Thanks: 21 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Man I love red....I would just be really scared of it fading

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AX_FRS Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 05 Ford Focus ZX4 Location: United States Posts: 139 Thanks: 41 Thanked 21 Times in 17 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	so it sounds like this car will probably be competing in CS? I think that's what a lot of people were expecting.

03-23-2012, 06:05 PM	#48
RiskyTrousers Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: '87 Corolla GTS, '13 FR-S 6MT Location: United States Posts: 364 Thanks: 54 Thanked 146 Times in 67 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	A bunch of us were out there trying to time the runs manually and we were all in the same ball park. The fastest SK1 B Stock S2k ran an 88.3ish. We were clocking the FR-S at high 88s. Impressive to say the least. The S2k had oversized super sticky RS3s, dialed in alignment and a fat front sway bar. The FR-S has its stock skinny tires, and hasn't had its suspension dynamically tuned yet! Of course the runs were at different times of the day and our hands aren't as accurate as timing lights so keep that in mind.

03-23-2012, 08:48 PM	#50
RiskyTrousers Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: '87 Corolla GTS, '13 FR-S 6MT Location: United States Posts: 364 Thanks: 54 Thanked 146 Times in 67 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I completely agree, too many variables to be an end all be all comparison. However, the S2K driver was fastest in his class, so I doubt he was complete crap.

03-24-2012, 09:45 PM	#53
brewksy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 2011 Subaru STI Location: Edmonton Posts: 157 Thanks: 4 Thanked 31 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If this hits C-stock class and competes well, that will be your performance-bargain right there. The other cars in this category - original MSRP/inflation-adjusted MSRP: Mazda Mazdaspeed Miata (2005) - $25780/$30052 RX-7 Turbo (1991) - $27100/$45298 RX-8 (2012) - $26795 Nissan 370Z (2012) - $31910 Not too shabby

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