Testing carefully chosen mods...

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Hanakuso

How experienced and comfortable is Darin doing custom alignments at West End with the FRS/BRZ? I remember going there with my S2000 and he seemed to basically know everything about the S2000 regarding alignment changes.

He's the only place I'll ever take my personal cars to for alignments. Our shop car is aligned there as well.

The more specific you are with your requests with him, the more tricks he'll pull out of his (seemingly bottomless) bag. Alignments and brakes are ALL Darin and Chris do, and they're booked up weeks in advance for a reason! The key here is knowing what exactly you want, or what issue you want to address. If you go in saying "I want the most aggressive track alignment possible", you're not going to get anywhere. If you go in saying "I'm struggling with lack of response on initial turn-in, but steady state cornering is good, and powering out is also good", he'll have a recommendation for you.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by carbonBLUE

pat yourself on the back then, nice lap times, and this only proves that the FRS/BRZ is faster than a new v6 even with a track package by just adding the proper tires (i know you have suspension upgrades ect but the tires had a BIG role in it)

and thank you TOYOTA and SUABRU great job on such a fantastic car... handling is really leagues ahead of its price point

It's faster than my s2000... and I love my s2000. I wholeheartedly admit that it's faster, although given a choice, I'd still buy an s2000... emotional purchase I suppose... same reason I want a NSX. I know it's not fast.

[carbonBLUE]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

It's faster than my s2000... and I love my s2000. I wholeheartedly admit that it's faster, although given a choice, I'd still buy an s2000... emotional purchase I suppose... same reason I want a NSX. I know it's not fast.

i want an NSX because i know it would have problems just enough to where i could stay emotionally attached to it, i wont become attached to my FRS till i break something and have to fix it lol... could be a while...

[SubieNate]

I've driven this car on a quick test drive and the SRC's are indeed fantastic. I would never have guessed that the spring rates are as high as they are, or that Tein had the tech to make such a nice setup. The AP's felt amazing as well. It made me truly excited to learn my car well enough that I can properly modify it.

Nathan

[JoeBoxer]

I just want to say thanks to Mike for the advice today, i went with comfort over performance with my first suspension and tire choices but he has helped me develop a plan to get the performance that i'm wanting back. I have done so much research but when your priorties change and you have to start from scratch it's nice to have people like this to help.

[Captain Insano]

Yeah that video kicks ass!

[gmookher]

Originally Posted by CSG Mike

- R-comp setup:
-- Wedsport TC105N 17x9 +35
-- Maxxis Victra RC1 235/40/17

where did you get these tires?

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by gmookher

where did you get these tires?

They're not available for purchase yet... they were provided by Maxxis for testing and feedback

[Evasive Motorsports]

looks good mike.

-Randy

[CSG David]

And a nice review on the Tein SRCs.

CounterSpace Garage Tein SRC Full Review

[Amadeus]

For your 8" RPF1's; Why did you choose 225's?

[chenshuo]

Just look at how many stickers that car has, it must be super awesome!

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by chenshuo

Just look at how many stickers that car has, it must be super awesome!

We thought each one would add 5 hp, but that doesn't seem to be the case

Originally Posted by Amadeus

For your 8" RPF1's; Why did you choose 225's?

It seems to be the fastest for a naturally aspirated car...

[CSG Mike]

A few pics from this weekend...