STX setup sharing thread (2022)

[Kelse92]

Originally Posted by racingfool

Care to share?

500f/600r, I know most are at 300-400 range for autox but figured this would be better for the aero setup. May play around with rates some more this season but not sure how many times I want to re-align the car. I kind of like to just set it and forget it and drive. Plus the end-goal for this car is probably to not autocross it forever so I was thinking longer-term.

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Also curious about the Nitrons, was looking at this for another car but stateside sales was not very confidence inspiring. UK reps were better but I wasn’t totally convinced they would be a good solution for me.

Ordered mine from Inertia Lab. Chris is local to me and can dyno/service/revalve them easily so I took his recommendation.
I’m not gonna lie I’ve had some growing pains with them. The first set I got had lots of problems with the front droop/ride height (initial install resulted in my car being 2” higher than stock at lowest adjustment lol) but the rears came perfect so I drove on a mismatched coilover setup in-between for 2 mos.

We spent many late nights in July/August trying to get the car ready for nats on phone calls and e-mails with Chris/Nitron getting everything re-done to have the right length bodies and shock travel. I can’t finger-point what happened to cause the issue with the fronts in the first place, but they resolved everything quickly (considering overseas shipping) at no extra cost with great service to have the fronts fit my requested specs, and are still working with us to redesign a couple components for legal additional camber. Right now everything maxed out is -3.2 deg in front.

Overall, now that the whole ordeal is mostly over I’m really happy with them. Their bodies/hardware are great quality and the car handles great. If I had to do it over, the time spent in my case I’m not sure, but I feel like that’s an odd situation and I have a platform they probably don’t get a lot of orders for. If you are looking for them for a BMW/Lotus/Porsche which they build the most for I think they’re an excellent option.

[strat61caster]

Oof thanks for that. If autox has taught me one thing it’s that going your own way can be very expensive and painful. Hope you get more camber soon, 3* is not enough even with 500# springs lol.

[Eric1855]

I haven't touched much since I traded cars with Ray, other than some comfort items, If it's not broke and all....

2013 BRZ
KW V3 (400/343) with custom front camber plates
Wilwood Dynapro front brakes with 2 piece rotors, very light, and Ferodo DS2500s
Hotchkis front bar, Mann rear bar
ACE 350 Type-A header
Remark dual exhaust
Subaru Forester Oil Cooler
Custom made intake tube
No name rear control arms
EcuTek tuned
Little AGM battery
17x9 RPF1s (lots of them) with 245/40/17 Yoko A052s

Sparco QRT-R drivers seat with B-K brackets (28.6lbs total so ST legal)
NRG steering wheel with quick release and spacer (0.5lbs heavier than stock so ST legal)

[Kelse92]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Oof thanks for that. If autox has taught me one thing it’s that going your own way can be very expensive and painful. Hope you get more camber soon, 3* is not enough even with 500# springs lol.

Lol yeah it's rough, will be fixed soon. It's been manageable on street tires just flipping them and whatnot but running Hoosiers on the car for TT the wear could be much better...

[TeamBadger]

what is everyone doing to access the rear shock adjusters? Just cutting a hole in the trunk fabric?

[Kelse92]

Originally Posted by TeamBadger

what is everyone doing to access the rear shock adjusters? Just cutting a hole in the trunk fabric?

Yup, to make it nice you can cut it the size of the little desk cable organizer circle pieces you can get from office supply stores.

[steverife]

Originally Posted by TeamBadger

what is everyone doing to access the rear shock adjusters? Just cutting a hole in the trunk fabric?

Leave out the first couple of clips that hold the carpet in place. Pull back carpet. Carry some extra clips in case someone ever cared about that.

[cmiovino]

Figured I'd post here since I'll be moving to STX at some point in the future. Currently in DS and planning on running there in 2022. I've run the last two seasons in CS and then DS when the move happened for 2017 PP cars. Only upgrade I've done is tires both seasons. Some old RE-71R's I had and then fresh A052's. Likely going with RT660's this year.

I'm planning on upgrading the front swaybar this year for DS, but also want something that I'll keep for STX. I'm set on either RCE Tarmac 2's or KW V3's both with camber plates when the jump happens. Given that, how large of a swaybar would you go with to also work well with coilovers eventually?

Here are some options I'm considering:

20m Whiteline solid (likely on stiff)
22mm Whiteline solid (likely on soft)
25mm Hotchkishollow

[MacSpeed]

Originally Posted by TeamBadger

what is everyone doing to access the rear shock adjusters? Just cutting a hole in the trunk fabric?

I out 3 cuts with a box cutting in mine to make a flap. the Flap folds in on it self to keep it closed and easy to pop open to adjust the knob.

[strat61caster]

I had 20mm whiteline, it does the job pretty well. I think 22mm WL would be too stiff to be useful. Iirc Wong had a 25.4mm hollow, all three of your suggestions are viable I think. I found the whiteline difficult to adjust on site, much happier with the karcepts bar.

[Breezio]

I run the Hotchkis 1" hollow bar in the front on soft with RCE T2's (400/400 springs) and the factory PP rear bar.
I'm quite satisfied with the setup.

[Eric1855]

Originally Posted by Breezio

Got a link to that information?

The last fast track I saw on the topic was moving the 1st gen twins from DSP (light prep) and BSP (full prep) to DSP (full prep). Which is a very good change.

See todays fast track. The proposal was pulled.

[Breezio]

Originally Posted by Eric1855

See todays fast track. The proposal was pulled.

Thanks for the clarification!

"#30860 Twins Class Change Proposal The SPAC is withdrawing the proposal to move the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ from CSP to DSP. The committee does not believe this change is in the best interests of the category. The SPAC will continue to monitor the competitive balance in the category. "

Booo.........

[racingfool]

Put them all on the same line in BSP?
2.4L swaps into first gen cars. Choose between 4.1 and 4.3 FD.