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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
Thanks for sharing.
Been looking for an FRS for track duty but the prices have skyrocketed, or rather, more than I'm willing to pay. Curious to see if you have any enhancements on the FRS or plans for any. I've always been curious about the Ohlins Road & Track kit.
I'm GTA based so there are a number of tracks available but often far and too many "clubs" that are either really bad/poorly organized or hard to get in to in order to participate. That and the tracks are often far, several hours away so a factor of time/cost plays a factor in the number of fun days.
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I should have probably done some research instead of just jumping into this chassis. People don't like the 2013's cause there is a valve retainer/spring recall, the factory tune has problems and its difficult to fully disengage traction control. The 2017+ is what I would be looking at if I did this again but they're expensive. Overall this has been pretty reliable. Must do an oil cooler before tracking as this motor runs crazy hot. Wrap the up-pipe with heat wrap as it tends to melt coilpacks. Mine has 120K km but hasn't had any major issues yet. I'm still on factory tune but most guys will tell you a reflash or dyno tune is a must on these as it will give you like 20whp and get rid of the annoying torque dip. I will do this in the spring.
I don;t have experience with Ohlins but from what I hear they're great. I'm running an Australian coilover from MCA. Other mods were just brake kit with aggressive pads, lines, fluid, a bucket seat, some chassis bars and bushings. Stock wheel wells can fit big tires (running 245 wide for street tire and 265 wide slicks for timed events). No rolling needed just a track alignment.
For the money the car is awesome as long as you can deal with Subaru motors. Don't expect Honda reliability and don't mess with it too much and it's a great track car.