06-08-2009, 11:20 AM
As all of you know, I love tracking and the gsx is *so close* to being a reliable track car, but it will definitely be an expensive track car to track. I also am approaching the point of no return on the gsx before I throw in a roll bar and start stripping her down.
Ive considered a few options such as buying a 2g shell and throwing all my aftermarket parts on that and returning my original gsx back to "stock" and selling that for a very healthy profit in the 5-6 grand range at least (my car is really low mileage for a 98 gsx.
Or just continuing with this car, I finally have a small turbo on it, and its running great aside from a stupid AN line issue where I keep blowing oil cooler lines, the thing runs awesome. I have a suspension setup being built by a machine shop that will be pretty much the end all be all to suspension setups for a DSM. And I have a daily set of wheels and track wheels in the perfect size and lightweight along with 2 sets of race tires for the thing. Its got all the braking I will ever need with 13x1.1 wilwood 4-pots up front and 12.1 brembo 2 pots in the rear. All new control arms and really doesnt need anything in terms of maintenance aside from figuring out why I keep blowing oil cooler lines.
OR.....after this latest round of break down for this oil cooler line, I realize the GSX platform is a bit rough to race because its A) Heavy B)Expensive in tires and consumables C) Complicated variables such as turbos and engine management systems D)Very little road racing aftermarket support for the platform E) All aero is really an "Experimental" phase/
Now a guy just fielded a gs-t convertible in time-attack and has an insane setup that is just raping time-attack, proving the platform is more than capable, but it seems just like a "supra is capable" (sorry goodspeed) AKA yeah you can make it fast as fuck, but guess what, that means TONS of time and money. Which at this point I really dont feel like I have, im saving for a house this summer/fall and high consumables will mean either no racing or REALLLY tight on the budget to balance racing/house which I dont think is very financially sound.
The GSX is my baby and I never thought I would get rid of it not because I love the platform, but because of sentimental reasons, it was my first car and I have tons of very fond memories in this car. I will definitely miss it, I know that. But..it just may be the right decision. Its an awesome time-attack car with a few more grand and TONS of time could really do well and hang with the big boys, but I kind of like the idea of wheel-to-wheel racing better.
This post is mainly to get a few opinions, and I know you guys dont like the gsx, so ill probably just get tons of posts saying get rid of it, but this is important and im trying to rid myself of my own sentimentals about this car and get real opinions.
Also is HC1 popular, are the s2000s competitive? I have looked at my finances and am considering "something" like this in terms of getting a reliable HPDE that could also run supercomp school and give me an "introduction" to racing. Now im not saying I am gonna buy this, this will be a long decision that if I do decide to rid of the gsx, I probably will be a few months without a "race" car as I decide platforms, but opinions are welcome!
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Ive considered a few options such as buying a 2g shell and throwing all my aftermarket parts on that and returning my original gsx back to "stock" and selling that for a very healthy profit in the 5-6 grand range at least (my car is really low mileage for a 98 gsx.
Or just continuing with this car, I finally have a small turbo on it, and its running great aside from a stupid AN line issue where I keep blowing oil cooler lines, the thing runs awesome. I have a suspension setup being built by a machine shop that will be pretty much the end all be all to suspension setups for a DSM. And I have a daily set of wheels and track wheels in the perfect size and lightweight along with 2 sets of race tires for the thing. Its got all the braking I will ever need with 13x1.1 wilwood 4-pots up front and 12.1 brembo 2 pots in the rear. All new control arms and really doesnt need anything in terms of maintenance aside from figuring out why I keep blowing oil cooler lines.
OR.....after this latest round of break down for this oil cooler line, I realize the GSX platform is a bit rough to race because its A) Heavy B)Expensive in tires and consumables C) Complicated variables such as turbos and engine management systems D)Very little road racing aftermarket support for the platform E) All aero is really an "Experimental" phase/
Now a guy just fielded a gs-t convertible in time-attack and has an insane setup that is just raping time-attack, proving the platform is more than capable, but it seems just like a "supra is capable" (sorry goodspeed) AKA yeah you can make it fast as fuck, but guess what, that means TONS of time and money. Which at this point I really dont feel like I have, im saving for a house this summer/fall and high consumables will mean either no racing or REALLLY tight on the budget to balance racing/house which I dont think is very financially sound.
The GSX is my baby and I never thought I would get rid of it not because I love the platform, but because of sentimental reasons, it was my first car and I have tons of very fond memories in this car. I will definitely miss it, I know that. But..it just may be the right decision. Its an awesome time-attack car with a few more grand and TONS of time could really do well and hang with the big boys, but I kind of like the idea of wheel-to-wheel racing better.
This post is mainly to get a few opinions, and I know you guys dont like the gsx, so ill probably just get tons of posts saying get rid of it, but this is important and im trying to rid myself of my own sentimentals about this car and get real opinions.
Also is HC1 popular, are the s2000s competitive? I have looked at my finances and am considering "something" like this in terms of getting a reliable HPDE that could also run supercomp school and give me an "introduction" to racing. Now im not saying I am gonna buy this, this will be a long decision that if I do decide to rid of the gsx, I probably will be a few months without a "race" car as I decide platforms, but opinions are welcome!
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