BRZ vs. Spyder??
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Interesting news http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...latform-report
If this actually works out, there will finally be some worthy competition to the boxster/cayman.
If this actually works out, there will finally be some worthy competition to the boxster/cayman.
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Interesting news http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...latform-report
If this actually works out, there will finally be some worthy competition to the boxster/cayman.
If this actually works out, there will finally be some worthy competition to the boxster/cayman.
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Nordschleife Master
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Those are concept photos from 2007. The car isn't due until 2017. Hopefully it won't look anything like the concept photos. I'm not understanding how they are going to base it on the FRS platform, but then make it a new platform? The article is confusing. I'm a bit cautious on this whole 'hybrid' powertrain thing too...
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Sry, I should have been more clear..i was referring to the possibility that the Z4 will share the gt86 platform. Always thought the Z4 never inherited the true essence of its predecessor. Gt86 platform with BMW motor and suspension tuning..could be good competition for the Cayman.
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BTW, I tested out the brake master cylinder theory on my spyder just now. There definitely is some motion across the firewall when you slam on the brakes. Not as much as with the BRZ, but there is motion, nonetheless. Perhaps there is something to these master cylinder braces...
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My hesitation on getting a master cylinder brace is causing possible damage to the actual master cylinder as a result of using the brace... I don't think anyone makes a master cylinder brace for our boxsters/caymans.
In anycase, I switched the fluids in the BRZ to RBF600 and swapped to project mu club racer pads today in preparation for my track day at Laguna next week. The pedal is rock solid. I'm leaving it alone. I'm still bitter that the spyder's pedal doesn't feel the same...
In anycase, I switched the fluids in the BRZ to RBF600 and swapped to project mu club racer pads today in preparation for my track day at Laguna next week. The pedal is rock solid. I'm leaving it alone. I'm still bitter that the spyder's pedal doesn't feel the same...
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Joe, sounds as though you and I went through a "Killer EVO" $$$$$-fest.
I was at 520 on pump and almost 600 on race gas at the wheels. It was a great 1/4 miler and could scare the daylights out of passengers and Ferraris on the tollway. But it was a maintenance master and always needed something. At the track it would overheat after a few laps on a hot day.
I was at 520 on pump and almost 600 on race gas at the wheels. It was a great 1/4 miler and could scare the daylights out of passengers and Ferraris on the tollway. But it was a maintenance master and always needed something. At the track it would overheat after a few laps on a hot day.
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Ortho, I think we might have been separated at birth.
I still own my Evo X MR (2008), which used to be my track car. (I think I remember seeing you on various Evo forums) It's now my DD and kid-hauler. Still love the car. I owned another Evo 9 MR in there as well, but sold it a while back.
Now I have a Boxster Spyder. Love it. Perfect complement to the Evo. And, quite a different car (better in all respects) from my previous C5 Z06.
Sometimes, though, I think about replacing the Evo with a BRZ...
I still own my Evo X MR (2008), which used to be my track car. (I think I remember seeing you on various Evo forums) It's now my DD and kid-hauler. Still love the car. I owned another Evo 9 MR in there as well, but sold it a while back.
Now I have a Boxster Spyder. Love it. Perfect complement to the Evo. And, quite a different car (better in all respects) from my previous C5 Z06.
Sometimes, though, I think about replacing the Evo with a BRZ...
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It's funny how many people who now own Porsches have owned or still own an Evo. I had to ditch the Evo because I couldn't stop it from overheating at the track, and I had modified it so much that it wasn't the best daily driver. Fuel starvation, tranny overheat, coolant overheat, and brake overheat were just too many things that I could never truly get under control. I can see how a relatively stock Evo X MR would still make a good DD/family car.That being said, I don't miss the Evo one bit. The BRZ is fantastic.
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have you ever considered an evo 9 MR.......?
my bro just bought a tired 70,000 mile but unmodified example.... he's renewed all the suspension bits and I think he's in love with it........ doesn't even drive his leguna Seca mustang or his GTr anymore.....lol.. I can barely get him to warm the spyder up once a month.....
my bro just bought a tired 70,000 mile but unmodified example.... he's renewed all the suspension bits and I think he's in love with it........ doesn't even drive his leguna Seca mustang or his GTr anymore.....lol.. I can barely get him to warm the spyder up once a month.....
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have you ever considered an evo 9 MR.......?
my bro just bought a tired 70,000 mile but unmodified example.... he's renewed all the suspension bits and I think he's in love with it........ doesn't even drive his leguna Seca mustang or his GTr anymore.....lol.. I can barely get him to warm the spyder up once a month.....
my bro just bought a tired 70,000 mile but unmodified example.... he's renewed all the suspension bits and I think he's in love with it........ doesn't even drive his leguna Seca mustang or his GTr anymore.....lol.. I can barely get him to warm the spyder up once a month.....
Bone stock, only one previous owner. Great car. In the end, I couldn't justify having two Evos, and I preferred the X over the IX, both on the road and on the track. Sold the 9 for more than I paid for it.