JamesShort wrote:
Chuck, one thing tracked WRXes have problems with is the wheel bearings getting demolished. The WRXes have 5x100 hubs while the STIs have 5x114.3 hubs, so the baby hubs/bearings on the WRXs are very susceptible to heat based failure. A company makes a Ti spacer that goes between the hub and the rotor for this reason and apparently works very well for that purpose. I doubt the WRX will see much track time, however, since I'm trying to buy a E30/E36/miata track project
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Wow, that doesn't surprise me I guess. Many cars have issues when really pushed hard on track. We had a couple of V70Rs a short while back, and I thought it would be fun to take it to the track, so I ordered some PFC97 pads, R-comps and hit VIR. The car had "Brembo brakes" which really just means one-piece rotors and a Brembo caliper -- so what. All looks and no go, as it didn't take more than 3 hard laps to have rotor coning and a loss of front braking power. So much for its "high performance Brembo brake" system...basically marketing crap imo.
Brian Marks is selling his E36 M3 track car if you might be interested. It's not a project car though as it is fully sorted and ready to rock (Bimmerworld cage, Euro 3.2l motor, Stoptech, fire system, seats, nets, etc). I drove the car on South course a while back, and it is really sweet. It has a data system, so I could see I was running 1:21 laps after a short while with a few in the high 1:20.xx's -- I mention this since to me it showed how predictable and communicative the car is, by far the best handling car I've ever driven. I think it puts down 280whp over a broad range while weighing something under 3000lbs.
I would buy it if was planning on doing any track days out into the near future, but I think I'm burnt out on track stuff again and ready for another hiatus...hopefully not to last as long as my last one or I'll need a walker to get to the car by 2030.
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