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Originally Posted by Msquared
They are out there. A quick search on Cars.com shows a fair number for sale with fairly low miles and prices between about $27k-36k. That may be worth it if you want to keep the car stock and run it in F Street autocross class (I have no idea what that does for any track time trial classes, though). The only real downside I see is that the V6 1LE came with 4-piston front brakes that are smaller: those are fine for autocross use but might be lacking on track compared to the pimpy 6-piston Brembos. Maybe some others can chime in here if they've tracked the 4-piston brakes.
That's a good question. First, it depends on how badly you really need the upgrade for track duty, and again I have no experience to say. Second, of course, it depends on how much it would cost you to do a similar (or the same) upgrade yourself. It looks like you can get the exact same parts to do the upgrade yourself for a little over $2500. That doesn't include labor, of course. Maybe that would be a better way to go if you are handy enough to do the labor. You could skip the brake option on the order form and see if the regular brakes on the V6 are good enough for track duty (you'd still want to flush the fluid and put in good hi-temp fluid, and pick some good track pads). Then if you decide you want the bigger front brakes, buy the kit. Either choice has merits. |
Definitely a viable choice to save money up front with the base stock setup, see how it goes with good pads and fluid, then upgrade later as others have done here like DPEVANS. He had good pads complimented with good tires.
The only info I can find is the V6 1LE doing very well with its 4 piston caliper setup at the Lightning Lap competition.
Since the V6 is lighter I’m wondering if 6 piston calipers are overkill and add too much weight up front. This option would be financed into the price but it would be warrantied and save me some wrenching time.