Upgrades October 22, 2005
I received some new upgrade parts last week:
- Whiteline Adjustable Front Sway Bar, BSF12Z
- Whiteline Heavy Duty Adjustable Rear Sway Bar, BSR36XZ
They were $315 delivered, which is a small savings over the Cobb Tuning set which has a fixed FSB that is not wagon-specific. The FSB is two-way adjustable and legal in SCCA Stock class, the RSB is three-way adjustable and would necessitate a move into Street Touring or Street Prepared. I am still sitting on a Helix catless up-pipe and catted down-pipe, which also would take me out of Stock.
My plan had been to put in the FSB in immediately, take the D-Stock win I’ve been expecting at Hialeah this weekend, and then put the rest on and start competing in Street Touring X. Hurricane Wilma’s scheduling changes have screwed that plan up. I can’t expect any D-Stock competition at IRCC in two weeks and I can’t win at a PCA event (unless someone loans me their Porsche), so my next shot at 1st-place trophy would be December 4th.
That just completely fails to make me happy. It’s a bit frustrating to hold back on performance mods for classing purposes — I want my car to be faster off the track, and those Helix pipes are big performance boosters. I’m very tempted to have them installed next week. There’s a Subaru tuner close to my office that quoted $385 for the labor…
