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Originally Posted by Slartibartfas It's my opinion/experience that it's better to start bone stock. Wait until the car becomes the limiter before upgrading. I do recommend a Schroth Rallye 3

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It's my opinion/experience that it's better to start bone stock. Wait until the car becomes the limiter before upgrading. I do recommend a Schroth Rallye 3 harness or similar. That by itself was worth a second per lap during autocross. I was unknowingly losing time while having to brace myself for turns. When I first used a full 5-point harness and racing seat I marveled that I didn't have to use ANY energy to brace myself.
You seem to have experience in autoX. How do you think the Z compares to the other autoX cars?
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You seem to have experience in autoX. How do you think the Z compares to the other autoX cars?
I haven't autocrossed in fifteen years and that was in a Sentra SE-R. From what I read here the Z34 isn't particularly competitive as currently classed. Don't let that stop you. I had one win locally in two years of competition. A Mazda 323GT and built to the rules BMW 325e usually won CSP.
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I haven't autocrossed in fifteen years and that was in a Sentra SE-R. From what I read here the Z34 isn't particularly competitive as currently classed. Don't let that stop you. I had one win locally in two years of competition. A Mazda 323GT and built to the rules BMW 325e usually won CSP.
A lot of us have blown this a bit out of proportion. While the Z34 isn't an overdog in any of the different classes it's in (BS, STR, ASP), given the right driver it should do fairly well.
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