Originally Posted by Rotr8

you guys hold yourselves to those standards and shove them in everyones face, so thats on you...

Originally Posted by scwchapman

Hopefully by the end of this summer I'll have the funds to make some modifications to my car. I want to focus mainly on making the driving experience as fulfilling as possible, while at the same time setting my car up so that it's bearable (barely) on the streets, but can handle autoX and track days if necessary. Here is what I am thinking so far. Your thoughts and opinions would be greatly appreciated, and if vendors read this, it would be great if you could PM me prices for the list, shipped.

Any suggestions are welcome, as I am just basing this list off things that I've read.

Tokico D-spec shocks w/ adjusters
Swift Sport springs or Tein S-tech springs
>get some good coilovers -they'll at least be a matched set of springs and shocks and you can vary the spring preload and ride height separately if you get quality ones.

Progress Front and Rear sway bars (with endlinks IF necessary)
>virtually any sway bars will work to some extent, but if you don't get adjustable ones, not only will you never know if you got the right ones for your setup, you'll never be able to tune the f/r balance as you like it

Mazdaspeed front strut tower brace (4 point) (braces master cylinder right?)
Steel braided brake and clutch lines
Exedy or ACT stage 1 clutch kit
Unorthodox flywheel and pulley set (maybe, are these mods really worth it?)
> last two ones - no they are not...but they're expensive and you can tell and show them to your friends

17" or 18" Gold RPF1's (largest tire size possible without having to roll fenders, input would be appreciated)
>good choice if you stick to maybe 9" width, but you might rethink getting the "biggest size possible" idea, not only is that choice more expensive, more work rolling the fenders, but it has the added benefit of adding unsprung weight, slowing you down and perhaps decreasing your overall grip under some circumstances...but as above it looks cool!

HKS Hi-power Ti exhaust
And of course, Cobb AP w/ Mazdamaniac tune
>beware of ruining your CAT with any tune, perhaps you should add a mid-pipe to your list?

Okay, so that's the list, but here are some alterations, and I am curious to what you all think.

Megan racing coilovers instead of Tok D-specs with springs? Or save up the money and go Stance coilovers?

Instead of the 4 point front strut tower brace, get the Axial flow engineering master cylinder brace?
>master Cyc Brace - marginal value...the point at track is to avoid heavy braking...and what braking you do do will not be "better" just because you think it "feels better" if in fact you can notice any difference.Also, should I get new spark plug wires, or anything in that area? Would it smooth things out?
>no, just make sure what you have are good, which they most probably are, check your coils instead.

That's all I can think of.

By the way. I already have AFE short shifter (1st mod of course) and Project Mu pads.