So if im lucky there will be one autox this year that i get to go to. Else ill be locked in by ice and snow for a few months before i do.

car is an 06 ppw Track. With the original staggered wheels. I keep hearing these are heavy as crap, not cool to me. They do look amazing though.

Any recomendations on setup? is this complete wrong car for autox? (i hope not i fell in love with it b/c it should handle better than a GTO.)

Do these cars require R rubber to be competitive in class? If so, can one expect a set of rubbers to last a season?

From what i can see i dont need an intake. The Mrev may be a possiblity if stacked with a spacer but that will bump me to BSP right? Also looking at a lighter exhaust.

Only autoxing i had been doing is NASA and classless (just to have fun really.)
but next year i think i may get more involved with the NORA or real autox club. Also i have been driving a mazda 3 so im pretty sure the first few times are going to involve a heavy learning curve. (only other rwd car i have autoxed is my dads much lighter 911.)

 

just go out, have fun, and learn as much as you can.

 

Don't change the car beyond upping the tire pressure to eliminate rolling on the sidewalls. You will find that changing your driving style to be fast will pay greater dividends than spending money on mods.

Once you are fast on street rubber you can get Rs and make changes to the car.

Oh yeah, have fun.

 

^ +1. The Z is great for autoX - to get faster, your time and $$ is most effective if you spend it on seat time...hopefully your region has a street tire class - compare your times to those people (after it's indexed)...it'll give you a very humbling reality of how your driving stacks up.

 

Just do it!

If you are talking about the track model wheels, they are about as light as you can get. If you're talking about other model wheels, then yes, it's likely that they'll be heavy.

The Z is actually quite good right off the showroom floor, and is likely to be very competitive regionally in B stock. The preparation needed to make it nationally competitive is quite a bit less than most other cars -- adjustable shocks, front anti-roll bar, tires and wheels. That's about it. BSP requires more work (maybe one day I'll get the full list from first350 as to what he did).

The Z is a bit heavier than its competition (RX-8, Turbo MR-2), but can hold its own. Learn to drive on street tires, and when you get fast on them, you'll be *really* fast on R-comps. I even run on street tires on a regular basis so that I quickly break any bad habits I might pick up by running on R-comps.