Originally Posted by
Slowboi
If you had to pick one, drag OR track, which would it be? The reason I ask is that it will be difficult if not impossible to be great at both. You can be average at both if you spend a ton of money though.
I can speak from experience (because Im building a cercuit/track car) that stiff suspension doesn't equal good suspension for track. I'm not saying you wont be successful at the track but you would have to take your car to an event and see how it handles in the corners etc.
For track:
Good adjustable sway bars front and rear
Strut tower braces front and rear
Other unibody braces (are you going to do a cage eventually)
Harness? Better seats?
Shifter assembly?
Race pack or lap monitoring system?
Fire suppression system? Battery re-location?
Are you going to redo all your suspension bushings
Camber, castor toe formula (have you come up with a proper alignment?)
Adjustable trailing arms and castor bushings to achieve a race alignment
Diffs (front centre back) are you doing 1-way, 1.5, 2 way or select open diffs, mechanical or plated? do you need to buy ones with adjustment?
Are you wanting to do rally because tarmac and gravel are completely different set ups.
Wheel and tire choice? Race wheels? 16,17,18 based on tire cost and choice and the type of competition.
Have you addressed small things like brake fluid being dot 4 not 3, what kind of compound are the pads you use?
Have you thought of Aero (functional Aero)?
Also have you read the rules revolving around nhra or wcma competitions to pick what class you may fit into? Because if not you may be spending money twice since a lot of things will preclude you from certain classes based on mods.
Anyway some things to think about, my point is to plan your build based on what you want to do. I would advise you that building a car that can do everything may be a little much. A lot of the stuff above is completely different when building a competitive drag car.
The stuff I would add to your list above:
- A good wide band gauge and boost at minnimum
- A proper way of controlling boost ie: an electronic controller or using the factory solenoid... I'm not a fan of manual
- Im not sure an intercooler is money well spent around 400hp Ive heard the stock one can go a long way
- A hard wire/hot wire kit for your fuel pump to increase voltage
Again I cant tell you your list is perfect since it depends on a specific goal also I could be a little more specific if you put up a complete mod list of what you already have with brands.