Simmons-Racing
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I totally agree, my 15 GT PP was way better then my 14 GT. All I did was tires and strut/camber mod, and was really competitive.Yes you can +/- the wheel size by 1" as long as the widths are maintained and and offset of 7mm is allowed.
In all honesty, I would try a few events with the stock setup and get a feel for how your car behaves before modding it for FS.
I took my GT PP out to its first autocross last Sunday. For reference, my previous FS car was a 2011 GT/CS with dual adjustable Konis, 18x8.5 Enkei RPF-01, Strano rear swaybar, on Hankook RS3v2. Out of the box, the GT PP is superior in every respect at the end of the day I was still looking for the limits on the 2016. I am still relearning all my braking points, you can go much deeper into corners carrying a lot more speed. The balance is much better. It doesn't push in corners where the old one would and it is much more responsive to trail braking. You can confidently get on the throttle sooner on exit as well. Steady state turns are great and the rear end steps out progressively and predictably. Transitions are a lot smoother.
If I have one complaint, it is with the tires. They aren't nearly as bad as a lot of people make them out to be. They are not however, very communicative particularly in rapid transitions. This problem is probably exacerbated by the heavy factory wheels.
Dumping some unsprung weight and stickier tires is about all I have planned at this point.
Simmons
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