Intermiate driver, suspension mods, brake pads, R-S3's. Talking with S2000 owners at track days (who all have more experience), common mods they spoke highly of were (1) non-stagger w/adjustable sway bar, and (2) rear wing (surprised me).

Is there an appropriate order of progression with the above?

 

Seats/harnesses.

 

Non-staggered first, so that you learn to drive with more grip available in the front.

Then the wing, so that you're adding grip in the rear in high-speed stuff.

At least, thats the order most so-cal drivers do it in. There have been some VERY fast drivers that drive with a wing on a staggered car, but they usually have a splitter of some sort.


I agree with Sean; get a seat first. It's one of the best driver mods I've done.

 

+3 on the seat/harness setup.

and what tires are you using?

 

Brake ducts - Save on consumables (your pads will last longer, and you'll have fewer problems with fade as you get better. If you go non-stagger this will be a very beneficial mod due to your increased braking with all the extra grip).

Camber joints (j's or SPC) - Maximize your allowable camber adjustment options (more caster, more camber - just don't go overboard on the camber).

 

Hankook RS-3. Right now, that's about as aggressive as I can go - I do not have a tow vehicle, so can not change wheels at the track..... tracks they are located approx 60-120 miles away, and have heard negative things about driving R-comps on the street that far.

Car is used on the street as well, albeit not that much..... do have another set of AP2 wheels collecting dust......but with RS-3's, I can use double duty, given the low amount of street time.

 

how serious are you about tracking and how much do you want to spend?

going non-staggered isn't cheap. generally, you need to get new wheels and tires. then fender mods. then the big front sway bar. then the big rear wing. then a new alignment.

and if you go with the seat+harness route, you need seat, harness, and roll bar.

 

Two words, tire trailer.

 

something like this should mate well with the bumper of my car:

 

For non-staggered, it is not that expensive if you go with a 17x9 +63 wheel... all that is needed fender mod wise (assuming you get the camber joint and run 2.5ish+ deg of camber) is to bend up the tabs for the fender liner in front... none needed in the rear.