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UNKNOWN_370 · 03-30-2012, 02:23 PM

Owning the sport pkg I can say this. Better rotors and lines are a given. So you are looking at a $600 upgrade there. The $291 brake cooling kit by Stillen now makes the brake cooling issue obsolete. So that's $900. Then you need an oil cooler on the 11 that's $600. So you are looking at $2100 to be track ready.
On the base package, there is so track ready with those brakes.
The stock oil cooler is subpar
There is no LSD on the base. VLSD works great on the street. NO ISSUES.
VLSD is NOT suitable for track IF you will track often. It won't last.
The sport pkg in the long run will save you thousands. A comparable brake kit will run you the price of a sport pkg kit. (Unless you buy the same kit) finding wide 19" wheels the same weight of the sport wheels will cost you the price of the whole sport pkg. The bridgestones, while not THE best are one of the best in the game for stock sports cars.
The sport is a better value all around. No way around it. It just boils down to needing it. Will you mod extensively? Or will you build on what nissan created? The sport pkg isn't without flaws. But for what it costs to fix those flaws, vs building from scratch. You will save yourself $10,000 vs $2,000 to bring the current pkg up to spec.

Touring = $6,000 of fluff
Touring + Nav= I got raped for $8.5k. Should have bought a G instead. Lol.

03-30-2012, 02:23 PM	#24 (permalink)
UNKNOWN_370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: ny'r livn in tx Posts: 8,687 Drives: well over 130m.p.h. Rep Power: 14858	Owning the sport pkg I can say this. Better rotors and lines are a given. So you are looking at a $600 upgrade there. The $291 brake cooling kit by Stillen now makes the brake cooling issue obsolete. So that's $900. Then you need an oil cooler on the 11 that's $600. So you are looking at $2100 to be track ready. On the base package, there is so track ready with those brakes. The stock oil cooler is subpar There is no LSD on the base. VLSD works great on the street. NO ISSUES. VLSD is NOT suitable for track IF you will track often. It won't last. The sport pkg in the long run will save you thousands. A comparable brake kit will run you the price of a sport pkg kit. (Unless you buy the same kit) finding wide 19" wheels the same weight of the sport wheels will cost you the price of the whole sport pkg. The bridgestones, while not THE best are one of the best in the game for stock sports cars. The sport is a better value all around. No way around it. It just boils down to needing it. Will you mod extensively? Or will you build on what nissan created? The sport pkg isn't without flaws. But for what it costs to fix those flaws, vs building from scratch. You will save yourself $10,000 vs $2,000 to bring the current pkg up to spec. Touring = $6,000 of fluff Touring + Nav= I got raped for $8.5k. Should have bought a G instead. Lol. Last edited by UNKNOWN_370; 03-30-2012 at 02:49 PM.