[MustGoFaster]

Well it seems to me that the 3S was the fat kid that got picked last, as far as modding. I mean, it's just finally becoming more common for people to have non TD04 based turbos. Even then there are still 25 page threads about how badass this one guy’s car is going to be, cause he’s “Going TD05“. Just for comparison, I can take a 9b compressor wheel and drop it down the inlet to my 16G's. As far as the drive train, how many 10/9 second passes can a stock DSM drive train take? 5 speed 3S's can take a few mid/high 10's. With a simple brace on a new t-case Mark W. has over 30 hard launches with no failure. He is also using a 300M output shaft cause he’s got the weak version transmission (the output shaft is what makes it the weak version). Not as good, cause he acutely had to do something like drill holes in metal , weld it together and bolt it on the outside of his t-case. It may be just a matter of time before he breaks that, but it's a few straps of mild steel welded together and bolted on. Is the drive train really THAT suspect? Matt’s car does kill t-case’s, but it’s a 6 speed. So I guess both versions of the 3S transmission has it’s weak point on the outside so far.

And Chris is does have a point (and I see you agree), I am building my car with road courses in mind, that’s why I only went with 16G’s. If I have drive train problems that I can’t take care of, I guess I was wrong. But I think the main argument he is over drag racing.