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Originally Posted by chickentikka25
I don't know if you're still deciding, but I wanted to throw in my 2p about the Schuey kit.
Quality of parts and manufacturing oozes from every pore, however, the design is mostly stupid, bordering on the ridiculous. Look at the diffs for example - antiquated, inefficient design.
Reliability is a little patchy too. However, when the diffs aren't trying to rebuild themselves, and the shocks can hold together, and the layshaft is not giving you woes, it's awesome. As Jeremy Clarkson said about Alfa's "it's as best as a car can be. Briefly".
Keep an eye on it, and it'll serve you well. Just don't break anything, it's flippin expensive!
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what he said
My sx2 gave me some of my best results at the time, but it's reliability was shocking. Diffs, belts and layshafts frequently lunched themselves. I was sick of diffs undoing themselves and having to buy more parts and tools (those pliers to get the clip out) to fix that issue. Belts didn't last all that long and aren't cheap at all. I don't mind wearing things out from using them, but these things were costing me races.
The shocks didn't' give me any problems and worked really well. The car was great when it was running. Parts were very easy and quick to get hold off, but a little more pricey than other cars equivalent items.