yeah, but everyone bashes how bad 16" wheels are already..
at least the 17s are a full 7" wide... none of this 5/5 or 6/5" stuff
so you're trying to say that the 16" and a 5spd will really be that much better? Haven't done teh math on the gearing ratios, but I expect the 6spd will be fine... Lots of other decent autoX cars with 6spds seems to do just fine...
170hp, and 24-2500 lbs should be alright.. Maybe the width will hurt it?
It's funny how much people hate change
(say the guys who's trying to keep his 20year old car to be compeditive)