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I agree with Dan and David. I'm more than likely going to have a set of my 99's converted to BNR stage III's and see how they work out for me.
The FD is great in responding to modifications. As you all know, the intakes and exhausts were extremely restrictive from the factory in order to get the FD to pass emissions tests to get into the states. I remember first riding in my FD when it was bone stock and being very impressed with the performance. Another huge plus, as David hit on, you can really feel/get improvements from opening up the exhaust(and intake). I remember modifying other cars prior to owning my FD and I'd drive it and think "maybe it's a little faster?" The first mod's I did to my red FD back in 2002 was Pettit Intake, HKS dp, mp, HKS exhaust, PFC, and a walbro. Holy shit!! could I tell a difference!!!! The clutch started slipping a week later. I ran a 7.9 in the 1/8th with that set up a few times which was good for back then in my local area.
Of course, this is partially the reason for the bad reputation the FD has with reliability. People would open up the intakes and exhausts and not add any addtional fuel, and because the OBD I doesn't adjust the fuel map, it would run lean... and you all know the rest of the story.
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