I have probabally over 2500 lapping & Time Trial miles in my mkIII gti vr6. Never once did it give me any grief. I did go through a lot of wheel bearings though. You MUST have a very large oil cooler though and brake ducts. I love that car, however i don't think it is a good race car platform, there is just too much weight in front of the front axle. Most other cars in ITS aka the Integra type R is more competitive.