I'm glad to see that HRC is posting on the board again. I was afraid that we had seen the end of their helpful and quite informative posts on the board. After close to eight months trying to decide between the HRC stage 1 and the Star stage 2, I finally decided to go with the HRC kit. The FMIC and 280ish hp offered by the Star kit (plus the group buy price of $2600) is very tempting, but the quality and documented, relentless testing by Hahn is the deciding factor. I can live with the 60-70 less horsepower (for now) knowing that I have technical support right behind me in case something goes wrong. Now all I need to do is get the money! }> (it sucks being in college) It would be nice if there were some sort of financial aid that came with the kits