Just curious what cars you think Stage 2 can keep up with/beat? Some people say they hang with 5.0s/SS's and others say they get destroyed by stock WRX's from a roll.
I've done a lot of real world testing with my car at all the different stages lol....
Im assuming these are all at Stage 2 FBO;
In my experience people that think they can walk/hang with 5.0 Coyote Stangs at Stage 2 are delusional unless they have some mad custom tune on E85 with meth... But even then, the stock IHI just can't flow enough to make the power needed to beat these cars. The coyote's are best left to k04 or above and trust me coyotes pull hard above 120mph where stage 2 completely dies.
At stage 2 you can take;
4.6 Stang no problem
Camaro SS's below the current gen you can hang with(ish) and maybe even pull slightly.
WRX's shouldn't be an issue long as they're stock, maybe even stage 1
370Z you can hang with or maybe slightly edge
350Z, no problem
Focus ST's (You can hang with door to door a Stage 3 Cobb ST)
Mazda Speed 3's
Porsche Boxters (older ones)
Genesis (any of the first gens, the second gen V6 is gonna be close)
BMW 328i's and below
BMW E46 M3
Basically anything that you can encounter on a normal day you should be able to have fun with. This is from my experience at FBO Stage 2. The average fully bolted Stage 2 car is putting out around 250-260whp.... key word "average." There are ones making more and ones making less im aware.