|
*TA Tuner Thread* (pg. 2)
|
View this Thread in Original format
| house_conXion |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
Sweet thread, Mr. Lightshow! (btw I'm already booking an appointment with you during Ultraspin...let me know when and where!!!)
|
Not really sure if I'm going to Ultraspin yet, I might but won't know till the last minute. If I do than yeah, you can make an appointment. |
|
|
| house_conXion |
| I love cars and it sucks that for the last couple of years I haven't been able to make it to DarkNights. I would love to go there to see all the hot cars and hot girls. Nothings nicer than a hot model spread over an even hotter car |
|
|
| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by house_conXion
I love cars and it sucks that for the last couple of years I haven't been able to make it to DarkNights. I would love to go there to see all the hot cars and hot girls. Nothings nicer than a hot model spread over an even hotter car |
I've never been to Darknights but IMPORTFEST was pretty cool. Man, the things you can do with a WRX STi are SICK!!!!! |
|
|
| Soundwerks |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
Sweet ride!!! Sometimes I think it's better to crash your car yourself than sell it to someone else...too much heart ache!!!! :) And no, I don't kill my ex-girlfriends!!!! LOL! |
Heheh...well, luckily, I sold mine to a fellow Subaru enthusiast, so I know she'll be used properly.
Plus, the guy said I can come to Quebec city to "visit" my car any time! :D (yes, I'm wierd):toothless |
|
|
| Tranceplanted |
On the whole forced induction issue, it is probably one of the most cost effective ways to get a large bump in hp, which is why it's so attractive for a lot of people. Generally speaking, you're going to pay a lot more for tuning a car to higher levels using strictly naturally aspirated methods over forced induction. That's even more exaggerated with smaller displacement engines. That said, having a car that can go 0-100 in 4.0 seconds, but then can't stop and make the corner really doesn't mean much. Neither does one that blows it's engine after a few runs..... :tongue3
Personally, I actually like cars with lower torque characteristics at lower revs, ie S2000, RX8, etc, because if it's your daily driver, it makes it a lot more manageable in most conditions. Even in racing conditions, it really shows who are the drivers and who are the pedal mashers, because maintaining your speed is much more based on skill with a car without huge torque characterisitics. |
|
|
| house_conXion |
| quote: | Originally posted by Soundwerks
Tuning cars is great!
I started at 18 with my first car, a Saturn SL2. Yes...it was a Saturn sedan, but it was cool, cause it was lightweight, had a relatively tourquey engine and it was easy to work on. I managed to get 140hp from the engine with simple mods.
My next car was a 2000 Impreza 2.5RS. What a sweet ride....total rally car! Great engine, great handling...I loved her! I added an intake, exhaust, STi V5 springs and shocks....I loved that thing!
Unfortunately, my business requires me to have a larger car (I do a lot of deliveries, and a small 2-door is pretty useless), so now I'm cruising a Mazda 6 wagon. :( Not a bad car at all, but still, it aint no Subaru.
Here she is.....I just hope the dude in Quebec City who bought her appreciates her as much as I did! :( *sniff*
 |
That's a really nice RS. I really like those cars, when done up right they look like really mean mofos. Too bad you had to sell it |
|
|
| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranceplanted
On the whole forced induction issue, it is probably one of the most cost effective ways to get a large bump in hp, which is why it's so attractive for a lot of people. Generally speaking, you're going to pay a lot more for tuning a car to higher levels using strictly naturally aspirated methods over forced induction. That's even more exaggerated with smaller displacement engines. That said, having a car that can go 0-100 in 4.0 seconds, but then can't stop and make the corner really doesn't mean much. Neither does one that blows it's engine after a few runs..... :tongue3
Personally, I actually like cars with lower torque characteristics at lower revs, ie S2000, RX8, etc, because if it's your daily driver, it makes it a lot more manageable in most conditions. Even in racing conditions, it really shows who are the drivers and who are the pedal mashers, because maintaining your speed is much more based on skill with a car without huge torque characterisitics. |
it certainly does make for simpler city driving, that's for sure...but...the con is that to hit power you've always got to rev the engine. Honda S2000 is a great example. Very comfortable in stop-and-go conditions and as a daily driver...but power down low is mediocre, I find and gearing is a bit close. Great car...but...for that price, I'd take the hp/torque curve of an STi (although it's more of a bruttish, raw ride at low speeds). I guess it just comes down to personal preference and driving style.
definitely right on the FI as a cost effective solution for big power...I can't count the # of people who've poured a lot of time and money into every bolt-on imagineable (intake, exhaust, header, cat, cams, gears, etc) only to discover that they'd spent the equivalent of a decent turbo kit yet have subtantially less power to show for it... |
|
|
| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by house_conXion
Nothings nicer than a hot model spread over an even hotter car |
"GET THE OFF THE CAR YOU DUMB SLUT, YOU'LL RUIN THE FINISH"
That's my mindset.
Darknights is a gigantic ricefest, and I can't stand 99% of the vehicles there. |
|
|
| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
"GET THE OFF THE CAR YOU DUMB SLUT, YOU'LL RUIN THE FINISH"
That's my mindset.
Darknights is a gigantic ricefest, and I can't stand 99% of the vehicles there. |
LOL
thank you...I didn't want to be the one to say that, hahahahaha :D
couldn't pay me to go to that event...too much show, not enough go. |
|
|
| VERTiG0 |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
couldn't pay me to go to that event...too much show, not enough go. |
Couldn't have said it better myself. |
|
|
| colonelcrisp |
there is alot you can do with a motor without supercharging or turboing to boost the bhp. and alot of it isnt that difficult to do. i plan on doing a rebuild on an old ford 302 windsor i have sitting in my uncles barn right now this summer. i plan on doing a piston swap, moving to dish pistons so i can get a larger valve throw, porting and polishing the headers and valve guides, new set of rockers and pushrods, forged connecting rods, customized crank (there is a shop in my hometown that does really good cam / crank work, cant do that myself) dry sump oil pan, intercooler, and then the piece de4 la resistance, dual deamon 1200 carbs underneath a nice roots charger. no exhaust mods, i dont plan on having any on it lol. the thought is to drop this motor into an old 60's ford pickup that is in the basement of the barn, and since its past the 20 yr old mark, no emissions tests required, hence no exhaust and cats required either....
ill post some pics when i get the project started. this one is gonna take a while. and a fair bit of coin too. most of hte parts i have already but the new crank and pistons aint gonna be cheap. |
|
|
|
|
