Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
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Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by MORE IMPATIENT
because its fun to beat up on domestic cars. i mean come on now. you can buy a stock hatchback for 3k, put a swap in it for 2500-3k, turbo it for less than 2 and whomp the living hell out of any mustang or camaro your gonna get for that price.
if i did buy a domestic it would be a vette(which i can never afford), or one of the newer trans am, i love the way those cars look but in my mind american cars lack the styling that most imports have. besides the vette and viper.
if i did buy a domestic it would be a vette(which i can never afford), or one of the newer trans am, i love the way those cars look but in my mind american cars lack the styling that most imports have. besides the vette and viper.
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From: Newport News
Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by 99formulam6
ha. ive already explained what happened, and offered to race him and you whenever you want. he cant, and you wont....so, come to me when you are ready.
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From: Mustang/Yukon, OK
Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by MORE IMPATIENT
because its fun to beat up on domestic cars. i mean come on now. you can buy a stock hatchback for 3k, put a swap in it for 2500-3k, turbo it for less than 2 and whomp the living hell out of any mustang or camaro your gonna get for that price.
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Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by Fat Nick
What the hell is stylish about a Honda Civic?!?!?!?
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Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by TheGoaT
a general average for them would be mid 13s. The 99-00s went hi 13s. Most of the 04s will hit low to mid 13s depending on the weather.
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Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by ws6formula50
Thats crap, I have run plenty of turbo Hondas (and others) in my Z28, and have lost to 1. MAYBE, if the people building these things would do it right, there are a few that are, people wouldnt ask questions like this. I have spanked the living sh1t out of every boosted Honda I have run, with the exception of 1. I just havent seen the reason for all the work involved to turbo and swap it and they still run 13's if the are lucky. I can def see the insurance reason, but I def think that it is more of the personal preference. I know there is a couple on here that could run with my Buick, but line up most any F Body on this board with the AVERAGE boosted Honda (or other import that had boost added) and it doesnt stand a snowballs chance in hell. My Z28 had $425 in perf parts and put down 325/340 at the wheels.
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Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by BigBake
You are tens times more likey to actually see an 8 second domestic on the street before you will ever see an 8 second import. One trip to TNT on a friday night confirms that theory, and that is just NN, how many 8 second imports are rolling around the News, on the street... NONE. Go to Richmond and it is even larger and yes you might see the one and only 8 second import out, but he rarely just shows up.
Case in point, not around here but in the Buick community, there are plenty of STREET driven 8 second Stage cars.....although the price tag is hefty.
http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...es/0503htp_tr/
read this and know, there are many more where that came from.
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Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
Originally Posted by MP5
The problem with the majority of boosted hondas that are being seen is that they do not spend the money to have their car tuned correctly and either have a EMS system with just a base map and not dynoed tuned, or are running off an fmu and AFC controller.
Forgot to add, the boosted Honda that kicked my arse, (after the 100mph mark, no torque) was S/C not turbo. Sorry bout that.
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From: Virginia Beach
Re: Why do the majority of you prefer a slower car for your money?
I'm not sure if this has been covered...I don't have the time or patience right now to read through the 24 pages of (what I'm sure are mostly biased/stereotyped) opinions, but I have yet to attend an import event where the stands have been packed.