No traction. Only useful for starting from a stop to 5mph hahaha
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No traction. Only useful for starting from a stop to 5mph hahaha
Hmm.. I was gonna go with 3.73 for the gears. Guess that only makes 1st even more useless lol
3.73 is useless for these cars if you don't intend to go to the drag strip and have the tire setup for it.
Start by driving the car as it is right now and mod later when you have a feel of the car.
I bought mine at 25yo 3 years ago and I'm being careful with this car, mine as full bolt-ons and ported blower and low-end torque can be surprising.
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Magnaflow CB / Bassani Midpipe no cats at the moment. In terms of volume cats or not make a huge difference. I still run stock manifolds, long tubes aren't worth $1000 to me plus all the hassles involved.
I don't know if I agree with 3.73s being useless, I like mine. I can see going from 3.53 to 3.73 might not be worth it though. I had 3.27 on a 2V, then 4.10 (with a TKO 3.27 first gear lmao 15mph 1st), now 3.73 with the Terminator/Magnum. Honestly 3.53 would be fine too, but 3.73 to me is perfect for the street 2nd ~60, 3rd ~100.
I don't know if I agree with 3.73s being useless, I like mine. I can see going from 3.53 to 3.73 might not be worth it though. I had 3.27 on a 2V, then 4.10 (with a TKO 3.27 first gear lmao 15mph 1st), now 3.73 with the Terminator/Magnum. Honestly 3.53 would be fine too, but 3.73 to me is perfect for the street 2nd ~60, 3rd ~100.
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It's all about having the self control to not do stupid shit behind the wheel. I've been driving for 25yrs and I guess I'm still a work in progress but I succeed at not being stupid a whole lot more now than I did when I was 20.
I am 20, I got my first cobra when I was 18. My first car was an Eaton bolt on car and I now drive a Whipple coupe. I have not crashed or gotten a ticket in either of them. Be smart when your driving. Respect the car, it is nothing like your sisters WRX. You seem like you are approaching it the right way, except for when you said "I want to drive it like it is supposed to be driven". That is a bad mentality. To be honest, these cars were not really meant to be driven that hard... without lots of reinforcement, things will break. And trust me, it gets EXPENSIVE. Get used to the car, learn how it reacts. Do it gradually. You will be fine, it is good to be afraid of it a little bit, being afraid means you are smart enough to know it can kill you if your not careful. I would recommend you get drag radials, they will keep you going straight most of the time.
Best of luck! Borla Stingers FTW
Best of luck! Borla Stingers FTW
Get an extra set of rims and take it to the track on some 16" bias ply slicks and get your wide open throttle cravings out of your system. You'll quickly see just how fast these cars are even in stock form. Sounds like you got the mod bug already and you don't even have the car yet. Don't forget to make a thread when you do finally get it. Stay safe.
I was referring to drag racing. It'll take more money but you can make these cars handle as well.
Fixed.
If you've never had something fast, modding it right off the bat is a terrible mistake. You'll have your hands full with the car in stock form, if you can find one that's actually stock.
Do the irs upgrades. Miles of difference between my mainly stock 03 and my modded 04. I slide my 04 all over the place and it's very predictable once the tires are warm. Take it to a empty parking lot and learn the car.
Lol "a" ticket, got caught doing that back in my teen years, would have been happy with "a ticket". :nonono:
Probably would have cheaper just crashing the damn car, depends on the cop I suppose.
Yeah, left turns at 150mph, that takes no skill or keeping a straight line at over 200mph or sometimes over 300mph.
I'd like to! lol!
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