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ultimate suspension? or turbo...?
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<blockquote data-quote="bwahl602" data-source="post: 10807969" data-attributes="member: 84323"><p>It's one thing if you have a performance objective of a 9second quarter. It's totally different if your goal is wheelies. You said you wanted to be able to pull the front tires up.. Why? So it looks cool? Won't get you down the track any faster. Really blame me for calling you out?</p><p></p><p>Want a real answer? It's not gonna make you happy. Okay here it goes</p><p></p><p>First, you need to decide what you want. If you want wheelies, buy really sticky tires, dump the clutch and pray only a few parts break. Decide if you want to drag race, corner carve or all around street car. Is this a daily driver or dedicated track car?</p><p></p><p>Second, do some research. Don't just ask what to do. You need to start reading the mountains of info available on this site and those like it. Find out how much stuff costs. Form a goal, plan and design and then go for it. You've got a shoddy goal and no planning. Get that mouse moving an start reading. </p><p></p><p>$2500 won't get you very far. Just building the rear suspension and diff to handle big power and hard launches will cost you that. Lower control arms, adjustable uppers, gears, shocks, 31 spline axles, studs and a carrier. Don't forget wheels and sticky tires. That's 2 grand right there an that's assuming you install it yourself. Car won't be faster, but it will get off the line quicker. </p><p></p><p>If you use the money for power. Well now your asking for problems. First your motor is not forged inside like the cobras. So your only gonna be able to put 450-500 tops to the wheels before things start going boom. You might be able to find an eBay turbo kit for $2500, but it will be nothing but problems. Don't forget necessary supporting mods for high HP. Things like fuel system, exhaust, tuning etc. That stuff is all expensive. For example, you wanna go forced induction? It's prolly a good idea to score a cobra fuel tank and pumps. That's 500 used right there. Theres a lot more than just buying some cheap turbo kit. Thats why the nice ones cost $10,000. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what's done to your car. My recommendation is to lower the car, get Lower control arms, wheels and tires and gears. I doubt you'll have any money left after that. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't feel it's appropriate to make a car faster until you have addressed the handling and most importantly, braking aspect. My cars suspension and brakes are almost completely redone with high performance stuff. I'm just now starting to consider making the car faster. </p><p></p><p>Again, form a goal and a plan. Most importantly, do some research. If you don't do some serious reading, your just gonna waste a bunch of that money. </p><p></p><p>And don't create new threads that say "I wanna do wheelies". Your just setting the tone to 16 year old that wants to show off. If you have a fast car that an pull the front tires off the ground, good for you. But the guys that have those cars started the build with a car that they wanted to go X.XX seconds with XXX horsepower.</p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bwahl602, post: 10807969, member: 84323"] It's one thing if you have a performance objective of a 9second quarter. It's totally different if your goal is wheelies. You said you wanted to be able to pull the front tires up.. Why? So it looks cool? Won't get you down the track any faster. Really blame me for calling you out? Want a real answer? It's not gonna make you happy. Okay here it goes First, you need to decide what you want. If you want wheelies, buy really sticky tires, dump the clutch and pray only a few parts break. Decide if you want to drag race, corner carve or all around street car. Is this a daily driver or dedicated track car? Second, do some research. Don't just ask what to do. You need to start reading the mountains of info available on this site and those like it. Find out how much stuff costs. Form a goal, plan and design and then go for it. You've got a shoddy goal and no planning. Get that mouse moving an start reading. $2500 won't get you very far. Just building the rear suspension and diff to handle big power and hard launches will cost you that. Lower control arms, adjustable uppers, gears, shocks, 31 spline axles, studs and a carrier. Don't forget wheels and sticky tires. That's 2 grand right there an that's assuming you install it yourself. Car won't be faster, but it will get off the line quicker. If you use the money for power. Well now your asking for problems. First your motor is not forged inside like the cobras. So your only gonna be able to put 450-500 tops to the wheels before things start going boom. You might be able to find an eBay turbo kit for $2500, but it will be nothing but problems. Don't forget necessary supporting mods for high HP. Things like fuel system, exhaust, tuning etc. That stuff is all expensive. For example, you wanna go forced induction? It's prolly a good idea to score a cobra fuel tank and pumps. That's 500 used right there. Theres a lot more than just buying some cheap turbo kit. Thats why the nice ones cost $10,000. I'm not sure what's done to your car. My recommendation is to lower the car, get Lower control arms, wheels and tires and gears. I doubt you'll have any money left after that. Personally, I don't feel it's appropriate to make a car faster until you have addressed the handling and most importantly, braking aspect. My cars suspension and brakes are almost completely redone with high performance stuff. I'm just now starting to consider making the car faster. Again, form a goal and a plan. Most importantly, do some research. If you don't do some serious reading, your just gonna waste a bunch of that money. And don't create new threads that say "I wanna do wheelies". Your just setting the tone to 16 year old that wants to show off. If you have a fast car that an pull the front tires off the ground, good for you. But the guys that have those cars started the build with a car that they wanted to go X.XX seconds with XXX horsepower. Bill [/QUOTE]
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