What to do with $2000?
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Lead Lap
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From: OH
Thanks for the tips guys, and yep "at least it ain't crack!" lol. I was working on my engine swap last night and kind of fell in love with the SC again haha... and also realized I wanted to do more to it. At the same time I was thinking I should free up some money, and realized as much as I like the ES300, it would be better for me, especially with spring comming up, to get rid of it, pay some bills, and use the rest to mod the SC300. This will also help me feed the Lexus withdrawl I would have from selling the ES.
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Lead Lap
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From: OH
Originally Posted by onebadshot
Put it all into hp mods 
. Sc's look nice stock and its even beter when they look stock and are pushin 400hp. The civic and 240 drives will be wonderin what happened when you blow there doors off. They will wonder why the racing seats, throw shifter, Hids, body kit, wing, neons didn't help them beat you. 
. Sc's look nice stock and its even beter when they look stock and are pushin 400hp. The civic and 240 drives will be wonderin what happened when you blow there doors off. They will wonder why the racing seats, throw shifter, Hids, body kit, wing, neons didn't help them beat you. 
Originally Posted by vipsoarer
not to make an issue but its the same reason why you bought an ecu upgrade for your motor..... its not necessary but they like to. sometimes its not "if it aint broke dont fix it" sometimes its for us people who have nothing else better to do. working on cars keeps us out of trouble; i mean that extra money could otherwise go to a cheap hooker, a nice bag of weed, a motel room and a bottle of walker red... or so i've heard :-p
Pole Position
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From: Co
im tellin ya, you will be extremly happy with more hp mods. Or maybe you could split it half and half 1k for looks 1k for like a torqe converter. As much as I love the SC with the 1jz. A camero with the Ls1 im pretty sure would beat just a 1jz sc im still yet to see any 1/4 mile times with just a 1jz sc and nothing else.(anyone have any?) My RX-7 TT puts down low 14's and its pretty stock, also runing at about 5000ft so im losing about 80-85% power. I dout an SC with just a 1jz would come close to that considering they are about 1500 pounds more then the RX-7 even though both cars make about same hp.
Instructor
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From: Ohio
boosted motors fare better than na cars at high altitudes. you may be losing power but your way ahead of the camero in getting a more dense o2 content.
i say go interior and make it comfortable. go fast goodies are nice but i always like a buffer time between getting a motor swapped and making big power. that way i can sort all the bugs out and see if anything pops up out of the blue. then again just taking care of the small things wrong like creaks, odd noises etc. is even nicer... few bucks here and there to clean up the swap stuff, refresh some bushings, mounts, door dings all that will help the overall and a lot of it can be done with little money.
i say go interior and make it comfortable. go fast goodies are nice but i always like a buffer time between getting a motor swapped and making big power. that way i can sort all the bugs out and see if anything pops up out of the blue. then again just taking care of the small things wrong like creaks, odd noises etc. is even nicer... few bucks here and there to clean up the swap stuff, refresh some bushings, mounts, door dings all that will help the overall and a lot of it can be done with little money.
Personally, I'm a fan of re-newing the old...With that said, I say replace whatever you feel is worn...Theres nothing like the feeling of stepping foot into a car with new suspension, leather, and a smooooothhh well-tuned engine...Trust me, it makes your driving experience very pleasing....
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of huge HP numbers also but theres always a desire for more power.....It's comparable to drugs, once you hit it..you want MORE AND MORE...These mods can only put a smile on your face for short amt of time..
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of huge HP numbers also but theres always a desire for more power.....It's comparable to drugs, once you hit it..you want MORE AND MORE...These mods can only put a smile on your face for short amt of time..
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From: florida
Originally Posted by SC400-V8
Invest the money into a tax-deffered annuity, buy some stocks, bonds, or ANYTHING else. For god's sake, why do you guys drop thousands of dollars into cars that do not need it? i hope you all have health insurance first.
its one of those things, in highschool, i used to not eat and save my lunch money to get parts for my car. its a passion and a need for some people. ill drop every penny i have aftr buying food and paying rent into my car. some people have that passion, and some dont.
Lexus Test Driver
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From: SoCal
Originally Posted by One HoT
Personally, I'm a fan of re-newing the old...With that said, I say replace whatever you feel is worn...Theres nothing like the feeling of stepping foot into a car with new suspension, leather, and a smooooothhh well-tuned engine...Trust me, it makes your driving experience very pleasing....
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of huge HP numbers also but theres always a desire for more power.....It's comparable to drugs, once you hit it..you want MORE AND MORE...These mods can only put a smile on your face for short amt of time..
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of huge HP numbers also but theres always a desire for more power.....It's comparable to drugs, once you hit it..you want MORE AND MORE...These mods can only put a smile on your face for short amt of time..
Very Well put.