The '"Official" Car-modding Thread!

remember to redistribute the leftover weight to get as close to a 50/50 balance as possible. that means fuel cell in the trunk, battery in the trunk, any electronics in the back seat/trunk, etc.

 

Cant afford to do that.. SO ill probably just leave it bare or lay some carpet down and install a six point roll cage

 

hehehe...awesome. show some pictures of the finished product!

 

Will do !

 

@ zippyD i hope you get the swap! here are some pics i took at formula D
round5(final)

better pic of the celica.

weeee! van with a 20g, wish my mom drove this

clean s15!

 

Hehe someone here posted a pic of that rocket car before...

But that MPV with that massive turbo looks niiiice..

 

oh, i think it was you who posted the other pic, sorry, just wanted to share the one i had.
my friends subie

 

where's that subaru located, sean? the trademark emblem on the front grill is quite a bit different from the one here in the states, lol.

*edit* just noticed the california license plate insert. did the emblem fall off? oh well...*drools* i love wrx's!

 

The Only thing I've Modded is the trucks stereo








Does this count?

 

definitely; that's a kickass system!

 

lol i live in california, that is a Jdm badge, the wrx's in japan have thoes, and the sti ones are blue.

 

The mods the wrx has uppipe, downpipe, apexi n1 catback, stage2 cobb tuning, nicheaudio 12", mb quartz componets, hifonics amp, nakamichi HU,
and a couple other mods.

 

I wouldnt count ICE as car modding but yeah that looks like a kick ass system..

 

considering car talk seems dead and i couldn't find the "what's your ride" thread, i'm here to bring this back.

read this, guys: http://www.rs25.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59386

yeah, i know, not supposed to link to other forums but i had to share this. this kid is trying to run his car up to 8000 rpm because the thought that was his redline. yeah, his tach goes to 8000 rpm, but take a look at the picture included and see exactly where that red starts.

 

i have the exact same drivetrain as him (both '05 impreza rs's with a 5-speed) and i can vouch that you feel the power at 5600, the pony peak, but you can seriously feel the surge end pretty much right after that. 6200, the real redline, is nearing a deadzone. i can't imagine the incompetence it takes to try to go past that, to 7 grand and beyond.

who equates subaru and honda, anyway? for a 4-cylinder, they're low-end torque beasts...who could expect crazy high rpms then?

the car is wayyyyy too nice for someone to just beat the doggy_bot out of it.

*edit*
and speaking of several thousand miles, look at the way he beats on the car. if you go easy on it, a subie engine can easily see 200,000 miles and more. but when you beat it like he does, he can expect a blow motor far below 100k. and that pisses me off like you can't believe, because i'm a subie fanboy and i don't like people beating on these cars then complaining and calling them "unreliable" and "cheap" and saying subie makes crap when the error code is ID10T between the seat and steering wheel.

and speaking of more stupidity, there's another thread where a guy talks about taking his uncle's completely stock STI to the racetrack and launching at 7000 rpm and wanting to know if any other subies will do that and keep traction.

launching at [bold]7000[/bold] rpm...jesus, he's gonna shatter gears, axles, pretty much everything. he got ripped apart for that.


what's with people experimenting first, then asking questions? i wonder why so many good cars go to the scrapyard... >.<

 

i am betting on the latter Nephilim lol . what an idiot

 

oh, he's a bit of both, that's for sure.

i actually asked about engine damage *for him* and he started flaming me. you guys have to keep checking this thread, as it's farkin' hilarious.

 

I don't like those big fat tail pipes, makes cars sound like crap.