Want to get a top end car that has evo like handling.
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From: Wichita, Kansas
Originally Posted by zlancer
why do you want so much top end?
the duplicated thread he just opened indicates he wants something CHEAP and fast.
well dammit just open a thread saying that! tell us your budget. not your "yeah, I could do $xx,xxx if I ate ramen, got a new job and sold plasma" budget, what you can really afford.
and I presume you can't work on cars yourself or else I doubt somehow that you'd be asking this.
Originally Posted by evoego
If an ITR is so great at top end, why did I rape one that was turboed on top end to 135?
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Why not get a 1st gen Miata and drop a 4.6 or 5.0 liter Ford V8 into it? Both swaps have been done and there's more than enough top end for that little car. You have a virtually infinite parts bin to pull from...
Miata's tend to do quite well at autocross (handling)...
Cabo
Miata's tend to do quite well at autocross (handling)...
Cabo
Originally Posted by pinkman123
Hey im looking for a car that has some good top end that is rear wheel drive or even all wheel drive. I want it to have good handling so i can do autox and take it out to the track and, but also so i can have some fun with top end. i would get the evo but isnt the evo horible in the top end? Or can some mods be put on the car to make it a better car in top end. I would get the evo but i dont want to get killed in the higher top speeds. Sorry for the long post but i would like some car suggestions or some mods for the evo. THX
what tracks are you running at that you have to worry about the speeds over 120mph...? who the hell reaches those kinds of speeds in an autoX course...?
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Originally Posted by Cabo
Why not get a 1st gen Miata and drop a 4.6 or 5.0 liter Ford V8 into it? Both swaps have been done and there's more than enough top end for that little car. You have a virtually infinite parts bin to pull from...
Miata's tend to do quite well at autocross (handling)...
Miata's tend to do quite well at autocross (handling)...
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Originally Posted by MisterSpoot
Bah. Do what that crazy guy did and stick something ridiculous into something even tinier! He shoved a Northstar into an older generation MR2!
If someone has to post here asking about what kind of car they want, they're probably not ready to do what the MR2 guy did. It takes a special kind of idiot/genius to come up with something like that.
The Miata/Ford combo, however, would be much easier, since there are already people out there that have "notes" on it.
Cabo
Originally Posted by Arithmetic
probably cuz you had cams, boost controller and some type of fuel mangement.
Originally Posted by Arithmetic
probably cuz you had cams, boost controller and some type of fuel mangement.