lol it does not cost $17k do get 12's or 11's.. no where near that. that was just stating his point i believe..

and in fact the price of going fast has been steadily decreasing as we find out what it takes on our J's. also there is nothing magical about a pos honda.. they dont click their heels twice and they are there.. sheesh. they have a list of what to do to certian models. they had people do it first, then perfect, then document. you think it was cheap for the first guys? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. everyone said ohh yeah 4 banger wont do 14's and for a while it didnt. then people spent money NOT being followers. they liked their cars. and blam look what they have. those guys were pioneers, just like we have a few on our platform. the dsm turds are the lucky ones why not cheese on them. honda guys worked for it in the beginning, like we have to. right now we have all we need except EASY chips/tuners (enter HPT or ODB2proj if they actually pull through) we already have JBP who will alter a bunch of stuff. who cares if they have 5,000,000,000 turbo kits to choose from, if we have 1 good one for a decent price. we have axles already. we have access to 2 very strong trannies for ecos but no one has used em yet. soooo? you tell me whats so bad? dont tell me its the engines.. HA. there we have it better then almost anyone..

the J is still a great platform and can be made fast for cheap, you just gotta use your head and not your wallet first.



Sven you totally quarterloafed your computer..

If I were too ever actually try too sell my car, it would be because FWD and fast just don't really mix. It's extremely hard too control a higher HP FWD car, I don't care who makes. If I were too get another car I wanted too modify for power, it would definately be RWD.



Curtis
91' Turbo Z24
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i think everyone at one point in time wants to give up and often ?'s why modify a j body.

I dunno, i have ?'d alot on why i do this when i have car issues, but once u get it fixed up and step back and look at what u have done and where u have came from (in the automotive knowledge stand point) u feel a sense of pride.

like i said guys, im not bashing our awesoem j's... but you can pick up a used LS1 for about 10,000 and put about 4,000 in it and be running low 10's on pump gas. but yes gas mileage goes down, insurance goes up, and so does the car payment. but honestly, i am reminded of a very true performance quote....."how fast you wanna go, depends on how much money you want to spend".. you can argue that but you all know that its not cheap to be fast. one thing about camaro's, trans am's, mustang's or what it be, you can upgrade horsepower and tourque quite a bit without worrying about tranny's and drivetrain.... but dont get me wrong i love j-bodies and i am a proud owner of a boosted j..... just tired of getting beat by piece of sh** honda's and dsm's that put a whopping 1,500 dollars into their car......we all know if it was as cheap for us to build our j's as it is for them to build rice burners we would be right with all of them. anyway, i am curious now that i do have an engine that will hold great amounts of boost, what kinda price am i looking at for a turbo setup to run about 10 to 15 lbs... i dont wanna go too wicked cause i dont feel like buying upgraded axles or a tranny.... any help would be appreciated guys.

Ok, so maybe 17k is extremely over-exagerated. I'm just saying you would have A LOT of money left to do whatever you want. My set-up should be good for easy 12s and I only spent around $3k for all of it and it to be semi-reliable. I do all my own body work, motor work, welding, painting, repair work and diagnostics.
This is nowhere near a money pit for me. Like I had said before. I would MUCH rather be able to hold off on buying a part for my car if a financial chrisis came up and I didn't have money. I HATE owing money. You will never see me making payments on a car.

But yah, LESS THAN $10k into a J-motor would get you RELIABLE 11s out of a daily driver if you spent your money well. You could hit 11s with WAY less money than that, but I am talking FULL interior and no weight reduction, A/C and not having to fix it every weekend.

PS: RWD J would be awesome (please don't surface the yellow 454 cav pictures )



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nother reason why i have a boosted cav that looks stock is that there are alot of mustangs and other v 8 cars around that dont look twice at my car . I just like the feeling of being not like anything out there in my area. I think as long as u know your Hp limits and what your car is cabable of u will be fine.

boosted j body's are few and far between. 95% of the j bodies you will see are just kids with fart cans and neon lights. But when people come across a boosted j body it is hard to forget.




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Jake wrote:95% of the j bodies you will see are just kids with fart cans and neon lights. But when people come across a boosted j body it is hard to forget.

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Amen to that.

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