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jlee

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usapatriot said:
Either way, I never said the interior picture was mine, it was just what I would like to make mine look like.
Uhm, dude, that car is blue. Yours is not.
Uh, no it's not it's just the way the sun hits the cars and then the pixels in photoshop after level adjust and bringing up the shadows it gives it a blueish tint also because the sky was blue so it kinda reflected off that.

durrrrrr
 

alkemyst

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damn...OP troll or not I think we have seen the entire car misconception encyclopedia here.

That one video while may not sound like a "Mustang" (seriously though which Mustang is he comparing it too idiots), it doesn't sound bad at all.

Also FWD has been proven to be the best bet for most drivers. Our readers are mostly those EVEN if they have a RWD car themselves. I have had both. When yung, dumb and full of cum spun myself through intersections and parking lots not realizing what to do.

As I grew up in mental maturity and technique honed my skills.

I have had FWD's like my 92 GSR and 97 GTI VR6 quiet V8 fodder dudes. I liked that 92 GSR a lot and wished I kept it at the time. I bought it in 94 and traded it for my 97 GTI bought in 96...the payment was only $125 or so and it was almost paid off. That car was mildly modified and dipped into the 14's and a 0-60 of little over 6 seconds. In 1994, that was uber. My 97 GTI was fully race-suspension modded by Stu Brumer of BSI who lived locally at the time.

I remember entering an on-ramp just listening to tunes with the 3 women I was transporting in a panic that I was over 120mph.
 

thescreensavers

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If you say so.

hmm I googled that and Subaruu Forrester XT is 0-60 6.6? It weights around 3300, but only had 224hp at the crank, a 350z is about 280 at the crank and weights around the same?
 

jlee

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hmm I googled that and Subaruu Forrester XT is 0-60 6.6? It weights around 3300, but only had 224hp at the crank, a 350z is about 280 at the crank and weights around the same?

Are you looking at an 04 with a manual transmission or a newer one with an auto? The 04 is officially 210hp, but dyno'd to be ~240 crank.

http://cars.about.com/cs/testdrives/fr/forester_tst.htm
http://www.modified.com/tech/modp-0911-building-your-own-subaru-forester-sti/index.html

It has some grunt..I think you'd be surprised.
 
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thescreensavers

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Oh I am surprised, yea I just read they said those numbers were under rated. Very interesting. I am looking at a subie in the future after my current car.
 

jlee

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Oh I am surprised, yea I just read they said those numbers were under rated. Very interesting. I am looking at a subie in the future after my current car.

STi turbo, intercooler, etc - about $1k in stuff...260whp / 300wtq. :awe:

Maybe someday.
 

exdeath

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STi turbo, intercooler, etc - about $1k in stuff...260whp / 300wtq. :awe:

Maybe someday.

Bet you can get them cheaper than that, given how many people yank that stuff and upgrade their STi's and flood the market with those parts. Kinda like Eaton M112s.
 

DivideBYZero

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Bet you can get them cheaper than that, given how many people yank that stuff and upgrade their STi's and flood the market with those parts. Kinda like Eaton M112s.

That and the fact that even if it has the basic TD04 is should be good for ~280hp at the crank with nothing more than a remap.
 

jlee

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Don't ignore the start up and cool down cycles then. That snail doesn't have water cooling and you can cook the oil in the bearing if you shut it off too hot.

I'm treating it like I treat my MR2 - off boost (as best I can..no boost gauge and I can't hear spool) until completely warmed up, off boost driving / idle prior to shutdown. Hopefully it'll live a long life. :)