What's the point of modding FWD cars?

[thedarkwolf]

RWD and FWD does make a different. RWD just feels different and better while driving. I love my fwd modified turbo caravan but come on. As for why I did it its a freaking turbo charged minivan do I need to say more 🙂? I also have a turbo charged miata and yeah there is a difference and its not just the miata handles a little better.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Why? Why not.

 

[Rio Rebel]

Honestly, why do so many of you care what OTHER people are doing to their cars?

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: DarkThinker
An E36 M3 is a proven RWD car, it can kick butt, comes stock with a 240HP in-line 6 cylinder engine stock, can be found for a bit over $10K, slap a proper Turbo on it and then you are way into the 300HP area....
with 0-60 times < 6 seconds...

I really regret not looking into this (altho, more of just an E36 somthing, to try and keep it closer to 10k about 3yrs ago). I was too caught up in the fact I hated BMW interior, and that it was more of a pain to work with (and I had less confidence in my mechanical skills). I would have been happy even w/ a 323 I think. I drove my friend's for a little, and it felt good as a daily+autocrosser.

But at the same time.. premium fuel.. ugh.. my commute would eat me up alive.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

As far as the comment of "Must be SRT4s"

Think about the Cadillacs out there with the 300HP Northstars or the 500CID engines that'll light up the front wheels 🙂

But people have different tastes and most often people work with what they have.

Edit:
looking at the 500's power output, although it started off at well over 300HP, when it ended production in '76 it was down to 190HP and 360LB/ft of torque. Ouch! Those are non-turbo diesel numbers.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: Tab

Originally posted by: T2urtle
Its like saying why overclock a celeron CPU and etc.

Sort of, it's more like buying a celeron computer and putting a $500 video card in it. What's the point?

If you want a high-performance car it's more practical to buy one that's made for that kind of stuff or has the ability. If you want a car that gives you luxury, status or whatever that's what you buy.

It's un-practical and doesn't make any sense to me. I didn't mean to hate on it but just to try and understand it.

I really don't understand what you're saying. That FWD cars aren't capable? I would certainly disagree. I participate in SCCA events and regularly see modded FWD cars destroy modded RWD and AWD cars (and the reverse).