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Originally Posted by cf6mech
What I have done is a modest upgrade as far as some swaps go to not over power the chasis for road course work and daily driving, although my car really leans more towards track car......I purposefully kept horsepower down for reliability and in order to not have to put ridiculously wide tires and a wide body kit, to keep the oem diff.etc etc....sticky 245 width tires work great at 350whp.....my car has virtually zero body mods except hood vents....the end goal was to make a car that is minimally effected by the transplant in order to retain in the car what made me a believer in it in the first place........i went the turbo route and was unhappy in the way it was done and the cars mannerisms with boost plus the dreaded heat soak of turbo on track,....its in my opinion the FA engined turbo I had changed the car in ways the stock linear powered NA V8 enhances.......there is nothing radical about my build, but i do believe when im done yes equal drivers it would easily turn lap times the same as a Mustang or Camaro.......which wasnt my end goal.....but im sure it will......I have ventured into the purists section,......guess I better quickly return to the swap section before the kids get riled.
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Removing the stock engine and installing a V8 IS a radical change in the car even if you kept the body stock. Maybe you don't see it as one and most certainly you can maintain the original feel of the car but it is not exactly still an FRS. You still seem to feel that I have insulted you some how and even with my explanation misunderstand (or just don't want to hear) what I am saying. I at least am not getting "riled" about your build and in fact totally support such things. All I am saying is that an FRS with a V8 in it is not representative of FRS performance and therefore is something different again. It is not a purist don't change anything statement, I don't think it is a hard concept to grasp and not sure why you continue to maintain your car is 100% FRS.