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Old 05-11-2018, 03:25 PM   #44029
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So what about drive shafts? Yay or nay? Aluminium or carbon fiber or does it not matter?
Better impact but still not massive when done on their own. Many of these things can work very well when combined with several different other items but individually they have limited affect.
To get racecar performance you pretty much have to build a race car and remove all the compromises that make a car effective as a daily. There is a happy medium but to do it right you have to be ready to spend some money and understand that you are just changing from one set of compromises to another. @Sapphireho 's car is a great example of a happy medium with a well thought out set up that keeps the car in both realms. I am sure he can tell you it wasn't done on a low budget though.
There is no magic shopping list of bolt on parts that will give you huge, cheap increases.
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