any other 40ish people here?

[Ubersuber]

Old fart here. Mudflaps and Bilsteins answered my demands.

OZ Alleggerita wheels and Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3 were basically no brainers.

The only teenaged thing I did was cut one half inch out of the rear bump stops because ya gotta live a little.

Deep Purple? Pink Floyd? Led Zeppelin? Oh yeah...

I mean what a car this is.

Reminds me of a 1966 Triumph GT 6 except when I turn the key it starts!

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Big D Design

In the far future.... I am interested in a LS3 engine swap with a 520hp crate
motor from Chevy with a Tremec 6 speed XL trans. A company is developing a kit
that will be turnkey. And it will only weigh 30 to forty pounds more.

But that 40 pounds is not in the same place. The 86 platform has a center of gravity that is only 18 inches off the ground. That's lower than even the new Corvettes, and it's part of what makes this car handle the way it does. If you put more weight higher up, it would raise the center of gravity, and I would expect it to drastically impact the way the car corners.

Originally Posted by hypercarfanatic

Thanks for the advice, I wish I had it a bit sooner. I am graduating high school and subsequently entering college 4 years ahead of when I would of been if I had stayed on the traditional education path. I have come upon the realization that I just traded some of what could've been really fun years for college, bills, and responsibility.

Don't regret that. The teenage years are wasted in high school. I would love to have been in college at age 14.

Originally Posted by Ubersuber

Reminds me of a 1966 Triumph GT 6 except when I turn the key it starts!

What? You don't miss keeping a can of starting fluid and an extra set of points in the back?

[hypercarfanatic]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Don't regret that. The teenage years are wasted in high school. I would love to have been in college at age 14.

Hahahaha...I will try my best. I am actually entering at 17 (comunity college in 4 weeks, University the semester after that). However, I am entering with 3 years credit, so my first year I will enter as a college Senior. 14 and in college.....damn. As fun as that would be, the bullying would be insane. I mean, at least I look like a 21 year old.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by hypercarfanatic

As fun as that would be, the bullying would be insane.

I doubt that. High school is generally a closed system that empowers bullies, since the victims are trapped and really can't get away, and the bullies feel secure. College is usually so much bigger, and you have so many options to make it yours, that it takes away the bullies' power. That's not to say that bullying doesn't exist, but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. And while prodigies in high school are often treated as freaks, a lot of people at the university level respect them. And if they don't? Screw 'em.

I've been through college twice and will probably do it again. You couldn't get me back into high school for anything, except maybe to go back and tell some of my high school teachers they were completely full of crap.

[hypercarfanatic]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I doubt that. High school is generally a closed system that empowers bullies, since the victims are trapped and really can't get away, and the bullies feel secure. College is usually so much bigger, and you have so many options to make it yours, that it takes away the bullies' power. That's not to say that bullying doesn't exist, but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. And while prodigies in high school are often treated as freaks, a lot of people at the university level respect them. And if they don't? Screw 'em.

I've been through college twice and will probably do it again. You couldn't get me back into high school for anything, except maybe to go back and tell some of my high school teachers they were completely full of crap.

Sir, with all the respect in the world, I would love nothing more than to agree with you. And, perhaps, my experiences have been skewed by only attending a local community college, I am not sure.

However, I have experienced first hand discrimination/hazing/bullying from college students. One student in my class was a 16 year old, absolutely brilliant, and far smarter than myself. Brandon, his name, was 16, however had the appearance of a 10-11 year old. He was extremely short, wore child's clothing because it was all that fit him, and was not the most mature of all people.

I watched as he entered college full of enthusiasm and excited. By the end, I had caught him crying in his car more than once after school, he had severe depression. I tried my best to befriend him, but I could tell that he was just getting destroyed by the atmosphere that he was subjected to.

I am glad that your experience was so great, and I hope that is the way it is for everyone. The sad truth is that, no matter how old, there are always going to be the dou**ebag bullies that make life awful for everyone. I agree the community college is a worse environment than a 4-year, simply because the community college is OFTEN (not always) where this type of people are forced to go.

Thank you for sharing your perspective, and I sincerely hope that this is not the case. As for myself, I am 6' 7" and 250lbs, 7-year Krav Maga /MMA student, so I am not too worried. But for everyone else like me, that is subjugated to bullying, my heart goes out to you.

[jo2a0507]

I'll join in, 38 here. From Star Wars to Fra Lippo Lippi to Trappers Keepers.

Asphalt: 18" Rota Rt5 staggered, Eibach Sports Line, Toyota emblems. Plans in the near future: Tanabe exhaust and looking into body Kits (undecided).

[Walle]

43 here

[PHLonomenal]

Truly amazing how many "older ppl" own and love this car. When you then factor in the "younger folks" we are approaching cult status.


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[Erci]

I'll be 40 in a month. Picking up my 2015 tonight!

I ride and mod motorcycles (street and track), so no plans to do any *major* mods to the car. Just want a fun *cage* to replace my Protege5 and BRZ has the best fun:cost ratio of anything I've test-driven.

Planned upgrades: Axleback, drop-in high-flow filter, tint, Weathertech mats, hitch (for bicycle rack) and maybe different wheels.. that's pretty much it (at least for now )

[Sergdog]

Installed invidia N1 and Crawford intake plates. Looking to get new wheels and air box soon. Love my FRS

[hypercarfanatic]

Originally Posted by Erci

I ride and mod motorcycles (street and track), so no plans to do any *major* mods to the car.

for driving motorcycles!

[SIC8D6]

47. Feel like half that age when I'm behind the wheel. Only added tint and hard wired radar detector and sub, amp and capacitor so far. Can't make my mind up on which wheel and tire set up. But gonna use up the stock rubber first. Still putting some coins in the '66 Ratrod C-10. Bored out 283, three on the tree. Some young folk may not know what three on the tree is tho. Lol.
Love my 86!

[5hairpins]

43, got mine 5/25/2012. Not much modding, just some slightly wider rims, tint and front plate towhook mount. Someday there will be mods but it is my daily driver and still being paid off.

[FRSpappa]

Originally Posted by PHLonomenal

Truly amazing how many "older ppl" own and love this car. When you then factor in the "younger folks" we are approaching cult status.


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Not too hard to believe if u think about it. This was the kind of car we were driving back in the day but they stopped making them...


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