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Old 01-09-2023, 01:29 PM   #15
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Old 01-09-2023, 02:58 PM   #16
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i think powers overrated, costs north of 4 grand for a jrsc, $1k for the install, 500 for the ecutek & liscence, 500 for the dynotune. take that 6 grand and buy a yamaha r6 or fz09 instead. i think its a waste trying to make your car fast, but you can spend cheap money making if feel a heck of a lot more fun.

i voted springs over coils myself, curious why you say spring too, and not coils
Not saying it needs a huge amount of power. Just saying a car that looks this cool should be able to keep up with a Camry on the road at least. I was lucky enough to have snagged a Phantom ESC while they were still available and it's my favorite mod by far. Back in the day the total cost of the ESC, batteries and tune were less than $2000.
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Old 01-09-2023, 04:25 PM   #17
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Old 01-09-2023, 10:45 PM   #18
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Old 01-10-2023, 01:32 AM   #19
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i think powers overrated, costs north of 4 grand for a jrsc, $1k for the install, 500 for the ecutek & liscence, 500 for the dynotune. take that 6 grand and buy a yamaha r6 or fz09 instead. i think its a waste trying to make your car fast, but you can spend cheap money making if feel a heck of a lot more fun.

i voted springs over coils myself, curious why you say spring too, and not coils
Im in this camp aswell, test drove a BRZ with manifolds, and after that i crossed that of my list of possible mods, lots of costs for very little change. Though i would like to add some more noise to my car make it a bit more fun. If my 86 was my project car i would maybe put an E85 map in it, but since i need to do lots of short trips i skip that.

Theres many other places to put that money for making the car fun every day. But every one likes different things
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Old 01-11-2023, 11:47 AM   #23
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3 is too little for one who likes to mod. So in that case, it's best to keep the car the way it was made from factory and enjoy it for what it is.

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Old 01-11-2023, 06:20 PM   #25
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Old 01-11-2023, 06:27 PM   #26
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I do not think I have ever owned a car and done 3 mods. For this post……

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Old 01-11-2023, 06:55 PM   #27
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