Anybode else into tuner cars?

Just wondering.. Ever since i got my license when i was 16 cars has been my passion. I'm just curious to see how many ppl here like cars and who drives what? I don't go to that many racing meets anymore.. but i still like to get down sometimes on Sunday nights. Feel free to post some pics.
-My first car i started working. This is after i was done with it. 02 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V 6 Speed manual.

-Nissan meet in Colorado Springs.

-Current car - 94 Honda EG6 Hatch with a h22a jdm engine swap from japan and many other goodies.

-Her current look.

-Shot of the motor.

I love em! I think it's far more admirable and economical to modify and build your own car up than to drop obscene amounts of money of a car that isn't even as fast. I would buy a 350Z, G35, or S2000 over a Vette or a Challenger any day.

Lol my car isn't ricey. i don't know what all the rice thing was about.

But i totally agree with you ^^^^

I'd get a 350z or s2k over anything american anyday.

Just say no to rice!!!

But a nice drop, clean look, the right wheels and such can make a big difference.

The is my current car. Actually it is someone else's but it is the exact colour, wheels, etc that I have. Mine is just a few weeks old so I haven't done anything to her yet, but I am planning on ECU, exhaust and drop this summer.

Im looking into civics, not only for gas but for the tuning abilities. My car experience is severley limitied. So I figure it would be easy to work with a car everyone knows and eventually move up.

No 'tuner' cars. But yes, cars. I'm actually in the middle of an intake swap right now.

I have the whole top end of the engine apart, need to clean then swap the intake.

Took this pic a couple hours ago.

And I upgraded the entire rear suspension a couple weeks ago.

This is just an 'in progress' pic.

And here I'm taking apart a limited slip carrier and about to swap it into my rear diff. Did this the same time I rebuilt the suspension.

I've done a lot more, but these are more recent.

Just updating about the intake swap I posted earlier. I finished it yesterday morning.

The rest of the engine is together too. Took it around the block a couple times, checking for leaks.

Haven't really been able to test it to see the difference between this new Performer RPM vs my old Tarantula intake yet though.

Cars, yes. Trucks, hell yes. Rice, no.

Talking about rice... just look at this. This was at my college a few months ago.

He has a motorcycle muffler bolted on to his quarter panel, lol. He also got a ticket because he's sitting in the aisle way and not parked in a parking spot.

I hate cars like this

Subtle mods like this I like

i'm not and i wish most others were not also, everytime i take my wrx out some kid with 150 bucks worth of plastic, some stickers and a coffee can muffler bolted onto his 132 horsepower civic wants to blow past me as fast as it will go.

seriously it's annoying i have almost been sideswiped like 4 times this year.

i'm not and i wish most others were not also, everytime i take my wrx out some kid with 150 bucks worth of plastic, some stickers and a coffee can muffler bolted onto his 132 horsepower civic wants to blow past me as fast as it will go.

Riverwolf007

i'm not and i wish most others were not also, everytime i take my wrx out some kid with 150 bucks worth of plastic, some stickers and a coffee can muffler bolted onto his 132 horsepower civic wants to blow past me as fast as it will go.

seriously it's annoying i have almost been sideswiped like 4 times this year.

Riverwolf007

about that honda ^^^ that's pretty funny! ima make a poster and put it on my wall :)

No I'm not into crappy little foreign cars that sound like buzzsaws with giant mufflers on them.

If by "tuner" cars you mean this-

Then absolutely not.

However, if you mean this-

Then definitely YES. That's my baby :D It's not really a "tuner" car though.. just a sports car out of the factory.

Ha wow everyone has to bring the rice and just cuz there's some riced out hondas doesn't mean all of them are like that. ppl like that just make us look bad.

350z is most def. a tuner. i have few buddies that have greddy twin turbo kits on 350z making 650-785hp.

I don't mind when it's all engine mods. But nobody has ever succeeded in making a sub-$20k econobox look better by adding exterior mods. Even something as simple as rims... people always pick out the most ridiculous, idiotic looking things.Dark__Link

Talking about rice... just look at this. This was at my college a few months ago.

He has a motorcycle muffler bolted on to his quarter panel, lol. He also got a ticket because he's sitting in the aisle way and not parked in a parking spot.

Domobomb

The 350z is a horrible car, I'm surprised many people like it.

For the amount you spend tuning a car, you could pay 6-10k on a fireblade or a gixxer and whoop a cars ass.

I'm not car savvy at all, which kind of complicates things since I'd like to one day buy and restore a 72 Pontiac GTO.

Ha wow everyone has to bring the rice and just cuz there's some riced out hondas doesn't mean all of them are like that. ppl like that just make us look bad.

350z is most def. a tuner. i have few buddies that have greddy twin turbo kits on 350z making 650-785hp.

insane_metalist

It's not a tuner unless you tune it. A stock car is never a tuner. A 350z is simply a Japanese RWD sports car. A Ford Mustang GT with a supercharger is more of a tuner car than a 350z out of the box. Yes, the Mustang is a domestic pony/muscle car, but it's also a tuner once you start working on it. I think people mistakenly think of imports as "tuner cars." They're no more "tuner cars" than domestics with some powertrain/driveline work done to them.

The 350z is a horrible car, I'm surprised many people like it.

For the amount you spend tuning a car, you could pay 6-10k on a fireblade or a gixxer and whoop a cars ass.

CBR600-RR

Please explain how a 350z is a horrible car.. I'd love to hear it. They're low to high 13-second 1/4 mile cars, depending on year and trim level, do a 5.2-5.8 second 0-60, they handle very well, they're reliable, get decent gas mileage, and most people that I've encountered consider them some of the better-looking cars on the road. They have a very practical sports car interior, a great 6-speed manual transmission, lots of options for the price, and have great power potential (especially the 07-08's with the HR engine). On top of all that, they competed with the Porsche Cayman in terms of performance while they were in production, while costing FAR less.

How is that horrible?

Please explain how a 350z is a horrible car.. I'd love to hear it. They're low to high 13-second 1/4 mile cars, depending on year and trim level, do a 5.2-5.8 second 0-60, they handle very well, they're reliable, get decent gas mileage, and most people that I've encountered consider them some of the better-looking cars on the road. They have a very practical sports car interior, a great 6-speed manual transmission, lots of options for the price, and have great power potential (especially the 07-08's with the HR engine). On top of all that, they competed with the Porsche Cayman in terms of performance while they were in production, while costing FAR less.

How is that horrible?

hartsickdiscipl

The Fireblade would destroy the 350z on everything you mentioned except perhaps reliability

Here's my car... '08 SI.

Please explain how a 350z is a horrible car.. I'd love to hear it. They're low to high 13-second 1/4 mile cars, depending on year and trim level, do a 5.2-5.8 second 0-60, they handle very well, they're reliable, get decent gas mileage, and most people that I've encountered consider them some of the better-looking cars on the road. They have a very practical sports car interior, a great 6-speed manual transmission, lots of options for the price, and have great power potential (especially the 07-08's with the HR engine). On top of all that, they competed with the Porsche Cayman in terms of performance while they were in production, while costing FAR less.

How is that horrible?

hartsickdiscipl

inb4 drifted into a tree

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Please explain how a 350z is a horrible car.. I'd love to hear it. They're low to high 13-second 1/4 mile cars, depending on year and trim level, do a 5.2-5.8 second 0-60, they handle very well, they're reliable, get decent gas mileage, and most people that I've encountered consider them some of the better-looking cars on the road. They have a very practical sports car interior, a great 6-speed manual transmission, lots of options for the price, and have great power potential (especially the 07-08's with the HR engine). On top of all that, they competed with the Porsche Cayman in terms of performance while they were in production, while costing FAR less.

How is that horrible?

markop2003

The Fireblade would destroy the 350z on everything you mentioned except perhaps reliability

Except you can't use it in the rain or snow, can't take anyone along who's sane, can't carry any cargo, can't use it as a daily driver, and you're an disfiguring accident waiting to happen. But yeah, other than that....Dark__Link

Rain - yes you can
Snow - spiked tyres if you want to
So motorcycle riders are mentally ill now? :roll:
Cargo - panniers
Daily driver - used to do it all the time to work and everywhere else
The only accident is car drivers not looking carefully enough

[QUOTE="Dark__Link"]Except you can't use it in the rain or snow, can't take anyone along who's sane, can't carry any cargo, can't use it as a daily driver, and you're an disfiguring accident waiting to happen. But yeah, other than that....CBR600-RR

Rain - yes you can
Snow - spiked tyres if you want to
So motorcycle riders are mentally ill now? :roll:
Cargo - panniers
Daily driver - used to do it all the time to work and everywhere else
The only accident is car drivers not looking carefully enough

No, I never said the rider is insane. But I wouldn't trust anyone with my life but myself.

I meant actual cargo, not a few shopping bags worth of stuff.

Maybe you can get away with it, but to most people it's a second vehicle, for weekends/fun. Not practical in the least.

And right, motorcycle riders can do no wrong. :roll:

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Please explain how a 350z is a horrible car.. I'd love to hear it. They're low to high 13-second 1/4 mile cars, depending on year and trim level, do a 5.2-5.8 second 0-60, they handle very well, they're reliable, get decent gas mileage, and most people that I've encountered consider them some of the better-looking cars on the road. They have a very practical sports car interior, a great 6-speed manual transmission, lots of options for the price, and have great power potential (especially the 07-08's with the HR engine). On top of all that, they competed with the Porsche Cayman in terms of performance while they were in production, while costing FAR less.

How is that horrible?

markop2003

The Fireblade would destroy the 350z on everything you mentioned except perhaps reliability

I didn't mean "can't" in the sense that it's not physically possible... just that it'd be dumb.

No, I never said the rider is insane. But I wouldn't trust anyone with my life but myself.

I meant actual cargo, not a few shopping bags worth of stuff.

Maybe you can get away with it, but to most people it's a second vehicle, for weekends/fun. Not practical in the least.

And right, motorcycle riders can do no wrong. :roll:

Dark__Link

Pilots are in control of your life when you are in a plane too, it just depends on the rider really, I trust my friends because they're safe riders.

Most motorcycle riders are genuine and are taught to keep an eye on your surroundings at all times because it's highly likely someone is not going to see you; but summer riders, they're just a disgrace to even call themselves bikers seeing as they dick about all the time.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Please explain how a 350z is a horrible car.. I'd love to hear it. They're low to high 13-second 1/4 mile cars, depending on year and trim level, do a 5.2-5.8 second 0-60, they handle very well, they're reliable, get decent gas mileage, and most people that I've encountered consider them some of the better-looking cars on the road. They have a very practical sports car interior, a great 6-speed manual transmission, lots of options for the price, and have great power potential (especially the 07-08's with the HR engine). On top of all that, they competed with the Porsche Cayman in terms of performance while they were in production, while costing FAR less.

How is that horrible?

markop2003

The Fireblade would destroy the 350z on everything you mentioned except perhaps reliability

Comparing a motorcycle to a car is ridiculous. You fail because you tried to say that a 350z is a "horrible car," and your justification was that a motorcycle costs less and can outperform it in terms of speed. Well no **** Sherlock.. It's a crotchrocket. I can't believe anybody would really try to compare a car to a motorcycle.. They are completely different experiences altogether. I guarantee you that I had a more enjoyable experience driving my car 1700 miles cross-country than anybody would on a crotchrocket. Doesn't that make a Fireblade a horrible motorcycle? I suppose a Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel is a horrible truck because a Corvette is faster? That would work with your logic, right? End of discussion.

Comparing a motorcycle to a car is ridiculous. You fail because you tried to say that a 350z is a "horrible car," and your justification was that a motorcycle costs less and can outperform it in terms of speed. Well no **** Sherlock.. It's a crotchrocket. I can't believe anybody would really try to compare a car to a motorcycle.. They are completely different experiences altogether. I guarantee you that I had a more enjoyable experience driving my car 1700 miles cross-country than anybody would on a crotchrocket. Doesn't that make a Fireblade a horrible motorcycle? I suppose a Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel is a horrible truck because a Corvette is faster? That would work with your logic, right? End of discussion.

hartsickdiscipl

Of course it would be pretty crappy to do 1700 cross country on a crotch rocket because they're not meant for touring.. now I'd take a Pan European over a car for touring anyday. You can't beat touring on motorcycles.

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Comparing a motorcycle to a car is ridiculous. You fail because you tried to say that a 350z is a "horrible car," and your justification was that a motorcycle costs less and can outperform it in terms of speed. Well no **** Sherlock.. It's a crotchrocket. I can't believe anybody would really try to compare a car to a motorcycle.. They are completely different experiences altogether. I guarantee you that I had a more enjoyable experience driving my car 1700 miles cross-country than anybody would on a crotchrocket. Doesn't that make a Fireblade a horrible motorcycle? I suppose a Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel is a horrible truck because a Corvette is faster? That would work with your logic, right? End of discussion.

CBR600-RR

Of course it would be pretty crappy to do 1700 cross country on a crotch rocket because they're not meant for touring.. now I'd take a Pan European over a car for touring anyday. You can't beat touring on motorcycles.

Why are people talking bout motorcycles... but anyways black on black evo is always the sexxy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpaQBzzvaKs

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Comparing a motorcycle to a car is ridiculous. You fail because you tried to say that a 350z is a "horrible car," and your justification was that a motorcycle costs less and can outperform it in terms of speed. Well no **** Sherlock.. It's a crotchrocket. I can't believe anybody would really try to compare a car to a motorcycle.. They are completely different experiences altogether. I guarantee you that I had a more enjoyable experience driving my car 1700 miles cross-country than anybody would on a crotchrocket. Doesn't that make a Fireblade a horrible motorcycle? I suppose a Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel is a horrible truck because a Corvette is faster? That would work with your logic, right? End of discussion.

CBR600-RR

Of course it would be pretty crappy to do 1700 cross country on a crotch rocket because they're not meant for touring.. now I'd take a Pan European over a car for touring anyday. You can't beat touring on motorcycles.

[QUOTE="BMD004"]Bikes suck. Your bike sucks. Pan Europeans suck. Crotch rockets suck. CBR600-RR

Your mother sucks, but I'm not going to say which flavour she likes.

Good one. Momma jokes are still around, I see. Is that you in your avatar?

BMD004

Naturally.

Dear Momma,

Today I learned on Gamespot that the 350Z is a horrible car because motorcycles are cheaper and faster.

Yes, I know that makes no sense at all.

However, I finally get why you couldn't help with my homework because you "didn't understand that new fangled math".

[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

Comparing a motorcycle to a car is ridiculous. You fail because you tried to say that a 350z is a "horrible car," and your justification was that a motorcycle costs less and can outperform it in terms of speed. Well no **** Sherlock.. It's a crotchrocket. I can't believe anybody would really try to compare a car to a motorcycle.. They are completely different experiences altogether. I guarantee you that I had a more enjoyable experience driving my car 1700 miles cross-country than anybody would on a crotchrocket. Doesn't that make a Fireblade a horrible motorcycle? I suppose a Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel is a horrible truck because a Corvette is faster? That would work with your logic, right? End of discussion.

CBR600-RR

Of course it would be pretty crappy to do 1700 cross country on a crotch rocket because they're not meant for touring.. now I'd take a Pan European over a car for touring anyday. You can't beat touring on motorcycles.

There are some really nice touring bikes, but you wouldn't enjoy riding one 15 hours a day across 4-5 states as much as a nice sports car. Eventually you'd want the comfort of a car's interior and the ride quality as well. Then when it starts raining you'd really feel stupid on the bike.

There are some really nice touring bikes, but you wouldn't enjoy riding one 15 hours a day across 4-5 states as much as a nice sports car. Eventually you'd want the comfort of a car's interior and the ride quality as well. Then when it starts raining you'd really feel stupid on the bike.

hartsickdiscipl

I did a 10 hour ride once, I felt a little achey but I was on a sports bike so I wasn't getting the comfort I needed, it was still enjoyable. I actually love riding in the rain because I got the gear for it; It just depends on the individual I guess.

Dear Momma,

Today I learned on Gamespot that the 350Z is a horrible car because motorcycles are cheaper and faster.

Yes, I know that makes no sense at all.

However, I finally get why you couldn't help with my homework because you "didn't understand that new fangled math".

SUD123456

It went off topic, that's all. It's not math. I'll only help you with your physics homework now son.

only if theyre clean and look relatively stock, tbh.

I really do not like it when they trick it all out visually.

With that said, theyre doing some pretty crazy things with the engine, suspension, etc. and all for relatively modest price, too. It is easy to see why they are so popular.

Lol, bikes. No thank you!!

Classic Muscle is the way to go. Just put a 347 stroker in my 67 Mustang and it sounds so, so good.