Originally posted by 00R101
PHiZ,
The message that I would like to give you is:
You should spend some time learning high-performance, precision driving in a safe environment BEFORE you modify your car.
The reason is pretty simple. If you modify first how will you know you did the right thing? Your butt is not educated enough to know what makes a good handling car, yet. But, spend some time autocrossing and hanging out with people who really know performance and YOU will LEARN what makes a good handling car. YOU will become the EXPERT that newbies ask for advice.
If setting up a car was just a matter of buying and installing some off the shelf parts everyone would have race cars that kicked a**. But setting up a car is a matter of thousands of compromises between power, handling, weight, money, safety, driver ability, driveablity, ride comfort, noise, tire wear, rain adhesion, ground clearance etc, etc, etc. No one on this board can give you hard and fast answers about the best parts to buy.
It's something that you are going to have to decide for yourself. You can do that by rushing out and pissing away money and time on poorly thought out parts combinations that you end up tossing out in a year or you can put your wallet away and open your eyes and ears, learn about the car you want to modify and make informed econimical decisions later.
It's the smart way; it's the safe way; it's the least expensive way; and it's the most personally satisfying way. But it's your choice. Whatever you decide, I wish you luck and hope that you will be safe.
Regards,
Alan
:werd: Very true. I autocrossed my car stock for almost 2 years before I decided to make a single change. And not to nag, but I came very close to killing myself, and worse, my best friend, by driving too hard on public roads before I was really familiar with the car. Have a good time and do what you like, but be smart about it.