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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 12:59 PM
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1st gen DSM
if you dont care about reliability, then I agree 1st gen DSM AWD....can get them into the 12 with little to no work, 11s wth a touch of money.....cept you better save up for another car to drive around during down time.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 03:19 PM
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1989-1992 Mustang 5.0 and then use the left over for mods
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
if you dont care about reliability, then I agree 1st gen DSM AWD....can get them into the 12 with little to no work, 11s wth a touch of money.....cept you better save up for another car to drive around during down time.
Honestly, if you do your research, you can make DSM's pretty reliable. I have plenty of 1st gens who read up on these things all day and have no problems.

But yes, they can be finicky.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by AcuraFanatic
Honestly, if you do your research, you can make DSM's pretty reliable. I have plenty of 1st gens who read up on these things all day and have no problems.

But yes, they can be finicky.
I ment once you get into so pretty high hp applications...I have three friens with first gen DSMs thar un 9s and 10s all day long...cept when they are broken...they dont mind cause they love them. But they do give you more problems than your average car.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by b16aEGcivic
I ment once you get into so pretty high hp applications...I have three friens with first gen DSMs thar un 9s and 10s all day long...cept when they are broken...they dont mind cause they love them. But they do give you more problems than your average car.
This is true
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