What to go for
tr0ike
03-25-2005, 03:08 PM
I'll try to keep this short ... like all of you, I'm a lifelong car nut. I finally purchased my own car about two years ago, which used up all my $ - so none for mods until recently.
Since I drive a 4cyl NA Golf, my car is clearly orientated more towards handling, rather than all-out speed ... so building the motor a ton would be a long and mostly futile exercise.
That still leaves me with many things I could do, however. I've thought about both AutoCross and RallyCross, thinking the latter would be more fun, but perhaps much harder on my vehicle.
Ultimately, I just can't decide what to do with my car ... should I concentrate only on the suspension, leaving the engine stock? Maybe a bit of both, to improve the overall vehicle? Abandon all hope and just go for pseudo-showcar status?
How did you all decide what path to take with your cars?
Since I drive a 4cyl NA Golf, my car is clearly orientated more towards handling, rather than all-out speed ... so building the motor a ton would be a long and mostly futile exercise.
That still leaves me with many things I could do, however. I've thought about both AutoCross and RallyCross, thinking the latter would be more fun, but perhaps much harder on my vehicle.
Ultimately, I just can't decide what to do with my car ... should I concentrate only on the suspension, leaving the engine stock? Maybe a bit of both, to improve the overall vehicle? Abandon all hope and just go for pseudo-showcar status?
How did you all decide what path to take with your cars?
chexmixa
03-25-2005, 03:49 PM
I'll try to keep this short ... like all of you, I'm a lifelong car nut. I finally purchased my own car about two years ago, which used up all my $ - so none for mods until recently.
Since I drive a 4cyl NA Golf, my car is clearly orientated more towards handling, rather than all-out speed ... so building the motor a ton would be a long and mostly futile exercise.
That still leaves me with many things I could do, however. I've thought about both AutoCross and RallyCross, thinking the latter would be more fun, but perhaps much harder on my vehicle.
Ultimately, I just can't decide what to do with my car ... should I concentrate only on the suspension, leaving the engine stock? Maybe a bit of both, to improve the overall vehicle? Abandon all hope and just go for pseudo-showcar status?
How did you all decide what path to take with your cars?
Well if your going to be doing Auto X'ing its all about being in a certain class. I would not suggest building the motor up a ton becuase it might move your up into a higher class wich could potentially put u at the bottom of the class. I would suggest the usual performance upgrades, Cams, intake, header, and exhaust. After that i would leave the engine alone. I would do as much to the suspension and brakes as you can. There are no restriction on suspension and brakes. Just HP, so give your car a lil extra umph but mainly concentrate on makeing it lighter and handle better.
Since I drive a 4cyl NA Golf, my car is clearly orientated more towards handling, rather than all-out speed ... so building the motor a ton would be a long and mostly futile exercise.
That still leaves me with many things I could do, however. I've thought about both AutoCross and RallyCross, thinking the latter would be more fun, but perhaps much harder on my vehicle.
Ultimately, I just can't decide what to do with my car ... should I concentrate only on the suspension, leaving the engine stock? Maybe a bit of both, to improve the overall vehicle? Abandon all hope and just go for pseudo-showcar status?
How did you all decide what path to take with your cars?
Well if your going to be doing Auto X'ing its all about being in a certain class. I would not suggest building the motor up a ton becuase it might move your up into a higher class wich could potentially put u at the bottom of the class. I would suggest the usual performance upgrades, Cams, intake, header, and exhaust. After that i would leave the engine alone. I would do as much to the suspension and brakes as you can. There are no restriction on suspension and brakes. Just HP, so give your car a lil extra umph but mainly concentrate on makeing it lighter and handle better.
TheStang00
03-25-2005, 04:43 PM
Well if your going to be doing Auto X'ing its all about being in a certain class. I would not suggest building the motor up a ton becuase it might move your up into a higher class wich could potentially put u at the bottom of the class. I would suggest the usual performance upgrades, Cams, intake, header, and exhaust. After that i would leave the engine alone. I would do as much to the suspension and brakes as you can. There are no restriction on suspension and brakes. Just HP, so give your car a lil extra umph but mainly concentrate on makeing it lighter and handle better.
along that note... if ur gonna do that it might not be a bad idea to find out what the hp ceiling is for your class to, and upgrade right to the max.
along that note... if ur gonna do that it might not be a bad idea to find out what the hp ceiling is for your class to, and upgrade right to the max.
CassiesMan
03-25-2005, 05:16 PM
I'd go ahead and just get some basic airflow mods-intake, exhaust, headers, throttle body, chip, whatever. With suspension, it really depends on how much you have to use, and if its gonna e a daily driver or not.
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