I want to get into street raceing

[uranium235powered]

Aftermarket for the Civic is pretty large....

[HaVoCiSt]

Originally Posted by drftk1d

you dont need a modified car to race.

lots of people here have stock or near stock cars and race them.
with 20k i would so be getting a trans-am or s14 240sx.

Yeah I understand but the modified car is just the hobby I want to take up. I work 2nd shift all my friends work 1st that give me from 7am - 2pm with nothing to do and noone to call. So I can work on my car added parts stuff like that.


With that said I read and post here tomarrow I got to go to work lol

thanks for the imput.

[HaVoCiSt]

Originally Posted by uranium235powered

Aftermarket for the Civic is pretty large....

Yeah I know that but thats just way way way to many of them to feel that I got a car that not to many people have. You know what I mean?

I want to drive down the street with out seeing my car every other car lol.

[JRico00]

I believe that the current Stratus coupe is quite similar in to the current Eclipse (pretty sure its the same engine in the V6s), so the aftermarket is pretty decent for them. If you just want a car to put bodykits on, andysautosport.com has bodykits for lots of cars, even some that you wouldn't think(geo prizm, kias).

[drftk1d]

Originally Posted by HaVoCiSt

Yeah I understand but the modified car is just the hobby I want to take up. I work 2nd shift all my friends work 1st that give me from 7am - 2pm with nothing to do and noone to call. So I can work on my car added parts stuff like that.


With that said I read and post here tomarrow I got to go to work lol

thanks for the imput.

i would suggest a used car.

i'm not certain of what you want to do, do you just want to race or modify or both?

[HaVoCiSt]

Originally Posted by streetrcr45

haha... Drift is right, you just start doing it. I have a quesiton though...you speak of 120 like it is nothing. Granted that many of us here, including myself, have broken the 120 barrier, i think that i will have backup when i say that driving 120 or above is not as easy as you may think as a beginner. No only is it not as easy as you think but its dangerous.
I understand that you want to get into the whole streetracing scene and what not, but remember that you risk other peoples lives as well as your own when you race, so speeds in excess of 100 are very dangerous if you don't know how to properly handle your car.
Before you get all "happy go lucky" with you car, whatever it may be, i would suggest that you get a good feel for it and drive it for a while before putting money into mods (modifications) and what not.

understandable, I see it as not as dangerous because I race my dirt bike and blow by cars on the highway. (no i shouldnt be up there but i drive the bike to dumes around town) I see 4 wheels safer then 2 and I am just under that 100 mark sometimes. I loved it when I jumped on my friends bike a kx 350cc dam that thing had power I have no clue have fast it was but out of 6 gears I never got out of 4th (didnt have the room). I do drive, I have been for 4 years I drive about 45-60 as a avg speed. I learned fast aboud turning at speeds and thats stuff. I think I am ready and I will soon find out.


But I am late for work no lol l8r ill be back tomarrow to see what this threads comes out to.

[HaVoCiSt]

Originally Posted by drftk1d

i would suggest a used car.

i'm not certain of what you want to do, do you just want to race or modify or both?

both

[TheStang00]

i referred to a stratus cause i was thinkin new car, you could get a pure sports car used tho. and im pretty sure the stratus R/T and i didnt think the stratus and eclipse had the same v6, the 3.0 with 200 hp? it could tho i guess, the next gen eclipses are gonna be badass tho, the have a 260hp 3.8

[HaVoCiSt]

On that site, http://andysautosport.com/.

What is that car down at the bottum that says "Click here to view our sponsorship opportunities! " The car is black and gold. See I love that look, It has that skyline 1999 look to it (watch it is that skyline)?

[JRico00]

I beleive that may be a 240

[CassiesMan]

Im sure you can get an E36 ///M3 for anywhere from teh 15k-20k range.

[beyondloadedSE]

Originally Posted by drftk1d

you dont get into street racing, you just get your car and start doing it.

haha exactly! People make it sound way more complicated than it seems. If you race your car on the street, its considered street racing. How hard is that? People need to get the fast and furious out of their head.

[chexmixa]

Best bang for your buck and you wanna pay under 20k? 03-04 Dodge Srt-4. 2003 come with 215 hp and 240 lbs tq, with no lsd. 2004 come with 230 hp and 250 lbs tq, with lsd. A used 03 will run u from 16k -19k. A very gently used 04 will run u from 17k-22k. Very Fast cars stock and come with a very nice warrenty.

[cuda_dude]

I suggest a 4th gen Camaro/Firebird. They have a great aftermarket for parts, stock can reach 155+ and with little work you can get huge performance gains.

[drftk1d]

Originally Posted by JRico00

I beleive that may be a 240

do you know what a 240 looks like?
thats a Honda Accord, buddy.