Re: New dsm to minnesota?
 

not that my car has any problems

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^^the main thing i think it is its auto

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that can be changed

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do it then

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you think that will up the chances of it selling

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if it's done correctly, yes. If it's a hackjob for some odd reason, no.

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If you did the basic 5 speed swap (ecu, 14b, 450's, m/t fpr) with a fuel pump rewire and 15psi, your car will be plenty quick and you will have plenty of RELIABLE fun. FWD or not. I ran that setup on my old talon and it was a blast to drive. I also drove it from IL to MN every other weekend.

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I just dont want fwd, and thats why i havent done anything to mine, so i want to buy an awd thats the only reason im selling my car

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Well I can't argue with you on that.. Haha.

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You're a little late for that lol. If you want it for winter, save your cash and buy one in the fall. I understand you want to get in to an awd, but don't buy the first one that looks nice and has some parts on it.

I looked at a lot of other cars before buying kevin1g's gsx. Everything from 240's to WRX's. I did a lot of thinking, and A LOT of waiting and ended up finding a car I absolutely love. Yeah, I could have bought a car a lot sooner, but I waited it out, and it definitely paid off.

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yea and ill be looking, i found a really nice 1996 blue one with 80,000 miles and is pretty much stock but my dad won't let me get a black one so those are out and he will literally talk to the person we are buying the car from for like half a day to make sure its a good car

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lol, no black? why?

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You see every little flaw, it gets dirty extremly. We just aren't big fans of black, love them when they are cleaned but just get dirty super fast

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Fair enough! You looking local now?

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In the surrounding states too yea the blue one is in Illinois I believe.

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All it takes is some extra care to look a lot better with black. You're choice though. :)


I'm in the process right now of moving from my 90 Laser into a 91 Awd talon. If anything, find an awd shell and start the swapping game. You have more than enough time before next winter.

Re: New dsm to minnesota?
 

Don't you have to cut a tunnel and everything for the driveshaft and what not?

It's not as easy as a 2g.

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Agreed. Spray dealer and a California duster are your friends.

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I meant moving all your parts to the awd but no, the tunnel is left alone besides welding in bearing mounts for the driveshaft. The 1g fwd to awd swap is just the same as swapping a colt or mirage. The reason it makes no sense is if you're going to do that amount of work, why not weigh a lot less?

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Oh I see. I thought you meant awd swap. My bad.

Continue on.

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thats why i just want to buy a awd i dont have the time or money to convert it, and once i get the awd then ill start putting nice parts on and modding it out...tastefully though ha not too much

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It would make no sense to ever convert a FWD to AWD when you can buy a half decent AWD shell for $500 most any day of the week.

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^SPeaks teh truth.

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I'm planing on getting this one, what are some needed aftermarket parts to make it better, and about how much to do so.

http://lincoln.craigslist.org/cto/1627404069.html

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What are your goals?

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full exhaust, boost controller, 3pod gauges on the a pilar (don't know what ones), bov...bigger turbo?

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Then do that. Billet 67 is whats hot.

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How much is all that stuff gonna be running me

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too much where you are man. lol. just get a afr and boost gauge + e316g + 2g mani + exhaust system + injectors + fmic + ....yeah, there is ALOT of mods that will keep building up as you........build up on mods. Just keep in mind that you'll be spending about $$$$ on mods/tuning but it allllllll depends on what you get man.

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Well I'll try and get that blue one then save for awhile then try and see what I can get then start modding but like I don't know what I need if like I get something for it then like supporting mods. I am not the most mechanically inclined person.

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Look at peoples project threads, study up and if you have a chance to help someone do it.

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Bump

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why the bump

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no idea i was bored

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And wondering what else I could do to make my car perform better at a reasonable price. And what some things do because I honestly don't know.

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Research, research, research. (emphasis on search). Your end goals should determine the parts you buy. If you want to go really fast, or if you want a fun reliable daily driver.

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Well I will need a dd because it would be my only car but I want to be sneaky quick kinda like a sleeper, like woah that car is quick!

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choose 2 only: Speed, Money, Reliability

The current car you have has the potential and is definitely a sleeper. I haven't researched much on auto dsm's, but I'm sure they can be just as fast. What are your plans for a modded dsm? straight line? auto-x? 'highway' roller? What you are searching for is already out there so my only advice is: search, search and search more.

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Yea I know my car is great but I don't really want fwd. But what do you mean by money?but I'm sure I want speed and reliability.

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power and going fast=lots of money and upkeep