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**scheides** · 05-15-2006

Keep it, tune it, and then move on to some other part of the car to beef up. You have a nice motor/turbo setup, now save for a while and trick out the suspension, then save up for the tranny, etc. If it makes you feel better, do a bit of each at a time. Start off with a rear swaybar for that thing, they're less than $200 and you'll LOVE what it does to the car! Get a cheap strut-tower bar too, if you do not have one already.

Just one thing at a time, that's the only way to really get to the car you *really* want. Selling it & getting a new one is usually only putting off upgrading what you already have, and typically a grass-is-greener scenario.

I ultimatly sold my 1G because of a $500 issue. I sold it when I bought my 2G, which not only cost more, but I ended up dumping probably $2500 into over the first 30 days I owned the damn thing (rewiring this and that, FMIC+TialBOV install on day 4 of ownership, s-afc, injectors, etc). Month #2 I ended up yanking the motor/tranny for a clutch job, re-did the timing belt job, new water pump, balance shaft delete, etc...WHY didn't I just keep my 1G?!!?!?! I love my 2G, but sometimes I *really* wish I would have just fixed the issues with my 1G and kept it longer!

05-15-2006	#10
scheides flips McGee Cribbage Square Champion! Great Mahjong: Classic Champion! Mah Jongg Solitaire Champion! Mahjong Connect Champion! MuMu Champion! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Drives: BeaterX Posts: 12,900	Re: A DSMer's rant. Keep it, tune it, and then move on to some other part of the car to beef up. You have a nice motor/turbo setup, now save for a while and trick out the suspension, then save up for the tranny, etc. If it makes you feel better, do a bit of each at a time. Start off with a rear swaybar for that thing, they're less than $200 and you'll LOVE what it does to the car! Get a cheap strut-tower bar too, if you do not have one already. Just one thing at a time, that's the only way to really get to the car you really want. Selling it & getting a new one is usually only putting off upgrading what you already have, and typically a grass-is-greener scenario. I ultimatly sold my 1G because of a $500 issue. I sold it when I bought my 2G, which not only cost more, but I ended up dumping probably $2500 into over the first 30 days I owned the damn thing (rewiring this and that, FMIC+TialBOV install on day 4 of ownership, s-afc, injectors, etc). Month #2 I ended up yanking the motor/tranny for a clutch job, re-did the timing belt job, new water pump, balance shaft delete, etc...WHY didn't I just keep my 1G?!!?!?! I love my 2G, but sometimes I really wish I would have just fixed the issues with my 1G and kept it longer!