Has anyone on here done a craigslist/ebay <$1k car build?

[Bizzoo]

meh, id rather supercharge the e28 xD

[Morbid]

if you want power just turbo any m30

[Bizzoo]

shifting the power curve wouldnt be such a bad thing.

My goal is to have more mid range power. I want it to pull hard in 2nd 3rd and 4th...1st im not trippin thats over soon enough, 5th i only use on the freeway and thats just cruising anyways.


is there any lsd ratio thats good for mid range power?

[CSBolger]

The throttle body will do nothing. Port matching won't give much - it's more likely to shift the power curve than to add much power.

Getting a B35 to 240 at the wheels is going to take a cam, headers, an MAF, and maybe some head work.

[DragginWagon]

Be sure and make a build thread with lots of pics!
Do you have a build thread? link to pics?
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http://stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7826
that pretty much sums it up. the scrapyard is your friend for cheap builds. just take measurements of your car and bring a tape measure to the yard. youde be suprised what fits off other cars.

[Bizzoo]

efficient, or powerful?

the "dirty euro" b34 with 10:1 compression makes a bit more power.

what else are you going to do to the b35 to get up to 240?

boring out throttle body, already have intake set up, boring out intake manifold + few other things. If the numbers are correct, that should give me about 20 more horses to the back wheels.

again im not an auto pro by any means, im learning off what others are telling me. So if something seems wrong, its what i was told so please if you could correct that would be legit.

are there any internal engine parts i could swap out / upgrade? im ganna have this thing on a motor stand for at least a month cleaning and restoring it.

[Francois Dillinger]

i remember when i had a mini truck obsession, they had a budget build off in one of the mini truckin' issues. probably still have the magazine around here somewhere...

[randomquickness]

love the idea, I'd be down to do it next summer. That would give people a chance to save up the $1500. We would have to keep record of the major purchases to account for the $1500 budget.

[Francois Dillinger]

a stanceworks budget build "competetion" would be entertaining.
like....1500 for car and all parts.

[Lux]

lol'z, Im hoping you guys see the sarcasm in my last post.

Anyway, where are you again? My Craigslist pulls up quite a few z's from time to time and 51o's and actually quite a few other makes. I dont know if there are any right now 1,000$ or less. I know there is a add for 2 for 900$. According to the add they dont run but either or has enough parts to make the other run.

If your anywhere near DE it may be worth it. Not like its a big state. There is a guy in Wilmington DE that does lots of work with Z cars and usually has some used as donor cars up pretty cheap.

[randomquickness]

Datsun could work! I also looked at a few '89 Jettas. I think one of those could be built/stanced on a pretty low budget.

[Lux]

Dude what about a Datsun

1200 bucks already decked out, should be easy to slam

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/1795162008.html

Yes, what about a Datsun!

[frink84]

i know it isnt physically larger. Just the most efficient of that motor series (correct me if im wrong please).

Hopefully after the swap ill be pushing 240 HP, ill get a dyno run of my current set up, then a dyno run after the swap, then a last dyno run after i chip it.

efficient, or powerful?

the "dirty euro" b34 with 10:1 compression makes a bit more power.

what else are you going to do to the b35 to get up to 240?

[Jersh]

Dude what about a Datsun

1200 bucks already decked out, should be easy to slam

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/1795162008.html

That was the price of the wheels, not the car. And i believe the saying is "Built Not Bought."

[Bizzoo]

Dude what about a Datsun

1200 bucks already decked out, should be easy to slam

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/pts/1795162008.html