Best US "Tuner Car" for $9-13k?

[Kielan]

This thread is a year old, he has a 335 now. Everyone stop posting in here.

[Kyle_Eagleton]

Come on guys, who care's about speed? Just get a Saturn like me


Honestly, K swapped civic is fun. Not a big Honda guy though. Wrx's are fun I guess, but everybody (if you didn't see that, EVERYBODY) has one.

S2k's are fun cars! but if somebody spits on the road and you drive through it, the back end will kick out and you will inevitably wreck. Those cars are tail happy when the roads are wet, seems more so than others I've been around. Pontiac GTO's I think look really good, and they are quick. Gas guzzlers though.

[AndyMpire]

i know your looking at imports and such. but you can geta 04-06 gto for that price range. you dont see them every day. ijs. toyota mr2 would be good. porsche boxtser s(earlier models). 99-00 m coupe. theres plenty of cool shit out there for your price range just gotta be decisive. if you look in the right places ive seen some jza80 supras in the $12-15K range w/ decent mileage.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Have you considered something old school like a 240Z with red top swap? RX-4, Datsun 512, Celica, etc?

Ive always wanted a built 240z. Owned a couple stockish ones but never kept them for two long. They weigh next to nothing and have a massive engine bay allowing for endless engine swaps. Rust free ones can be had for 5k (plus shipping from cali or az) and the rest of your budget can be put towards building a beast. Plus no one has one on stanceworks so you will feel all "unique"

Hybridz.org for motivation.

and this:

[NickBroderick]

If nobody knew, he has a 335i now.



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[theseeker411]

C5 Vette would be awesome. Unbelievable power can be had with those motors for relatively little money.

[Khalil]

gtfo the forum.

[Ollie]

2003 350z is relatively cheap but has the good looks and looks great after being stanced and is great with a LS1 swap

gtfo the forum.

2003 350z is relatively cheap but has the good looks and looks great after being stanced and is great with a LS1 swap

[jared1988]

hahaa you dont think they will rev it... unless its a blind and semi def 80 yr old dude.. you start that thing up, even stock inside and you are like... hmm.. wtf is this thing.. small rev.. hmm.. bigger rev... OH.. oh wow.... rev limiter rev limiter .... HOLY fucker.... test drive ensues.

you will come back with bald tires trying to figure out how that happened without it leaving the storage area.. after you pull the car out you find 3" of rubber on your storage until floor.

lol its a mass storage place, i think they got better things to do, i hope. is it bad i was upset cause the tiny turbo spool was louder than my exhaust?

[northmiler89]

yeah i got one, its sitting in storage right now until 2014 ish. cant wait to fire it up and all the crap in the intake mani will fly suck into the engine and bend a rod -.-# storage place starts it once a month but i doubt they rev it to blow all the crap out of the intake

hahaa you dont think they will rev it... unless its a blind and semi def 80 yr old dude.. you start that thing up, even stock inside and you are like... hmm.. wtf is this thing.. small rev.. hmm.. bigger rev... OH.. oh wow.... rev limiter rev limiter .... HOLY fucker.... test drive ensues.

you will come back with bald tires trying to figure out how that happened without it leaving the storage area.. after you pull the car out you find 3" of rubber on your storage until floor.

[jared1988]

you have a speed 3? didnt realize that.


Im onto c5 corvettes. Id love to get a z06.. and in the budget but i really like the removable top on the normal c5 and even a c5 vert. Yea some people dont like verts, but ive got a e46 m3 vert and its a blast around here (rhode island) in the summer cruising the beaches and all

Plus the regular ls1 with headers, and the normal bolt ons is pretty quick and good gas milage. Toss on some spray and its a budget supercar killer. (not compared to a boosted civic...) but you know what i mean

yeah i got one, its sitting in storage right now until 2014 ish. cant wait to fire it up and all the crap in the intake mani will fly suck into the engine and bend a rod -.-# storage place starts it once a month but i doubt they rev it to blow all the crap out of the intake

[northmiler89]

bummer. really diggin the CS FMIC, i want it and the TBE. heard it before and sounds really mean and throaty. ive seen those headlights before, or someone had the same idea on a TR ms3

you have a speed 3? didnt realize that.


Im onto c5 corvettes. Id love to get a z06.. and in the budget but i really like the removable top on the normal c5 and even a c5 vert. Yea some people dont like verts, but ive got a e46 m3 vert and its a blast around here (rhode island) in the summer cruising the beaches and all

Plus the regular ls1 with headers, and the normal bolt ons is pretty quick and good gas milage. Toss on some spray and its a budget supercar killer. (not compared to a boosted civic...) but you know what i mean

[jared1988]

bummer. really diggin the CS FMIC, i want it and the TBE. heard it before and sounds really mean and throaty. ive seen those headlights before, or someone had the same idea on a TR ms3

[northmiler89]

mods? heard of a few blowing holes in the block that were all stock

JUST A QUICKKK OFF TOPIC response.

Ah, I was one of the first guys seriously mod-ing them. It was WAYY back before there were any big turbo alternatives OR tuning.

Car had:

Cobb Intake, custom inlet, prototype corksport FMIC, TurboXS downpipe/racepipe, Forge BPV, MBC, tubular header.. and every other tweak the early guys came up with.

I was actually bringing the car to Dent Sport Garage in Norwood, MA on Thursday for a one off gt3071 with external wastegate, etc and what turned into CP-E's standalone. But that Tuesday I blew the motor and had to take the $ for the build to completely redo the motor.

My old speed... :sigh:







This one is funny... notice what is stamped beneath the hole... as horrible as it was, the fact that FoMoCo is cast under the hole in the block is hilarious to this day



Amazingly fun car.. it was just a blast