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NEW GUYS! Welcome to the forums! Now that we have a moderator with the power to sticky (and thanks again IPGModerator!)please read this FAQ and ask all the questions you want afterwards. Alot of the info contained herein will better equip you to help us answer your question, or may answer your question completely! if nothing else it's good reading. Happy researching!
To our regs, if I misquoted or did not give credit where it was due PLEASE let me know. Feel free to add at any time, especially for literature suggestions.
*****Car ownership and modification paths*****
Q: I have X dollars, and want to get a new car. What should I get?
A: You must first answer a few questions yourself. How much experience do you have with driving? How mechanically inclined are you? What are you going to be using this car for?
The first question is definitely the most important. It may not seem like it, but if you're just starting out driving, you should not go for the fastest car that you can afford. It's best to start off with something to learn on, something that can take the normal abuse that a person learning to drive can dish out, and something that is comfortable for you to learn in.
Once you've come to terms with your driving skills, you can get down to the details. If you have access to a well fetted shop, someone to hold your hand thru difficult repairs, and most of all, the patience (and intelligence) to fix things that go wrong (and they will go wrong), then you can safely consider a more mechanically 'needy' car. This may entail it either being in a higher state of tune, or in greater disrepair, depending on your financial situation.
Is this car going to be something that you eventually hope to take to a time attack, or enter into SCC Pro Rally? Or are you content just to go to the odd 'heads-up' drag racing at the local track? Do you really just want something that you can pick chicks up in and cruise around in, more concerned about going places in style rather than a hurry?
If you spend the few minutes that it takes to honestly answer these questions, you will find the people on these boards more than willing to make some very strong recommendations, as opposed to some vague suggestions that can occur when a vague question is asked.
Happy Hunting, and most of all, keep an open mind in both life and cars.
-Simkin
Q: I burned my tyres off last night, trying to take photos for SCC, and now I need a new set of rubber. What should I buy?
A: I commend your valiant efforts to resurface roads everywhere. Now, as to a new set of rolling stock... We must again ask that a few things be defined first. How much are you willing to spend, what do you plan on doing with your car (motorsports-wise), and are you willing to put up with the drawbacks of hi-po tyres: road noise, less tread life, possibly poorer wet weather handing?
The best way to sum it all up is:
If you're looking for a performance tyre, buy the best one that you can reasonably afford.
If you need something for winter, consider getting an additional set of rims/tyres for winter, rather than compromising on one set of A/S tyres.
<If you want some cheap and quiet tyres, with high treadwear ratings, YOU ARE ON THE WRONG BOARDS. You will need to go to the nearest DMV, where you are to get your eyesight checked out, because chances are, you are in your declining years anyhow.>
-Simkin
Q: I'm ready to tune my *insert car here* what should i do first.
A: what are your plans for the car? Do you want it to be a show king, a great auto cross performer, a drag car with E.Q. times as low as possible. Or just something you want to put a little more juice into because your car feels to lazy for your taste. Also, what type of experience with cars do you have.
-eSential1
What engine should I swap in my car?
How much money do you have? are you mechanically inclined(greatly), What are you building the car for?, Would make more sense and cheaper to build the stock engine?
-skinnye
*****NISSAN SKYLINE INFO!!!*****
Regarding The Infamous Nissan Skyline.
1. That deal on ebay motors that looks to good to be true IS!!
a. It has no vin #
b. It is out of the country
c. Asuming the deal is legit you will have to pay and wait to import it.
d. If and when it does arrive, you will not be able to legaly drive it on the street.
e. In order to get it legalized you will need alot of cash and the help of some one that knows what there doing.
f. Do yourself a favor save up a boat load of cash and go to http://skylinegtr.com/ and get every thing taken care of by someone who knows what their doing.
g. If your looking for a trailer queen or a track star and dont need it street legal, well, I hope you don't get scammed..
h. The newest version of the skyline is avalible in the us in the form of the G35 atessa and all.
-minus1et
To further the FAQ: A blurb from "tjamz", at the Super Street forums concerning the Skyline and the fate of MotoRex. I have verified this to be accurate as of 11/23/05.
"Well I just had a 30min phone call with the NHTSA/DOT in Washington, DC. It was regarding importation of vehicles from Canada to the US and Skylines in general. We can not purchase a skyline through Canada and bring it to the states. The rule is 15yrs and older in Canada but it is 25 years in the US. The only way you can bring a Skyline into the states is through Motorex, which most of you know is in the shitter right now. They originally contracted with JK motors out of Baltimore, MD to do their modification work. Motorex had the cars crash tested through JK motors but had JK motors sign a contract to never compete with Motorex themselves. Once the modifications were known by Motorex, they asked for them to become a trade secret and no longer be public knowledge. This is where we are hung up. Motorex basically dried up and f*cked themselves over. They lied to our government in more than one way. They got really lazy and would send in the wrong pictures with different cars. When actually investigated by the government the cars were either not modified like they claimed, or they were released before they were actually approved by the government. Big no no. They lied to the NHTSA/DOT and the EPA...they pulled a double whammy. There are a ton of lawsuits against them right now. The government believes they will end up claiming bankruptcy, which will screw a ton of people and cause a mass chaos, even moreso than it already is. Motorex did offer up their trade secrets for the price of $100,000 which would be very hard to recover and still make money. Right now the government's lawyers are trying to decide what model to let into the US to be legalized by a registered importer. He could not tell me what it will be cause even he doesn't have the full info yet, but he thinks it will be the R32 since it is the easiest to modify. R33's need dual airbags after 96 and they did not have that. Originally, Motorex had the government believe that 90-99 were all the same body style. Bad idea. They pretty much screwed themselves in the end. If you want anymore info or have any questions let me know."
-tjamz (from Super Street forums)
-driving tequniques-
Don't tailgate people- riding people's asses isn't going to get you anywhere besides getting people angry, and possibly getting your feelings hurt.
YOUR NOT A PROFESSIONAL DRIFTER- quit trying to do your best Initial D imitation on public roads, especialy ones in subdivided neighborhoods.
Quit with the hazard light/flashing light bullsh*t- This ain't no fuking Tokyo Extreme Racer. I do find it polite and courtious when someone flashes their lights at me to warn of a speed trap/cop up ahead. Most people appreciate that kind of thing.
Be a courtious driver- go ahead and let that guy go ahead of you that's trying to pull out. Wave "thanks" to those who let you.
Don't cut people off- pretty self explanitory.
TURN OFF THAT MUTHAFU*KING CELL PHONE!- Jesus, if I see another idiot driving around like a moron talking on his/her fuking phone, I'm going to ram them off the *** road!
Your sh*tty, ratty ass system sound's like sh*t- no one wants to hear your license plate rattling pile of crap "system".
-DRSLT1
*****Efficiency and reliability*****
How to save gas... slow down. You dont have to drive fast every where you go. You dont have to be the first one out at every stop light. Keep your car at a lower RPM. Redlining is not required to shift into the next gear and contrary to popular belief, there is such thing as half or 25% throttle. Floring it is not requierd at all times.
-eSential1
*****Road Etiquette*****
Quit with the hazard light/flashing light bullsh*t- This ain't no fuking Tokyo Extreme Racer. I do find it polite and courtious when someone flashes their lights at me to warn of a speed trap/cop up ahead. Most people appreciate that kind of thing.
What the hell is this all about? I've had a couple people think they're all cool and go by me when I'm not even going fast and they pull this crap. If they'd want to race straight up, I'd kill them. This is perhaps the stupidest thing I've seen yet.
-2GNTEclipse
WALK SOFTLY: You don't have to announce to the world that your car is fast by flying everywhere. Drive normal when you aren't racing or in crowded traffic. If you drive wide open people will get used to seeing that, and when it comes race time they will know what to expect. Driving normal, those who are watching you will have no idea what it can really do.
RESPECT OTHERS: Since your passion is driving, driving should be the thing you do best, better than the average driver. That means safe respectful driving, as well as precision and race driving. You, being the better driver, are called to a higher standard when you drive. That means you have to drive with respect to the road conditions and amount of other drivers.
-spiritturbo
ouch... anyways.. RESPECT THE MOTORCYCLES and be aware we use the right hand side of the lane... Do not pass us with speed as it causes turbolence and could knock us down if were not prepared... Dont cut us off.... be aware of us guys.. seriously alot of motorcylcists get killed for doing something stupied or getting hit by a car cause they didnt see us..... So plz be careful and curtious
-jerzydudek
*****Forum Etiquette/Posting questions*****
Most importantly, though the internet has it's own language or slang, it helps to try to use correct grammer, spelling, and punctuation.
Turn the CAPS LOCK OFF. Using all capital letters dosn't make people respond to your thread quicker, it just makes you look slow....
nAmEs tHaT aRe tYpEd LiKe tHiS are stupid..... try not to use them, your not 12 years old anymore. If you are, you don't drive, get off of this board.
Trolls, keep out of these forums. Import Tuner and Super Street messa
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