Our Cars (dream or actual)
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Nice. If you are not using the car daily then some of the trade offs are less of an issue.
Can they do any kind of anti lag system?My brother built a ~500hp Mitsubishi Evo.
Love to see a picture of your brother's 500BHP Evo if possible ?
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It was a good few years ago now, but I will see what I can find.
It was a Lancer Evo 1. JDM import. -
This is my dream car as seen in front of my hotel today.
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Nice @Roman - gotta love a Rolls - heck out Tyler Hoover’s most recent you tube video to check out his Phantom - it’s a fun video!
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sick work being done!!
i think the 400+ range is roughly about a stage 1 set up.
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^ My car is making 330BHP at present as the person who bought the car new immediately took it to Prodrive, the company behind Colin McRaes Subaru, and had one of their prodrive performance packs fitted. The main issue taking it from 330BHP to 390BHP is the engine block which is good for around 350BHP above which it has a tendency to fail under the increased load. The current setup in the areas you've mentioned is good for 390BHP however it would need upgrading if taking to 500BHP.
edit; the into one of their
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I had a MY00 Turbo for six years. It was about 18 months old when I got it, so it was a while back. Modified it a bit as it's pretty much impossible not to with Subarus. I loved it. Sold it to a local fella who took it to Switzerland with him when he moved. About a year later I was driving past his Father's house and it was parked outside - I had this ridiculous slug of adrenaline, as if I'd unexpectedly seen and ex-girlfriend who looked sexy as hell.
Hilarious, but genuine reaction.I dread to think how much you're spending for another 60bhp @denimhead.
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^ I think I understand the feeling you describe when you saw your old Subaru after not seeing it for a long time. We hadn't seen our Subaru for a couple of weeks when we visited the garage where the works been done and that's after owning the car for only a few months. We both really miss our car and it's going to be a long wait until we get it back.
We decided to do a step by step BHP upgrade and the first step is to build the engine so it's capable of handling the final stage power. So the 60 BHP increase is a step along that journey. Strengthening the engine is where the main expense is [emoji21]
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Step by step was always my approach. I'd rarely upgrade a number of components at a time where possible as I wanted to feel the difference (or not) each made individually and go from there.
The best money I ever spent was when I took the car to Powerstation, right next door to Litchfield Imports. They sorted its alignment and performed their 'bump steer' modification - basically putting shims in the steering rack to prevent the front wheels toeing under suspension compression and therefore reducing/eliminating understeer. The car pretty much went in without a single wheel pointing in the right direction, which obviously amplified the effect, but it was by far the best £130 (iirc) I've ever spent.
Eibach springs, updated droplinks and a stiffer rear anti-roll bar were added later piece by piece, but nothing else had that night and day difference.I've an E92 M3 now. It's got the utterly incredible 414bhp V8 in it and is a far superior car, but I don't think I love it any more than the old Scoob.
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^^ Gotta love the Eibachs, I put them on pretty much every car I own!
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Agreed. A set is one of the only things the M3 might ‘need’ in the future, but that would only be to drop it a couple of cm at the front. Doubt it’ll happen.
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Just a word to the wise: If you're planning on modding a car right out of the box, often times it makes sense to just pony up and get the most powerful version of said car. As is often the case with my cars, I can't seem to leave them alone. Given the money I tend to dump into them, I'd have been better off buying the hotter version from the jump complete with heavier duty brakes, cooling systems, suspension, etc. Right now, I'm regretting not buying an M2 or M4. I love my car but even with the upgrades (should be pushing ~380 whp or so) it just still leaves me wanting more.
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Just a word to the wise: If you're planning on modding a car right out of the box, often times it makes sense to just pony up and get the most powerful version of said car. As is often the case with my cars, I can't seem to leave them alone. Given the money I tend to dump into them, I'd have been better off buying the hotter version from the jump complete with heavier duty brakes, cooling systems, suspension, etc. Right now, I'm regretting not buying an M2 or M4. I love my car but even with the upgrades (should be pushing ~380 whp or so) it just still leaves me wanting more.
Its true. Modding is a mugs game
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@Streetwise:
Agreed. A set is one of the only things the M3 might ‘need’ in the future, but that would only be to drop it a couple of cm at the front. Doubt it’ll happen.
and a supercharger…
though, i don't really want to mess with the s65 that much because it's an engineering marvel..Just a word to the wise: If you're planning on modding a car right out of the box, often times it makes sense to just pony up and get the most powerful version of said car. As is often the case with my cars, I can't seem to leave them alone. Given the money I tend to dump into them, I'd have been better off buying the hotter version from the jump complete with heavier duty brakes, cooling systems, suspension, etc. Right now, I'm regretting not buying an M2 or M4. I love my car but even with the upgrades (should be pushing ~380 whp or so) it just still leaves me wanting more.
yes. but the satisfaction you get when you mod and you see your hard work come to fruition.. i know a m2,3,4,5 comes great out the box. but it's the bond between man and machine..
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Very true. Even if I were to get an M2 or M4, I'm sure I wouldn't be able to leave it stock. I may have a problem
think about it.. you've got akrapovic for the bmws, renntech for the AMGs and milltek for RS..
i've seen a few videos on highly modded Ms on LivingLifeFast's channel on youtube. some of the fastests m5 and 135M putting out 900-1000bhp to 700-800bhp respectively.. -
This car loves the mountains…
The summer BBS wheels and Michelin Super Sport tires are off and new Niche wheels and Michelin Alpin Pilot tires for winter...not that it’s going to see much of winter
