please don’t get a vw.
if you are spending 5k you can get an sr20 swapped s13 with a decent amount of suspension / brake mods.
as long as the motor is healthy you can do 300wheel all day long. some people run 350-400 on stock everything for a decent amount of time before something lets go and even then its usually just the stock headgasket.
yea, get a 1g dsm. cheapest easiest way to make good power and AWD.
DSM are fucking gay and ugly
You are gay and ugly.
dsm’s are pretty ugly
but they have that old school jdm nostalgic initial D kind of look to them(even tho they arent from japan lol)
i like mine so far. it’s probably gonna blow up soon
most important thing is making sure anything that can break/go wrong, is fixed
You can get all gaskets, headstuds, tc flush, oil change, filter, plugs/wires, coolant flush, tstat, whatever for under 500bucks probably.
Im trying to go over my car now and fix all of the typical dsm owner shit
Such as:
Amp/subs/speakers grounded to the fuel pump and rear strut tower bar with duct tape
The cruise control laying in the engine bay and not actually bolted on
a Waterbottle as a coolant overflow catchcan (no offense haha)
Just dont buy a hack car
and get a 1g awd
And yea, 275/300 dsm hp is a lot slower than a 275/300 hp civic
MR2.
Making power on anything FWD is fucking gay.
Oh hush
And this thread is really biased, everyone who recommended a car, has that car
except turbociv
and me…i just keep quiet about what i do have…
I don’t have an SC300… something similar, yes. But no SC300 here.
i dont have the miata yet… but will be picking one up in the next month or 2
how did i know you would be saying that some point in this thread
Cause i dont beat around the truth…
srt4 owns all of the cars mentioned if you want performance/reliability. Just get a Mopar Stage 3 kit and be done with it (if you can find one).
I can’t believe someone suggested a 1.8t with a chip intake and exhaust. I didn’t ask for a 15sec car. That thing would have maybe 220 and that is not what I want. On the 1.8t I would go gt28 right away. I’m just looking for a solid platform to put down some good power. And what it seems is that the dsm is probably the way to go. Kinda what I figured. But why the 1g over the 2g? I’m semi interested in the miata idea what do you use for tuning ?
im still doing my homework for that. i have another month to look around. there are a few diff options though… cant wait for a 250whp miata 
Just get a 240sx, swap it, and beat on it and not care since its cheap and parts are everywhere.
240’s are pretty hard to be from a value for money standpoint.