# I Know this is a longshot...... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 23, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-know-this-is-a-longshot/185790 "2006-10-23T17:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![falloutpunk2001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@falloutpunk2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/falloutpunk2001)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-know-this-is-a-longshot/185790/17 "2006-10-24T14:28:07Z")
> [@so my window got smashed in](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-my-window-got-smashed-in/25291/41): > > In all seriousness Luke to help you out. But this is your first year of even attempting this sorta thing. As far as mods, i’d take care of all that stuff on your truck you said would break if someone else drove it. If the truck isn’t mechically running where you can push the hell outta it when your on course, then work on getting it there first. Second, once you feel its soild enough to take the abuse, take a EVO school next year. [http://autocross.server269.com/evolution/modules/news/](http://autocross.server269.com/evolution/modules/news/) > No mods you will ever do to your truck will make up for a actual learning experience (aka. you need more seat time) when you are evaluated and compared to better drivers. There is probaly more time left in your truck than you know, trust me. If you need proof, go look at your class and PAX results [North Hills Sports Car Club Autocross Results](http://www.nhscc.com/2006/20061022/20061022.htm) > When you can start running near the upper half on the PAX index THEN you can start to think about major mods. Again not flaming you, but if your serious about this then you have to do it the right way. Tossing a V8 in your truck will make the truck alot faster, but it doesn’t automaticly boost your driving skill level at the same time either. i definetely understand. I know what my truck runs is about what yuou can get out of the thing. It only goes to about 4k rpm tops before internals would break. You gotta remember, it is a pushrod 4 cyl that only made 96 hp at the crank brand new and bone stock 15 years ago. At the point I am at now more power is direly needed. I am not trying to get gobs of power to make up for bad driving. I just want a little help getting a bone stock v8 in there to make up for the fact a fat kid in a golf cart could outrun my truck. I literally need less than 1500 to get the rest of this project together. And in all reality I am a very decent driver. Throw dave stoner or justin in my truck and you might get a couple tenths less than me, but to be honest it really is almost entirely the equipment holding me back. And I dont want to switch to a different platform because A) I dont have the money for that, and B) I love my truck. What I really need to do even before the project gets fully underway is another daily driver. So we will see where that leads Oh BTW my name is Jake, not Luke. Someone fucked it up in the computer and they have been calling me that for months now. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-know-this-is-a-longshot/185790)._