# IM NEW!!!! lol **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-new-lol/19236 **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [October 24, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-new-lol/19236 "2006-10-24T12:06:46Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 129
### Author: ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss) #### Post date: [October 27, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-new-lol/19236/129 "2006-10-27T21:09:40Z")
> [@Daddie](#): > > Ok, I’m just chiming in here real quick. > > I drive a Galant, I mod it, make like 400HP eventually, and I drive it.It’s a 4 door sedan. > I know I won’t get my money back. > > However - I don’t go around affirming everyone that I “know everything there is to know about my car.” I think that’s the real thing that got everyone all riled up. > > Anyway - please. Listen to these people. Realize that you are going to spend a shitload of money to be different. I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I spent a couple grand modding it. All for what, .8 seconds off my 1/4? I wanted to be different. I wanted to drive the “fast Jeep” (15.0 @ 92 is not fast). I was off my rocker. I wanted to drop a 360 supercharged motor in there and run 13s!!! I got upgraded suspension to satisfy my addicition to better handling! I got 2 thick ass sway bars, new springs, shocks, EVERYTHING. So then, I had an ok handling Jeep that went kinda quick, only to have a Civic with a 500 dollar LS swap rape me in both acceleration and handling. I set a goal - I wanted a good handling vehicle that I could drive around all year that looked nice, and ran 14s with little modding. Money wasn’t the biggest factor, so I bought an Audi. > > So anyway - moral of the story : Don’t just start doing shit “just to be different.” When you are in over your head you’re going to have a half assed car. You don’t seem like the person who wants half assed anything. Seriously think about it - if you want a saturn to go fast, then do it. > > Don’t spend time upgrading shit you don’t need. Your APC exhaust tip, for example. wtf? > > I’m buzzed, this post probably didn’t make much sense. I’m not going to say this often, but besides being an online prick to newbs like you, newman actually knows what he is talking about… :word: and as much as I’d hate to admit it, i agree 100% with newmAn. u guys are just to hardheaded to listen. people need to do some better planning, research, and budgeting before they make goals for a car. none of this before understanding the basics of engines and performance this has NOTHING to do with “your car sucks, it cant happen”. to make it work takes ONE-OFF parts that take alota money. take my case for example. the fucker who built my engine last year got internals OTHER THAN WHAT I SPECIFICALLY TOLD HIM. nonetheless, i rebuilt my engine, THE RIGHT WAY, this year. in doing so, i bought a different type of block, but reused the crank and rods. come to find out, the rods he used were .025" SHORTER THAN STD LS1 ROD LENGTH. that motherfucker. to boot, i had to get a different piston as my block is a different bore size, and i wanted a better piston. so, because he used this fucked up length, AND THERE WERE NO OFF THE SHELF PISTONS that would work, I had to spec custom pistons, which cost close to DOUBLE the price. i got the pistons at dealer price, yet they were STILL OVER $1000… i was planning to spend no more than 600 MAX. little instances like that add up BIG. then, when u need other components to produce more power, such as a head, whos to say anyone has any experience porting that style head. you can spend BIG money getting a head job, which in the end may produce no, or even negative results. its all trial and error, and along the way, plan on forking out big bucks, results or nada SO, WE ARE NOT SAYING YOUR CAR SUCKS. NOT AT ALL. WE ARE ADVISING YOU WHAT YOU ARE IN FOR IF YOU DESPERATELY WANT TO STEER DOWN THIS PATH OF BEING “DIFFERENT”, ON A BUDGET --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-new-lol/19236)._