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echostats -> RE: Complete Engine Setup . . . (12/18/2006 9:33:28 PM)
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There is a route I could take with my answer that would make you hate me, so I won't do that. I will tell you the story of my life in dsms.
I bought a 95 N/A Eclipse about 3 years ago. I loved it from the second I bought it until the day I sold it (2 months ago). I never, EVER cared about speed much more than your average 10 over speeding, yadda yadda. Next thing I knew, I was at my buddies house who owns a TT Nissan 300zx. He took me for a ride and I almost crapped my pants. It was at that moment that I was in your position.
I was talking about slapping on a turbo, etc. Now, I wasn't so extreme to say I wanted to do an AWD conversion, because as Emonz said, yea... don't even think about it. After 6 months of loving my car, I wanted to love it more. I wanted it to be fast, sweet and I wanted people to think I was something. Yea, that basically describes your position perfectly.
Anyhow, to speed this story up, I posted on so many dsm sites hoping someone would give me the answer I wanted to hear but no, everyone told me what I am going to tell you:
Take the money that you plan to put into your car, slap yourself in the face with it, then put it in the bank. Save it and add to it until you have about 8-10k. Sell your car, wave goodbye to those sweet f&f graphics, wings, whatever else it has that makes it look how you like and say hello to a lot easier route to success.
Once you get close to your goal, start looking on autotrader, ebay, everything. Don't settle for second best. I didn't. I looked for a 98-99 AWD MINT low mileage dsm for 4 months until I found the one I own now. Bought it with 62k miles on it, it's a 98 AWD. I am not going to talk about how much I paid, but it's in that range that I have told you to save up to.
You will have your car that you will actually be able to do something with. I am not going to be the last one to say this, so get used to it:
Sell your car unless you plan to go slow.
I am VERY aware of the many, many people that turbo charge a 420a and I respect every one of them but you, my friend, do not sound like the mechanical type, the type to slap a turbo on a 420a motor. Sorry.
I do not expect you to listen to me. It took me many many many months of people telling me to sell my car before I actually did it. I know you can't go back in time, but it's not smart to buy a car and immediately want to do impossible things with it (e.g. awd conversion). It's a sure bet you won't have your n/a car for long with the way your talking.
Hope this helped but I know it probably just pissed you off. I know it pissed me off back when I was sporting my 95 NA. Good luck and welcome to the forums.
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