TougeLove

So ricers were popular in the 90's,then the jdm craze, then drifting and now vip/hellaflush. Just curious what everyone thinks is next?

old school japanese? they're getting more and more popular.

I mainly ask because I am looking for a new project and dont want a jdm honda or another s chassis or something that has been done a 1000 times. i want something with potential. currently own a 2011 wrx and plan on keeping it while I build another car.

only car that has caught my eye is the late 80's porsche 944 turbo.

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simmode1

I've been talking about the 944's for years now. My old roommate had one but he was too broke to do anything cool with it. Plus he had no style. The car has sexy ass lines though. I'm in love with those fenders.


I'd love to see one with good wheel fitment and an STI swap. Putting a stout turbo boxer engine into a Porsche just makes sense to me. I hear maintenance costs are similar to what you'd expect from a BMW or more though, so be prepared.

rat240

what about the old school mini truck style

gist864

rx7 fc not a s chassis rotary engine and you don't see them everyday

thisisastickup

this thread is awful. back when "rice" was cool, it wasn't fucking rice. drifting is still cool. jdm shit is still cool.


do what you want, chances are nobody will like it anyway. your shit should make you happy.

exitspeed

Whoa, better listen to this dude. Sounds like he knows whats up.

Lol. Dude, there was always ricey shit even when the "scene" started getting popular and it wasn't cool. Sure there were very little elitist pricks back then but shitty cars were still called ricey.

You know how I know that? Because I was modifying cars years becore you were even in the double digits of life. This was well before the internet was your main source of car. info, magazines were.

You wouldn't know about that kinda shit though.

Point is don't come in here shitting on a thread about a subject you weren't even around to know wtf was going on.

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TougeLove

Word^ I remember helping my buddy make a custom exhaust for his 91 mr2 back in 95. Also helped a friend do one of the first door poppers anyone around us had seen.

I'm ultimately going to do what makes me happy but what's wrong with seeing some inspiration and other peoples interests?

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exitspeed

Also, I always wanted to build a 944 Turbo.

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BoostSlideWayz

Not sure if you like lancia fulvia's but i love them when they are done right... My old boss i used to work for had a rally one .

And a friend of his owns this one.. I love love this blue one, has a slick style to it that i just love. And actually rarely see them ever, Im not sure the availability of them are though because my boss was back n forth from all over the world and bringing back cars with him. I think it would be cool to get one of these.

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Matej

The cheapest thing one can do to a Porsche 944 is buy it.
Plus the car has a tendency to burn down to the ground. Ironically, exactly that happened to a local kid who bought one.

There is a reason why they sell for less than beat up 240SX's.

word sux

truth

944's are junk and cost an arm and a leg to maintain.

if you want to be cool and original then why the fuck are you asking people what to do... so uncool

DisEpyon

All this crap is still going on today, Its a giant mix of differing colors of skittles. Some areas may have more greens and some may have more reds. Just depends on the area you live in. I guess you see more of the so called "vip/hellaflush".

Like others have said this thread is silly, asking people what you should trend into next.

simmode1

Thanks for the heads up. I knew maintenance was rough, since my roommate's stayed broken all the damn time, but I thought it was his fault. I was wondering why you don't see more of them...

Well, how about this:


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myKAl

nice ^^ i've definetly(spell check) seen more modified 944s then supra 3s, thatd be pretty cool, what about the 914s, theyre pretty cool, not my taste for looks but sounds intense, dont know much about them though

Walperstyle

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ghost_silvia

My dad got his 924 from my uncle I guess as a midlife crisis deal. Fucking neighborhood kids rolled it down the street and stripped the interior. It never ran the same and the parts were expensive as he'll. I personally have always liked the 928s. Maybe find a cheap boxter and slam it. Starion / conquests are pretty uncommon.

Slammed Assassin

Im seeing more and more slammed mini trucks.

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TheWolf

The only problem with 944's is LSD's and how they mount their turbos.

not all 944 turbos come with LSD's. Since they run a torque tube/rear transaxle, it's a bitch to put one in and it costs an arm and a leg. About $2000 for a new LSD and then you install it, which consists of R&Ring a whole porsche transmission, or $1200-$1500 for a nice used porsche turbo lsd equipped gearbox.

Second. Turbos. Most people mount turbos off a short manifold. not porsche and their infinite wisdom. Since the motor is canted space is unavailable so they have a small manifold that goes to a pipe. That pipe wraps underneath the oil pan and back up the other side of the block to the turbo. Yep the turbo is placed underneath that lame intake then the intercooler piping does another lap of the engine bay.

It looked worse than the audi turbo quatro's in the day.

That and spontaneous combustion is confirmed.

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rat240

upsdude

what's old is new again.

Piggy

Interesting thread.

No go on the Porsche. I've tried and the little shit just gets too annoying. Unless you've got the money to put a v8 in one and be racecar.

Mini trucks are boring, all show.

I've just always done my own thing, because there's never been a scene really in any place I've lived, so everything I've gotten idea's from were usually from someone I'll never meet. At first I was into muscle (south, go figure), and I really enjoyed it and I'm actually giving it another shot on my recently completed project.


These are just so nice to drag on Friday then just enjoy cruising on Sunday. (I feel old reading that.) 72 Cutlass, 350 'Rocket'

I've been sucked into the drifting scene, not because it's blowing up around me (LOL!), but because that shit is generally one of the most fun things to do in a car. There's just not a lot of that in my area, and traveling + tires makes me end up with an awesome drift car with nowhere to take it.



Before that, I did the v8 in an S-chassis because everyone seemed to have an awesome time with that. It was fun but honestly couldn't do anything but drag it. I did the lq4/lsx (ls2 heads, cam) and I put too short of a rear end in it to really enjoy it.


Tailor queen.

*Shit load of s13's to find one I actually enjoyed*

I inadvertently tried the vip thing, but there's not anything fun about it so what can I say.



Honestly, some of the most, all-around fun cars I had were cheap little Honda's when I was coming up to bigger things. They didn't break my bank, I didn't care what anyone thought of em or what was "in", and easy as hell to go to an Autocross and win in any class. I still try to keep one as a daily.



So, to answer your original question, I would like to see old school Japanese more often. My mom had an old Celica when I was younger and I love the small muscle look they had, just no so much the feeling. Engine would have to be something radical. I know I enjoy old school muscle and I enjoy my shitty Jap cars too, so I'm curious to find out what building a true cross would feel like. Oh, I had a Starion and it was cool, just hard to source a lot of things in any quick way. Just a lot of waiting games I played trying to get mine on the road.

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brndck

Chevy cavalier is the new cool thing. Get on it.

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TougeLove

^haha

I also thought about going 70's muscle (something that isnt going for 50k) and adding a cleaner look. I'm still doing research, but something like 1975 mustang with a little bit of 70's era celica JDM touch. Muscle under the hood, but just some simple aesthetics that change the overall look just enough.

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Piggy

That would be cool, with little diffusers and canards and whatnot.

It's always a pretty good choice. I have a lot of fun with mine, no matter what I'm going for, the end result always makes me way more happy compared to building anything else = truth. I'm happy with my whitetop cruiser with a sultry 400hp.

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simmode1

Man, are you fucking serious? Thats the worst turbo setup i've ever heard of. I was never remotely interested in that motor anyways used I heard about their headgasket issues and rebuilt costs. An STI swap just made sense to me. But that LSD issue is retarded as well. WTF was Porsche thinking?

All this is more evidence as to why S-chassis, Miata's and 3-series Beemers are so popular: relatively inexpensive, well thought out and pretty easy to modify. I hate to say it, but of today's cars, I feel that the Genesis coupe is gonna end up being on of those forgotten/overlooked chassis like the Z31's, 944's, Starion/Conquests, etc etc...

EDacIouSX

yea, most likely. But, I don't think the car looks all that amazing.

TougeLove

Yea, kind of like the Mach 1 options but different lol

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TheWolf

944 air routing, the turbo is hidden by the black air box but you get the idea.

Yes. Porsche does not believe in LSD's. With so much weight hanging out over the rear, they have little need for one but if you want to burn out and drift and hoonigan your toy car around, you'll need one. They make due with an open diff and get a lot done with it but in the end. Everyone is always looking for LSDs. It always runs like $1500-$2000 for one. It would be one thing if the porsche crap got cheaper as the cars became worthless but it doesn't. Brakes, timing belt, water pumps, are all 3x what they should be. As was said before. The cheapest thing about a 944 is buying it.

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mantas

A prius has never been done before....throw an LS in it hahah.

jesse_s13

Z31 suspension are bitch to modify.

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