What to buy?

• Deviancez

  22 Jun 08, 10:50

  I'm a car addict. and my dad is going to buy a car for track use and daily use.

   

  So i wanna know what you guys buy.....

  Mydad wants a japanese make, quite old about 1982 to 2002 region. Must be cheap, engine or no engine.

  Coz he wants to swap engine........zzz

• n0x

  22 Jun 08, 11:52

  is ur dad freaking serious??!!!!?!?

  or is he joking with you..

  firstly... a car for track use will nv be good for daily use and vice versa...

  secondly... swapping engine in sg is illegal...

   

• NoobBOY

  22 Jun 08, 16:29

  What's the point of buying a car for track use in SG

• nightsky87

  22 Jun 08, 16:49

  So why not buy the car with the engine that he wants in the first place?

• alleggerita

  23 Jun 08, 00:53

  Originally posted by n0x:

  is ur dad freaking serious??!!!!?!?

  or is he joking with you..

  firstly... a car for track use will nv be good for daily use and vice versa...

  secondly... swapping engine in sg is illegal...

   

  Not utterly impossible for a car to be good on both the track and on the road. Just need to fix adjustable dampers to the car where you can tune the compression and rebound rates.

  Problem is it's super troublesome and you need to be an expert. 

• alleggerita

  23 Jun 08, 00:54

  Originally posted by NoobBOY:

  What's the point of buying a car for track use in SG

  Can. Drive up north to Sepang. 

• Troy437

  23 Jun 08, 00:58

  I think you dad must be kidding.

  If he is serious, I dun think he will let you drive it if he has done it up nicely.

  Bcoz as a father, I will not make my car a racing car and let my children drive it and  risk their lives racing.

• BrUtUs

  23 Jun 08, 16:07

  sounds like sch holiday talk.....

• NoobBOY

  23 Jun 08, 17:57

  Originally posted by alleggerita:

  Can. Drive up north to Sepang. 

  LOL! Drive to sepang with that! What a nice choice of car to do that.

  If me i would by a car tuned for off road purpose and drive up to sepang and also drive uphill on bukit timah and mount faber lol

• Deviancez

  28 Jun 08, 09:50

  yep, i tried to tell him, but now he found out its illegal.

  So which make do you guys suggest? Nissan?

• nightsky87

  28 Jun 08, 10:39

  Originally posted by Deviancez:

  yep, i tried to tell him, but now he found out its illegal.

  So which make do you guys suggest? Nissan?

  Nissan? GT-R lor..

• alleggerita

  28 Jun 08, 14:19

  GT-R only from parallel importers now, so there's a certain degree of risk. Tan Chong has yet to officially bring in the Nissan GT-R yet.

• n0x

  29 Jun 08, 02:11

  Originally posted by alleggerita:

  GT-R only from parallel importers now, so there's a certain degree of risk. Tan Chong has yet to officially bring in the Nissan GT-R yet.

  
  isnt he talking abt old cars still??

  why suddenly bring up the new gtr... LOL

• alleggerita

  29 Jun 08, 02:18

  Originally posted by n0x:

  
  isnt he talking abt old cars still??

  why suddenly bring up the new gtr... LOL

  Oops, my bad! 

• n0x

  29 Jun 08, 02:52

  Originally posted by nightsky87:

  Nissan? GT-R lor..

  
  so erm..

  which model do u suggest?? and why/?

• nightsky87

  29 Jun 08, 02:57

  Originally posted by n0x:

  
  so erm..

  which model do u suggest?? and why/?

  Since TS's dad wants to reinvent the wheel, then most probably the R32/33/34 (since they more or less fall into the 82-02 timeline) and TS's dad can swap the RB26DETT for the VR38DETT if it makes him happier and if he can use it for "street and track" use, lol.

   

• n0x

  29 Jun 08, 04:00

  Originally posted by nightsky87:

  Since TS's dad wants to reinvent the wheel, then most probably the R32/33/34 (since they more or less fall into the 82-02 timeline) and TS's dad can swap the RB26DETT for the VR38DETT if it makes him happier and if he can use it for "street and track" use, lol.

   

  engine bay big enough?? LOL...

  seriously.. who would want to take out a gem like RB26DETT.. it has been proven to go up to 1000bhp...

  has the VR38DETT been proven yet???

• n0x

  29 Jun 08, 04:01

  Originally posted by Deviancez:

  yep, i tried to tell him, but now he found out its illegal.

  So which make do you guys suggest? Nissan?

  
  eg6(5gth gen civict type r) / ek9 (6th gen civic type r)

  double wishbone all round... u dun get such a chassis from jap cars anymore nowadays....

• alleggerita

  29 Jun 08, 16:15

  Originally posted by n0x:

  
  eg6(5gth gen civict type r) / ek9 (6th gen civic type r)

  double wishbone all round... u dun get such a chassis from jap cars anymore nowadays....

  Ahhh, double wishbone front and rear. Kinda rare now on Jap cars. Or even conti cars at that. Now most front suspension system is just a simple MacPherson strut.

• Deviancez

  2 Jul 08, 21:57

  But the civic is much of a front-wheel drive i heard? My dad might go for grip and power settings.

• n0x

  3 Jul 08, 03:23

  Originally posted by Deviancez:

  But the civic is much of a front-wheel drive i heard? My dad might go for grip and power settings.

  
  and how does front wheel drive affect grip and power??

  and what kinda settings?? sounds like something out of maximum tune... LOL

• alleggerita

  5 Jul 08, 12:22

  Originally posted by Deviancez:

  But the civic is much of a front-wheel drive i heard? My dad might go for grip and power settings.

  Do you know you can actually carry more speed into a corner in a FWD car than in a RWD car? You need to employ the slow-in-fast-out tactic in a RWD car to prevent oversteer, but for FWD, just chuck the car into the corner and accelerate. If it understeers, just release the accelerator.

  So in theory, a FWD car is faster than a RWD car in a corner.