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Originally Posted by NoFriends
Go with a WRX, I love mine.
They are great cars with fantastic build quality and reliability. Gas milage is pretty decent, I average about 22mpg and thats city driving. Stock, the boost doesnt kick in till about 3100rpm, so its easy to putter around town out of boost and save some gas. But when you are racing, contrary to popular believe, there is no turbo lag. If you launch in boost, the remaining gears will always been in the powerband and the turbo will be fully spooled.
And like your 5.0, you can expect great returns if you do decide to mod it. A full turbo back exhaust and ECU reflash will net you 55-60hp to the wheels for roughly $1200-1400. Throw on and up-pipe in addition to the TBE and you can see your turbo fully spooled by 2700 or maybe a tad bit lower. So for $1500+\- you are going to be making around 300hp (230ish awhp) with great reliability and delivery.
I'm 21 with a clean driving record and insurance is about $180/m on a WRX, compared to the $200 my parents were paying for my civic.
They are great cars with fantastic build quality and reliability. Gas milage is pretty decent, I average about 22mpg and thats city driving. Stock, the boost doesnt kick in till about 3100rpm, so its easy to putter around town out of boost and save some gas. But when you are racing, contrary to popular believe, there is no turbo lag. If you launch in boost, the remaining gears will always been in the powerband and the turbo will be fully spooled.
And like your 5.0, you can expect great returns if you do decide to mod it. A full turbo back exhaust and ECU reflash will net you 55-60hp to the wheels for roughly $1200-1400. Throw on and up-pipe in addition to the TBE and you can see your turbo fully spooled by 2700 or maybe a tad bit lower. So for $1500+\- you are going to be making around 300hp (230ish awhp) with great reliability and delivery.
I'm 21 with a clean driving record and insurance is about $180/m on a WRX, compared to the $200 my parents were paying for my civic.
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And I dont know what exactly you are looking for inside a car..
Mine has a 6 disc in dash CD player, AC control and a clock, what more do you need? An ATM and a naked midget jumping around the dash?
Mine has a 6 disc in dash CD player, AC control and a clock, what more do you need? An ATM and a naked midget jumping around the dash?
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Originally Posted by NoFriends
what more do you need? An ATM and a naked midget jumping around the dash?
Like I said the WRX is a good car, just costly IF it does break down, even though I would consider it just as reilable as a Honda, Hondas are cheap to fix.
WRX is certianly more fun to drive.Really though, go with Supra's
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Originally Posted by NoFriends
But a supra pushing 18-20psi is going to be eating a shitload of gas under boost.
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Rep Power: 0 I would too, but he said he was trying to get away from his gas guzzling 5.0, swapping it out for a car that would probably eat more gas wouldnt be the best idea. Filling that tank up on a minimum of 93 octane every 4 days wouldnt be fun.
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Rep Power: 320 True, but I'm guessing he has a cam, 4.10 rear end and a couple of other things, very close set up that I have on my F-150 and I get about 11 MPG, so going into a Supra that gets about 19-23MPG would be a plus, going from my civic that gots 32 to that truck hurt though, good thing I have a 40 gallon tank. lol But you right, if he want's MPG, he should go with a Civic HX or a VW TDI of sorts.
Do Supra's require 93 octane? I'm guessing 91 at most becasue that's the highest California can get in a normal gas station.
Do Supra's require 93 octane? I'm guessing 91 at most becasue that's the highest California can get in a normal gas station.
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Originally Posted by jcem
...or a Sentra SE-R Spec V?
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Rep Power: 0 You can get 93 at certain stations, but you are right about most stations. 95% of them only have 91 octane here.
But I was just figuring that if you have a supra, its not going to remain stock. And pushing bigger numbers is going to require a higher octane to avoid knocking and detonation.
But I was just figuring that if you have a supra, its not going to remain stock. And pushing bigger numbers is going to require a higher octane to avoid knocking and detonation.
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Rep Power: 320 Well, that depends, if he is going to keep the 5.0, that would be his "toy" and the Supra would be a daily driver. Honestly though, if I had a Supra, it would be close to stock, maybe upgrade in the cooling system and a turbo timer, but striaght out of the box it is fast enough for me, at as my dialy driver. Now chances are I would buy some cheap car as my dialt driver and then try a push twice the air through that beast, but that's just me 
Plus around here I can buy 104 octane easily, Infact more stations here carry 93 octane than 91, woot for Ohio's high octane, boo for our high sulfur content that is causing acid rain and leaching into our water supply and slowly killing us.
Plus around here I can buy 104 octane easily, Infact more stations here carry 93 octane than 91, woot for Ohio's high octane, boo for our high sulfur content that is causing acid rain and leaching into our water supply and slowly killing us. My SL65 rim, because a rim is all I can afford
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.0HO
Maybe sell my 5.0 and invest in the supra??
Well, then you'll be in the same boat you are in now, 10-15MPG
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.0HO
But with a Supra....@_@
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...saves gas, looks good and is fast.
You could get the Lotus Elise with 23 mpg city / 27 mpg hwy
or like mentioned the Accord V6 Hybrid with 29 mpg city / 37 mpg hwy
but those aren't on the list. Obviously the fastest is the RX-8. It is RWD and has probably the best handling out of those vehicles stock. However, it wastes the most gas and oil. The Mazda community is known for its Zoom-zoom factor.
The WRX is great, it is also very tuner friendly because it has AWD instead of a FWD platform and comes stock with a turbo.
The RSX-S is more fuel efficient while it being a great 6-spd car. It has that excellent handling factor for a FWD car, but ultimately is limited to the fact that it is FWD.
The Civic is the most fuel efficient. Fast?
The Civic is fast only if you want people on the other side of the world to hear you coming becuase revving the car into VTEC will make it really noisy... But hey, with gas prices the way they are, I only need $26 to fill a full tank and I can get 330+ miles on it.Looks wise, out of the bunch I'd choose the RX-8.
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.0HO
Im feeling the RX-8 also but peeps say that there not good..anyone let me know why?? I know some peeps with those cars and they like em alot. And they look like they run very good.
I don't know about the RX-8, but the RX-7's that I have driven, if you where just kind of puting aorund town, and all of the sudden wanted to get on it, forget it. Those cars had to be super high RPMs to go anywhere fast. Completely torqueless IMO. Now if you where in high RPMs, that thing wold move. But you just couldn't stomp on it and go. They are more of a track car where you can keep the car revving high all the time.
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Originally Posted by civicvtec1ps
If you are trying save money on gas.
Get Civic Hybrid or Toyota Prius.
WRX ,RX8, RSX type s, none of those cars are fuel efficient.
Get Civic Hybrid or Toyota Prius.
WRX ,RX8, RSX type s, none of those cars are fuel efficient.
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Originally Posted by Mustang5.0HO
Anyone know anything of a Integra Type R?? Theres someone selling one around here...Someone told me that thats a fake?? true?
anyway sorry for rambling, just wanted to try and help so no one tried to make you think it was a real itr when it wasnt. look for pics online for real itr pics to understand some of the things i was saying. also get the vin of the car and find out if it is an ITR.
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