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>>17389578
yes you go faster when the engine is revved high, and so your suspension needs to do more work

>>17389606
I mean different how well it works, not how much it has to work. Different in that the handling can be improved while at high revs, where the car would have been more difficult to control if you didn't rev as high.

Kinda, it's more about the amount of torque you can get to the wheels, which changes as you rev higher and change gears.

Being in a low gear at high RPM and coasting into the corner off-throttle causes the drive wheels to resist the forward movement of the car, which causes weight transfer which greatly affects handling. In a RWD car, the back end will stabilize and pull the car into line as it proceeds through the corner, and in a FWD car, the engine braking that occurs can shift the weight to the front, creating more positive turn-in.

if you are in a high gear at cruising RPM, the engine cannot transmit much torque to the ground, nor does engine braking have much of an effect, creating a loose, unstable feel in RWD cars and causing understeer in FWD cars while cornering.

It is always smart to revmatch and go down a gear before cornering, as you gain stability and precision, especially in rain or snow.

Because nobody gives a fuck about your pooropean shitbox mobiles. Plus they have 0 car culture in poorope since the roads are from the 1900s

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>>17389495
>he doesn't know about diesel Fiats

Shit cars that no longer exist or are worth giving a fuck about. VW is somewhat cool because they tried to pull off a badass international heist in an otherwise liberal shit hole society but the rest Can burn

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>>17388821
beat me to it.

In reality I'd expect him to drive a Range Rover. Seems to fit him somehow.

donked 300

>>17388654
Went through that region for power tour 2015. Cops were mostly chill but I would recommend a radar detector anyway.

>>17388675
Would rather not spend but if it comes down to it, is there a specific you'd recommend?

Florida always seems to be chill as fuck, I regularly pull 100 in the left lane on I-75 and the cops never seem to be around.

>>17388644
At this point it's a 17 year old car, even if it's a Honda or Toyota shit is going to start breaking. My friends gf had one of those and it was a pile of shit a decade ago.

>>17388659
Yeah, but that's the same kind of car that's recommended in the sticky. Is it really just "if you want a reliable car, you need to spend more than 5k?"

4k is a lot for a 1999 Civic.

4k here gets you like a 2006 Civic

>>17388605
should also add that this will be my daily driver in socal

>>17388605
Yes that's a bad idea.

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should be alright, a 2000 or 2001 3.0i would be better but the 2.8's rock fuckin solid and no vanos to worry about, i believe. also lots of power potential and knowledge from e36 wackos

downsides are the cheap shitty interior you'll be replacing parts from regularly and a fucking weird frankenstein suspension that loves rear wheel hop you can't really eliminate

that said, comfy interior and i personally adore the styling

just make sure you can drop at least a grand per year on repairs, and MAKE SURE you find a well cared for example, don't try to fix up a bad example it always costs more.

also make sure you have a garage or car port to work on it so you don't need to worry about time of day or weather

>>17388511

No black people in my town

>>17388511
I saw a nigger once and he was driving my bicycle.

If /pol/ hates Libs so much, why don't they have children and teach them their wisdom?

Oh wait, nobody who browses /pol/ will ever have a chance to breed.

>>17388403
just do it properly and make sure that you don't exceed the vehicle's drivetrain, axles, and especially transmission limitations

>how hard
depends on motor to vehicle to transmission to OBD. sometimes, the motors fit right on the stock mounts which gets rid of all the hardware issues. then you have to fab all the connectors for the rest of the car unless there's a pre-built kit (like a lot of cummins / ls adapter kits).

>pros
if done by pros, whatever you want
>cons
if done by conartists, everything

>>17388403
>I'm just curious as to how hard motor swaps are

the further away from the original engine specs you go, the harder it is. meaning swapping an inline 4 for another I4 with a bit more displacement is probably not too bad. trying to shove a v8 into a ford focus, however, pretty much requires you to be a mechanical engineer with a few years into the industry.

>>17388428
>yfw v8 red swap kits exist

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
YOU CANT MAKE THIS SHIT UP

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>posters: 1

toyocucks on suicide watch

>>17388251
1le or go home

>>17388251
good goy, spend $36k minus measly trade-in instead of a fraction of the price on competent repairs and maintenance on your otherwise perfectly good vehicle..

>>17388251
Fix your current car.

CAR

66

GOT

GRAVEL

ALL OVER

THE TRACK

AND NOW

I HAVE TO CALL

A SAFETY CAR

CAR 66

JUST TO BE CLEAR

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>>17388073
First for more Prezo tears

TOYOTA NO

PLEASE NO

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Nothing, its a God Machine like pic related.

>>17387931
>Nothing
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Like it happens to every "compact" car these days.

>MOAR SAFETY (of course ok to a certain point)
>MOAR LEGROOM
>MOAR CUSHIONING ROOM
>MOAR ELECTRONICS
>MOAR MOAR

All this makes every car in its class grow bigger and bigger so that the current civic is as big as a full family sedan was a couple years ago

Yes that's a good deal.

3kgt is never a good deal

Good deal for a polish and flip

>>17387417
Only buy brand names. Michelin, Continental, Goodyear, BFGoodrich, etc.

Are you planning on offroading it at all, or just street/highway use?

>>17387417
Goodyear Wranglers, they have the same name so it must be good

>>17387425
I bought the Jeep because some clients are live off-road, even mountains. But, it's mostly highway I'll be hitting.

>>17387235
>Seems like burgers aren't really into gravel/off road racing stuff like rally
There really isn't anywhere good to rally in the untied states, that's why nobody does it here

>>17387235
As for truck racing, it's expensive.
Expect to dump like 100k into a race truck, expect things to break every single time you take it out.

>>17387235
>where do you go to watch off road racing like pic related?
>links a pic taken in the united states