STH Multi-Step Build Plan/Thread

[SeeThruHead]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Then you need to sit down and scale back your goals. Right now your plan ends in you selling a broken car for pennies on the dollar.

If you're saying I have to forgo any type of forced induction because I don't have a garage. Well I respect your opinion, but I'm going to ignore it at my own peril haha You can come back and say I told you so in a couple years when I blow it up.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Then you need to sit down and scale back your goals. Right now your plan ends in you selling a broken car for pennies on the dollar.

Another Cupcake.

Seethru;

READ THIS THREAD FROM START TO FINISH.

[Build Thread] -- Journey to 700+ WHP [Supercharger]

[SeeThruHead]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Another Cupcake.

Seethru;

READ THIS THREAD FROM START TO FINISH.

[Build Thread] -- Journey to 700+ WHP [Supercharger]

Yeah I've already read that all. Hopefully not! But who knows.

[Chuck33079]

Im not saying forgo the project because of a lack of garage. I’m saying you should forgo the project because you have no garage, tools, mechanical skills, or driving skills.

Yet. Do bolt ons and suspension. Track the car for years. Learn how to take care of a car and buy the tools needed to do it. Then decide if you want to drop $20k on boost.

Or don’t. We could use another Shadow or CupcakeZ for our entertainment. Who are they, you ask? They are the last few people who walked in here without a clue and started buying go-fast parts. Read their threads. See the parallels. And then don’t be that guy.


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[Spooler]

Just go slow if you are hell bent to do it. Keep your power goals low. Since you don't want to work on the car much or have the space too the only TT kit I would recommend is a Fast Intentions TT kit. The maintenance on that kit is very minimal. Boosted Performance is a maintenance nightmare. Once you get up and running then you can make a decision if you want to go further at that time.

[Chuck33079]

Also, if you decide to go ahead on the project, make sure that you understand that you will need to ALWAYS have enough in the bank to purchase and install a new shortblock.

[SeeThruHead]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Im not saying forgo the project because of a
Yet. Do bolt ons and suspension. Track the car for years. Learn how to take care of a car and buy the tools needed to do it. Then decide if you want to drop $20k on boost.

That's basically the plan I laid out in the post, though I may not stay NA for years, maybe 1.5 year or so. I'm not sure yet.

Anyway I'd appreciate if we could move past this and get my thread back on track thank you.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Im not saying forgo the project because of a lack of garage. I’m saying you should forgo the project because you have no garage, tools, mechanical skills, or driving skills.

Yet. Do bolt ons and suspension. Track the car for years. Learn how to take care of a car and buy the tools needed to do it. Then decide if you want to drop $20k on boost.

Or don’t. We could use another Shadow or CupcakeZ for our entertainment. Who are they, you ask? They are the last few people who walked in here without a clue and started buying go-fast parts. Read their threads. See the parallels. And then don’t be that guy.


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Solid advice. Op, you're just starting out in life. Take the advice from guys on here that have been doing this for years. You start out with 2 buckets. One full of luck. The other one is an empty bucket of experience. When the bucket of luck is empty. You hope that the bucket of experience is full. If not, you're in a world of hurt.

[SeeThruHead]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Solid advice. Op, you're just starting out in life. Take the advice from guys on here that have been doing this for years. You start out with 2 buckets. One full of luck. The other one is an empty bucket of experience. When the bucket of luck is empty. You hope that the bucket of experience is full. If not, you're in a world of hurt.

Lol I'm not 16 guys. I'm 34 years old. Sure I'm a complete noob at this car thing, but I don't think I'm an idiot. (I'm prepared to be proven wrong tho, good life lesson!)

[Chuck33079]

Oh. If you're looking for only loving support and gentle handjobs no matter how dumb the plan, go to facebook. No idea is too dumb for them. Here we dispense good advice and tough love.

The honest to God truth is that you're going to be over your head by step one of your list. You need to come up the learning curve BEFORE you open your wallet. What you SHOULD do is go autoX the car for a year until you know WHY you're swapping out parts. It's a lot cheaper than open track days, its easier on consumables and you're a lot less likely to wad the car up.

Look - this is your first car and you're an inexperienced driver. You need miles driven, not horsepower.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by SeeThruHead

That's basically the plan I laid out in the post, though I may not stay NA for years, maybe 1.5 year or so. I'm not sure yet.

Anyway I'd appreciate if we could move past this and get my thread back on track thank you.

Read some of the build threads. Mine will show you on how to do things and what to expect. I have a couple of DYI threads linked on the first page.

Rusty's Nismo Journal

[SeeThruHead]

Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Oh. If you're looking for only loving support and gentle handjobs no matter how dumb the plan, go to facebook. No idea is too dumb for them. Here we dispense good advice and tough love.

The honest to God truth is that you're going to be over your head by step one of your list. You need to come up the learning curve BEFORE you open your wallet. What you SHOULD do is go autoX the car for a year until you know WHY you're swapping out parts. It's a lot cheaper than open track days, its easier on consumables and you're a lot less likely to wad the car up.

Look - this is your first car and you're an inexperienced driver. You need miles driven, not horsepower.

Noted

[Hotrodz]

At some point I will do a thread on my build. I am just not a journal kind of person. I finally completed my build list that is just over two pages and it shocked the chit out of me. The thing is most want instant gratification and they don't have the means to do as many of us have done and I am 8.5 five years in too modding my Z and as far as I can tell it will never stop unless I sell it or wad it up at the track! So for those that want to know how much it costs to build a Z Time Attack or race car they can price out all the parts and then triple it and they be pretty close to the actual cost of labor, parts and do overs. Oh and let's not talk about consumables, tools, trailers and lifts for those that think they want to go all in.

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[SeeThruHead]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Read some of the build threads. Mine will show you on how to do things and what to expect. I have a couple of DYI threads linked on the first page.

Rusty's Nismo Journal

Yeah I've read all of Elmos, all of Spoolers, and all of cupcakes. I've been meaning to get to yours and hotrods if he has one here as well.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by SeeThruHead

Lol I'm not 16 guys. I'm 34 years old. Sure I'm a complete noob at this car thing, but I don't think I'm an idiot. (I'm prepared to be proven wrong tho, good life lesson!)

The bucket thing holds true for anything you do in life. Starting a new job, starting a new hobby, this project that you are planning on.