I would suggest some go fast mods, instead those "look good" bits......

 

Interesting dicotomey

Brad == All go, no show.

Urmil == All show, no go.

Both offering advice to the same guy. He should be pretty well confused soon.

I have a little of both, so I won't wade in personally. I'll just say, do whatever Brandon. Show, go, both, neither (well not neither, Stock is boring. ) Enjoy it though whatever you do, and post up pictures so we can make fun of you when it's done.

 

Enough said

 

o how it haunts me so...

picked this up... at 11pm last nite, off a random gas station on i65 somewhere between INDY/Chicago... while doused in nyquil... and nursing a pound of BBQ rib tips + hotlinks from Barbara Ann's on my passenger seat...

why? cuz the gf left town!!

 

Got the same problem at my house too.

 

Funny I didn't see Pete's response regarding my car with "No Go" parts earlier. I'd argue that my car, being NA, has quite a few more "Go Fast" parts, pieces than quite a few others that are modded up in the region.

Hmmm, let's see: intake, header, exhaust, suspension, brake pads, steel braded lines, ECU, IM gasket, tb, and a few other things that I may have forgotten. In fact, I did all that before I added bumper covers, wings, hardtops, seats, etc.

In anycase, if the ultimate goal was to go faster and not have reliability concerns, the first thing I'd redo is learning how to drive the car faster than I already can box-stock. The goal wasn't....it was to mod the car the way I wanted and enjoy life wasting some money on things that may be meaningless to 99.999% of the world.

If I was guessing, I'd think that Brendan's goal for modding is more towards general interest as well. If going fast was his sole motivation, he would either not be modding an S2000, or he wouldn't be looking for parts like a CF trunk, BYS style wing, dumped suspension, etc. I think he's into modding for individualizing his car his way....hence, doing what he's doing.

 

Let me add to that how uncool it is to be able to jump in my car whenever I want, start her up, let motor warm up, and go out for a spin at anytime I want....hell, I could drive cross-country without much more concern other than an oil change. In fact, I think that I've done that in the past...a couple of times: two trips to Denver and back, one trip to Austin and back, three times to Asheville...... All that and daily-driven.

Seems to me that my car "goes" pretty well. Hmmm....how uncool.

Is this to say that those modded aesthetically to the extent as me (if not more) and have less in performance mods == "Rice-ier"?

 

Oh well, can't satisfy everyone. modding a car and proving which one is better is like parents competing who's child is smarter.

i think the child is perfectly happy and the parent should be too. so, it seems useless trying to make everyone see that your baby is any better.

i have a riced out, body damaged, too low, oil burning miata that i cherish. Yup i have a fart can and might as well get lambo doors but all in all i love that P.O.S.

BTW- i personally like Urmil's look for an authentic JDM look. I also like Brad's car since he took the time and effort to swap a motor he likes into that green two door coupe. each to their own ways i guess.


and tony, good luck on the hood. with the added stiffness, you can have hood sex and not worry about denting the aluminum oem hood.

 

like i always say.. do as you like, its your car..