VOTE! (Turbo vs. S/C)

[mikebdubsuby]

Originally Posted by frownonfun

to buy a car and swap the engine with a different car makes no sense to me. why didn't you just buy the car with the engine you swapped to in the first place?

Because I didn't know how significant the difference in holding boost was between a closed deck and open deck block. And once I bought the car and wanted to turbo it and did research and found out that my engine wouldn't hold, swapping seemed like a better option than selling my car and taking a loss. Swapping isn't a big deal. It was a weekend project. It was simple. I'm able to retain my complete stock drivetrain. All that was really involved was pulling one motor, swapping out the fuel pump for a higher flowing one, and then swapping the crossmember, drop the other motor in and you're done. With that mentality, why do anything to your car instead of buying a car that was modded by the previous owner? Because we're car enthusiasts.

[frownonfun]

Originally Posted by mikebdubsuby

With that mentality, why do anything to your car instead of buying a car that was modded by the previous owner? Because we're car enthusiasts.

which was kind of my point. i see posts all too often (like yours) questioning why people make performance modifications to a car like the yaris. i just don't get it. what does it matter to anyone else what one does to THEIR car? some people swap out perfectly good engines and others mod econoboxes. either way what's the problem?

and besides the poll doesn't ask hey do you think people should mod their yaris to make it faster.

not picking on you personally but i just wish people would stop popping into threads talking about how it doesn't make sense to mod the yaris. why does it have to make sense?

[The Spectacle]

Originally Posted by frownonfun

not picking on you personally but i just wish people would stop popping into threads talking about how it doesn't make sense to mod the yaris. why does it have to make sense?

It does have to make sense to those of us who value money and not throw it in the toilet because of a 100hp car. Modding this car for power is just plain...ugh I'll reserve my comments to avoid hurting someones feelings.

[PETERPOOP]

Originally Posted by The Spectacle

It does have to make sense to those of us who value money and not throw it in the toilet because of a 100hp car. Modding this car for power is just plain...ugh I'll reserve my comments to avoid hurting someones feelings.

Why'd you spend money on a stainless steel exhaust setup for the yaris? Help it "breathe" better?

[thebarber]

Originally Posted by PETERPOOP

Why'd you spend money on a stainless steel exhaust setup for the yaris? Help it "breathe" better?

[frownonfun]

Originally Posted by The Spectacle

It does have to make sense to those of us who value money and not throw it in the toilet because of a 100hp car. Modding this car for power is just plain...ugh I'll reserve my comments to avoid hurting someones feelings.

plain what? i have modded mine and now i like it more than i did when i first bought it. doesn't seem like much of a waste of money to me. if modding this car as a hobby is really so stupid please let me know what are spectacle approved hobbies and maybe i'll take one of those up. til then i'll continue to spend a portion of my hard earned dollar on my yaris. because frankly i enjoy it.