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Is it worth it??? Please Read
02-14-2008, 01:36 PM
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Only you can decide if it's worth it. Many owners of theese cars are "cutting against the grain", saving them from the sure death at the wreckyards. But it needs work, and a lot of it. Firstly you will need to strip the whole car and fix all the rust spots - there will be many, so it will include alot of metalwork (cutting, welding..). Only when you have a nice chassis, than you start building your car, renewing all the aged basic components. If you were to say make this car like new, it would still be far from a drift machine. You'd need a 4age engine, tranny, ecu, wireing loom, lsd diff, brakes from the GT-S model. And even than you would have to invest in stiffer suspension (new shocks, springs - preferably coilovers), stabiliser bars, camberkit, new bushings etc..

The biggest keys to answering your question "is it worth it" are:
-do you have a garage or a place where you can work on the car
-do you have the skill and time
-do you have the money needed (i'd say atleast 5000$ to make the car somewhat driftable
-and most importantly do you really want this car, to go through all of this
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Is it worth it??? Please Read - Boosted - 02-14-2008, 10:02 AM
[] - us_ae86 - 02-14-2008, 10:16 AM
[] - Apolan - 02-14-2008 01:36 PM
[] - Jan Pedersen - 02-14-2008, 03:16 PM
[] - robokill - 02-14-2008, 03:35 PM
[] - cannabolic - 02-14-2008, 04:16 PM
[] - Boosted - 02-14-2008, 05:25 PM
[] - banpei - 02-14-2008, 05:54 PM
[] - Boosted - 02-14-2008, 06:17 PM
[] - Mikzu IV - 02-14-2008, 07:15 PM
[] - Veiss - 02-14-2008, 07:33 PM
[] - Boosted - 02-14-2008, 09:24 PM
[] - Jezza_hr - 02-15-2008, 01:03 AM
[] - ts@n@k@s - 02-15-2008, 02:07 AM
[] - Boosted - 02-15-2008, 08:54 AM
[] - Boosted - 02-15-2008, 10:05 AM
[] - Boosted - 02-15-2008, 05:11 PM
[] - Apolan - 02-15-2008, 07:44 PM
[] - banpei - 02-15-2008, 10:53 PM
[] - Apolan - 02-15-2008, 10:54 PM
[] - will_drift_4_food - 02-16-2008, 05:58 PM
[] - Jay200MPH - 02-16-2008, 06:20 PM
[] - will_drift_4_food - 02-16-2008, 06:33 PM
[] - Boosted - 02-16-2008, 06:42 PM
[] - will_drift_4_food - 02-16-2008, 07:23 PM
[] - Boosted - 02-16-2008, 08:16 PM

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