Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='776028' date='Nov 6 2005, 03:20 PM

yeah i think you want to loosely follow this order



tires! (get good ones, or get shitty ones and learn how to drive the car), 15" wheels are ideal for a non turbo to start with. you want somewhere in the range of a 205-225 tire

shocks (agx's are great, koni sport is better once you get some espring in there)

springs (if this is a street car, eibach pro kit is good, if not you want a coil over kit, with 350/250 or 400/275's the stiffer you go the worse it is on the street, 350/250 rides better than stock and handles great. you want to skip most of the name brand coil overs as they are junk. tien is ok, jic is garbage)

brakes: flush it out with some good new brake fluid, good pads are a good idea (stay away from hawk pads unless its 100% a race car), braided lines help etc.



setup: since this is still a street car you want about -1 to -1.5 camber in the front, keep a little toe in, and as much caster as your camber plates let you have. in the rear you may need a camber adjuster to keep it from having too much negative camber in the rear, its ride height dependent. ride height should be between 1-2" lower than stock. its a street car, streets have bumps. too low and the rear shocks start bottoming out, and the geometry gets funky too.



power: start with making sure everything is working right, and the air and fuel filters and spark plugs are fresh. then the exhaust, ideally you want a 2.5" pipe with a straight thru muffler, however this is loud and might not look cool enough. on an na you really just need to get rid of the cats.



tuning: might want to look into a safc/safcII/etc leaning the thing out a bit helps in the power dept, on an na this should put you about 150-160rwhp. if you want to go turbo later, stop modding the na here.



anything you can do to make the car lighter will make it faster, there is a point where the car gets to be annoying to drive on the street though, is it worth 5lbs to not have the carpet? so use your head a little bit.

Originally Posted by alpineracer' post='776306' date='Nov 7 2005, 08:56 AM

so i have decided on the silk road coilovers and now i just need to find the best deal on them. if anyone can help me out here i would be very thankful. and also i have decided to hold off on the expensive body stuff for now. junkyard here i come!

Originally Posted by alpineracer' post='776273' date='Nov 7 2005, 09:45 AM

well touge doesnt actually mean drifting. true drifting and touge usually go well together but i am more of a grip driver. that doesnt mean that i do not drift, i do. drifting to me though is just important so that when i push that little bit too hard and overstep the boundaries, i can still control the car. this has saved me countless times. i am aware that traditionally body kits and touge/drifting do not go together but eh, why not start something haha. and yes i know that i will most likely bash it up some, but i really like the look one and two i want to fit some bigger rubber to my car. which brings up a good question, what is the widest rim/tire combo i can fit stock with no rubbing?

Originally Posted by Apex13B' post='776458' date='Nov 7 2005, 06:57 PM

Tein Shocks are terrible, shitty valving and terrible quality control. If you are buying a "coil over kit" get tenabe or the hks setup. If cost is no object then get a set of penske triples or moton triples w/remote reservior, they are about 1400 a corner.



What i'm saying is, you can spend all you want on your car, but can you really use it to its potential? I realy SUCKED at driving until I started karting and going to driving schools.