DarkBlueZ
Hard-core CEG'er
I dont get it. you guys say that i dont do anything to the car and stop making "what i want to do to my car" threads, so i stopped. So now i'm just trying to show a little bit of progress with buying parts for the car this winter and i still get shot down by some of you guys. you tell me to take out a $3000 loan for a better "SE" or "SVT" but just imagine what i could do to a Zetec for $3000. Striker only wanted 2500 for his turbo kit, which leaves 500 left over for rods and forged pistons. and if i had an extra grand sitting around like i do now, i could have all the parts to have the engine rebuilt with the turbo, or damn close to it. I mean, do you guys realize what a camed, chipped, dyno tuned, turbocharged, ballanced, ported, polished 8000RPM revving Zetec could do? think about it. Think about what you're saying before you say it. i'm NOT saying i'm doing that to my car, or atleast not now. that 3000 dollar loan is actually gonna end up being my school payment. there is no sense in me buying a new car. even with my semi-modded, i'm gettin better MPG's than any of you duratec guys. and the UDP is only gonna help more. Let me see you SVT and SE owners hit over 37 MPG COMBINED!
You bought a $100 part that will not make a significant difference (from what I have read so far). Plus you have not even put it on yet. If everyone made a thread of "progress" when they buy a part then there would be so many damn threads that the forum would be cluttered and worthless.
The people that want to show "progress" on something legit make a PROGRESS THREAD, not 100 separate ones.
I'm also pretty sure most of the SVT's on here get around 25 MPG or better on the highway. I'll take the extra power and much better looks instead of some MPG.
You have to pour $3000 into your car to make it equally as fast as a pretty much stock SVT... I just think it would have been much better if you did everything to it, and didn't post until it was all done so you can say "ha, showed you guys". But by the way this is going everyone will just tell you to go away even if you do accomplish what you are talking about.