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Performance Modifications: The best thing next to sex
Camshafts,Heads,Gears,Superchargers,Nitrous,Turbos,etc. are the best part of upgrading your car. There are so many different combos and parts to match up that it makes it more fun picking out what you want than it is putting them on. The best part of it all is the first start up of the engine and after the break in when you can really see if all that hard work and missing skin off your knuckles was worth it. It's great to pull into the local car club parking spot on Saturday night on the cruise strip with some new toys on the ride, and to see the different setups of your buds and hear the horror stories of the installation of parts. Going to the track and seeing the gains in MPH and lower ET's from your new setup is the pay-off. Being able to beat the guy you were so close to before is just as good. Seeing a Honda Civic with exhaust (hearing actually), a body kit and hood with a 4 wing spoiler and usually 90% of the time the whole kit is primered just doesn't do it for me. Usually they all run the same ETs depending on who is heavier. There are those few import cars that went the performance route first and get my respect when I see a 17 second car run a mid-13 and sometimes 12s...and the car looks bone stock or has more money in the engine than the body. To each his own I guess. I always went by the rule of "You have to be fast to look fast" A 6" diameter tack on the dash of a 4-cylinder doesn't make it fast. Same goes for any car. This is my favorite area of a car...the engine bay. Here is a list of what has been done so far. Both by me and the previous owner.
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