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Sleepiedaze · 05-13-2010, 06:07 PM

unfortunatly the people that think a LSx swap is dumb are the same people who don't have track time under there belts and only have mild bolt ons or have never, done a major rebuild or project.

Very few people on this board can say that they go to the track frequenlty. By that statement i mean more then 10 times in a year. ive done a large amount of Drifting / Auto x / and spirited driving. sometimes doing close to 2 events per month for the year! thats 24 events and countless hours of repairing a broken down car. All i can say is that reliability is a huge thing when your actually driving your car.

i have many friends with SR20 swaps and RB swaps that are always breaking down or dont run because parts are hard to come by. or watching people blow there cars up becuase that one little hose that they ignored blew up and fryed there motor. or people who continue to talk about how there car will make 800hp...... if they can ever finish a project. lots of people say it's a stupid thing to put a LSx or 2JZ or what ever. but truth of the matter is when you want to really drive your car and enjoy it with out having to worry about blowing something that is hard to find up. then you'll understand why people decide to go with a newer motor and not spend $2000 + on a SR20 or $3500 + on a RB (ruff estimates)

i can remember a time when people where putting B18 motors into mini coopers (older version) or when i first saw a 2000+ (7th gen)toyota celica with a 3SGTE motor swap. better yet when i saw a first gen toyota celica with a SR20 NA! i thought this was the best thing to ever happen to the import scene! this is what the import scene needed, creativity and shops to make more parts for cars and to continue to push the envelope.

unfortunatly that is slowly becoming a past dream as everyone trys to be the lowest and most tire tucked they can be. as drifting has left is roots and gone to a "show style" of who has the most horsepower and who has the biggest rims with the biggest and brightest neon lights. most people now adays are all about the "low and slow" or being "JDM" as fuck or what ever that means.

truth be told if someone pisses you off becuase of something they do to there own car with there own money. you should probably get a new hobbie. im waiting for the day i see a running S13 with a F22C supercharged! that would definatly be awesome.

05-13-2010, 06:07 PM	#92
Sleepiedaze Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: 619 Age: 43 Posts: 190 Trader Rating: (2)	unfortunatly the people that think a LSx swap is dumb are the same people who don't have track time under there belts and only have mild bolt ons or have never, done a major rebuild or project. Very few people on this board can say that they go to the track frequenlty. By that statement i mean more then 10 times in a year. ive done a large amount of Drifting / Auto x / and spirited driving. sometimes doing close to 2 events per month for the year! thats 24 events and countless hours of repairing a broken down car. All i can say is that reliability is a huge thing when your actually driving your car. i have many friends with SR20 swaps and RB swaps that are always breaking down or dont run because parts are hard to come by. or watching people blow there cars up becuase that one little hose that they ignored blew up and fryed there motor. or people who continue to talk about how there car will make 800hp...... if they can ever finish a project. lots of people say it's a stupid thing to put a LSx or 2JZ or what ever. but truth of the matter is when you want to really drive your car and enjoy it with out having to worry about blowing something that is hard to find up. then you'll understand why people decide to go with a newer motor and not spend $2000 + on a SR20 or $3500 + on a RB (ruff estimates) i can remember a time when people where putting B18 motors into mini coopers (older version) or when i first saw a 2000+ (7th gen)toyota celica with a 3SGTE motor swap. better yet when i saw a first gen toyota celica with a SR20 NA! i thought this was the best thing to ever happen to the import scene! this is what the import scene needed, creativity and shops to make more parts for cars and to continue to push the envelope. unfortunatly that is slowly becoming a past dream as everyone trys to be the lowest and most tire tucked they can be. as drifting has left is roots and gone to a "show style" of who has the most horsepower and who has the biggest rims with the biggest and brightest neon lights. most people now adays are all about the "low and slow" or being "JDM" as fuck or what ever that means. truth be told if someone pisses you off becuase of something they do to there own car with there own money. you should probably get a new hobbie. im waiting for the day i see a running S13 with a F22C supercharged! that would definatly be awesome.