Setup your car for "Go" or for "Show?"

**woodfire** · June 1st, 2003 09:43 PM

[quote="M54 Powered Good call - I have a 330ci (c for 2dr)...my handle refers to my car's engine designation, as you've guessed. I assume that you have BMW on the brain just like me ;) :D[/quote]

So its a coupe he! Nice car with an excellent silky smooth straight six! BMW does not sell it here because the power range of the 330i is well over what the streets here can take!

Yup, I also have a bimmer albeit a slower one hehehe! its a 320i E36 sedan. It is presently under surgery hehehe! I have installed a Mosselman turbo and intercooler kit. While at it, I decided to ceramic-coat the engine innards to be able to take on the added pressure of the turbo. BTW, brakes and suspension were uprated beforehand with brembo and bilstein/h&r respectively.

if i can afford it (though not yet... not for a long while), i also want a 330i and install an active autowerke OBDII turbo system.

**Wolverine** · June 1st, 2003 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by M54 Powered

Very nice setup Wolvie...if I'm not mistaken, your car shares the same engine as the N/A Supra, right? There are quite a few (formerly) N/A 3.0 Supras running around Florida with 500+ hp huge single-turbo setups. What mods have you done?

I use a single turbo kit from Toyomoto which is a Florida based tuner. I basically made it into a supra turbo. Used the supra brakes too. Additional injectors and an HKS boost controller. Oh and the surpa intercooler too. Quite an extensive list but too tedious to outline.

**chieffy** · June 3rd, 2003 12:48 PM

eto for show and go...

http://www.pbase.com/image/13018047

**edzzz** · June 3rd, 2003 10:58 PM

it depends on what ride you have, if you have SUV like a Durango, show is not needed, kung honda, ok na siguro kung full muffler kit, suspensions, air intake, rims.

**Auto_Xer** · June 4th, 2003 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by M54 Powered

On the other hand, if you don't go to the track, how useful are "GO" mods really on Philippine roads?

I'm pretty sure most of us have at one time or another needed that extra amount of Go to pass a left lane hog.

Your M54 probably doesn't have that problem.

Almost all our upgrades will begin with the Stick & Stop parts before the Go parts.

Without Stick & Stop, Go is a liability. 8O

CYG · June 9th, 2003 03:40 AM

if i had 250k, i would put it in an interest-earning institution to earn MORE MONEY and BUY a car for SHOW and another one for RACE :lol:
but if i wouldn't be able to wait for my dough to earn more bucks, i'd buy na lang a 2nd car... more practical don't u think?:roll: