Constructive Criticism!?

My goal is to make it stand out but not riced out. The only other exterior mods I plan on making are a VIS EVO style Carbon Fiber hood, APR GT Carbon Fiber mirrors and a pearlescent silver paint job. No stupid body kits! I think that'll give it the look to go with the performance. All show and no go is retarded. All go and no show is cool. Combining both show (to a point) and go (in my opinion) is the essence of import style and theory.

Performance mods include...
6 bolt engine swap bored .020 over
Crower rods
Ross ceramic coated pistons
Polished & balanced crank
Balance shaft eliminated
Clevite bearings
ARP studs
Blitz intake
RS*R downpipe
HKS Carbon/Ti exhaust
16G turbo
APEXi S-AFC
SPEARCO FMIC
RRE & Custome IC pipes
Turbonetics boost controller
...I think that's it. I'm not even close to being finished. I will run 11's. Oh yes...I will run 11's.

i think the spoiler is rice.. go wingless or get oem spoiler..

car looks a lil high.. lower it maybe?

and take of all the stickers.. and if your getting a cf hood id recommend oem..

what i have just mentioned is the common style of DSMers.. i dont think ive seen an 11 sec 2g with a spoiler like that lol.. if you keep it perhaps you maybe first.. heh jk

again i like the common 2g dsm look.. but thats just me


you got those nice internal engine mods, but decided to only use a tiny (compared to what a lot of fast DSMs are using now) 16g.. and only using an afc.. you went big with some of the mods.. might as well go for the full shabang.. bigger turbo, dsmlink/standalone? just curious if there was any reason?

well thats my criticizing.. good luck with hte car and keep us updated

HyperX said:

My goal is to make it stand out but not riced out. The only other exterior mods I plan on making are a VIS EVO style Carbon Fiber hood, APR GT Carbon Fiber mirrors and a pearlescent silver paint job. No stupid body kits! I think that'll give it the look to go with the performance. All show and no go is retarded. All go and no show is cool. Combining both show (to a point) and go (in my opinion) is the essence of import style and theory.


...I think that's it. I'm not even close to being finished. I will run 11's. Oh yes...I will run 11's.

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ok, for the record: i have the stock 97 gst rear spoiler. if i had the low profile one i would probably swap it out.

personally, i DO think your car looks funny with the big wheels and wing, yet riding that high. i do suggest lowering it- properly!

the wing: decide what is more important- running 11's or personal style. if that is a "functional" wing to give you down force to keep you on the track during hard turns or whatever, it is not helping you go 11 seconds down the 1320.
if the wing is for your personal style: if you like it, keep it! i like the more "stock" look but if you don't personalize a little, what's the point?

as it stands now, with the big wing, and all the stickers, you are sort of pegging the "rice" meter. In the late ninetys that was the sh*t. if that is the "essence of import style and theory" to you I don't think you should totally change your style to please others.

why not get a good suspension set up that moderately lowers the car and get the wing "tuned" for road racing and concentrate on lower lap times?

anyway, whatever you do: Do it to please you. (and now back to our afterschool special...)

Here are a few pics. Your opinions please?
My boost gauge.

My tach. I know...it's a little fuzzy.

Tail lights. Love em' or hate em'?

terror rising said:

Wing = puke
Rims = 1999 called, they want them back

-Kevin

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1985 called, they want their joke back!
Just kidding!!!
My stock spioler was actually stolen. I decided to get an aftermarket wing to replace it with and the GT1 was my choice at the time. My taste has changed since then and this is the wing that I'm going to replace my GT1 with. It's smaller yet still effective.



These are the wheels I'm looking at. They're SSR GT7's. Forged! Light weight and strong. Performance over style right?

I would get some BBS style Wheels.

BBS RGR
Please put the OEM tail lights in, please