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by **impactX** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:08 am

I like Stangs and GT40 haha.

I love the 2003 Cobra so much that I would give my left nut + the Solara for one. haha.

by **TadS** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:31 am

It seems poor “I belivein America cars” is back, didn’t get enough statistical abuse last time? If you had read the last 20 or so post you would see that most of the people here tune their Soloras because they’re not theses common cars. If you where actually looking to answer the thread you would have posted about: Why you “tune” your Solara. Now the tread is going to degenerate into a flame war that you can’t win, and then get locked. :evil:

Now on with the Flaming!

Where you talk about reliability at a car lasting for 130k. I talk about a car being broken in at 150k. By your logic of motors lasting 130k being good, I would go through a motor every 3 years, my parents every 2. Btw. American car companies are dieing. Look at the new big 3, Toyota, Ford; GM… hmmm there’s something different there eh?

See this thread for the last spanking American cars took:

http://www.zer0.info/solaraguy/viewtopic.php?t=3044

Or

http://www.zer0.info/solaraguy/viewtopic.php?t=5534

I could go on, but I won’t, as I would like to preserve some civility around here. I’ll finish by saying you’ll appreciate your Solara more as it rolls past 200k w/o anything much more than basic maintenance.

by **LifeguardSLE V6** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:03 am

When I got my Solara, I had a choice of either it or a 2 door Accord. I chose the Solara because of it's uniqueness (is that a word?) and because that's as close to a Lexus as I'll ever hope to get before retirement. Now originally I had wanted to mod the Solara, but since then reality has struck me. Now I'm saving to buy an Accord with an H22 for a racer, but you can bet that my daily driven Solara will by far be my little pride and joy purely because the looks are untouchable.
Flame On: As for that American crap.....HP to $. HP doesn't mean a damn thing if it can't haul the junker across the finish line. Sure a McLaren costs 5 times or more as much HP/$, and may not even have more hp than a modded Mustang or whatever, but it'll still stomp any American ass it wants. It's called ingenuity, intelligence, and design, all of which American cars lack. So go take your raw horsepower American rust box back to the trailer park and let the Solara's bask in their glory. Now back to your regularly scheduled posts....

by **HKSV6SLE** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:40 pm

hahahaha my thoughts exactly...though i would suggest getting a lighter car such as an interga or civic and drop in the H22

by **HKSV6SLE** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:41 pm

hahahaha my thoughts exactly...though i would suggest getting a lighter car such as an interga or civic and drop in the H22

by **impactX** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 1:50 pm

HKSV6SLE wrote:hahahaha my thoughts exactly...though i would suggest getting a lighter car such as an interga or civic and drop in the H22

That's the dumbest idea you can imagine.

The car can't handle worth crap if you put something that heavy in the front of a Civic or Integra.

by **HKSV6SLE** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:00 pm

you know what why don't you take your ass down to so cal and see how many cars are running that engine swap...for your information the first engine swap ever done was a H22 Swap done by viet lam and wicked down here in so cal. SO go suck my balls you dumb B!!!H. And for the record for a drag car....the B16/B18 frakenstein engine is good too but if you ready to tell people that have the H22 In civics or integra's etc and i should mention that have broken into the 10's...oh let's not forget that there are mounting kits out there to mount the H222 into other honda/acrua cars....besides the accord.

by **MGLax13** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:59 pm

I went looking for a Civic coupe, then got to thinking. For the price of an 03 civic coupe i4, I could get this 00 solara v6, alot more luxurious, spacious and not as common as a civic. I commute to a school with 20,000 other commuters. There are 4 Solaras out of 20,000! one black 99 SE i4, one white 2002 sle v6, one white 2004 se i4 and mine. There are about 8,000 civics and 2 get stolen every day.

I was looking at a Mustang, but as an 18 year old male driver, insurance was more than I cared to pay for.

by **Elfumador** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 3:44 pm

Man the only American auto that I would buy is a RAM Truck with a Hemi, Hell's ya :evilbat:

by **impactX** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:40 pm

HKSV6SLE wrote:you know what why don't you take your butt down to so cal and see how many cars are running that engine swap...for your information the first engine swap ever done was a H22 Swap done by viet lam and wicked down here in so cal. SO go suck my balls you dumb B!!!H. And for the record for a drag car....the B16/B18 frakenstein engine is good too but if you ready to tell people that have the H22 In civics or integra's etc and i should mention that have broken into the 10's...oh let's not forget that there are mounting kits out there to mount the H222 into other honda/acrua cars....besides the accord.

It's dumb.
If people tune cars to go fast, why don't they just get a cheap RWD car like Foxbody Mustang and tune it? The cost would be way cheaper. (Don't tell me a Civic is better in style than a Mustang.) It's still a freaking commuter for f00k's sake.

Most people do it just because they can brag about having a H22 in their econoboxes. Of the cars in So Cal, how many of them are PURE drag cars? There are better swaps out there that makes the car more balance than sticking a H22 in there and making it handles like crap.

hahaha about the sucking and the biatch comment, sorry if you mistaken me as your gay bumbuddy.

by **HKSV6SLE** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:56 pm

hmmm...why do you always bring up american made junk for? the guy who posted ws talking about a honda. In any case true a civic was never intende to be much more than a commuter, but at least the civic isn't an unreliable piece of crap. Ok next part, i know of many people who have been transplanting H22's into civics, integras, and such since the 90's...and these are people who drag race them.....FULL DRAG CARS. Now in terms of auto crossing...until you've seen a CRX with a fully built suspension and a B18C5 straighgt frm japan...tell me could a so called mustang out run it? i don't fukking think so. oh yeah the first ever honda engine swap of any kind was a H22 into a civic hatchback and is still done though not as often due to the fact that their were never as many preludes old than integras or SiR's. ANd let's not forget that these transplants were done by ppl who set records....so seriously get a clue and until you live where this whole scene started and you know the ppl who started it...STFU!

by **impactX** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:25 am

HKSV6SLE wrote:hmmm...why do you always bring up american made junk for? the guy who posted ws talking about a honda. In any case true a civic was never intende to be much more than a commuter, but at least the civic isn't an unreliable piece of crap. Ok next part, i know of many people who have been transplanting H22's into civics, integras, and such since the 90's...and these are people who drag race them.....FULL DRAG CARS. Now in terms of auto crossing...until you've seen a CRX with a fully built suspension and a B18C5 straighgt frm japan...tell me could a so called mustang out run it? i don't fukking think so. oh yeah the first ever honda engine swap of any kind was a H22 into a civic hatchback and is still done though not as often due to the fact that their were never as many preludes old than integras or SiR's. ANd let's not forget that these transplants were done by ppl who set records....so seriously get a clue and until you live where this whole scene started and you know the ppl who started it...STFU!

HAHAHA the whole reply is ignorant.
First you talk about reliability, then you talk about drag Hondas. Do you know why they are so reliable? It's because they don't have enough power in stock form to break any engine parts. Once you have a 8 second car, the reliability is not as good as you imagine it would be.

Have you seen Mustangs autocrossing with built suspension? Obviously you haven't. They are one of the fastest cars on the field aside from built Miatas and stock S2000. Depends on how the track is set up, Mustang dominates the field most of the time.

You amaze me because you were here since the car scene started and you still don't know jack. Are you sure you didn't join the ricer scene?

Keep an open mind when you talk about cars. I'd take a RWD car over a FWD anyday, and your argument of Civics being more reliable is weak.

by **HKSV6SLE** » Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:38 am

you know what aruging with you is obviously pointless.....comparing front wheel drive car and raer wheels drive cars is almost like comparing apples and oranges....the orignal post was about how the guy wanted to get an accord an drop in a H22 ...which i said would be good on the assumption that he drag races it....of course for autocrossing i think the accord is too heavy like our solara's and that the H22 most likely isn't the best choice, the best choice i would say being the B18C5 or the B16 block and B18 head....and the only raeason i brought up drag cars was cuz YOU kept sayiong are they race cars...well of course race cars are not as reiable...( broken trnasmissions,axles, etcetc..) and besides if i really wanted to put a rear wheel drive car up against a mustang i would pick a Silvia S15 anyday.....we were all posting about the H22 and hondas and you keep bringing up american cars....i was making a valid argument, you keep bringing up mustangs..do you have a fetish for those dumb cars? and oh yeah funny how you didn't even mention bout the CRX..until you see a CRX with a B18C5 take down everybody at a SCCA event..inclduing a Porsche carbon fiber GT2, supra and other cars.....then you'll think twice bout hondas.

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