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Posted by 87coupe510 (Member # 6150) on :
 
Just wondering what motivates you guys to mod your stangs? I know most of the time its just me WANTING to have the best looking and performing car so the list never ends.

But i know when i had my last coupe , it had a semi built 302 with a little over 300 to the rear wheels (you guys that know me and know my old car know it ran good for what it was). the suspension was bone stock and i was on 580 one time around 1am going home from Hayward to Oakland and there was a 65-66 red mustang sitting real nice on some torque thrust with a big rear tire and 4-wheel disk brakes. So im rigth besides him looking at his car and he drops a gear and slows down and i do the same and we take off, i jump ahead by about a car on the straigh away but every time we come around a curve i have to slow down and slightly brake because my car feels very unstable. He just stays on it and handles the curves like nothing and gets ahead every single time, untill the straigh aways when i catch up. And that night definetly motivated me to do some suspension work. A few weeks later i lowered the car wiht Maier springs and welded in sub-frames and 5-lugged it and also bought a panhard bar (never got to instal it)... So just wondering what motivates you guys to do the mods you do to your cars!
 

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Posted by dean-93 (Member # 9401) on :
 
when i go to the race track and watch videos on youtube
 

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Posted by SS396 chevelle aka fasthatch (Member # 7277) on :
 
i like to build fast cars ford,chevy,an vw.doesnt matter what it is i just wanted to be fast.
 

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Posted by warhorse58gt (Member # 7702) on :
 
i do it cause, like the fact that my primered turd can make a veyron look bad from a dig to 150mph.
 

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Posted by sneakyfox90 (Member # 9379) on :
 
I wanted to make my current fOX handle to the max. because in stock form they do so very poorly but on the other hand have ubelievable potential to do so

the inspiration came from my first 5.0 i ever owned lowered on konis

[ April 09, 2012, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: sneakyfox90 ]
 

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Posted by dmostz (Member # 11760) on :
 

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Originally posted by dean-93:
when i go to the race track and watch videos on youtube

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x2 going to the track motivates me, especially when i dont race that day. i agree tho, doesnt really matter what brand its just fun to have a quick car.
 

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Posted by macthizzle (Member # 3492) on :
 
I WANT TO MAKE MY FOX FAST BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD A FERRARI.
 

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Posted by 1ST0KGT (Member # 10606) on :
 
The fact that owning a fast car makes me happy
 

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Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 
What motivates me to mod my cars is everything , I love my cars ,and I love the comrodery that comes with your car that i moded, and the appreciation you get from having it ... The thumbs up I get cruising it down the street, the questions I get asked about my car at shows or the track, and even at ride outs, most of all I just love doing it can't really explain it but wrenching on my cars with a bunch of friends ,bullshittin while doing it . It's all fun for me!
 

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Posted by Duncan Motors (Member # 7045) on :
 
my old shit breaks. so i update., half the time some performance stuf will last longer and only be half the price
 

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Posted by 50Reasons (Member # 6452) on :
 

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Originally posted by Duncan Motors:
my old shit breaks. so i update., half the time some performance stuf will last longer and only be half the price

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+100000
 

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Posted by Blue92 (Member # 8789) on :
 
Losing to a v-tech.
 

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Posted by DIRTY SALLY (Member # 7845) on :
 
Turtles
 

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Posted by 87coupe510 (Member # 6150) on :
 

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Originally posted by 50Reasons:
What motivates me to mod my cars is everything , I love my cars ,and I love the comrodery that comes with your car that i moded, and the appreciation you get from having it ... The thumbs up I get cruising it down the street, the questions I get asked about my car at shows or the track, and even at ride outs, most of all I just love doing it can't really explain it but wrenching on my cars with a bunch of friends ,bullshittin while doing it . It's all fun for me!

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Originally posted by 87coupe510:

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Originally posted by 50Reasons:
What motivates me to mod my cars is everything , I love my cars ,and I love the comrodery that comes with your car that i moded, and the appreciation you get from having it ... The thumbs up I get cruising it down the street, the questions I get asked about my car at shows or the track, and even at ride outs, most of all I just love doing it can't really explain it but wrenching on my cars with a bunch of friends ,bullshittin while doing it . It's all fun for me!

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This for 100% sure!!!!!!... But that old school handing me my ass cuz he had more suspension when i had more motor motivated me also, and at Ford lovers in sac a bone stock autom 06 Gt staying right by my side helped to!! haha

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Originally posted by moeofit32:
Winning motivates me i dont like to be at the bottom,i also like to surprise ppl

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Surprising the competition is always a great feeling
 

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Posted by SwEeT 03 Gt (Member # 10283) on :
 
i got beat by a honda hb with a k20 swap and my old spec v was way faster than it when i first bought it, so out came the tools have done everything to it minus the gears and battery relocate abd like 50reasons said i like getting thumbs up from people while driving, shit even chp gave me a thumbs up
 

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Posted by Nastysvt (Member # 6431) on :
 
All these new cars coming out making 500+ HP from the factory and a lot of members on here who are constantly stepping up their game..thanks for the motivation
 

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Posted by 68dustin (Member # 5388) on :
 
cause i enjoy seeing what a little work can make out of this: before

after


[ April 09, 2012, 11:15 PM: Message edited by: 68dustin ]
 

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Posted by DIRTY SALLY (Member # 7845) on :
 
^^^ now thats a nice ride
 

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Posted by SwEeT 03 Gt (Member # 10283) on :
 

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Posted by BLK35th (Member # 4685) on :
 
I JUST like to do Hoodrat Thangz with my Hoodrat friends
 

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Posted by Carlosx97 (Member # 11748) on :
 
to make my sixer beat a sixer. i can already beat a gt. just the six that gets me.
 

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Posted by jaehow23 (Member # 11230) on :
 
Hos.
 

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Posted by outlawdragger (Member # 10590) on :
 
Because i was born into hotrods.my stang is just my daily driver,but being a hotrodder,from a car family since forever even the daily starts to get modded.after i finished building my hotrod the stang was just to plain looking

Cars are not a hobby for me,its my way of life.
 

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Posted by SydeWaySix (Member # 3596) on :
 
I got all my motivation for the Faleen from driving it on the track. Seeing the potential that a mustang has on a road course with the right suspension setup did it for me, ie: SFCoupe and 9cobra7...both guys have semi-low hp cars (compared to all these corvettes and GTR's) but well prepped suspensions, and they can eat up high dollar cars like nothing! Though the "driver mod" plays a big role, with my current setup I'm able to play with Porsches, BMW's, and 500+ hp mustangs with similar suspension mods. That's enough motivation for me to keep it going
 

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Posted by Y2K 281 (Member # 10132) on :
 
The feeling of accomplishment when YOU put hour after hour of your own hard work into a car and then beat the crap out of it without issue. Having a reliable fast car that was built in my garage with my own two hands is something I appreciate and value quite a lot. Gives me way more joy than the guy writing a check at a shop who did all the work for him. Money can buy anything, but real satisfaction comes from accomplishing it yourself.
 

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Posted by nitrous_bob (Member # 77) on :
 
the love of the torque first ...and the look on faces of douchebags when you skool them

my 2 favorite ass whoopings

1) on gratiot in detroit V a '95 viper
2) at lapeer dragstrip V a big block '69 camaro

everything else is a minor victory
 

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