Import/Tuner Convert
Feb 5, 2014 | 03:41 AM
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Import/Tuner Convert
My decision has been made to jump ship. While I am not turning my back on imports (I will love Hondas forever) my desire for an LS powered beast has taken over. I need the LS architecture powering my next vehicle. This addiction was unexpectedly created and fed by the drift culture.
For years, I tried to explain to my son why drifting was ignorant and a waste of time. Drivers lost time and wasted tires each run. I saw no logic in it. Why would people blatantly throw away traction while cornering? Their lap times would only increase! I didn’t see the logic. I didn’t understand until I experienced my first drift event. A wanton and abusive waste of horsepower/torque. THE AMERICAN WAY!!!!!
From the little I know about original Japanese drifting, Americans have taken the sport and boosted it (literally and not) into excess, as is the American way. Good or bad for the original sport, I cannot say. I am not trying to start a debate about true drift, or what it has become. My point is, boosted/juiced LS powered Japanese (mostly) cars fishing through turns inches from each other was an immediate addiction. It had to be SEEN and HEARD in person! The majority of the top drift vehicles are LS powered and their screams through unregulated exhausts was an immediate addiction.
Before admin deletes my post for being in the wrong site or area, I do not desire to swap a Jap S-Chassis. My primary objective is to swap an S-10 chassis (possibly a 2nd Gen C-10). Nothing ground breaking, but I wanted to announce my convert intentions.
As it stands, I have an economical stock Civic and an obnoxiously loud RSX Type-S swapped with a K24A2 out of a 2006 TSX. I will keep the economical Civic and the sale of the RSX will fund the purchase and rebuild of a salvage LS architecture motor (LM7, maybe LQ4/LQ9) and a T56 tranny. Anything left over will go towards the vehicle/chassis purchase.
I AM OUT OF THE IMPORT CLOSET.
For years, I tried to explain to my son why drifting was ignorant and a waste of time. Drivers lost time and wasted tires each run. I saw no logic in it. Why would people blatantly throw away traction while cornering? Their lap times would only increase! I didn’t see the logic. I didn’t understand until I experienced my first drift event. A wanton and abusive waste of horsepower/torque. THE AMERICAN WAY!!!!!
From the little I know about original Japanese drifting, Americans have taken the sport and boosted it (literally and not) into excess, as is the American way. Good or bad for the original sport, I cannot say. I am not trying to start a debate about true drift, or what it has become. My point is, boosted/juiced LS powered Japanese (mostly) cars fishing through turns inches from each other was an immediate addiction. It had to be SEEN and HEARD in person! The majority of the top drift vehicles are LS powered and their screams through unregulated exhausts was an immediate addiction.
Before admin deletes my post for being in the wrong site or area, I do not desire to swap a Jap S-Chassis. My primary objective is to swap an S-10 chassis (possibly a 2nd Gen C-10). Nothing ground breaking, but I wanted to announce my convert intentions.
As it stands, I have an economical stock Civic and an obnoxiously loud RSX Type-S swapped with a K24A2 out of a 2006 TSX. I will keep the economical Civic and the sale of the RSX will fund the purchase and rebuild of a salvage LS architecture motor (LM7, maybe LQ4/LQ9) and a T56 tranny. Anything left over will go towards the vehicle/chassis purchase.
I AM OUT OF THE IMPORT CLOSET.
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