Originally posted by bigB
no hate just confusion. why wouldnt you start with something that is designed to be fast or as you guys say "pretty quick" now far be it from me to judge no sir not i. to each their own it is just retarded thats all. i have a few friends into imports 4 out of 5 said they wish they bought a stang after a ride in mine! i is simple you are building a car to haul ass why build a 4bangin front wheel drive car those are two of the worst qualities when lookin for performance.it just dosent make any sense is all i cant wait untill this trend dies out and the big boys and the rotarys can have the track back and we wont be waiting on these 15sec. slow ass imported POS's.
lol, I see what you mean now. I also know what you mean about seeing imports getting on the strip and running slow times. I can't speak for everyone in the import racing world, but, its all part of a process for some of those people who are slowly (due to money, time, etc) on their way to building a car to break into the 12 sec or faster range. Others are building imports for drifting, auto-x/road racing, and from what I've seen, usually get good results.
The rest of the import drivers who don't know shit and give the 4 cyl+ import cars a bad name, well, hopefully it will be a fashion that goes away and keeps the apocalypse from coming to the racing world. =)
As far as building a car that was made to be fast in the first place, well, I wasn't thinking about that when I bought my CRX back in 2000. I just knew I loved it and heard you can drop integra motors in 'em. Nowadays, I'm not so picky about things. If I had the extra cash, I'd love to build up a camaro, rx-7 or older supra for the track.