Old Dec 6, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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BOB
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I come from the domestic side of the block, I've had a big chevy, and a 5.0 mustang. I miss torque on demand, and the prices for domestic speed parts. I recently built a Honda, because it's what ended up in my garage, and I like tinkering with cars. My little brother got 36 tickets while driving it, and lost his license. So we parked it and spent the last year turboing the stock SOHC, and are basically hoping to pull a low 13 or high 12 out of it on occasion. Nothing spetacular, but not too shabby. But building it has let me know that the import market rapes customers on prices for parts. I can't believe what we were having to pay for new rods, pistons, valves, cam, etc. We ended up turning to a lot of used components to stay within our budget. That's my biggest bitch about the import cars.
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