So youve tacked a three-foot-high metal bar onto the back of your trunk, spent $200 on clear-colored taillights and another $600 on VTEC stickers, rented The Fast and the Furious three times, and you say your car still doesnt go any faster? Were just as baffled as you, but we have a few pointers that might help.
1. Even if the point is to build your own personal Import Tuner, its critical to start with a decent foundation. All the lowering, stiffening, and boosting doesnt mean half as much on a car that cant put it to good use, and there are plenty of cheap, good platforms out there.
– Whats popular isnt always best. Sure, you could become Slammed Honda Import Car Owner #16,384, and youd be getting a reputable car with one of the worlds most tuner-friendly engines. Youd also have to live with marginal low-end torque (not as easy to upgrade as horsepower), and unless you dip back into the 1990s, wouldnt be getting that cars double-wishbone front suspension, one of the things that made it special. Like most cars, its also front-wheel-drive, capping a low glass ceiling on the usefulness of whatever extra power you squeeze out of that little...