STH Multi-Step Build Plan/Thread

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Then everything past bolt ons is over your ceiling right now. You will always be tinkering and maintaining a car once you go with any kind of aftermarket forced induction. You need to know what to do to keep it on the road, how to do it and own the tools and workspace required.

Also, aftermarket forced induction on a daily driver is a poor choice. I did it for years, but it is not the best way to do things. Even a reliable boosted Z will be down from time to time for parts, etc.

Honestly, if this is your first car the absolute worst thing I can think of is you having 500+ whp in a short wheelbase vehicle with traction problems.

hahah yes these are my thoughts exactly.

Now when you say daily driver this is not that. I don't have a need to drive anywhere, for any reason. Once my office opens up I will never drive my car to work. I work 5km away from where I live and usually ride either my bicycle, my onewheel, or my motorcycle. I could total this car and not buy a replacement, and I would have zero issues. I do not need this car at all, it's purely a toy. That being said, I'm not looking to total it or make it undriveable.

I really want to learn how to drive and will stay NA for a while. The reason why everything is in stages is so I can learn to deal with more horsepower slowly over time. I will be doing lots of driver training (already done one day of training at track.) Going to try and do 2 3 day training course this coming spring/summer. Also the stages will allow me to get to know the car better and shake down every stage properly, and overcome the maintenance issues that come up.

The other thing to realize is that I have no intention of ever moving to a rural area. Hence I will never have a garage. That's just the reality of living in Toronto. I will not let that stop me from doing FI on this car though. I am prepared for the shop fees. And i'm prepared to buy a floor jack and tools. But I probably will never have a garage or a driveway (for at least 5 years) so anything more than that is out of the picture.