What mods do you regret?

[4eyedstang]

if you could go back in time what mods would you have not done?

if i could go back i would have had my motor built for a power adder
already feels to slow. :durr

[Josepy]

I wouldnt of changed exhaust so many times.

[nismodave]

I would of painted my car Sonic Blue. Because then I might be cool.

And I would of did a top mount turbo, when I did the turbo upgrade,

[Mr Twigbert]

I wouldnt of changed exhaust so many times.

***DING DING DING***

We have a winner!

Me too.. I pissed away all kinds of money getting the exhaust I really wanted.. But was it really worth it? No, not really.. :nutkick

[BAD LS1]

There are times i regret every mod! Never knew a car before that could make someone want to slit their wrists as bad as mine sometimes! lololololol

The cars theme song is "made of scars" by stone sour.

[CPonyGo]

The one mod that bothered me is the 410 gears..soon to get changed

[animal]

Ditching the cats. Made my truck sound like ass, wait no, more like cops-hear-you-from-4-blocks-away ear splittingly loud ass. My worst mod ever imo. High flow cats sound 100 times better for my application.

[Inspector13]

On my 1974 Nova I regret swaping my 3:73:1 gears for 3:90:1 gears. With the close ratio 4-speed transmission I had the 3:90:1 gears put me @ 53 mph @ 3k rpms while the 3:73:1 gears I was @ 66 mph @ 3k rpms.


I don't really regret anything that is on the Mustang. Maybe a set of long tube headers or atleast a set of ceramic coated shortie headers. But thats about it. I love the 3:73:1 gears. The Trickflow engine package is sweet (would like it black instead of silver though). The 100 shot is cool and I have the jets to change it if I get bored or want to dial it back if I ever want.

[LIZMO]

i would of not bought a volkswagen... lol

[Mr. Brett]

I regret buying a TCI stall just to save a couple hundred bucks. Biggest piece of shit ever. Should have gone with the Yank right away and saved myself tons of headaches and a couple transmissions.

[HAMRHEAD]

Let's see, where do I begin?

SLP longtubes (QTP ftw!)
224/228 cam (too small, went G5X3 after that)
78mm fast setup (eventually sold and went 90mm)
Transgo shift kit
forged 348ci shortblock (never used it)
PP stage 2 heads (should've went with AFR)
Precision Vig converter (went through 2, use neal chance now!)
Diablo sport programmer
K&N FIPK (what a waste)

[Karps TA]

My entire car.

[srt4eh]

Mopar BOV (replaced with Greddy Type S)
Mopar Short Throw (replaced with Maddog STS)
some ricer things I did when I first got it.....blue lights and such....damn....

[shoooo32]

I should of went with an EFI setup. Easier to tune and better mileage.

[4eyedstang]

^^+1^^

:popcorn

[07ROUSHSTG3]

I sometimes regret going with the 4.10s instead of 3.73s in my car. first gear is pretty pointless with street tires, second and third are soooo much fun though!

[wrath]

On my wheeling rig... probably building 1/2 ton stuff even though I had 1 ton equipment sitting around. It was a more "prove the point" thing than anything. 44" rubber won't break anything 1/2 ton on a light rig with a semi-smart driver unless you're wheeling sticky rocks.

On my blue truck, probably spending so much goddamn money on it period. I have about $7,000 into it and it's worth about $2,000. After repainting it I started wheeling it and it's got woodland pinstripes galore. I also got some dents in it including a giant one in the driver door from sliding sideways into a tree. The door was brand new.

[Voodoo Chick]

A few years ago, I got the oh-so-brilliant idea to put sidepipes on my '79 Z28. They looked horrendous, weighed about a ton, had no ground clearance, so they made a fingernails-on-blackboard sound every time they bottomed out, which was every few minutes, they sounded horrible, and as a last little kick, they poured exhaust into the car's cockpit. They were removed QUICKLY, and replaced with a very good exhaust system. I hope the poor Camaro has forgotten the pain I put her through, lol..........

[CPonyGo]

^^^^ that is bad....lol shame on you... no curb feelers??- oh wait-thats what the side pipes were lol j/k

[Voodoo Chick]

I think my car is still holding a grudge, lol......someday when I'm standing behind her she'll "accidentally slip" out of 'park,' and run me over........

[CPonyGo]

I sure have that feeling sometimes too...lolol

[4eyedstang]

wife mod

now every time i try to spend money on the mustang i hear this loud b*tching noise and end up sleeping on the couch

[Poncho]

NismoDave? (j/k)
I shoulda just did heads/intake first, same power, perfect idle yet.

[CPonyGo]

bawhahahahah

[nismodave]

NismoDave? (j/k)
I shoulda just did heads/intake first, same power, perfect idle yet.

I figured that was coming....And I guessed who it would come from.:rolleyes:

[sloLs1]

the v8 swap.... it really killed my gas milage :rolf

[Poncho]

I sometimes regret going with the 4.10s instead of 3.73s in my car. first gear is pretty pointless with street tires, second and third are soooo much fun though!

I need gears, it's not fun shifting out of 1st @ 57mph, out of 2nd @79mph, and out of 3rd @107

[GRNDNL]

Should have done a cage instead of a bar.........:rolleyes:

[Sprayaway Fox]

Shoulda NEVER put a lock right in montes 7.5 sounds like rears falln apart. white stang: Dont by a "Warlboro like" fuel pump on ebay. My orange stangs useless cause I live by WIR and there never open. Work 2nd so all track days fade away.

[lordairgtar]

Custom dash in my long gone 83 Merc wagon. Dim at night and hard to see plus the fuel guage never read right.

[Poncho]

I figured that was coming....And I guessed who it would come from.:rolleyes:

it's a joke. I think you are doing a wonderful job, Dave.

[Silver350]

Well I just have DD right now nothing worth moding, but when I had my truck sometimes I regretted lowering the truck. Rode kind of rough and should of did an air ride set up at the time instead of shackles and hangers but I guess now that i dont have it its better that I didnt put the money into air ride.

[Rocket Power]

The jackstand mod. I put the car on them and I can't get it off of them:rolf

[Deggy]

Buying a Grand Am.

[Silver350]

Buying a Grand Am.

:rolf:rolf I guess I could also say getting rid of my truck for a stupid G6.

[MurphysLaw88GT]

any....might as well take a whole pile of $$$$$$ and get some gas and light a match

[SmokinRAM114]

when i bought my 02 cummins i should have just bought a new one...... with all the new shit i had to put on it Injection pump, lift pump, all the steering components i could have payed the differnce. the only plus is i took a 4year loan on it and will be payed off sooner. (next year)

[-stew-]

Doing the 5 speed swap. For what it cost, I could have built a really really strong AOD and done gears. Plus the car would be driveable instead of me waiting for this winters sn'overtime to buy an Astro T5.

[jbiscuit]

Wagon: none really...still spent a lot more on the car than I really wanted longterm. If I could go back I would have not done the Cusco front sway bar. While it made the steering more responsive and an overall better handling car, its done nothing but trash 1 set of billet endlinks and 2 sets of Subaru rubber endlinks

Biscuit: None so far. I almost wish I started with a 4-speed car but when looking for a solid 2-dr Biscayne you get slim pickins...muncies, bellhousings, driveshafts etc are all expensive. Nothing cheap about any of those parts. I got lucky on some of my 4-speed linkage though.

[Syclone0044]

Awesome thread, I rated it 5 stars at top.

[Cryptic]

on my old GTX.... lowering it 2 inches... It road pretty rough. Caused vibration issues under throttle, maybe have prematurely worn CVs. Problem with grand Prix's though, they just sit silly. Ass-end sags and the front end is up 4 inches (reverse rake)

[97z2801ss]

I wish i woulda started with an Ls1 threw a rearend in and a power adder and called it a day.
other then that its fun...

[STANMAN]

Lowering the car, putting a heim jointed panhard bar instead of poly bushings, and lower control arm relocation brackets. The car makes MUCH more noise now going over bumps and such. Luckily at the same time I installed adjustable shocks, so unlike most lowered cars it can ride like a late 70's Caddy if I want it to, or, as someone else already mentioned, like a typical lowered car (hard and rough). No matter how it actually drives, it still makes the same noises though:rolf

[Poncho]

on my old GTX.... lowering it 2 inches... It road pretty rough. Caused vibration issues under throttle, maybe have prematurely worn CVs. Problem with grand Prix's though, they just sit silly. Ass-end sags and the front end is up 4 inches (reverse rake)

what springs did you have? My Springtechs were 2.5" if I recall and it never rode rough

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

None, all good mods. Very happy.
Getting ready to turn over 50k miles and I only been stranded once.......in downtown fricken Chicago rush hour when the alt failed. :shades

[OxmanWI]

Allen supercharger kit - Hookers blow harder then a Eaton M90

Power coatng anything - looks good fora min, but after a while it starts to flake. Never again.

[Cryptic]

what springs did you have? My Springtechs were 2.5" if I recall and it never rode rough

SpringTechs also... It leveled the car out nice. The ride was fine for me for awhile. Actually its real nice on nice smooth rodes. Car would hug real nice.

I don't think you have the car long enough to get the effects of doing it.

Like StanMan said, you hear more noises from the body and what not.

[That_Guy]

Lowering the car, putting a heim jointed panhard bar instead of poly bushings, and lower control arm relocation brackets. The car makes MUCH more noise now going over bumps and such. Luckily at the same time I installed adjustable shocks, so unlike most lowered cars it can ride like a late 70's Caddy if I want it to, or, as someone else already mentioned, like a typical lowered car (hard and rough). No matter how it actually drives, it still makes the same noises though:rolf

thank god im not the only one who notices that when you lower cars the tend to make random noises...

i regret not saving up for a nice set of coilovers.. instead i bought springs..

[Prince Valiant]

On the plymouth, not so much what I did, but what I didn't do:

-Sticking with cheap pistons on the first rebuild.
-Thinking a conservative port job would be enough and then redoing it going hog wild.
-Not just buying some nice AL heads in the first place and porting those...it'd been cheaper.
-Sticking with small headers.
-Not going with an MSD 6AL box in the first place.
- Sticking with stock 360 ci displacement and not going for a 410ci.
- Not building for BIG hits of nitrous.
- Trying to prove a point about fast 60's and small tires (it worked, but was a hassle that failed more than it worked) instead of going with actual drag radials.

On the dodge:
No mods to regret yet...everything has worked better than expected.

[Poncho]

SpringTechs also... It leveled the car out nice. The ride was fine for me for awhile. Actually its real nice on nice smooth rodes. Car would hug real nice.

I don't think you have the car long enough to get the effects of doing it.

Like StanMan said, you hear more noises from the body and what not.

Yea, I had it in the lowered state for about 20 months, and had the full GMPP suspension/brake upgrades. Prolly not long enough.

[1siksrt]

would have waited on purchasing EMS, better tuning software is being released...

[lit666]

wish I went turbo instead of supercharger.

[michelle]

Bodykit on my '01. (http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/12/web/672000-672999/672604_1_full.jpg)

[STANMAN]

would have waited on purchasing EMS, better tuning software is being released...

That was the biggest mistake I made on my SRT (like we have discussed a million times:rolf) also. Funny how I heard the same line 2 years ago about how it's going to get better with the new software:rolf

These are the facts: the Neon SRT-4 was a 3 year limited edition model run vehicle, how much support and funds do you think they are going to throw at software upgrades 4 years after the last one was built? I hope I am wrong and they get all the bugs out, but if not, have that DTec ready to go back in buddy:thumbsup

[BOSS LX]

Twisted wedge heads. I should have went with the R's.

[sweetgtx]

Wood of done a turbo instead of a supercharger,Baer brake kit they wear to fast, and the discs r expensive:crying,Intense tranny a piece of shit, now ZZP..

My ass sagn in the gp to, and different springs to

[badass88gt]

My biggest regret is building such a small engine from scratch. I kick myself everyday for that. Also making the list are the Dogring transmission, spool, solid drag suspension are my regrets, but they're not that terrible.

[BlackLightning]

Ditching the cats. Made my truck sound like ass, wait no, more like cops-hear-you-from-4-blocks-away ear splittingly loud ass. My worst mod ever imo. High flow cats sound 100 times better for my application.

same here. I regretted it as soon as I drove away from the shop. The highflow mids went back on the following week. It sounds good at idle and WOT but it sounded horrible regular driving with all the rasp it had. Now with the built motor it's loud as shit even with the full exhaust.

[Reverend Cooper]

Nismodave and Puresound!

[Sprayaway Fox]

One more. Putting in a BBC in a G body. Headers fit like azz and just plain packaging overall sucks. Tall valve covers hit plastic heater box which then cracks. I know know why people stick with SBC in them.

[stenchmiester]

i would take back trying to make a ranger run faster times than fox body cuz as it sits it is a money pit i kno power to weight is gonna be great but all the other bs screw that mess

[CannotPost]

STaSIS 4:1 Torsen center diff. Spins the rear tires too much, drives like a RWD in the snow and binds during low speed manuvers.

On a positive it does kick ass AWD doughnuts!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/2821536501_4f8e19d3b9.jpg

Stasis 4:1 (http://www.stasisengineering.com/Category_Detail.aspx?id=9&VID=51&PID=98)

[Cryptic]

Nismodave and Puresound!

bahahahaa *dies* :rolf