Need help deciding if I should sell out...., How can you put up with FWD? Options

[tin_foil]

Lately I've been getting more and more into drag racing, horsepower, autox, drifting and upgrading cars in general. And sadly, my sexy little FWD GT celi just isn't cutting it. Now I'm in a decisional dilemma. For years I wanted a celica because I still think it's by far the nicest looking car of its class. When I first got my car, I had dreams of a 3s swap, and lots of exterior mods. But no matter what, racing a FWD car, no matter how much power at the crank it's got, just can't get that power to the ground well enough. I've played with the idea of an AWD conversion with the celi; I'm not at all daunted by the work, I just don't have 5 grand(+) to sink into it. For that price, I could get a 240sx shell, and drop in a RB26DETT. (that's the skyline engine for those of you that don't know) That would be an amazing car, and it would be crazy fun to drive.

Anyway, I know some of you will say stuff about how could I betray my kind. But I'm curious to hear what those of you that are really car racers and modders say? How can you put up with a celica, no matter how much power you've got under the hood? I love fantasizing about driving up to races with a kick-arse celica, half the people saying, "what's that?" and blow everyone away,(somewhat like tufy, ) but the money required to basically do a full gt4 conversion plus suspension upgrades and bolt-ons is just ridiculous... Should I just sell the black beauty and sink my money into something that can really perform amazing for cheap? Or maybe just save up for another year (maybe more), AWD convert the celica, and get a very good(with awesome handling, and looks), but not really that amazing of a performance car?

[Defgeph]

Without a doubt, RWD comes out on top. Followed by AWD then FWD.

To say one sucks is completely unfair. I love my car and I'm happy with my results. This is what keeps me reaching forward for more. I know its not as good as a RWD or AWD vehicle. But its still a crap load of fun to drive.

I dont know why I just enjoy the FWD platform. I really want a k20a civic hatch. After that car is built I'd like a Supra.



Keep it clean gentlemen

[jgreening]

Without a doubt, RWD comes out on top. Followed by AWD then FWD.

To say one sucks is completely unfair.

I agree with this. Its all relative and based on personal opinion. However, the objective reasons that I listed seem pretty compelling to me. As one of the two 3s swappers contributing to this thread, I feel qualified to give an opinion to the OP's question. When you ask: "Is it worth it?" I interpret that to mean: "Hey 3s swappers, if you had to do it over and your goal was to build a 2800lb car with 250WHP, would you rather have a RWD platform for performance reasons. I answer that question, with a resounding "YES!!!!"

[Jeremiah]

"Hey 3s swappers, if you had to do it over and your goal was to build a 2800lb car with 250WHP, would you rather have a RWD platform for performance reasons. I answer that question, with a resounding "YES!!!!"

For what it's worth, the more I read, the more I see the "magic number" seems to be 200 HP @ wheel max for FWD before it's "too much". Much more than that is a waste (this will vary slightly from car to car of course).

[macavely]

"Hey 3s swappers, if you had to do it over and your goal was to build a 2800lb car with 250WHP, would you rather have a RWD platform for performance reasons. I answer that question, with a resounding "YES!!!!"

For what it's worth, the more I read, the more I see the "magic number" seems to be 200 HP @ wheel max for FWD before it's "too much". Much more than that is a waste (this will vary slightly from car to car of course).

I have seen and been behind the wheel of FWD car cars with 300WHP and did not feel like Too Much Power..

Her is a list a some of those cars..

VW GTi
Honda CRX Si
Scion tC
Dodge Srt-4
Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-t
Honda Prelude Si