2003 Tiburon GT?
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anarchistchiken
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I like the look of the new tiberon, but dont get ahead of yourself there, slick.supertib said:
I've been around Tibs at little local carshows and s***, and as far as looks go, I get way more comments than my buddy does for his 04 v-6. (lol2)
And if you're gonna talk about looks, that applies largely to the general public, and even you Hyundai phreaks have to admit that your cars have a crappy reputation in America among the general masses. It's getting better slowly, but it isn't anything to brag about yet.
anarchistchiken
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Hahahaha, jeff's getting angrier and angrier at that comment as time goes by.
well i have never once heard anyone say "thats a nice looking tiburon"...on the other hand, i went with the most suttle look i could to keep a sleeper way of the car, and still get comments how good it looks wherever i go, hell even 60 year old people will comment on it at gas stations.
anarchistchiken
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Hahaha, maybe.mp5jeff said:maybe its the bigass drag radials up front that draws attention?,
I know exactly what oyu mean though. Even old teachers at my school tell me how nice my car looks with the painted headlights and CF hood. I had a little kid come up to me at a gas station the other day and ask me if it was a race car. I was like "Yes. Yes it is."
His dad started laughing. But I guess you can't please everyone all the time, right?
Id love it if my car came with a V6 ... of course your V6 will producre more power easier than my engine. i can't argue against that. I'm surprised at how much power your stock internals can handle, very nice. Note that i didn't say anything against your car so far lol so don't include me in the bunch that said that your car sucked.
To start answering your question, my car needs an upgraded intercooler, boost controller and pistons/rods. I need the internals to be able to go over 10~12psi (on stock turbo) safely. Im no expert, but i heard our turbo loses efficiency after 15psi, so 15psi is pretty much my limit before upgrading to something like a GT28RS. Stock WHP is around 145 i think ... so with my FMIC and boost at 10psi i should be around 200. Too bad i cant benificiate from a bigger displacement and run bigger turbo or a s/c. Once i buy my pistons/rods and new turbo, i'll be able to up to boost to 20+ psi and will be around 350whp which should be enough to be in the 12s too. Thats without spending too much .... i'm sure any car can be built to 600whp if you spend the money. I saw an NA CRX that ran 10.74, so if they can do that with an NA 4cyl, im sure we can do the same thing with a tib or a protege.
As for the look ... unlike everything else you said, thats a matter of opinion. I'm not gona say your car looks ugly cuz id be lying. I'm not biased at the point of saying other cars don't look good just cuz i dont own one and i especially will not go on other forums to tell them their car sucks. I've always been a fan of the rally kinda cars like the EVO or STi and my car (Mazdaspeed Protege, not the regular 4 door protege) looks a bit like that, which is why i bought it. We don't have EVOs here and the STi is 50,000$ CDN compared to the 23,000$ i paid for mine. Your tiburon may make head turn, but so does my turbo Protege.
There's another thing i'm proud of. There are only 500 (approx) cars like mine in Canada. How many tiburons were sold last year ? or this year ? How many people in the US/Canada have the exact same car and color as you ? That's one reason why alot of people come to talk to me about my car at the mall, gas station ... they don't know what it is. They've never seen it before.
both cars have their good and bad sides, im not saying yours isnt good. i actually like the tiburon. but comparing a modded car to a stock car is pointless and comparing modded cars together is almost as pointless, as there are WAY too many factors to consider. What you can do with a twin turbo 2.7L V6 may be nothing compared to what someone else can do with a 1.6L I4 turbo no ?
To start answering your question, my car needs an upgraded intercooler, boost controller and pistons/rods. I need the internals to be able to go over 10~12psi (on stock turbo) safely. Im no expert, but i heard our turbo loses efficiency after 15psi, so 15psi is pretty much my limit before upgrading to something like a GT28RS. Stock WHP is around 145 i think ... so with my FMIC and boost at 10psi i should be around 200. Too bad i cant benificiate from a bigger displacement and run bigger turbo or a s/c. Once i buy my pistons/rods and new turbo, i'll be able to up to boost to 20+ psi and will be around 350whp which should be enough to be in the 12s too. Thats without spending too much .... i'm sure any car can be built to 600whp if you spend the money. I saw an NA CRX that ran 10.74, so if they can do that with an NA 4cyl, im sure we can do the same thing with a tib or a protege.
As for the look ... unlike everything else you said, thats a matter of opinion. I'm not gona say your car looks ugly cuz id be lying. I'm not biased at the point of saying other cars don't look good just cuz i dont own one and i especially will not go on other forums to tell them their car sucks. I've always been a fan of the rally kinda cars like the EVO or STi and my car (Mazdaspeed Protege, not the regular 4 door protege) looks a bit like that, which is why i bought it. We don't have EVOs here and the STi is 50,000$ CDN compared to the 23,000$ i paid for mine. Your tiburon may make head turn, but so does my turbo Protege.
There's another thing i'm proud of. There are only 500 (approx) cars like mine in Canada. How many tiburons were sold last year ? or this year ? How many people in the US/Canada have the exact same car and color as you ? That's one reason why alot of people come to talk to me about my car at the mall, gas station ... they don't know what it is. They've never seen it before.
both cars have their good and bad sides, im not saying yours isnt good. i actually like the tiburon. but comparing a modded car to a stock car is pointless and comparing modded cars together is almost as pointless, as there are WAY too many factors to consider. What you can do with a twin turbo 2.7L V6 may be nothing compared to what someone else can do with a 1.6L I4 turbo no ?
there isn't a 11 sec Tib in North America yet, or the we know of, the car that ran a 12.6 is the closest we have so far, but as i said before he shut down at 1000' and coasted thru the traps....so if it ran a 12.6 under those circumstances its not being unrealistic to say it is capable of alot better then a 12.6, likely high 11's.......but whatever till they pull 11's we can't say for sure.......but we do know the car is alot faster then a 12.6......its too bad they had to end the day with only 2 partial passes thats for sure, but they left the track without the engine smoking and blowing oil all over the track....hehehe LOL......In Kore with the twin turbo cars they have run 11's, but they have different fuels and condititons, but the bottom end is definitely solid.......
now you guys want to compare your I-4's NA to my V-6?? you dont have a chance in hell....and under boost on stock internals the Tib is a stronger motor then the MSP's, but of course it costs us more since we aren't a factory turbo.....but take the MSP on a stock motor and a Tib(boosted) on a stock motor and see who car goes the fastest without blowing the sleeves out of the block or the rods out of the bottom end.....we know the Tib can at the least run a 12.6(and likely alot lower) what can the MSP run on stock bottom end???
I like all cars I just hate the owners LOL, but you guys say alot of stuff about a car you know nothing about, other then one guy whos cousin owns a Elantra and according to his cousin the motor sucks, which must be true since he's a member of a outdated Hyundai forum LMAO, the forum he mentioned is so out of tune with the new Tib's it ridiculous
anyways nice talking to you guys, and if you think your 4 door cars look nicer then the Tib. well props to ya, cuz i sure the hell don't
now you guys want to compare your I-4's NA to my V-6?? you dont have a chance in hell....and under boost on stock internals the Tib is a stronger motor then the MSP's, but of course it costs us more since we aren't a factory turbo.....but take the MSP on a stock motor and a Tib(boosted) on a stock motor and see who car goes the fastest without blowing the sleeves out of the block or the rods out of the bottom end.....we know the Tib can at the least run a 12.6(and likely alot lower) what can the MSP run on stock bottom end???
I like all cars I just hate the owners LOL, but you guys say alot of stuff about a car you know nothing about, other then one guy whos cousin owns a Elantra and according to his cousin the motor sucks, which must be true since he's a member of a outdated Hyundai forum LMAO, the forum he mentioned is so out of tune with the new Tib's it ridiculous
anyways nice talking to you guys, and if you think your 4 door cars look nicer then the Tib. well props to ya, cuz i sure the hell don't
anarchistchiken
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Wow, you're a ******* asshole. I dont even know why, you're just one of those guys that REALLY gives off that vibe.
Go back to the Korean shipping company forums and tell your friends that mazda owners are thick headed jackasses. We cnat help it that our cars look better than yours, but if your inferiority complex makes you wanna keep bashing our cars looks, then go do it on your forum.
Go back to the Korean shipping company forums and tell your friends that mazda owners are thick headed jackasses. We cnat help it that our cars look better than yours, but if your inferiority complex makes you wanna keep bashing our cars looks, then go do it on your forum.
I've had little kids drool over my car thinking it's a race car and trying to recreate the blow off sound when they are in it (believe me, I don't boost high with my friend's kids in the car). There was even one little girl trying to talk me into doing a burnout in the middle of a residential street. It just looks fast to people, even though it was not nearly as powerful when it was stock.anarchistchiken said:
I had a mustang guy talk about how nice my car looked on Friday morning, and my car turns heads like crazy. I think the new tiburons look nice, but not enough to turn that many heads.
The only reason pay close attention to them, to tell you the truth, is because I know what ripp superchargers can do to them, and I never know if I will happen upon one with power. Most of the tibs that have tried to keep up with me have simply made me laugh. They can have considerable power with boost, but the only ones I've run into were stock or probably just have intake and exhaust mods.
Then again, my car came with about 90-100 whp, and now I'm well into the 200s at the wheels (hp and torque, still awaiting my next dyno session). You can never be too sure what you're running into.
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Big deal, you don't like cars with 4 doors, great, I hate most SUVs, but other people love them. Don't try to start an argument here, we all love our own cars, and have the right to be proud of them. It would be better (and safer) if most car enthusiasts respected other styles and ideas.supertib said:
None of us want to see 3 million tibs on the road or 3 million proteges. We like the fact that our cars are not the most common car on the road.
Do you honestly think that any car can easily pull 11s when the best time is 12.6? What do you think you are going to do to shave off more than 1/2 sec? Oh, and it took nitrous to make the 12.6 happen. And yay, an electrical fire. (Hope nobody got hurt.)
I certainly hope that I don't have a completely stock motor if I ever were to hit the 11s. I would hope I had forged goodies under that hood, otherwise I might risk losing my investment.
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