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I don't know that I can take a 79% pay cut to work at AutoZone. Arizona can't be that cheap. :D Plus, I'd have to leave CA. That's a lose/lose for me. After I retire, though... Kidding. I hope to retire somewhere near a beach. Some beach. Any beach. 🤞Unfortunately I like living here too much to...

I love it here. It's the ONLY reason I put up with it. Well, that and I make 3x more here than I would in any other state, while doing half the work. 🤣

A downpipe isn't a bad idea when it comes to saving the turbo. Cats on a turbo car is saddening LOL. I've seen lap times on Supras with crazy suspension and aero but basically stock power. Plus, you get to brag a bit LOL. I was faster than most modified cars I ran against and regularly popped my...

Agreed. One of my old cars was 430whp and AWD. It was really quick but still retained what made it great in the first place. I went to an event where a dude I knew had his car there. Same car, but with 750+whp. Guess which car everyone had the most fun in. He may have gone the whole day and...

If I had $1 for every person I see do a high-hp build just to sell it because the car isn't fun after the first week.

Updated-amundo.

I need screenshots please, guys. I update the list from my work computer and can't always follow links. Plus, I'm too lazy to go chasing through the internet for your times LOL

From my point of view: In the city I live in, Mustangs, Challengers, and to a lesser extent Camaros are the new Civic. They are straight-piped and doing donuts all over the place. When someone sees a 350, they don't know the difference. It's still a Mustang. For the 6mos I had my 350R, the...

I've noticed an increase in bad attitudes. Definitely detracts from the enjoyment.

Oh, someone mentioned brakes. I don't remember the pads I was running, but I've never had a car brake so hard. Of course, I've never driven a car with THAT much mechanical grip, either. With 300mm+ at each corner, you can run a serious pad. The car put me into the harness pretty hard. It was...

Are you high? :D

Depends. I've been heel/toe-ing it for so long that going to the paddles in the Supra left me a TON of bandwidth to work on other things. I found myself focusing on other aspects of my driving that was more difficult before. Granted, the MT cars I drove before were HANDFULS, in of themselves...

I didn't find it uncomfortable in that sense. For me it was the overall size and view out of the windows when it came to navigating tight spots and parking. Especially parking LOL. I would have got used to it, had I driven it more. The steamroller-sized tires did like to tram a bit, but I never...

It's just a car. Gonna have to learn modern tech sooner or later. I'm sure the old-pas said the same thing when they worked on their first fuel-injected engine. ;) I currently wrench on an older exotic with probably as many computers built into it. It's also just a car. :headbang:

Whether they are or not, they are great for track use, so will be more than suitable for the street. Many of us have tested them. 🤞 Now ..if OP wants some bling, that's a different story. But I'd still run basic fluid.

I thought he was looking for basics. Shoot...If we're talking specialty/make life easier, I have a very, very, very long and expensive list I can post. We all started somewhere. :p It was just a question and it's MUCH more fun to interact with real people than rely on Google and (often...

It doesn't improve performance, at ALL, on the street. In fact, it could be worse, depending how those pads work. AND now he'd have to flush his brake fluid on an annual basis. Also: steel braided lines were super useful, back in the day. Modern lines hold up just fine unless under extreme...

I went the other way. 350R to the Supra. Both had ridiculous potential but the Supra was more fun to drive and cheaper/easier to find consumables. I would not have swapped back the other way unless money were no object. I drove both on the street, occasionally and the Supra wins in the...

I mostly only drove mine on race tracks and I concur about how they handle themselves. I ran a regional (western/south-ish U.S.) series with a bunch of modified BMWs. Let's say none of them were happy with me. I won the championship for my class with nothing more than wheel/tire/brake pad/camber...

3/8"-drive ratchet. Metric sockets and combo wrenches in 8mm-21mm, to cover 90% of your needs. You don't need all of them, but may as well just buy a set. I can't remember if any of them need to be 12pt. Short, medium, and long 3/8" extensions. You will need Torx bits. I have t7-t40. Again, you...