If you could start over, from scratch, with a brand new 96-01 Tib...
What would you do?

2000-2001 Tiburon
Manual Transmission
Black
RSide TB, AirRam, N/A with probable nitrous setup, AEM CAI
MPS Kit, Lowered Suspension, Lightweight Silver 16" wheels
front, rear, center bars
backseat-delete, weight reduction while keeping it daily driver, no audio except for factory replacement
Racing seats (corbeau or sparco)
Optima battery, upgrade fuel and ignition system
Drilled / Slotted rotors
6000k HALO HID's
clear corners
CF hood from FlyRyde
possible CF hatch, no wing
CF sunroof (gotta have the sunroof) cool.gif
20% black tint all around, 35% front
DEI remote starter w/alarm & pager
window/sunroof relay setup
oh yeah, and manual tranny upgrades (no too familiar with it, so I won't go into detail)

 

why is there no turbo and turbo accessories included in that list...

 

Not everyone likes Turbos or wants to deal with the hassles and increased maintance of them.

Honestly, except for getting her smacked by my Brother-in-law and crushing the fender, hood, and headlight (and now I discover, the windsheild washer) there is little I would do differently... just would not have taken as much time as I have.

 

I prefer to stay the n/a route with my tib. I would like to pursue a turbo project in a different vehicle though. cool.gif possibly my next...

 

Spend $3000+ on a turbo kit and not the body kit (if I didn't have the accident). I would go all performance before looks.

 

TURBO kit

before

bbtb
air ram
safc
421 headers

 

well my car has gone through many transformations (mainly downhill...)

i would have taken care of it a little better, not have gotten the obx header(bought march of 2000 for 400 bux)
would have gone with 2.5 exhaust instead
i would have not had best buy light my car on fire...
genius kit
probably silver paint
stayed with my fx wheels
i would have bought a BBK instead of trying to build one...

i almost forgot the most important thing

BOOST

 

I just added up my first post... without the cost of the car, it'd be at least $6,000 before touching the transmission.. and that doesn't factor in the CF hatch, nitrous setup, or headwork. Dang, I was actually thinking it'd be under $10k to build that setup. I guess it's more expensive when you start throwing in the numbers. 02.gif

 

i hope this doesn't become one of those turbo vs. n/a threads that go on for pages haha.

ok, the only thing i would have done is get a motoria that's it and nothing else if i had another chance. i love my damn car no matter if it's slow it looks hotttnesszzz. the new paint is coming soon so there's really nothing to take back. now if i were to go back in time i would have waited for a fully loaded 2.0 STICK SHIFT!!! Grrr...

I want three tiburons total. Mine in metallic hot cherry red. i'm a big red fan. another white version of mine. another black version of mine with my gold rims. i love 5-spokers!! maybe the black one would be all blacked out like blacktibs car but i love the "Kit" from KnightRider black on gold look. this is why i'm trying to convince my friends to get these cars!! (too bad my friends s*ck mad ballz and can't afford a damn car, don't trust or understand hyundai, or are into honda or muscle)

no turbo, Mad is right, even though turbos in tiburons are jaw-dropping, they're high maintenance and you have to have a lot of custom work done and you have to know way too much. high octane fuel and detonation threats discouraged me from getting a turbo... so i can't say i'm not happy with n/a even though i worked mad arse for "lousy" results.

 

if i could start over....I'd NOT CRASH IT TWICE!!!!!! drillsergeant.gif