Why? Well, consider this recent brush with the cubicly challenged kind i had a couple weekends ago...
I was driving my coupe (which keep in mind...my car is no rocket...we're talking a mid to low 13 second car right now) and i happened to come to a stop at a light next to a parking lot full of little ricers.
One of them says "do a burnout!"...to which i replied "nah man there's a cop right over there in Taco Bell parking lot"...to which he replies "yeah yeah you just ain't got nothin!"
So i laugh (literally) and say "why don't you bring that turd out here to the highway and find out what i've got" knowing damn well he wouldn't. "Oh man i've just got a stock Cavalier" said the kid (ok so why talk BS when that's all you've got?) and another says "i've got a slipping clutch"...to which i reply "sounds like you've ALL got nothing but excuses" and off i drive.
Later that night, maybe 45 minutes later i came back through the same spot on my way back home, and they were still there. So...i figured WTF why not stir the pot...and once again at the red light i say "anyone find their balls yet? it's getting late and gas is too expensive to wait out here all night"
So one of them says why don't you come in here and park and show us what's under the hood. So hell, why not. I go in, open the hood (and mind you, we're talking about the amazing nearly stock '85 250k+ engine here..lol)....you'd have thought John Force pulled up in his racecar and lifted the nose up. Jaws dropped....one kid actually knew a thing or three about old cars and starts naming off parts, then says to his friend "you need to stop talking $hit before this guy hands you your ass"...to which all his friends laughed at him.
Basically....this is a perfect example of how 99% of import guys act. There wasn't a 15 second car in that whole lot, yet they felt the need to act like they had it all. I even told the one kid who was naming off parts that i had nothing against FAST imports...i just don't like $hit talkers.
I think a lot of the problem is that kids these days don't seem to be growing up with car guys like kids used to. There are less and less dads spending time wrenching in the garage and teaching their sons about cars, and all these kids have to go on is stupid movies like fast and the bi-curious.
the SR20DET is bulletproof compared to the KA24DE. they can handle 500+ horse on the stock engine, without so mush as cracking the valve cover.
you cant do that with the KA24DE, just not possible.
But why would you try to reach 500hp on an used engine that you're not familiar with?
Seems like it just makes better sense to build the bottom end to your specs, and this is where saving $$$ by not shipping a block you don't need comes in.
If you own a mustang you must be loyal to it...most people are.
we hate ricers because they think stickers will give then horsepower and NAWZZZ will make them as fast as paul walker. Not to mention the loud, big bee by your ear sound coming from their tailpipes.
ricers pffft
typically the USDM motors arent as good as the japanese motors are. normally its cheaper in the long run to buy one form overseas than to build what you already have. the motors we get here normally dont have near the amount of aftermarket support.
There are less and less dads spending time wrenching in the garage and teaching their sons about cars, and all these kids have to go on is stupid movies like fast and the bi-curious.
You mean cheaper in the short-term. The initial cost of putting in a used up JDM motor is cheaper than building the stock engine up. But that's used vs. new. Rebuilding the JDM motor before the swap kinda evens the costs out a bit. That's what I just don't get.
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