Thanks for the advice man! I have a lot of thinking to do.

 

no problem man. always down to help a mk player! Everyone gets bored of cars, and wants to try something new, it makes sense. But they just need to decide what has priority.

If its cost and maintenance you can just get a beater that runs fine and drive it hard daily and not worry, then drive your sporty car safely modded for enjoyment of driving. If your priority is interior luxury and popularity for name brands. italian/german cars dominate. But costs are high/maintenance. If you just want pure performance only, the maintenance is highest because of replacing parts frequently/insurance. examples would be a high hp vette/evo etc. It's just what you want. But you are already in a good position.

You can even get a nicer dd than a beater. Like a nice lexus or some type of nice dd that isn't so high maintenance. But good cost and german/italian don't go hand and hand. Let us know what you decide man

 

Ive been in a similar situation. I almost sold my car twice. I sold my fp red, then sold my fp black thinking I was gonna sell. I could never pull the trigger because deep down Im still a car guy. Now I've gone off the Deep End and Im in the middle if a Full Build with an HTA 3794.....Haha. I love power so this is hopefully going to fill my void.

 

Sounds like you should sell it, but it's your choice. If it's about the power I'd say don't worry about it haha. There's a guy in my city that dd a 600whp AMS built monster

 

You sir have described what 90% of all car enthusiast go through with any car they start to mod. The difference is that you have the ***** to come out and say it, usually others just drift into the wind and you never here from them again, until they purchase a new car, start to mod it, and put themselves into the same position.

Modding is not cheap
There will always be issues (Possible Failures)
There is no certainty
You will have set backs
you will deal with stupid people
You will void your warranty
but......

For the brief few seconds you hit that gas down, and all 500+ AWHP comes alive, throws you back in that seat... you can be sure you will have the biggest grin on your face that will last you some time.

Yes its a pain in the *** to get to that point, and when your finished with your build, you will almost definitively want to either do more, or try something different. Its a difficult hump to get through, and not always for everyone.

So to sum up:

If you got the money set aside for this project, then by all means i say do it. If money is squeezing you hard then stop. Give it some time, have patience and return to it when you have the money again.

I would say that a lot of people run into this kind of situation when they have blown all there money on modding and are left with nothing.

 

We have kind of similar feelings other than I don't have any intentions of selling the car. I'm to the point where I don't have the desire to mod anything else on the car other than switching to e85.

 

Well that's the thing, I have NOT and will NEVER allow myself to spend all my savings on modding my car. I life comfortably right now but God forbid my motor did go, I would be completely SOL. I don't have a back-up car (I did but not anymore) and I am terrified of the thought of having to spend $5000 PLUS LABOR for a new motor. It's like "why bother?" I'm not a professional racer, so why would I needlessly spend that money. Yes it's cool to say I have a 600 HP car but there will always be someone faster and with more horses so what's the point? I know it's a hobby but I guess I've reached the point where I'm asking myself: "why am I modding?"

I guess I have been down this path so many times that I've become jaded by it. My DSMs were moneypits and I'm trying to prevent my EVO from turning into one. I've already dumped plenty of money into this car as it is.

Sigh. I really have no idea what to do.

 

Selling your car because you're friends aren't into it means you were never really into it in the first place.

A buddy of mine got me into this when I was 16. I'm 34 this year. I've seen people come and go an I'm still here doing this because I love it. I have friends that have long since moved on ask me why I still continue to dump money into my car and I tell them that if they have to ask that question then they never really understood in the first place.

Car people "get it", the rest of the general populace doesn't. That's what separates you from the people who like to jump in and out like its a fad. Modding cars is really almost a way of life.

Only time I took a break was to get a house and be an adult for a little while. 2.5 years off the car modding but I moved on to bikes. I love them almost as much or more then cars now.

 

I think the way most people arrive at 600hp+ is kinda circumstances.

For me when my motor let go I was pushing the envelope. When I looked at the cost of a new OEM motor (or used with unknown history) and a built one to to handle way more power then I would throw at it, it was a no brainer.

 

I've actually been thinking of buying a "normal" everyday reliable car and buying a sportsbike for the spring/summer. But then I'm worried I might kill myself on it. lol I'm such a mess.

 

Even though you bought a good amount a parts I think you should stick with the basic mods, like intake and exhaust, plus exterior stuff. A 300hp is still fun for a dd, no need to have it be a monster when your probably not going over 35 in the city, 65 on the freeway.

 

you are in a crisis man. if you are fed up of the evo and selling your turbo/meth kit iisn't what you want to do, then take a break and decide what has priority. If you are all about saving money, then sell the evo and buy a reliable dd and take up a new hobby. If you want to keep your evo and not make it a money pit, just remove meth as stated and sell your fp green. Or even sell it more and get rid of all your parts to go back to stock. Rake up the cash and get a car you feel would be more your style

 

what SmurfZilla said I agree with 110%, with real car guys, modding is a way of life! you should sell that evo 9 to someone like myself lol or anyone who will use it to its fullest! doesn't seem like you want to drive fast or mod, just get a mazda 3 or something just to dd and you wouldn't have to worry about a thing.

 

Honestly, given your comments, I'd start fresh. Good luck.

No, with real car guys, driving is key. YMMV

 

You should have realized this a long time ago.

All the money people dump into their cars on this forum on cars that are strictly driven on the street is a total waste. It's a instant gratification thing. People who put together these tin can psuedo street race cars make me laugh. Getting to the next red light faster does you no good, and what good does that crazy suspension setup do for the left hander at the light that's green...

It's a completely different story if your making a track car. My policy has always been to keep street cars street cars.

You'll notice that people with track cars and or experience with track time/etc are much more sensible with their purchasing decisions. They'll have beaters and or a luxury-performance tank (AMG/M/RS4/etc) for daily duty while maintaining a dedicated car for the track which they can upgrade to suit their level of driving. People less financially blessed opt to try and kill two birds with one stone by making an Evo serve both purposes (Daily/Track) but in my opinion the car is already skewed toward hardcore so you're just crossing the line further toward a track duty car.

Get any M car and do everything your Evo does on the street now with 900x the refinement. That about sums it up.