Possible engine swaps cheap and good.?

[Dropilih]

What do you have on that 86? To smoke that m3

[grappletech]

Call it what you want but I'll figure skate all day long if my rolla could beat an M3, without some ridiculous Mods

[totta crolla]

Jjajaja is that a joke bro?

It was meant humorously but in all seriousness a 16 year old living out some initial D fantasy in a 230 HP 86 is one of the scariest things I have had to think about on these forums in a long time.

Had you said you wanted to go hit HPDEs, and track days and wanted to learn how to properly drive a car fast I would be all about it.

I'm only 18, and know how to drive a car pretty damn well IMO. and that is scary lol. I plan on taking my car to track days, and maybe gettin into autox and drifting.

as for the OP- I just got my 86 about 3 weeks ago, it has a N/A 3tc swap and it's built. All I can possibly do for any more power other than a little tuning, is change my distributor. A decent, not too expensive power adder for me was e3 spark plugs. those coupled with my MSD ignition made for a noticeable power difference (granted the 4age is a totally different animal). As it sits, I have invested over $10k in the car. Budget and fast 86 don't seem to mesh at all. (however, mine isn't slow... but it's not 230whp) I don't know what it puts out for power, but I can say it smoked an 06 BMW M3 the other day...

I'm more than twice your age and I couldn't smoke a properly driven M3 in an '86 no matter what mods you did to it.
Remember though it is all about the nut that holds the wheel !
Oh and in my opinion everyone thinks they can drive pretty damn well

[SidekickChuck]

Couldnt agree more with the above statement.

No way a a reasonably stock 3tc will beat an e46 M3. All up to the drivers though. Throw captain hook behind the wheel of a e60 v10 M5 and you got a chance. Or it could be that the M3 was a clone and was actually a 320. Depends on whether you know the owner I suppose.

[morgan]

Maybe the m3 wasnt racing?
viewtopic.php?f=26&t=7856&p=52987#p52987

[phanist]

Wow is that the beauty that kill the beast? Buhahahahahahhaha


Nah he smoked my friend grandma she was behind the wheel...

[rumsawatti]

My 4ac has pulled all kinds of cars off the light, Audis, BMWs, Jaguars, Civics, Minivans, Dump Trucks, and the occasional garbage truck and 18 wheeler. Thing hauls ass, but im a pretty damn good driver too.

[carbd7age]

Original poster kid: forget the 86 and buy a Miata. You will actually get to learn how to drive it instead of spending all your free time fixing the AE86 that some fanboy trashed trying to make it a super fabulous driftah.