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Originally Posted by UltArc
I don't want to be rude, but throwing in a real sports car? Because if so, when you were typing Lotus or Ferrari or Lamborghini, or Nissan GTR, 350z came out...
287 hp at the engine, not wheels, seven years ago is not around 300hp. At wheels, 250 would be a higher estimate.
And as for handling, the Z prior to 2011 reportedly had terrible handling for the money, very spongey and soft. Not all people like a back breaking stiff, hops on bumps, feel the road ride. But it's desired for a sports car when used for sportiness. IF you had 250 hp at the wheels, your hp / lb ratio doesn't really blow anyone away here.
We here are the closest thing to sports cars on the forum. Not so much us being Ford GTs and Gallardos, rather, as much as we to get good mileage, quoting Mustang Dave, sometimes we have to put spurs to our Pony...
Maybe a nicer way to get started with a new group of people regarding sportiness and performance would be to tell us more about youself in a humble manner, some ideas you have for mods for yourself, and asking us about our mods and any tips, tricks or ideas.
I mean, I don't really see a Honda Fit as a sports car, to be honest, but how does he drive it? What mods are planned? Maybe his budget is more strict, or he NEEDS better mileage and that is his price range. Clearly we prefer more sport than efficiency, but there's no reason to throw that out there. :/
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Well said - hopefully he just typed before he thought about how that sounded, but it rubbed me the wrong way too.
Titus, I'm happy to welcome you here; I just hope that you didn't intend to come off quite the way you did with that statement. There are plenty of "true" sports cars, some of them even here. UltArc's point above, about your numbers, is a perfect lead into this next part - know your numbers before you throw them down matter of factly. The difference between wheel horse power and crank hp can be pretty significant - and the loss gets greater as you go from fwd, to rwd, to awd.
I'm trying not to sound like a jerk, just encouraging you to do the same.
Welcome to the club!
One of the things I really like about this forum is the focus on optimization; I've found that mods that create more power (by focusing on optimization) will also get you better gas mileage (if your foot isn't glued to the floor, a problem I sometimes have).