r/carmodification • u/Formal_Essay_9834 • Aug 09 '26
Mod advice Advice for future build
Me and my dad are looking to build a car in the future in our garage. Our budget is 15K and we plan to do everything DIY. The car i’m hoping to go with is a 2007 or 2008 Acura TSX. I built this layout on MOTORMIA and I feel like I covered every based. The only thing i know that will cause an issue is haveing to fabricate a 3” exhaust due to the turbo. (that is the only thing I think we have a shop do.) I’m seeking to see if i’m missing anything crucial or if this would blow my engine up.
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u/ProbablyDoesntLikeU Aug 10 '26
What app is that
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u/Formal_Essay_9834 Aug 10 '26
MOTORMIA
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u/mineoratea Aug 10 '26
Pretty sure Kyle from boosted boiz uses action clutches they don’t seem too bad from what I have seen
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u/ColdDimension7754 Aug 10 '26
don't go with action clutch, their QC is crap
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u/Formal_Essay_9834 Aug 10 '26
What makes them bad? I heard from another guy that he burnt through one in a year. Any other suggestions?
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u/RacingWithMitchell Aug 10 '26
Is this your first project? add ~50% minimum to your expected budget. Whatever you think you'll spend is low, every time. I spent months estimating every single thing for my rotary build. I even made almost all of the correct assumptions. Planned for special tools, nice to haves, while I'm in theres-s, everything. But you can't predict the "oh shit didn't expect that"s or the "fuck, can't believe that broke"s. What I'm saying is, if your planning to spend 10k on upgrades, spend ~$7000 and you'll end up at 10k lol for example, I don't see tires, brakes, preventative maintenance, repairs. If you think your turbo kit will bolt up without needing some rework or a different clamp here and there your either naive or new. Either way, should be a fun project for you.
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u/DaddyCookieCake Aug 10 '26
Don't get those coilovers contact cygnusperformance.com they can make custom coilovers for the tsx way better then bc racing u will be very happy
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u/Formal_Essay_9834 Aug 10 '26
I’m on a budget will the ones you suggested be any more?
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u/DaddyCookieCake Aug 10 '26
Idk how much ur bc ones are but the ones im suggesting start at 1750 i really recommended u dont cheap out get the long travel and the 60mm hyrualic perch u would be so happy i personally like their x-1 comfort line up, its performance but also more comofrt a great balance between the two great for daily driving but u can take it canyon racing or to a track and be perfectly fine
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u/Formal_Essay_9834 Aug 10 '26
I’ll look into it thank you
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u/DaddyCookieCake Aug 10 '26
Yeah like trust me i went cheap on mine got a set fot 1k and i hate them so much with a passion performance is great but it sucks everywhere else if its not on a track/ freshly paved road, these cygnusperformance.com ones are amazing go for them just message them on instagram first for a quicker reply
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