1G GSX vs 2G GSX, what parts cross over Options

[SCCA Stang]

hey guys... in my quest for a more reliable car to get... I have come up with something that my wife will let me get.... a 2G GSX.

I haven't yet found a suitable car to buy, but I am trying to figure out what parts I would be able to swap directly over to a 2G from my current GSX.

so far the parts that come to mind that will go directly over are:

engine dress up items
wheels/tires
MBC
turbo
exhaust header
o2 housing
catch can
144 intake pipe
3" GM maf
optima battery
CD player
1G intake mani
turbo timer
AFPR
injectors
fuel pump

parts that I need to find out will cross over:

shocks, struts
springs
brake rotors
exhaust
strut tower braces, front and rear
rear sway bar

if any body knows please reply here
and if anyone knows where I can find a fairly clean 2G, please PM

Thanks, Ben

[akamiami]

ben, I know exactly where you're coming from as I've gone through the same permutations in my head countless times. It doesn't help that I currently own a 2g awd mt and an evo either. I've thought about continuing to mod analube as if my life depended on it, turning my attention to the evo and selling the gsx, transferring attention and to the 2g tsi and selling the gsx as modded, or stock, or some other combination. Now, I know the smart decision would be to sell the whole lot and buy a 89 geo spectrum (my first car ever), but I'm stubborn and enjoy owning cars that continually present problems, cost loads in modifications that yield marginal results, and will never be worth their invested value.

In the long run, you've got to decide your level of commitment and devotion. If you make a switch to a 2g now, you'll continue to be tempted to make a jump to an evo in a few years and so on. There are always cars that may be 'better platforms' and seem like a lot of fun. Hell, I think we'd all love to own rx7's, supras, Z cars, vettes, etc. but we're normal guys with real life constraints like family needs, requirements for initial price, insurance, utility, and ease of use that make DSM's appeal to us more than a lot of other cars.

I enjoy hearing you go back and forth about your 'mutant' gsx because it mirrors a lot of my own thoughts about analube. Keep up the introspection, cap'n!