i'm new, but i do have a hot-air car and my reasons for wanting to convert. as someone posted above: finding parts. i can find stock and aftermarket parts for an 86-87 ALL day long. for my car? not so much. i have to "modify" this and "make adjustments" to that.
i love working on cars. don't get me wrong. i bought this as a project to play with.
but.. i need it to be reasonable. i don't want my car parked for a month while i fabricate or search for some hard-to-find part. as an example, only after a week of searching did i finally find a downpipe i want to use. it's part of the learning curve.. just saying i found about 50 for the IC cars before coming across a website that had one for my car.
it seems the IC cars are just... easier.
not only that, but the challenge of swapping to a newer setup sounds challenging and fun. i've looked into it and it's something i can take my time with and enjoy.
now.. hot-rodding is usually about doing what you can with the car to get the results you want. people put newer stuff in place of the older stuff 'cause.. well. that's what we do. otherwise, the muscle car era would never have come about.
for some, it's about progressing. if we have these awesome parts to swap on, why stick with outdated equipment?
that being said, i was DEAD SET on a conversion before i even found my car. i still plan too. but.. now i may wait. i'm doing some research on how to toss an FMIC on my '85. if i can find a way to cool the charge temps, then i may be able to get the results i want form my current setup. and for MUCH less. now i'm finding i may not have to convert other than the ECU. i don't really care if i'm HA or IC, as long as the car is capable of a high 11sec/low 12 sec run.
if i can do that with my HA setup, i'm in.
so... just saying, for some of us, the reason we're doing what we're doing is probably for a reason. we're not buying the car as a collector item. we're buying them because we love the cars.
i understand the "purist" point-of-view. i recently owned a car that had some of the most hard-core purist views of anyone i've come across. it was nuts. if you changed a single part on the car, you were flamed all day long and ostracized for doing something different. how DARE someone change something on their car. blah blah.
so. agreed that this is the HA forum. so.. what is suggested? move any conversion threads to the IC forum? if the HA section is going to be strict, then that's what should happen. after that, are the former HA car owners now required to post in the FI area?
i'm not trying to be facetious, just making a point that there needs to be a line drawn, if people are going to catch heat for posting here when they "shouldn't". it just seems to be a bit of a sticky situation.
so. what does everyone suggest? not allow IC-related posts and threads? they can be moved to the proper forum, yes?
and if i ad a FMIC to my HA car.. where do i post? LOL I'm still gonna need your guys' help!!
