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"So which cars make the best projects?"
For a project car, you need lots of potential to extract performance.
The following cars are the most popular cars among our readers and make up a pretty good list of great project car ideas to work on.
All have large part ranges from performance makers, all have strong engine options, which make a great base to work on and most of the following are great candidates for an engine swap or supercharger/turbo upgrade.
Budget needs to be taken into account and we've tried to cover all bases and options here.
If you feel we've missed out a gem, please let us know in the comments box below and we will consider adding it to this guide.
We were hoping for a top ten, but as it's so hard to choose just 10 we kept going.
The Skyline – R32 R33 R34 and R35
You can't have a list of great project cars without mentioning the Nissan Skyline with it's plethora of tuning options.
The new GTR is awesome but weak gearboxes and high purchase cost are keeping them off this list for now.
In this article we will take an overview of the world of Skyline tuning mods … Continue reading
A3 tuning
I've had quite a few A3's over the years, and the engines are usually nice to work on with a nice range of power options and upgrades for relatively little extra money. Turbo engines respond really well to tunes or remaps … Continue reading
Toyota GT86
Toyota GT86 FA20 Tuning Tuning the Toyota GT86 and best GT86 performance parts. A joint effort between Toyota and Subaru who were aiming at building the ultimate track day car, and thankfully opted for a RWD setup. They have created an instant classic … Continue reading
The Nissan 370z
Criticisms of it’s earlier brother includes a lack of low down power which has been addressed to a large degree in the 370z. Continue reading
Silvia S13 Tuning
The Honda S2000
The S2000 was originally launched in April 1999. Honda engineers needed to come up with a special car to commemorate Honda’s 50th anniversary. The high revving engine lends itself nicely to tuning.
The two seater roadster features a powerful 2 litre engine with rear wheel drive layout hire a six speed gearbox. (Some countries had the additional choice of a 2.2 litre engine and there was also a hard top version available.) Continue reading
The dodge Charger
Dodge Chargers are popular cars and you can have plenty of driving fun of this awesome muscle car with the right mods.
We have seen some awesome Charger tuning projects and there seems to be quite a loyal fan base of Charger owners. If you do your homework then you can create an awesome Charger but don’t be fooled there are lots of performance parts out there that will simply not suit it read our unbiased guides first. Continue reading
The Honda Civic.
One of our most popular cars, a long production run and amazing range of off the shelf parts make the Civic a good contender for ultimate modified car project.
The solid Honda engines are pretty reliable even when pushed hard and we have seen Turbo conversions on stock engines without issue! You just have to watch your fuelling and compression ratios. Continue reading
Lancer EVO
Now with several revisions and updates, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution remains the car tuning poster car.
Rally bred performance for the road. If you want a capable car that needs no mods look no further, but when you add mods it just gets better and better... Continue reading
The Subaru Impreza WRX and STi
Tuning tips for the Subaru Impreza abound as do the parts available, The stunning WRX and STi are great project cars that offer much to the enthusiastic tuner. With their phenomenal success in rally, … Continue reading
Ford Mustang modifications.
If you feel we've missed out a gem, please let us know in the comments box below and we will consider adding it to this guide.
We were hoping for a top ten, but as it's so hard to choose just 10 we kept going.
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