If you had 10,000$ to mod with...

[baddog671]

what would you do? I sometimes think about this, and perhaps in the future when I have my own place, room, and money, I will do it. If you had 10,000$ to modify your car, or purchase a new car and modify, what car would you get and what would you do?

I think I would get a 96+ 1L 5speed metro for a project because it is already a top contender. There may be better choices, but I am already well familiar with this vehicle.

For starters, extreme weight loss (couple hundred pounds), suspension lowered as close to ground as possible but still be able to hit bumps, custom 13x4 (or less width) aluminum wheels with less backspace to suck wheels closer to body and lightest reasonable tire, heavy areodynamics modification (mirrors, grill, entire rear taperd down, tire shrouds, etc).

Then more extreme like tubular aluminum frame to eliminate wieght and be stronger than rusted-out frame, diesel conversion (?), xfi cam, 6-speed tranny(?), electrical assistance(?), computer adjusters and moniters (megasuirt, scangauge, etc), LED conversion.

And finally, fuzzy dice for my rearview mirror.

I think it can be done (most of it) if you did the work yourself, had the knowledge/patience/tools, and found good deals on stuff. How about you'all?

Nic