hi I just wanted to say I'm so impressed with the SVX that I decided to check out what the svx community was like also

My friend recently bought a '93 SVX (black) with 60,000kms on it in the month of June

at first i was really skeptical of his car. the windows looked funny and SVX's don't come with a manual tranny so my first impressions were very low

the first thing he did with his car was add his sound system but the 2 woofer box he had didnt fit in the trunk and i wasn't too impressed on how small that trunk was. then the nexdt thing he did was tint his windows black,... wow what a difference this made.. I think all SVX's should get their windows tinted.. this makes the car look amazing and sleek. Then driving this car converted me into a fan.. the car handles great and the acceleration is pretty damn good (i think the 94 octane gas he puts helps) especially when u hit the gas petal twice really fast to open up the valves. The leather seats are amazingly comfortable and don't become all crusty and peel off like my mx6 (also '93). and when we are driving at a relatively high speed witht the windows open i finally realized why the svx has funny windows.. it blocks all the wond from blowing in ur face.

he's had the car for less than 5 months now and he's already driven the car to 105,000kms with a few reperations (notably the catalytic converters broke which were a fortune). but this car has really impressed me and its a pity that there aren't more of these cars around.

Anyways the reason why i registered on these forums is that my friend is also looking to improve his performance on the SVX. I wanted to know what are and where to get performance mods that help at a relatively reasonable price and also i wanted to know if there are any professional SVX mechanics in the montreal area where we could feel safe doing really big performance upgrades such as adding a turbo or changing the tranny to a 5speed

any suggestions or comments would be appreciated thanks