well okay
first thing that comes to mind is why i've always liked the flat configuration engines over V and straight because u find these really unique setups, and they gotta be fuckin precarious with flat engines because they're wide motherfuckers and almost always take up an insane amount of room
a lot of wrx guys end up with these clean as fuck bays though and considering i want an 06 wrx myself its something ive looked a lot into. the cool thing i like about them too is that whenever someone who isnt mechanically inclined looks in at what i'd call a 'clean' flat configuration bay, they see this mess of shit and think it just looks cluttered as fuck, but in all reality its this pure symphony of parts and its a genuine orgasm to look at
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that's just some examples i pulled off google images, arent even hard to find
dont get me wrong all the other configurations are amazing too, ive never liked the note straight configurations tend to give off though so ive always preferred V configurations and flat configurations over straight. that and i just think a lot of guys end up making their bays look too barren.
pipe work is something else i just love too. seeing all this custom work, knowing damn well that planning, fabricating and installing those custom setups are a complete pain in the ass, really makes me appreciate the build more over "HURR DURR BOLT ON AAA" which a lot of wrx guys fall victim to because bolt ons are just the easiest and generally most cost effective thing to go with. tl;dr custom work is worth striving for if you really want something unique.
all in all i think the work that goes into the car matters more than how the car looks. if i see this car i dont necessarily like the look of, im still gonna ask 1000 questions about it because im more interested about the work that's been put into it rather than how it looks. some guys put literally more hours than i have on gmod into a single car (i have over 10,000) and these cars end up more important to them than some people's children are to them lol
if i could have that i'd drop everything i have right now, trust me