<DIV>Hey there guys, thought i'd make a post about rice rokets and REAL racers!!!...by the way did i mention i hate Hondacivic's?? ENJOY!!!!</DIV>
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<DIV>RACERS: keeping a low profile and letting the et's tell the story
RICERS: Hoping the outrageous body kit will distract anyone from discussing
et's

RACERS: Sideways into third gear
RICERS: Sideways to avoid high-centering on a speed bump

RACERS: Tall spindle conversion for better camber gain and tire wear
RICERS: Lowering 3 inches and ruining tires with 4-degrees of negative camber

RACERS: 600 HP on 92-octane pump gas
RICERS: 300 HP on $3-a-gallon 100-octane race gas

RACERS: Swapping stock 14 inch wheels for 17s to clear trick brakes and
suspension
RICERS: Swapping stock 14 inch wheels for 20's despite stock brakes and
suspension

RACERS: Boost gauge on a blown car, nitrous gauge on a squeezed car
RICERS: Both gauges on a normally aspirated car

RACERS: 500 lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm
RICERS: 50 lb-ft of torque at 35,000 rpm

RACERS: Headers and 3-inch exhaust
RICERS: Stock pea-shooter exhaust pipe with 5-inch tip

RACERS: 600 HP makes for an earth-shaking street car
RICERS: 600 watts per channel makes for an ear-shattering street car

RACERS: Buying an aftermarket shifter for shorter throws
RICERS: Buying an aftermarket shifter for the lighted ****

RACERS: Composite parts for light weight and aerodynamics
RICERS: Composite-veneer dash trim and gauges

RACERS: Upgrading to a 9-inch cuz you keep breaking stock rears
RICERS: Realizing that your built motor will keep breaking half-shafts forever

RACERS: Functional air ducts to cool the big-block
RICERS: Six different cosmetic air dams in random locations

RACERS: Polishing tail-light lenses to bring out the red color
RICERS: Installing clear tail-lights to bait cops

RACERS: Cruising, driftingand burnout contests at car shows
RICERS: Disco-dancing and stereo competitions at car shows

RACERS: Old-Tech pushrod chevy LS6 pushing 405 HP
RICERS: State-of-the-art, dual overhead cam Honda VTEC pushing 180 HP

RACERS: Race-class lettering on the rear window
RICERS: Japanese "Honda" lettering on the rear window of a Nissan

RACERS: Tach mounted on the dash in the drivers line of sight
RICERS: Bobbing-head doll mounted on the dash in the drivers line of sight

RACERS: Nitrous oxide
RICERS: "Noss"

RACERS: Installing a 12-point cage after breaking into the 11's
RICERS: Installing a 12-point cage for more places to mount gauges

RACERS: Feeling the car shake form a lumpy cam
RICERS: Feeling the car shake from booming base

RACERS: Doing a short burnout to warm the tires before a pass
RICERS: Weaving from side to side cuz nascar racers do it

RACERS: Comfy stock buckets on a 9-second street car
RICERS: back-breaking fiberglass racing buckets on a 17-second street car

RACERS: Spending $2000 to get a new Z28 into the 11's
RICERS: Spending $12,000 to get a Civic into the 12's

RACERS: Showing off a 500 HP dyno sheet
RICERS: Boasting that thier 150 HP mill makes more HP/liter

RACERS: Installing subframe connectors to stiffen the chassis
RICERS: Connecting the subframes with neon lights

RACERS: Throttle steer
RICERS: Torque steer

RACERS: Leaving on the third amber light at the strip
RICERS: Blowing through red lights on the street

RACERS: Turning a $2000 "fixer upper" into a 10 second car
RICERS: Spending $20k on aHonda then another $20k on mods only to turn it into a 10 second car



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Nice, thats pretty good!

 

This thread was just a waste of time The word rice or ricer gets under my skin. Now a days everybody takes aim at hondas.

Some of the people that call others ricers have only just come into the import scene.

Just because a person adds mods to their cars and you don't like it that person is automatically called rice.

when will you people grow up

I've own hondas,mazdas,nissans, toyotas,fords and when it comes to reliablity honda comes out on top.

No one is telling you to go out their and buy a honda
but if someone choose to purchase a honda or integra add an exhaust body kit, engine swap or whatever so be it.

I have yet to see any off those so called car experts who call all honda rice and put acuras down, beat my buddys 502HP turbo interga. Even when I had my 250HP civic there was nothing that came close.

So stop being ignorant and know what the hell you are talking about before you open your mouth.

 

dude im sure your mates car goes sick... in Australia alot of ppl go for the whole "Fast and Furious" look. which ****s me because those cars are insane. what i was getting at was i dont mind if you do a car up, but don't make it look like something its not. Dont put racing tyres on if you don't race!!...thats gay, i know of a guy that took his entire back interior of his car out cause he wanted a weight reduction...but didnt touch the motor.

look i race cars (on the track) so i dont want a little 1.5L looking like it compeats in "Nascars" or "GT" i dont know what you mean by grow up either??

The moral to the story is: If you want a high performance car, save up and GET ONE...you never see a bubble do low 9's. if you want a nice car make it look nice without going over the top.

 

Hondas suck! They are over rated pieces of plastic crap. And that new Si is so slow! What a let down! But why are we talking about them anyway? Isn't this a MAZDA FORUM???

 

yes it is a mazda forum...so lets stay on topic...ive seen plenty of fast hondas, and ive seen some screamin' RX7s that would embarrass just about anything honda can put together...

 

Hey, I'm a Volkswagen owner just checking this forum out so take it easy on me.....

I was wondering why torque steer is ricey? I have torque steer on my GTI (223 wtrq) and it's annoying as crap. Does this make me a ricer?&gt;

Thanks for the help

EDIT: also how does "crusing, drifting, and burnout contests" make you a "racer" at a car show?

EDIT AGAIN: Honda's are nice cars, Mazda owners shouldn't really make fun of them to much. (neither should VW owners of either brand), It seems like people on here are upset with honda owners for some reason. There not all ricers.

 

the mopar nationals have a burnout contest and the winner last year was a 70 superbee with 1100hp...i dont think his car was ricey at all...

and torque steer isnt ricey...it means youre FWD and you have torque....

 

The point I was trying to make was that entering such contests doesn't make you a "racer"....

 

and i agree with you 100%! i think that the whole "ricer" thing is a terrible misconception...i have seen a latr model eclipse with like 20g worth of after market work that couldnt get out of his own way...i call that a ricer, whether it looked good or not..on the other hand, i saw a kid with a old beat up CRX with the interior gutted, and a turbo run mid 12s in the quarter...ive also seen a 3g RX7 with a DRINK DISPENSER!!! in the dashboard run 11 flat...rice isnt what you do to your car, its how you perceive your car...or so i feel.