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dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 10:17 AM
"rice", "ricer", "riceboy" but with technology that old american muscle is slowly fading away in all aspects. Turning, Straightline, Quality, Gas Mileage...
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0505_scc_skyline/
$170k is a steal

cdog
04-11-2005, 11:01 AM
"rice", "ricer", "riceboy" but with technology that old american muscle is slowly fading away in all aspects. Turning, Straightline, Quality, Gas Mileage...
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0505_scc_skyline/
$170k is a steal
The one thing the ricer crowd just does'nt understand is, no matter what your still driving a jap import economy look alike car. Depending on where your at, most peeps will check out a classic rod or a new or old ferrari before they turn there head at one of those bumble bee sounding cars. And the people that have the money to afford them know that you'll never have the fastest car on earth. If I wanna race i'll do it on a track with a real race car.

Ziggy
04-11-2005, 11:10 AM
Something else.
Many of them rice drivers can't even drive em right...they need a serious lesson in fwd driving. I'm not trying to generalize at all but I've seen it enough to realize some of these kids think they are racers after they put on ground effects.
The other night I witnessed a solo accident purely on the fact this goof didn't know how to handle his car. I could hear him coming pedal to the metal around a downhill bend, let off and lost the rear end........BAMMMMMM, right into a wall. He and his passenger weren't hurt so I just laughed at him as they tried to push it off the curb, front end crushed in. As I walked by I asked if he'd learned anything :p :p

Brian Ray
04-11-2005, 11:31 AM
Nothing beats the sound of a blown big block muscle car.....I guess if I wanted my car to sound like my weed eater I'd buy a ricer.... :eek:
For the most part these clowns put a fart can on the back, some ground effects, stickers, a hugh tach with light, etc and they instantly think they have a fast car. Oh, I forget...need to add some multi colored primer as well. :)

Freak
04-11-2005, 11:36 AM
Or a tight high revvin mouse for that matter. I gotta say the Skyline is one bad mother. I wish they would sell them in the U.S. 4WD cars are a kick to drive fast.

Sleek-Jet
04-11-2005, 11:40 AM
Unless my import comes from Stuttgart or Maranello, there is no way I'm going to drop 170 large on it... :hammerhea

Ziggy
04-11-2005, 12:03 PM
Nothing beats the sound of a blown big block muscle car.....:
As they say: There's no replacement for Displacement :smile: :smile:
Or a well refined Bavarian made car. :p

19cobaltcd
04-11-2005, 12:08 PM
I would much rather be rowing thru the gears in my '67 Chevelle SS396 (M-22 4 speed). The adrenaline rush could not be matched by something that sounds like a grumpy beaver. The rice grinders might beat me thru the corner but you gotta get there first.

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 12:18 PM
I know a couple of people with Skylines in the states. They do not sound ricey at all, the sound of an inline 6 with twin turbos is one of a kind.

Kim Hanson
04-11-2005, 12:25 PM
It has to have a V8 in it.............( . )( . ).............. :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/7278449021_1.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-11-2005, 12:28 PM
It has to have the look of mean...............( . )( . )...... :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72roadter-01.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-11-2005, 12:33 PM
Or just plain nasty...........( . )( . )..... :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72P1282169.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-11-2005, 12:34 PM
Or old school cool.........( . )( . )................... :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/7278574603_1.jpg

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 12:38 PM
That Skyline runs a low 10 quarter mile, the only car there that looks like it would do that is the vette. Now, lets put out a bank turn, smash there goes the vette.

Kim Hanson
04-11-2005, 12:40 PM
Or look like its going 150mph sitting still.............( . )( . )...... :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72DSC08110_copy.jpg

Bense468
04-11-2005, 12:43 PM
Dmonsta go have fun in your maxima and tell your buddies about imports.

WaTchTheGelCoat
04-11-2005, 12:47 PM
If you love rice so much, why doesn't your boat have a 4 cylinder in it?

totenhosen
04-11-2005, 12:48 PM
Or look like its going 150mph sitting still.............( . )( . )...... :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72DSC08110_copy.jpg
Looks like something a Darth Vader fan would drive. I don't care how much horsepower that thing has it is still ugly.
There some Skylines in the states. There is a company in Torrance that will import them for you. I also thought the new G35 is the american model name for the new Skyline.

Sleek-Jet
04-11-2005, 12:49 PM
One thing I found intersting, and shows how spin is everywhere is as follows
If numbers whispered by NISMO staff in the halls of the Tokyo Auto Salon are to be believed, the Z-tune ran 0-400 meters (a little shorter than a quarter mile) in 10.06 seconds during development. That's more than 6/10 of a second faster than any production car ever tested
and now:
In addition to it being a hand-built...
Now it might just be me, but anything that is "hand-built" sure isn't a "production" car in my book. :D :crossx:

Kim Hanson
04-11-2005, 12:49 PM
Its all about looking cool, you don't need to take corners fast when you can get to them like greased lightning......( . )( . )......... :idea: Notice the stance!
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/7223ford3.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-11-2005, 12:52 PM
If you love rice so much, why doesn't your boat have a 4 cylinder in it?
I only runs off 4 cylinders, thats why its so slow...........( . )( . )...... :wink: :cool: :crossx:

totenhosen
04-11-2005, 12:53 PM
One thing I found intersting, and shows how spin is everywhere is as follows
and now:
Now it might just be me, but anything that is hand built sure isn't a "production" car in my book.
Aren't Bentley's, Ferraris and Lambo's hand built? If so I would consider these production cars.

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 01:01 PM
If you love rice so much, why doesn't your boat have a 4 cylinder in it?
4 Cylinders dont have torque. The lowest I go is 6 cylinders, 4 cylinders sound like ass.

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 01:05 PM
Dmonsta go have fun in your maxima and tell your buddies about imports.
Most of my buddies have domestics and dont want to hear it, they do respect some imports. The buddies I have that own imports are sadly delusional, they just want to do the basic old stuff, like $350 dash kits, $2,500 set of wheels, $2,000 brake kits, $800-$1,000 tires, $800 exhaust, $600 intake set up...etc.
BTW: My post was not to slam domestics, it was simply saying "holy shit technology has come a long ways and this car is pretty much the cream of the crop for now". I have 2 imports and 1 domestic + boat and plan on buy a stang in the near future.

RiverOtter
04-11-2005, 01:14 PM
"rice", "ricer", "riceboy" but with technology that old american muscle is slowly fading away in all aspects. Turning, Straightline, Quality, Gas Mileage...
http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0505_scc_skyline/
$170k is a steal
I have heard that Infiniti will start offering the Skyline as a G35 next year. Should be awesome. I doubt it will have as much HP though.

Bense468
04-11-2005, 01:15 PM
I was just F'ing with you.

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 01:15 PM
I have heard that Infiniti will start offering the Skyline as a G35 next year. Should be awesome. I doubt it will have as much HP though.
That is correct. The new Skyline is the G35 Sedan, the coupe is the GT350. It should have near 400hp in the states, we always get screwed.

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 01:17 PM
I was just F'ing with you.
I know. Especially since you have that project civic in your garage. :hammerhea

Cole Trickle
04-11-2005, 01:25 PM
The skyline is a very nice car I had the opprotunity to drive our demo/show car on many occasions.(Driving from the passenger side is weird) There are several Japanese based cars that I would call anything but rice.(Stickerd and winged Civicsand Integras yes)
Both the Skyline and Supra are Japan's version of the Corvette.Amazing performance for a good price.(Unfortunatley we won't see the hot rodded versions on US shores-unless imported)
Would I pay 170K for a car that didn't say Ferrari/Lambo on the trunk lid?Probablly not
I just think it's silly to classify all cars that enter the united states from Japan ricers.The Evo & Subaru STI are great performance cars and would really shock you if given the chance behind the wheel.(The Evo is easily the best handling car for under 100K right now)
I don't get paid to be a sponsor for Chevrolet or Ford so I respect whomever has the balls to make and sell a hotrod for a fair price.
Brandinhttp://www.suckycs.com/oxidizr/Brandini's%20vette.JPG

Forkin' Crazy
04-11-2005, 01:43 PM
I think they need to add some more letters and numbers to the name......

STV_Keith
04-11-2005, 03:56 PM
Yep, good 'ol American muscle is what I love, but you gotta give respect where it is due. For instance:
Dyno Video - Single turbo Toyo Supra (http://www.speedcraving.com/keith/videos/garths_dyno.wmv)
(right click and "save target as" to save movie)
The thing is a monster. How about putting - heck - 20 bike lengths on a 187rwhp Hayabusa from a 40mph roll. Check out the video:
Supra vs. Hayabusa (http://www.badassride.com/videos/supra_hayabusa.wmv)
(right click and "save target as" to save movie)
Went through that bridge at the end registering 214mph on radar! This was from a 40mph roll, 7/10ths of a mile away.
Like I said, credit where credit is due.

Sleek-Jet
04-11-2005, 03:58 PM
Aren't Bentley's, Ferraris and Lambo's hand built? If so I would consider these production cars.
I would consider those cars hand assembled, not hand-built. I merely quoted the article. "Hand-built" carries with it connotations of one-off cars. No two are identical since each one is built fromt the frame rails up by hand... :crossx:
This has got to be one of the best arguments we have on here... :argue:
It's a semantics excersize. I just like giving the import guys a ration of crap... :D

Tom Brown
04-11-2005, 04:05 PM
There is some pretty nice Japanese hardware. I'd have to have a pretty serious bundle of cash to spend 170K on a car of any make. ... or even a boat, for that matter.

SoCalOffshore
04-11-2005, 04:25 PM
I will admit that I did not read the article or any of the previous posts :hammer2: , but I will say that is the fugliest looking car I have ever seen.

repo man
04-11-2005, 04:27 PM
oh come on donnie i thought you loved fords. this is a sick ass ford
http://www.stangnet.com/2005shelbycobraconcept/

Sleek-Jet
04-11-2005, 04:37 PM
There is some pretty nice Japanese hardware. I'd have to have a pretty serious bundle of cash to spend 170K on a car of any make. ... or even a boat, for that matter.
What if I told you I could build a brand new CVX... you pick the colors and I'll put a 300 Promax on the back with matching cowling...
.... let's say 170K Canadian, delivered... :D

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 05:16 PM
oh come on donnie i thought you loved fords. this is a sick ass ford
http://www.stangnet.com/2005shelbycobraconcept/
oh I do and that is a bad ass car and more in my range, but the Skyline will hand that things its ass on a plater with salt and pepper AND a beer. That Skyline is the best handling and fastest production car in the world...too bad only 20 are being built right now. Of course you could go to Motorex and buy one for around $60k and still pull over 1g, with bigger turbos, more boost, bigger FMIC, exhaust, intake and tuning you could run 9s on street tires, on the street daily getting 15mpg.

Tom Brown
04-11-2005, 05:26 PM
What if I told you I could build a brand new CVX... you pick the colors and I'll put a 300 Promax on the back with matching cowling...
.... let's say 170K Canadian, delivered... :D
If you knew how much cash and energy I have poured into that 28 year old POS, you would have little choice but to disregard anything I say with respect to the value of a vehicle. I've tried not to total it but it's a frightening number, for a 1977 CVX-16.
Life seemed different then. My Dad and I had a ton of fun building that boat and I looked at it as an irrelevant number, as long as I had the money. I'm glad I did it but it was not a smart move financially. It knocked my retirement date back a year.
Never again.
... now if you were to sweeten that deal with a 300X, I might be swayed. :idea:

jlnorthrup122
04-11-2005, 05:27 PM
Originaly posted by dmontzsta:
That Skyline runs a low 10 quarter mile, the only car there that looks like it would do that is the vette. Now, lets put out a bank turn, smash there goes the vette.
Sorry to tell you bro but in my experiences with the basic Skyline chasis is that those falkers push harder than a fat preganant lady on her final contraction in the delivery room buuuuudyy! those biatches don't turn for shit in high speeds at all!!!!!!! bad ass car though! but I would take my 427 cobra (project) over the skyline!! Excluding the skyline and other all wheel and rear wheel drive ricers I really don't get the wings on the arssse end of a front wheel drive car!!!!!!!! :220v: :confused:

Jrocket
04-11-2005, 05:30 PM
oh I do and that is a bad ass car and more in my range, but the Skyline will hand that things its ass on a plater with salt and pepper AND a beer. That Skyline is the best handling and fastest production car in the world...too bad only 20 are being built right now. Of course you could go to Motorex and buy one for around $60k and still pull over 1g, with bigger turbos, more boost, bigger FMIC, exhaust, intake and tuning you could run 9s on street tires, on the street daily getting 15mpg.
Alright Ive had enough.Yes I do like all types of cars but that Nissan is ugly and has the body styling of an old datsun.Fast or not its still and old looking datsun with a ridiculous wing and ground kit.Flat out ugly and not anywhere near worth the 170K.

Tom Brown
04-11-2005, 05:33 PM
Alright Ive had enough.Yes I do like all types of cars but that Nissan is ugly and has the body styling of an old datsun.Fast or not its still and old looking datsun with a ridiculous wing and ground kit.Flat out ugly and not anywhere near worth the 170K.
I'm a Nissan fan. I drive a Maxima and enjoy it.
To my eye, that car is ugly. I have a ton of respect for it but it's ugly.
That car makes the Ford GT look like a bargain.

Bense468
04-11-2005, 05:57 PM
I know. Especially since you have that project civic in your garage. :hammerhea
I think I drank enough this past weekend that I could build a civic with the cans.

repo man
04-11-2005, 06:41 PM
hey rice boy this vette will lay the smack down on that datsun.
http://www.lingenfelter.com/img/press/lpe%20-%208%20sec%20Vette.mov
oh yea you can buy those it's not a one off :idea:

Bense468
04-11-2005, 06:44 PM
Think a jap car will give ya the feel of this?
http://www.brainstormlicensing.com/clients/nhra/powerpoint/nhra_pp_images_002.jpg
Or the look of this
http://hotrod.com/eventcoverage/p50797_image_large.jpg
http://www.racingjunk.com/ui/0/8/1105920101308.jpg
Or chicks hanging at the track with a rack like this
http://www.holidaywest.com/nhra_racing_babe.jpg
How about History like this
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/731nostalgia_resize.jpg
Rush like this
http://www.dragworldusa.com/TAXI.jpg
Burnouts like this
http://www.maziracing.com/01September/dean1.jpg
How about sponsers like this
http://www.lucasoil.com/images/medialibrary/frontpic-sm.jpg

Dr. Eagle
04-11-2005, 06:46 PM
those bumble bee sounding cars.
WIth an Engine block cast of old Coors Light cans... :hammerhea

Sleek-Jet
04-11-2005, 07:13 PM
... now if you were to sweeten that deal with a 300X, I might be swayed. :idea:
How about I get JBB to do the delivering... :idea: :D
For what it's worth Tom, I think most of us have gigantic holes in the water with absolutely no hope of recovering our invesment...

Sleek-Jet
04-11-2005, 07:18 PM
I think that that hat is on backwards... :idea: :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/731nostalgia_resize.jpg

dmontzsta
04-11-2005, 09:32 PM
Now you are talking drag cars, I would like to see them TURN.

ROZ
04-11-2005, 10:37 PM
Think a jap car will give ya the feel of this?
http://www.brainstormlicensing.com/clients/nhra/powerpoint/nhra_pp_images_002.jpg
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Probably not, but if they wanted to I bet they could do it with a 2 litre motor :D

ROZ
04-11-2005, 10:40 PM
There some Skylines in the states. There is a company in Torrance that will import them for you.
Bring it over seas in 2 pieces. Motor and car..Then assmble it and register it as a kit car.... My brother is considering doing it with some european slingshot of a car...

Phat Matt
04-11-2005, 11:07 PM
Think a jap car will give ya the feel of this?
http://www.brainstormlicensing.com/clients/nhra/powerpoint/nhra_pp_images_002.jpg
Or chicks hanging at the track with a rack like this
http://www.holidaywest.com/nhra_racing_babe.jpg
Rush like this
http://www.dragworldusa.com/TAXI.jpg
Burnouts like this
http://www.maziracing.com/01September/dean1.jpg
How about sponsers like this
http://www.lucasoil.com/images/medialibrary/frontpic-sm.jpg
They are trying and as for the chicks...there are a lot more at these events compared to the big boys.
http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/
NHRA Summit Sport Compact Drag Racing Series
National Records
Driver E.T. Speed Car Location (Date)
Pro RWD
Stephan Papadakis 6.54 '04 Honda Civic Englishtown (October '04)
Stephan Papadakis 211.86 '04 Honda Civic Pomona (October '04)
Pro FWD
Nelson Hoyos 7.40 '04 Chevy Cavalier Englishtown (October '04)
Nelson Hoyos 194.88 '04 Chevy Cavalier Pomona (October '04)
Chicks from the NHRA ricer events...
http://www.modified.com/modifiedgirls/gallery/images/portfolio031/image02.jpg http://www.modified.com/modifiedgirls/gallery/images/portfolio040/image02.jpg http://www.modified.com/modifiedgirls/gallery/images/portfolio025/image01.jpg http://www.modified.com/modifiedgirls/gallery/images/portfolio025/image03.jpg http://www.modified.com/modifiedgirls/gallery/images/portfolio012/002.jpg

Outnumbered
04-12-2005, 12:28 AM
http://www.projectcamaro.com/ricejoke14.jpg http://www.projectcamaro.com/ricejoke11.jpg http://www.projectcamaro.com/ricejoke20.jpg

Outnumbered
04-12-2005, 12:30 AM
http://i.b5z.net/i/u/453686/i/pee101.jpeg

Outnumbered
04-12-2005, 12:31 AM
http://offlug.dumbppl.com/pics/funny/stupid1.jpg

Outnumbered
04-12-2005, 12:32 AM
http://www.anti-rice.com/rice13/051_b1.jpg

Outnumbered
04-12-2005, 12:33 AM
http://www.anti-rice.com/rice13/1037264576.jpg

Outnumbered
04-12-2005, 12:34 AM
http://www.anti-rice.com/rice13/236149_3_full.jpg

RiverOtter
04-12-2005, 03:17 AM
That is correct. The new Skyline is the G35 Sedan, the coupe is the GT350. It should have near 400hp in the states, we always get screwed.
Have you heard any price indications yet?? I have a G coupe now and love it! :cool:

dmontzsta
04-12-2005, 06:37 AM
Have you heard any price indications yet?? I have a G coupe now and love it! :cool:
No pricing yet, but you can make one out of your G for around $5-7k and push out more than the mild 400hp. :D
http://www.turbo-kits.com/g35_turbo_kits.html
http://www.generationimport.com/G35%20PICS/23%20IMG_3080%20copy.jpg
enjoy... :D

dmontzsta
04-12-2005, 06:39 AM
Phat Matt is right, there are tons of these little ricer events and there are ALOT more chicks that attend than the domestic meets I go to.

RiverOtter
04-12-2005, 06:59 AM
No pricing yet, but you can make one out of your G for around $5-7k and push out more than the mild 400hp. :D
http://www.turbo-kits.com/g35_turbo_kits.html
http://www.generationimport.com/G35%20PICS/23%20IMG_3080%20copy.jpg
enjoy... :D
And void my warranty :D Very nice looking Gcoupe though :cool:

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:17 AM
No matter what you call them RiceCars suck............( . )( . )...... :coffeycup :notam: :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/721844587.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:18 AM
Nasty looking.............( . )( . )...... :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/724225241.jpg :cool:

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:21 AM
I would drive it hard............( . )( . )....... :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/725537639.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:24 AM
I love it.............( . )( . )............. :cool: :crossx:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/727934851.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:26 AM
Just plain nasty looking............( . )( . ).........Ithas it all the stance, big huge engine and bright yellow!
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/728546669.jpg :cool:

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:28 AM
Pro Street 55 Cheby..............( . )( . )....... :cool: :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/729170542.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:29 AM
Nastiest of all Willys.............( . )( . )....... :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/729894434.jpg :cool:

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 07:32 AM
I guess I can say I hate those rice cars...........( . )( . )....... :D :idea: :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/721861850.jpg

dmontzsta
04-12-2005, 08:43 AM
Kim, once again you fail to realize anything. Those are all very nice cars, but the technology isnt there, turn a corner with them, drive them everyday to and from work, the interiors definately are not great quality.
Besides what are you posting pics of those V8s for? shouldnt you have a whacker motor in your favorite cars?

RiverDave
04-12-2005, 08:47 AM
People can talk all the shit they want, bottom line is that Skyline is putting out the #'s and it's a factory car. Put it on a road course and it's only going to get more impressive.
RD

Tom Brown
04-12-2005, 09:06 AM
Besides what are you posting pics of those V8s for? shouldnt you have a whacker motor in your favorite cars?
You car boat guys don't seem to get it.
Some people believe that cars should have car engines and boats should have boat engines. :)

Freak
04-12-2005, 09:30 AM
Originaly posted by dmontzsta:
That Skyline runs a low 10 quarter mile, the only car there that looks like it would do that is the vette. Now, lets put out a bank turn, smash there goes the vette.
Sorry to tell you bro but in my experiences with the basic Skyline chasis is that those falkers push harder than a fat preganant lady on her final contraction in the delivery room buuuuudyy! those biatches don't turn for shit in high speeds at all!!!!!!! bad ass car though! but I would take my 427 cobra (project) over the skyline!! Excluding the skyline and other all wheel and rear wheel drive ricers I really don't get the wings on the arssse end of a front wheel drive car!!!!!!!! :220v: :confused:
You have to set a FourWD car a little diff for the turn could that have been the problem? Been meaning to ask, hows the cat build going?

RiverDave
04-12-2005, 09:43 AM
Originaly posted by dmontzsta:
That Skyline runs a low 10 quarter mile, the only car there that looks like it would do that is the vette. Now, lets put out a bank turn, smash there goes the vette.
Sorry to tell you bro but in my experiences with the basic Skyline chasis is that those falkers push harder than a fat preganant lady on her final contraction in the delivery room buuuuudyy! those biatches don't turn for shit in high speeds at all!!!!!!! bad ass car though! but I would take my 427 cobra (project) over the skyline!! Excluding the skyline and other all wheel and rear wheel drive ricers I really don't get the wings on the arssse end of a front wheel drive car!!!!!!!! :220v: :confused:
Not to be an ass here, but what is your experience with skylines? My rather limited experience with one told me that the mofo cornered pretty good.. If we really want to get into the online argument I can go get the stats to prove it.. A Vette ain't running with a skyline on a roadcourse, ain't no way no how. I don't even think a Vette would run with an STI on a roadcourse to put it bluntly.
RD

Sleek-Jet
04-12-2005, 10:02 AM
Not to be an ass here, but what is your experience with skylines? My rather limited experience with one told me that the mofo cornered pretty good.. If we really want to get into the online argument I can go get the stats to prove it.. A Vette ain't running with a skyline on a roadcourse, ain't no way no how. I don't even think a Vette would run with an STI on a roadcourse to put it bluntly.
RD
Comparing an AWD car to a RWD car is kind of an apples and oranges as it is. Most North American car guys really don't care how well a car corners, straight line acceleration is where it's at.
That's why these discussions always boil down to 1/4 mile numbers and how fast it will get there. Front Wheel Drive cars never will be able to provide the visceral experience of launching hard and pinning a guy back in his seat like and LS-7 Chevelle, or a Hemi Cuda, technology be damned... no way, no how... :D

Tom Brown
04-12-2005, 10:03 AM
Not to be an ass here...
WTF? :confused:
I always get a laugh when people throw down how perfect their favorite car is with all else being total shit. There are some pretty fabulous cars from a lot of manufacturers.
Personally, I think they wrecked the look of the car with all that plastic bodywork. Without it, that body is gorgeous. That's my only knock against this 170K monster.

Kim Hanson
04-12-2005, 10:11 AM
Kim, once again you fail to realize anything. Those are all very nice cars, but the technology isnt there, turn a corner with them, drive them everyday to and from work, the interiors definately are not great quality.
Besides what are you posting pics of those V8s for? shouldnt you have a whacker motor in your favorite cars?
What we have here is a failer to communicate, say what you want about Rice Cars....I did, I said they sucked :idea: My idea of impressing is focking loud in everyway, engine, power and Audio!
Its like comparing your v-drive to 2005 models :idea: Kevlar hulls for one and those Canyons are pretty sweet, compared to old...right!
I have a V8 in both my boats, one just sits alittle different....no biggy, its still a V8...............( . )( . ).......... :D

dmontzsta
04-12-2005, 11:13 AM
Kim you are gay.
Anyone notice this car only puts out 500hp/400tq, what would it take for a domestic to run LOW 10s with that hp/tq? just curious.
There is a Skyline right around the corner from me right now that puts down an HONEST 871whp on a AWD dyno...I pass by him everyday and give him the thumbs up. There is also a R33 which is pretty sick and a couple of Silvias, I want to pass by again real quick. :jawdrop:

Sleek-Jet
04-12-2005, 11:49 AM
Since when is an I6 new technology??? The OHV V8 is younger than that... ;) Now if it was a slant-6, we might be talking... :D
Since we're talking about third party tuned/built cars, and picking on Corvette's, here's something right from the Lingenfelter page (A Car and Driver article)...
The $58,016 (sans warranty) Corvette roared to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds. One hundred mph arrived in a startling 7.7 seconds, then to 150 mph in 17.9. For those taking drag-racing notes, the car cleared the quarter-mile in 11.7 seconds at 126 mph.
Now 11.7 isn't a 10 second car, but I would be willing to bet a case of Goose that it wouldn't be to hard to find an extra 7/10th of a second in the 'Vette and still be able to afford a house payment.
And they build more than 20 of them...

dmontzsta
04-12-2005, 12:03 PM
Since when is an I6 new technology??? The OHV V8 is younger than that... ;) Now if it was a slant-6, we might be talking... :D
Since we're talking about third party tuned/built cars, and picking on Corvette's, here's something right from the Lingenfelter page (A Car and Driver article)...
Now 11.7 isn't a 10 second car, but I would be willing to bet a case of Goose that it wouldn't be to hard to find an extra 7/10th of a second in the 'Vette and still be able to afford a house payment.
And they build more than 20 of them...
I believe that Skyline runs a 10.09 so you would need to find more than an extra 7/10th of a second. ;)
Skyline is in a completely different class than the Vette.

Charley
04-12-2005, 12:06 PM
Skyline is in a completely different class than the Vette.
ya it's ugly

lucky
04-12-2005, 12:15 PM
Not to be an ass here,
RD
some argue this point regularly ( doing my best tome brown impersonation ) lmao

Sleek-Jet
04-12-2005, 12:23 PM
I believe that Skyline runs a 10.09 so you would need to find more than an extra 7/10th of a second. ;)
Skyline is in a completely different class than the Vette.
"Whispered" to have run... no where in that article did the author say that he took one to a track and layed down some numbers....

totenhosen
04-12-2005, 12:27 PM
What I find funny about this entire thred is what you guys call "Rice". A car that puts down the numbers, and talks the talk is not rice. Rice is when a guy has fart pipes and stickers on his car that he thinks will make it go faster and it actually doesn't. A skyline is not rice!
Looks are subjective but the numbers aren't!

68campbell
04-12-2005, 03:00 PM
For $170k I want image and currently a Japanese car does not portray cool. Even if the specs are impressive, it still says family or high school.
My .02¢

totenhosen
04-12-2005, 03:18 PM
For $170k I want image and currently a Japanese car does not portray cool. Even if the specs are impressive, it still says family or high school.
My .02¢
What do you think of the Nissan/Infiniti Z or Toyota Supras? To me they look nothing like a family or high school car.

sorry dog
04-12-2005, 03:24 PM
http://sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0505_scc_skyline_12_z.jpg
It would look good except the dash is ugly and somebody put the scoop on backwards.

sorry dog
04-12-2005, 03:41 PM
I prefer domestics myself.
http://dyenn.turboblog.fr/photos/uncategorized/chevrolet_s10_lowrider_01.jpg

Jrocket
04-12-2005, 03:50 PM
I dont car if what numbers that car lays down.Its ugly,period.
Wheres the 10.09 pass video?

WaTchTheGelCoat
04-12-2005, 03:51 PM
I prefer domestics myself.
http://dyenn.turboblog.fr/photos/uncategorized/chevrolet_s10_lowrider_01.jpg
DUDE! The paint is falling off that thing all over! :rollside: :sqeyes: :mix:

sorry dog
04-12-2005, 03:53 PM
Sure is!
He should of taken it to the S10 paint specialist. :D

totenhosen
04-12-2005, 03:54 PM
I prefer domestics myself.
http://dyenn.turboblog.fr/photos/uncategorized/chevrolet_s10_lowrider_01.jpg
The 80's called they want their paint scheme back. That truck is utterly useless.

Tom Brown
04-12-2005, 04:01 PM
http://sportcompactcarweb.com/features/0505_scc_skyline_12_z.jpg
It would look good except the dash is ugly and somebody put the scoop on backwards.
Now that... is a nice piece of work. :cool:

dmontzsta
04-12-2005, 04:06 PM
Tom what year Maxima do you own?
Also, check this out fellas...this Top Gear guy is awesome, he tests all the good shit, lucky bastard.
http://www.gofastvideo.com/gallery/getitem/217/1/aba.avi
So which one of you rich board members is going to be buying a Skyline?
Motorex has them now...
http://www.motorex.net/_motorex/n_images/skyline/pricecon.jpg
damn, maybe I will buy an R32 to play with.

68campbell
04-13-2005, 06:54 AM
What do you think of the Nissan/Infiniti Z or Toyota Supras? To me they look nothing like a family or high school car.
Those are both nice cars, but they still have an image, to me, that doesn't jump out at me. Even though they are well built and have great performance they are not for me.

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:30 AM
I prefer domestics myself.
http://dyenn.turboblog.fr/photos/uncategorized/chevrolet_s10_lowrider_01.jpg
I love lowriders, check this out.......( . )( . )...... :2purples: :D :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72106643.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:32 AM
That is about as fugly as this one..............( . )( . )....... :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72106150.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:34 AM
This must be a beginner RiceBoy........( . )( . )........ :eek:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72106193.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:37 AM
I would drive this, still not a Ricer...............( . )( . )...... :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72106367.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:39 AM
I would even drive this before a Rice Mobile.......( . )( . )....... :p :notam:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72106802.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:41 AM
#1 car in the world.................( . )( . )........ :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/7215822.jpg :p

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:43 AM
Ugly paint but nice car.........( . )( . )........ :idea:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72104264.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:45 AM
Just in case.................( . )( . )........ :p :D :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72105737.jpg

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:48 AM
57 Chevy engine.....( . )( . )....Bling! Bling!.... :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72104480.jpg :jawdrop:

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:50 AM
This is for me all the way baby............( . )( . )........ :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72104586.jpg :cool:

Kim Hanson
04-13-2005, 08:55 AM
I bet its in every Ricer...............( . )( . )........ :D :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/7215644.jpg

Charley
04-13-2005, 09:18 AM
I heard this cow eats Rice
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/38chinaskill3.jpg

WaTchTheGelCoat
04-13-2005, 09:24 AM
#1 car in the world.................( . )( . )........ :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/7215822.jpg :p
Now that is an import!

mbrown2
04-13-2005, 10:06 AM
That Skyline pretty bad ass and the numbers speak for themselves, and to the idiot that said most American Males don't like handling or cornering, you must think all american males only like fat chicks too. :hammerhea
American classics are nice and I respect those that keep them restored and customized, but if someone came out with a boat that would beat a kick a Skater's ass for for 1/3 the price and be even more reliable doing it.......I know what I would be launching at the lake...

dmontzsta
04-13-2005, 10:55 AM
#1 car in the world.................( . )( . )........ :cool:
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/7215822.jpg :p
Once again you do not read. Here is a quote from the magazine...
"Chat room disciples, you may proceed to whip each other into a foaming, flaming frenzy. Ah, you say, what about the Enzo? Slow. The McLaren F1? Fancy pants Hyundai Excel. Saleen S7R Twin Turbo, quickest car on the planet? Turdlike."

dmontzsta
04-13-2005, 10:59 AM
This is what I am talking about...
http://www.bryanf.com/510/images/rsusp10.jpg http://www.bsedan.com/members/0112_LG.JPG http://mrec.rotary.net.nz/seven6/datsun510.jpg http://www.kwyjibo.com/ispeed/jeff98/jeff98045.jpg
As soon as I can find one, it is getting a 5.0.

RiverDave
04-13-2005, 11:29 AM
As far as the styling goes (since that's been brought up a few times)
I actually really like the looks of a VSPEC GT-R. I thought it was one of the most aggressive looking cars I've ever seen with the large air dams etc..
RD

goneboatin
04-13-2005, 11:53 AM
That is about as fugly as this one..............( . )( . )....... :D
http://www2.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/72106150.jpg
Looks like the Redneck SS guy has been busy...he's gone global. :yuk:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4541379947&category=13487

repo man
04-13-2005, 12:45 PM
this is a bad sumbitch
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-RUF-Porsche-RT-12-Turbo-05.htm

dmontzsta
04-13-2005, 01:10 PM
this is a bad sumbitch
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-RUF-Porsche-RT-12-Turbo-05.htm
My old boss won one of those on ebay around 2 years ago, the closing bid? $2,500 haha, he called the guy and said "I won, can I pick it up?" The guy said "My friend posted that up and I had no idea about it, you really think I am going to let a $100+k car go for that much?".
He never pursued further action.

Jrocket
04-13-2005, 02:40 PM
A 510 would be a fun car to build.Not with a 5.0 though,more like a turbo rotary or small all aluminum 4cyl. or turbo v-6.

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 06:54 AM
This is what I am talking about...
http://www.bryanf.com/510/images/rsusp10.jpg http://www.bsedan.com/members/0112_LG.JPG http://mrec.rotary.net.nz/seven6/datsun510.jpg http://www.kwyjibo.com/ispeed/jeff98/jeff98045.jpg
As soon as I can find one, it is getting a 5.0.
You want a turd eh!.............( . )( . )............ :confused:

Freak
04-14-2005, 07:01 AM
Dude you have any idea how fun it would be to drive that 510 around a track racing? And you call yourself an enthusiast. Ha. Let me guess, it does not look cool enough for you. Know wonder no one gets you.

OMEGA_BUBBLE_JET
04-14-2005, 07:26 AM
the key word here is 'turbo'. check out what this guy did with a factory internal 6.0L cheby pickup with a turbo.......in a pickup truck no less. I would say 10 sec pickup is pretty respectable. oh yeah and he has less than 30k in the whole rig and that includes the price of the truck. those are also factory fron and rear diffs and a factory transfer case.
If we had turbos on american cars you would see numbers that blew jap crap to hell.
check out this junky old school pushrod v8 american shitbox. I bet he has surprised his fair share of folks. Oh yeah and one more thing.....this guy ran a 10 sec. quarter on factory wheels and factory wilderness tires.......talk about deserving respect
www.turbotruck.net click on 10 sec video....hell check out all his videos. he even has some street action videos that are pretty insane.
Omega

Tyson Ross
04-14-2005, 07:36 AM
I love foreign autos. Especially Toyota 4runners that blow engines near beautiful Desert Center while you have your 1.5 year old and grumpy wife in the car. :mad: 120,000 miles
That reminds me, anyone interested in a 1999 Toyota 4Runner with a used engine? :rolleyes:

dmontzsta
04-14-2005, 08:30 AM
You want a turd eh!.............( . )( . )............ :confused:
Thats so great, alot of people think that. This shows you are an idiot at yet another topic. Go buy yourself some hopped up old hot rod V8 and take it to the track against a 510 with a swap, I would love to see the look on your face afterwards, seems that you will be digging for some excuses off the rice meter you posted above. When he laps you, the excuse will be, its a newer car.

totenhosen
04-14-2005, 08:44 AM
Thats so great, alot of people think that. This shows you are an idiot at yet another topic. Go buy yourself some hopped up old hot rod V8 and take it to the track against a 510 with a swap, I would love to see the look on your face afterwards, seems that you will be digging for some excuses off the rice meter you posted above. When he laps you, the excuse will be, its a newer car.
Exactly some people here are jsut narrow minded when it comes to cars especially imports. Again rice cars are posers with nothing backing up the talk. The cars being posted as imports are not rice because they have the performance to back it up.

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:05 AM
Dude you have any idea how fun it would be to drive that 510 around a track racing? And you call yourself an enthusiast. Ha. Let me guess, it does not look cool enough for you. Know wonder no one gets you.
To think all along i thought it was cause i was Canadian, go figure eh!........( . )( . )...... :notam:

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:08 AM
Thats so great, alot of people think that. This shows you are an idiot at yet another topic. Go buy yourself some hopped up old hot rod V8 and take it to the track against a 510 with a swap, I would love to see the look on your face afterwards, seems that you will be digging for some excuses off the rice meter you posted above. When he laps you, the excuse will be, its a newer car.
Now why would any person want to go round and around? I heard there was some women that do that :D 1/4 mile or nothing......( . )( . ).......

Freak
04-14-2005, 09:17 AM
Now why would any person want to go round and around? I heard there was some women that do that :D 1/4 mile or nothing......( . )( . ).......
lol...GOOD ONE :shift: I used to be the same way. Give it a try, your a gear head so I bet you will like it. Now put me behind the wheel of anything in a race and I am happy.

dmontzsta
04-14-2005, 09:18 AM
Now why would any person want to go round and around? I heard there was some women that do that :D 1/4 mile or nothing......( . )( . ).......
I seen them at LACR pounding out 11 second runs all day.

canuck1
04-14-2005, 09:24 AM
Thats so great, alot of people think that. This shows you are an idiot at yet another topic. Go buy yourself some hopped up old hot rod V8 and take it to the track against a 510 with a swap, I would love to see the look on your face afterwards, seems that you will be digging for some excuses off the rice meter you posted above. When he laps you, the excuse will be, its a newer car.
Not to rain on your parade but there is a 510 here with a 289 in it and he is about 15 seconds a lap slower than my road course car

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:26 AM
I seen them at LACR pounding out 11 second runs all day.
Whats pulling them, or was the wind with them........( . )( . ).......... :D

totenhosen
04-14-2005, 09:27 AM
Now why would any person want to go round and around? I heard there was some women that do that :D 1/4 mile or nothing......( . )( . ).......
Every hear of Nascar or F1 racing?
Personally rally racing is where it is at.

Freak
04-14-2005, 09:27 AM
Not to rain on your parade but there is a 510 here with a 289 in it and he is about 15 seconds a lap slower than my road course car
Lets see it. Post some pics of your car and specs of course.

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:27 AM
Not to rain on your parade but there is a 510 here with a 289 in it and he is about 15 seconds a lap slower than my road course car
I bet you have a 5" tailpipe though.........( . )( . )............ :p

Freak
04-14-2005, 09:28 AM
Personally rally racing is where it is at.
The best drivers in the world.

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:30 AM
Every hear of Nascar or F1 racing?
Personally rally racing is where it is at.
I get bored watching it, same thing over and over! Its cool to see good smash ups though..........( . )( . )......... :cool:

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:32 AM
Lets see it. Post some pics of your car and specs of course.
I seen it its green and has a backwards # on the door........( . )( . )...... :p

Freak
04-14-2005, 09:34 AM
I get bored watching it, same thing over and over!
....and 1/4 mile is?

Tom Brown
04-14-2005, 09:35 AM
I get bored watching it, same thing over and over! Its cool to see good smash ups though..........( . )( . )......... :cool:
Unlike drags... :D :D :D
F1 forever. :)

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:37 AM
....and 1/4 mile is?
Over in a few seconds, not boring............( . )( . )........... :idea: :D

Tom Brown
04-14-2005, 09:40 AM
Over in a few seconds, not boring............( . )( . )........... :idea: :D
Just like sex. :cool:

Freak
04-14-2005, 09:41 AM
Just like sex. :cool:
LOL...

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 09:53 AM
Just like sex. :cool:
Sex lasts for hrs............( . )( . )...........

dmontzsta
04-14-2005, 10:35 AM
Whats pulling them, or was the wind with them........( . )( . ).......... :D
The owner of this performance shop by my house has 4 - 510's. His wife has one that was a winner in NIRA with a 10.88@100+. She drives the car daily, it has a SR20DE-T running around 24psi.

dmontzsta
04-14-2005, 10:36 AM
Sex lasts for hrs............( . )( . )...........
With your hand.

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:04 AM
The owner of this performance shop by my house has 4 - 510's. His wife has one that was a winner in NIRA with a 10.88@100+. She drives the car daily, it has a SR20DE-T running around 24psi.
What did i tell ya, they are womens cars! Grow up and go big time and quit playing with toys :idea: :D ..............( . )( . )......

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:05 AM
With your hand.
Her name is Marcy not hand :hammerhea .............( . )( . )..........

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:10 AM
What it means when a car is "riced out"
When someone says a car is riced out, they are usually basing this observation on the appearance or sound of a vehicle. The chapters display several ways riceboys change their vehicle's appearance, and from this we can apply variations of each of these "mods" to the term "riced out."
Typically, if someone adds stickers to their car, regardless of its actual performance capabilities, it can be called riced out. Granted, you can jokingly say that funny cars and various other high performance dragsters are "riced out." This is obviously not the case, but using sarcasm we can say these cars are riced out when in fact the whole world knows that this is truely not the case. At the same time we realize that this is the image the rice boy tries to obtain. Dragsters often times use stickers to promote the sponsors of the vehicles. Riceboys will promote "HONDA IMPORT RACING TEAM" with stickers plastered every which way just because it creates the image of being fast. Whether or not the stickers are performance related, it's fun to call your buddies riceboys when they have any after market sticker on their vehicle.
Any vehicle with a damaged muffler can sound ricey. The hardcore riceboys have a fart-sounding exhaust, and typically when any "normal" 4 cylinder or 6 cylinder loses its muffler, it sounds like a fart. The person probably does not enjoy this sound but just has not had time to visit the exhaust shop. We call these vehicles riced out, again utilizing sarcasm. We say this because the riceboy does not realize it, but he looks like these normal people with loud fart-sounding exhaust on an economy car. Except in riceboy's mind, this farting noise is the sound of performance.
Often times because rice boys think that fog lights add horsepower when applied in excess numbers to their vehicles, we like to call even factory fog lights "rice lights." Try it with your friends, you too can be cool and drive with your rice lights on during the day! ............( . )( . )...........Sounds about right eh RiceBoy..... :D

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:13 AM
Kid, You're Neither Fast Nor Furious!
"You're a Riceboy"
It's a day like any other Sunday, I'm off to do some errands. I take the most direct route to the hardware store, through town, and like every other time I go through town I hear BRRRRRRRTT, WEEEEEEEEEEEE, BRRRRRRRRRRT. No, it's not something wrong with my engine, or the repercussions of last night's Taco Bell experience. It's the sounds of Japanese and domestic economy cars revving up their engines, some trying to spin their wheels others demonstrating the art of redlining while the car remains in "park."
They're the newest scourge of the road. Worse than road rage, carjackings and accidents, they're ricers. They have pack mentality, slow cars and dangerous driving habits and they really piss you off!
So what is a "ricer?" It is a pretty complex question so let's go to the experts.
Rice-Boy, from www.riceboypage.com offers up this pearl: " There are the ones that care about performance and want to make their cars go fast/handle well. Then there are the ones that want to make their car look good. But there is a third group [ricers] - those who try to make their car look fast."
So we start there, they are people who want to make their cars "look fast" without actually making them so.
The RiceCop website, www.ricecop.com offers up these definitions:
[A] riceboy starts by adding visual modifications to the vehicle, to give it the image of "looking fast." This can be done by adding a body kit, a performance uni-blade windshield wiper, vast amounts of stickers strategically placed on any part of the vehicle, performance seat belt covers, PIAA driving lights that are fluorescent or blue colored, large exhaust tip (at least twice the size of the actual exhaust pipe), 130+ decibel stereo system, and an oversized rear wing/spoiler.
So I've established what a ricer is, so what about someone driving one, a riceboy, what is the hobby that has become a lifestyle? Let's look at few items on Ricecop's list:
Riceboy has a vehicle that is generally not considered a performance car, ("performance car" meaning it stems from the sports car or muscle car background).
Riceboy starts by adding visual modifications to the vehicle, to give it the image of "looking fast." (see above)
Riceboys "race" from a rolling start of about 30mph. This is not a real race.
Riceboys call their exhaust systems "high-tech" sounding. We don't know about the rest of the world, but our farts sure don't sound remotely high-tech.
To draw more attention to their vehicles, when large crowds are in the area, they tend to drive by several times at about 6000rpm so everyone can see their immaculate vehicle speed by and fart. Riceboy drives fast or in crowded areas doing all that he can to attract the most attention and turn the most heads. Ultimately, this is riceboy's goal.
By now you should have a pretty firm grip on what a ricer/riceboy is. If you can't remember seeing one lately, then you must be from Big Moose Knuckle, Alaska where there are only two vehicles in the whole town and one is a snowplow. However, just in case you didn't get it above, Ricecop offers this:
There are literally several thousand 4-banger, 6-banger, and even some 8 cylinder vehicles roaming the streets with extremely poor taste in exterior body modifications. This poor taste somehow translates into an image of performance, and to the average person these vehicles might actually look "fast." Keep in mind that riceboys can drive any type of vehicle, not just an import.
This makes an important point, the ricer lifestyle is not based on make of vehicle, it's based on attitude and well, what we used to call being a "poser." I will admit, there are some pretty fast high performance import and domestic cars out there, but these ricers neither own or drive anything fast or high performance.
So why do I even care? Well, if only the riceboys would keep to themselves, drive safe and leave others, who may, or may not, be driving high performance cars, alone. On too many occasions I have see these riceboys pull up next to a four-door family sedan and demand a race. Usually the person inside the vehicle is simply on their way to a destination and has no interest in racing, plus, even if they were interested, all that gadgetry on the riced out vehicle surely makes the car look fast to the casual observer. So the driver of the family car tries to ignore the riceboy but only ends up getting cut off or has to eat big black plumes of the ricer's fart cannon as the rice boy darts in from of the family car.
On other occasions, I have been assaulted by riceboys on the way to car shows. I drive a classic Chevy Corvette and have done quite a few performance modifications to it. However, it looks stock on the outside and since I have no stickers on it, a big fart cannon, or racing stripes, I suppose the riceboys think I swapped the big block V8 with a VW beetle motor. They always pull up next to me at red lights and rev their engines, expecting me to race them. Well, I used to show them that there is no replacement for displacement, but now I usually just tell them that racing them would be a waste of fuel being dumped down my carb and if they would like to race they can either hand me across twenty bucks for fuel or I will see them at the local 1/4 mile strip. They call me all sorts of names, claim my car is slow, etc. but never take up my offer.
Not only are they ignorant of aerodynamics, modern automotive powerplants and vehicle performance tuning, but they drive like idiots. I have seen many riceboys doing 65(most of their top speeds) down a 35mph road weaving in and out of traffic. Not only have I seen them crash their own cars, but I have seen them make others have traffic accidents because of their bad "performance" shenanigans.
It's not like this is a new phenomenon, I remember the days of Chevy Novas, El Caminos and Monte Carlos racing in the same town a decade or more ago, except there were a few differences. These "gear heads" or "motor heads" as we used to refer to them, knew thier cars, worked on them religiously, and most didn't care how they looked, as long as they were fast light to light.I can remember seeing many "primer colored" cars giving smoke shows at lights, but when they raced it was always straight, short and fast. Yes, they did have accidents and probably caused their share, but nothing like the riceboys out there today.
What can you do? Well, you can continue to ignore them, embarrass them, give them tickets or expose them online. None of which is going to make them go away..........( . )( . )......... :crossx: :p
Sorry forgot pictures :p

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:20 AM
Bass Mechanic11-21-2003, 12:56 AM
hey everyone i posted this on a local board in colorado springs i am a member of. i thought it was interesting enough to post here, so here it is unedited..
does anyone know who drives a white saturn SC with purple flames all across it, airplane wing on the back and a fart exhaust?
im just curious.
now i dont usually go around racing people very often anymore because frankly i have been way too busy to do anything but work and sleep.
but tonight i was comming home from an appointment in denver and on research parkway east bound i came across the most riced out saturn i have seen in a while.
i really couldnt resist the temptation i felt seeing this oppertunity especially when we got to the first red light i think it might have been austin bluffs i cant recall.
this kid is revving his fart can exhaust at me like he has somthing to proove.
needless to say when the light turned green and even with my A/C running (it runs pretty much all the time with climate control on) and a launch at only 2000 rpm no wheel spin i proceded to wax this jem of a ahem.. sport compact?
im not sure if he missed 2nd gear but gave up rather quickly after the 2nd shift. somewhere along our journey along the road i got a blast of K band on the radar and shut it down pretty hard but didnt see any cops.
at the next light we go round 2, this time i turned my TCS and VSA systems off, climate control off because now he was really mad and really revving his motor up like he was "gonna really take me this time" lol.
anyway same results only this time i think he got 2nd gear but realised he was loosing even worse than the first time.
i wish there was more to tell but honestly that was about as long as this so called race lasted.
anyway he turned off shortly afterwords and just befor ei got to powers where i played a little with an eclipse GT but he wasnt nearly as interested.
i guess i would just like to know if anyone knows who this kid is because i would just like to ask him if he has some kind of mods that would make him think a saturn is even remotly as fast as a 200 hp Acura / honda.
im not trying to sound like im all mighty and better than anyone or stuck up on myself so dont take it that way, but dont people read a little about new cars when they come out? people that are into them and like to race i would think would know their limits, i mean seriously. i know not to pick on a camaro, mustang cobra, WRX, EVO or maybe even a civic if i know they are boosting.
and when your revved on like that it's hard to simply punk out and not show someone whats up. now i get put in a position where i have to waste my gas just to accept the challenge.
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SteVTEC11-21-2003, 01:33 AM
Ricebois are born from the ignorance of high school trash talk and stupid movies like F&F, and even stupider movies like 2F2F. And then from stupid "tooning" mags that hype up fake dynos about how the aforementioned fart can on a civic/saturn will gain you 20hp. a few mods like that and you have a 200+hp Civic even though in reality you didn't gain crap and a Honda Odyessy is still gonna smoke them.
I ran into some old old Prelude a week ago at a light and he started revving and hitting the rev limiter at the light. It turned green and I pulled about 3 cars before I was even at the top of 1st and then kept pulling in 2nd and I didn't even have it floored. Then at the next light he was doing the same thing. Revving and hitting the rev limiter. But he was turning left and I was going straight.
Idiots... There is a Neon with some flames around here. :)
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bob shiftright11-21-2003, 06:01 AM
Originally posted by SteVTEC
Idiots... There is a Neon with some flames around here. :)
I drive a highway with a long very steep incline about twice weekly. The highway widens to 4 lanes because it's impossible for the semi tractors to keep up anywhere near the speed limit. This is also about the last place on earth that the gendarmes would ever set up a speed trap, there's no place to hide and even if there were they might give out two tickets each day. I enjoy speeding up the hill and passing by the slower traffic. One day a kid in a generic 4-banger ricemobile was in the extreme left hand lane right ahead of me, and he was not gonna pull over for a Volvo station wagon for anything. Traffic opened up, so I moved over to the #2 lane, downshifted and floored it. So did he, and I began to pull ahead of him. Then I saw a brief flash of light and large clouds of black smoke started pouring out from under his car.
Good, clean fun. My major annoyance is people who think they're Michael Schumacher and that a Hummer-2 can manuver and accelerate like a Formula-1 car, they're actually dangerous.
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rb458011-21-2003, 07:30 AM
The ricers kill me... they just make me laugh, the cars just look so gay to me.. I'm not kidding, I saw a Hynduai Accent with dual exaust and flames... :boink: :boink:
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Lung Fu Mo Shi11-21-2003, 09:28 AM
I saw a Toyota Echo with spinners.
There is a Civic in the parking lot at work that is lowered, big tailpipe (but stock exhaust runners), etc.
What really makes it ghetto is that he used an aftermarket Inegra front bumper. BUT, it didn't fit on the brackets the Civic has at each corner. So what did he do....cut out slots in the bumper and now the brackets are sticking THROUGH the bumper.
Hilarious.
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fuque11-21-2003, 09:39 AM
Riceboys are the green muck that got brushed off the sides of the gene pool. :rolleyes:
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AKay11-21-2003, 11:27 AM
lmaoooooooooo
oh man yall need to come to my city for real lol
We have tonssssssssss or ricers here.
You see a few respectable tuned cars and a few nice new cars that need nothing done to em like escalades and BMWs, Lexus'
But you see a ton of old civic hatchbacks, with unpainted body kits!!!!
4 door dx's with loud mufflers and stock piping.
Civics with catbacks and stock steel rims with no caps on like they are in race mode 24-7.
Theres even a car club here where the newest car( and hottest i might add) is a 2001 Pt cruiser.
The leader of the club drives a 1990 Mazda MPV.
Im like WOW! These guys are total corn balls.
Ive destroyed so many of these herbs at lights or on the highways around here its not even funny.
I have fun racing IS300s and BMW 325i's.
THey are so close in performance it really becomes a drivers race and most people that drive those cars are horrible drivers.
I have a coworker at work some older guy with lots of cash who owns a Corvette. And hes told me hes never done more than 85 in it!!!
Whats the ****ing point in gettin a corvette then???!!!
Damm sorry for venting so much lol
AKay
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Junkster11-21-2003, 11:54 AM
hey, stories from Colorado Springs.
Personally, rice boys only make me sick due to their lack of true performance understanding and mostly make it up with exaggerated body kits.
I use to run my Integra in Southern Colorado back in 96~98, just going around with some buddies finding places to race around. Back then, people were friendly, we would race but there was no ill feelings about each other, we were a group. Now, it seems, it's more competition, with people actually getting into fights and damaging each other's cars.
My real beef with them is the body kits... Gawd, the wings on those things are so useless, it just makes me sick! And the exaggerated lips and such... please. Maybe it's just me, but I like to outrun others in style. Pull up to a light with my 'untuned' Integra, talk to the guy at the light with the 'tricked' out Civic, and just burn em. Than stop, grab a drink together and discuss what the cars were like under the skin.
Back in 97, there was a guy in Castle Rock with a RX7 that looked absolutely stock, but packed one of the meanest punched out there... the guy would smoke things that shouldn't be smoked... vettes, Mustang Cobras, it was pretty ridiculous. He was a local stock racer, IIRC. Cool guy. (Damn, I need to track that guy again).
Anyhoot, ricers give a bad name to import enthusiasts everwhere.
Junkster, who will beat the be-Jesus out of anyone in this forum if then "trick out" their TSX's.
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ricecake11-21-2003, 12:23 PM
there is a Ford Probe with a "Type R" sticker on it in our neighborhood. it trips me out every time i see it. :rolling:
Back in 97, there was a guy in Castle Rock with a RX7 that looked absolutely stock, but packed one of the meanest punched out there... the guy would smoke things that shouldn't be smoked... vettes, Mustang Cobras, it was pretty ridiculous. He was a local stock racer, IIRC. Cool guy. (Damn, I need to track that guy again).
i hear that RX-7s are really good cars for mods (custom turbos, etc.)
that's kind of like our Protege 5, with the exception of it being lowered an inch, it looks all stock, but when you pop the hood and see the custom turbo, look out. my husband trains in the HPDEs, and it always perplexes people on the first run, before they know what's under the hood.
i agree with Junkster--it's not so much the ricey look, but the fact that they don't try and learn at least some of the good technical info out there. i mean, i'm no expert by any means, and i am so low on the learning curve, but it's neat to learn about.
ricecake, whose username has no affiliation with the term riceboy (it's an old family nickname)
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1SICKLEX11-21-2003, 12:32 PM
It started with Honda. The funny thing I noticed, the riceboys are not really the guys with the modded cars. It's guys in stock Hondas that think they are driving Ferraris. Real annoying and it looks so very stupid.
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kenbiddulph11-21-2003, 12:36 PM
Yeah, Ricers are amusing. My nearly stock TL can smoke 99% of them. The 1% that have actually bothered to do REAL engine mods sometimes win (they usually get pulled over half a mile down the road though) :D
I don't know what it is, but because I drive an Acura, all the Civic guys want to race me, especially if their girlfriend is in the car with them. (They'd be better off without their girlfriends racing, some of them look like they slow 'em down big time!) :D
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Junkster11-21-2003, 01:26 PM
Good point from everyone,
Yea, there are the 5% that are actual 'racer' mod cars. And these are the guys that are the most friendly and easy to approach.
That's the guy in the RX7 in Colorado (Greg something...). The first time I met him was at Castle Rock, by where the Factory Outlet is now. He pulled up next to me, and I saw that he was wanting to run, so I decided, 'what the hell, looks like he's running stock, I might have a chance.' Then, he made me look like a slow mo video.
When I caught up with him, he told me he's not stock, just no body kits. We went to Wendy's and talked about what he's done. It was really cool and we met up like for two years, when he came to Springs and Denver for fun. He was older, like in his late 20's early 30's.
I miss talk to modders.
Junkster, who still wants his Integra back someday.
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captainjack11-21-2003, 03:47 PM
I remember this one time, a guy pulls up next to me in super-modded car. He had his smokes rolled up into his t-shirt. Then, Mackenzie Phillips sticks her head out and asks me if I wanna race…
Wait, that was "American Graffitti." Never mind.
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GeorgeTSX11-21-2003, 03:55 PM
The Top 10 Ricers!! :-)
http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?state=top10r
The front end of this car reminds me of one of the front end of trains for pushing cows off the track...
http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?auto=24515
:D
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STC11-21-2003, 05:10 PM
Ricers are everywhere, i think we have a few on here.
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Crazytree11-21-2003, 06:54 PM
the rice phenomenon started here in the San Gabriel Valley about 12 years ago. many new asian arrivals were huge fans of the Euro racing where they basically put fins and stickers on the cars. many of these leagues had races in Japan and throughout East Asia. as the demographics in this area shifted... so did the number of rice rockets on the street... and it spread from there.:bandito:
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AKay11-21-2003, 07:01 PM
Ricers should be punished.
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coronad011-22-2003, 10:13 AM
Yeah, I saw that ugly Saturn once or twice...
Colorado Springs suffers from "Mid-Country Disease". Let's say that something cool happens on the East/West Coast in year X. It propagates and becomes incubated for a while and tapers off at X+X(1/2). Your lame cousins-friends-sister/brother from Mid-Country State Y visits East/West Coast and sees that "something cool". Lame cousins-friends-sister/brother comes back to Mid-Country State Y and lamely attempts to recreate that "something cool". So at roughly X+1.5 you have lame execution of original idea on East/West Coast...
Ergo, here in Springs you have stupid Saturn Ricer with Purple Flames, Coffee Can Fart exhaust and WWI Bi-Plane wing for Spoiler...Notice how most of the worst looking Ricers on Ricecop (http://www.ricecop.com) come from the Midwest...
I've seen worse in this town...My favorite was what looked like a Citation wagon with bondo air dams, skirts and "hand-molded" bondo air scoops on the door panels. The wheels were spray-can white and on the back window was the biggest Oakley Thermonuclear sticker you could buy. Oh yeah, and he had a HUGE "Kicker" sticker for his front windshield sun-blocker...Nice.
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Bass Mechanic11-22-2003, 10:52 AM
Originally posted by coronad0
Yeah, I saw that ugly Saturn once or twice...
Colorado Springs suffers from "Mid-Country Disease". Let's say that something cool happens on the East/West Coast in year X. It propagates and becomes incubated for a while and tapers off at X+X(1/2). Your lame cousins-friends-sister/brother from Mid-Country State Y visits East/West Coast and sees that "something cool". Lame cousins-friends-sister/brother comes back to Mid-Country State Y and lamely attempts to recreate that "something cool". So at roughly X+1.5 you have lame execution of original idea on East/West Coast...
Ergo, here in Springs you have stupid Saturn Ricer with Purple Flames, Coffee Can Fart exhaust and WWI Bi-Plane wing for Spoiler...Notice how most of the worst looking Ricers on Ricecop (http://www.ricecop.com) come from the Midwest...
I've seen worse in this town...My favorite was what looked like a Citation wagon with bondo air dams, skirts and "hand-molded" bondo air scoops on the door panels. The wheels were spray-can white and on the back window was the biggest Oakley Thermonuclear sticker you could buy. Oh yeah, and he had a HUGE "Kicker" sticker for his front windshield sun-blocker...Nice.
cool a fellow TSXer from my town. so you know what im talking about then.
everytime i see a rice mobile i often wonder.. does that person know everyone else is laughing their asses off at them? do they care? do they think they are big pimping or cool? where do they get the preconceived idea that this is socially accepted?
only thing i can figure is they subscribe to some sport compact magazine and bury themselves into it. they live a life in la-la land and probly are highschool kids that feel this overwhelming need to socially "fit in" they do things to make their friends think they are cool.
just once i would like to confront one and just find out what kind of person it takes to make a compleatly stupid automobile fashon statement. and where do they get the money? hell for the cost of some of thoes rice parts they could save the money and put a down payment on a TSX.
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coronad011-22-2003, 11:37 AM
Cool to meet you too...I've got a CG/AT/Navi...
I'm assuming you picked up your car at Pikes Peak Acura...
How long was your wait? I had to wait 63.5 days for my TSX to show up...(check the "other" TSX site for details). Thanks California Fires!!!
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Bass Mechanic11-22-2003, 02:08 PM
Originally posted by coronad0
Cool to meet you too...I've got a CG/AT/Navi...
I'm assuming you picked up your car at Pikes Peak Acura...
How long was your wait? I had to wait 63.5 days for my TSX to show up...(check the "other" TSX site for details). Thanks California Fires!!!
he he maybe im special. i walked into the dealer (of course i have friends there) my TL was getting a new tranny which inspired the TSX purchase.
it was a thurs or friday when i negotiated the deal and the car i got had to be shipped from texas, apparently the only 6 MT with navi within 500 miles.
they trucked it up here and i had it the following monday. color choice was limited to just black with parchment which suits me fine. my car had 5 miles on the clock when i took ownership.
so i only had to wait 5 days i think.
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AKay11-22-2003, 07:06 PM
I think ricer boys are from the planet MELMAC.
Where they eat cats and stuff.
AKay
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iNteGraz9211-23-2003, 06:02 PM
:rofl: @ ricers started from fast and furious
LOL they have been around a lot longer than that
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MattB11-24-2003, 08:31 AM
Originally posted by AKay
Ricers should be punished.
Yes, they should.
Check out www.laughatrice.com
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acuratsx0311-24-2003, 08:35 PM
Originally posted by GeorgeTSX
The Top 10 Ricers!! :-)
http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?state=top10r
The front end of this car reminds me of one of the front end of trains for pushing cows off the track...
http://riceornot.ricecop.com/?auto=24515
:D
now theres a good laugh............( . )( . )....................... :p :p

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:23 AM
:idea: Welcome to the first chapter in our tutorial that brings you the truth behind the riceboy and his or her rice rocket.
Please note that we are not targeting any specific race, religion, or sex. The term "riceboy" can be applied to the female gender as well, but usually substituting "girl" with the "boy" portion of riceboy. Riceboys outnumber ricegirls, but we will focus on the typical thought process of a ricer in general.
1. Riceboy has a vehicle that is generally not considered a performance car, ("performance car" meaning it stems from the sports car or muscle car background).
2. Riceboy starts by adding visual modifications to the vehicle, to give it the image of "looking fast." This can be done by adding a body kit, a performance uni-blade windshield wiper, vast amounts of stickers strategically placed on any part of the vehicle, performance seat belt covers, PIAA driving lights that are fluroescent or blue colored, large exhaust tip (at least twice the size of the actual exhaust pipe), 130+ decibel stereo system, and an oversized rear wing/spoiler.
Keep in mind, THESE ARE NOT PERFORMANCE MODIFICATIONS. Riceboys think they are, and as a result will cruise around town like they are fast. Zooming around corners, riding laid back, and music cranked with the windows down to make it known that there is a loud stereo in the vehicle all to make it APPEAR as if they are tough, have a fast vehicle, and aren't to be messed with.
3. Riceboys "race" from a rolling start of about 30mph. This is not a real race.
4. Riceboys on several occasions will cruise the streets with their local car club which should actually be called a decal club. They typically flaunt their newest windshield stickers while sporting other offset sticker designs they came up with to promote the club for their economy-cars-turned-race-cars.
5. Riceboys call their exhaust systems "high-tech" sounding. We don't know about the rest of the world, but our farts sure don't sound remotely high-tech. Riced out vehicles sound like a fart, a gnat, or a swarm of bees when travelling in packs.
6. To draw more attention to their vehicles, when large crowds are in the area, they tend to drive by several times at about 6000rpm so everyone can see their immaculate vehicle speed by and fart. Riceboy drives fast or in crowded areas doing all that he can to attract the most attention and turn the most heads. Ultimately, this is riceboy's goal.
7. Whenever riceboys park, they like to keep their windshield wipers up. This is still a mystery to us, but for some reason this is cool. Why, we do not know. Maybe to prove that the ricer has the coordination and timing to turn off the vehicle before his or her wiper(s) retract.
Many riceboys deal with what they have. Unfortunately, they go overboard with whatever vehicle they can afford, was handed down to them, or was purchased for them by mommy and daddy. Because of this, there are literally several thousand 4-banger, 6-banger, and even some 8 cylinder vehicles roaming the streets with extremely poor taste in exterior body modifications. This poor taste somehow translates into an image of performance, and to the average person these vehicles might actually look "fast." Keep in mind that riceboys can drive any type of vehicle, not just an import...........( . )( . ).......

Tom Brown
04-14-2005, 11:25 AM
Kim, thanks for making this thread three pages long. :cool:

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:26 AM
A popular riceboy motto is: Stickers add performance. While they may add the look of performance in rare instances, 99.999% of the time they add to the tackiness of the vehicle and proudly display the owner's poor styling taste.
1. Little honda boy wishes he was fast. To get the performance look, he went to his local speed shop to get a single stripe! That's right, what better than to bring out the exterior features of your vehicle than to add an offset racing stripe? And look, the tassle hanging from his rearview mirror is color coordinated with the vehicle's paint. Look out, we have a designer on our hands!!!
2. But wait, the offset stripe wasn't enough. This honda boy went the extra mile and spent hard earned money on this large yet important sticker, the Honda "H." Proudly displayed in his rear window, now everybody from 30,000 feet can tell which automaker created this vehicle.
3. One of our favorites because it combines several rice mods for just one vehicle. But we are focusing on stickers, and here we can see the performance yellow and how it boldly stands out from the rest of the blue colored vehicle. The Bad Boy sticker actually says "Bad Toy", meaning "Bad Toyota." We sure wouldn't want to line up against this performance machine at the strip!
4. This falls under the "what were you thinking" category. A sticker is one thing, but a two sentence paragraph on your hood? Genius, pure genius. This must be a highly modified vehicle, obviously trailered to car shows around the world, no doubt winning hundreds of trophies with such immaculate styling, this sticker absolutely makes the vehicle what it is! CRAP.
5. The infamous VTEC sticker. Riceboys think if they have a VTEC sticker on their honda (some riceboys even put VTEC stickers on non-hondas!) that other "regular" hondas will not challenge them to a race. Adding emblems from other vehicles to a non-performance model is such a riceboy tradition. Do any of these riceboys know that a VTEC motor also comes in Honda Minivans? Does any serious automobile manufacturer put their high performance motor in a minivan?!
..............( . )( . )......... :rolleyes: :p

Jbb
04-14-2005, 11:27 AM
Kim, thanks for making this thread three pages long. :cool:
Ban him....Ban him now!................. :p

Tom Brown
04-14-2005, 11:27 AM
Tribal drums! :D :D :D

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:28 AM
Kim, thanks for making this thread three pages long. :cool: You are so welcome Tom..........( . )( . )...... :wink:
The single blade windshield wiper. Most asian imports and american automobiles come with two windshield wipers. Mercedes has a unique uni-wiper system that extends the wiper to the corners of the windshield which appears to wipe a larger area of the glass than the traditional two wiper setup.
Riceboys do something different. They get rid of the useless dual wiper system and replace it with a uni-wiper system. But it isn't like the Mercedes system! It is a standard wiper, centered in the windshield. The wiper is usually a bright color that makes the blade stick out against the windshield. Any ricer with a uni-blade system also leaves the blade halfway up the windshield just to show off their foreign taste for windshield wiper systems. WHY IS THIS A TRENDY THING TO DO? It is 100% pointless!
..........( . )( . )............ :p

sorry dog
04-14-2005, 11:29 AM
Unlike drags... :D :D :D
F1 forever. :)
I think Bernie Ecclestone should be the next pope. :D

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:29 AM
Ban him....Ban him now!................. :p
Don't be like that Brian.............( . )( . )............. :p

Tom Brown
04-14-2005, 11:30 AM
I think Bernie Ecclestone should be the next pope. :D
He has more power in his current position.

sorry dog
04-14-2005, 11:35 AM
Blasphemy!
So Tom, when was the last time you took confession??

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:37 AM
Check it out (http://www.heferito.com/stupidriceboys.asp) ........( . )( . ).......... :p :rolleyes:

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:44 AM
The idiotic Riceboy phenomenon
(9-2-02) I live in Utah, a state which many feel is somewhat behind the times in many ways. Be that as it may--that's a topic for another day--there is one phenomenon which has certainly taken hold among the local youthful drivers. It is commonly called the Riceboy phenomenon. Please note the name actually has nothing to do with the nationality of the driver at all, but rather the fact that the cars involved are typically of Asian origin (although this is not a hard and fast rule).
What am I talking about? A friend of mine described it as Race-Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. Take a vehicle which functions perfectly well in day-to-day use, then ruin it via a suspension drop, monstrous wheels and ultra-low profile tires, an outrageous body kit, the obligatory six-inch exhaust tip, and maybe even a God-awful shade of paint just for good measure.
Truth be told, that 'race-inspired' line above is quite accurate. Most Riceboy modifications are useless ideas pirated from true race cars--dragsters, rally cars, road course vehicles, etc. But where these real race cars adhere strictly to the notion of form following function, Riceboys do just the opposite: make it look like it functions when in reality it does not. Road course racers use body kits for cleaner aerodynamics and more downforce; Riceboys install body kits which increase drag and sometimes even promote lift. Drag racers place decals on their cars to promote the products they use (it's called contingency and it pays them money), whereas Riceboys drape ridiculous stickers across their entire hood and down the fenders. Autocrossers use specialized springs and shocks in the quest for all-out handling on smooth surfaces; Riceboys make dangerous (and sometimes illegal) suspension modifications which bottom out on typical pavement irregularities and bust their kidneys in the process. In short, the Riceboy's goal is to make his car appear to be a high-performance one despite the fact that little, if anything, has truly been done to actually increase its performance... and more often than not, these modifications actually worsen the car's comfort and/or usefullness in day-to-day driving.
Now don't get me wrong; I enjoy souping up my vehicles. However, I would rather display speed than advertise it. (This is one key reason why I race turbo minivans!) After all, racing is a fine art of selling a losing proposition; you want to sucker the other guy into thinking he has a chance... but he doesn't learn the truth until it's too late. Your typical Riceboy does not comprehend the concept of a sleeper, nor does he even know the meaning of the term.
But what about the import dudes whose cars really do go fast? Oh, sure, there are a few of those around. These guys aren't Riceboys. They've done some research, figured out how to make power, then purchased the items needed in their quest for speed. My hat is off to these kids, and I admire their work. Heck, sometimes I even take their ideas and incorporate them onto my own vehicles.
It's the idiots that bug me. Why spend lots of money to ruin your car and make driving it less pleasurable? It just doesn't make sense.
:p .........( . )( . )............

canuck1
04-14-2005, 11:47 AM
I seen it its green and has a backwards # on the door........( . )( . )...... :p
Nope wrong car Kimmy, that one only turns left
But Freak is on the right track with the rally stuff

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:51 AM
Nope wrong car Kimmy, that one only turns left
But Freak is on the right track with the rally stuff
What don't you race?..........( . )( . ).......... :eek:
Check this place out, too funny! (http://www.anti-rice.com/rice6.html)

canuck1
04-14-2005, 11:53 AM
Trucks....

Kim Hanson
04-14-2005, 11:55 AM
Trucks....
It can be done..........( . )( . )........Or are you thinking about going Ricer :D

canuck1
04-14-2005, 12:10 PM
It can be done..........( . )( . )........Or are you thinking about going Ricer :D
Yep ricer
One four cylinder engine for each side of the crank

spectras only
04-18-2005, 10:36 AM
Let's beat this dead horse more :D . It sounds like a heinz 57 car ,but has a chevy [ 377cu] in it :idea:
http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/performance.html