sAyIt_fmf....
thats exactly how it is, lol,
and i love the dumb ***'s that spend $50,000 +
just to make there car as fast as an average 350

 

Another thing that most people dont' think about, how well do you think a motor that you're squeezing every last bit of horsepower out of it will hold up? Why not get a bigger motor that has that horsepower already without all these mods, and will last a lot longer. Think about it, a 350 would last longer than a little 2.0 putting out the same horsepower. That motor will NOT last long at all. It is so much more stress on a small motor to put out that hp than a big motor. That is one of the reasons that the Chevy 350 is so popular, lasts long, and it puts out tons o' torque and horsepower.

 

i actually had this discussion with my dad the other night

he hates honda cars, and the new 4 cyl rich rockets

Well, my first car was a Honda Prelude 2.0 SI, a 1987, weapon-R Exhaust, Weapon R intake, Intrax 2" lowering kit, KYB struts/shocks, and tinted windows.

It would do a 130 easily. It handled better than any car i've ever drove. In a testing of all cars, a stock prelude SI of the year 87 was only second in handling rating to a 911 porshce.

Now i have a 1995 chevy Beretta, that doesn't handle nearly as good. But in a straight line that 3.1 is good. Low end power, torquey. hits 125.

It is getting a Dynomax cat back, a high flow cat, and a 2.25 pipe from the headers, the throttle body bored out to 56mm, and a K&N Cone filter, then new plugs, wires, and a comp chip. one day.

And i personally will never own a rustang. But what about this, you get the average 350, what gas mileage do these get? 12-15 mpg. You get your average 200hp 2.0 and they get 25-35. My old prelude would pull 35 all day the time highway miles!

anyways, i don't understand why people make fun of riced out cars, i personally love them. Its the new era of fast cars. I know when i get the money a Civic SI Vtec or a Prelude SI Vtec will be sitting in my garage! ground effects and tinted windows to boot!

The new acura type S is a 2.0 that puts out 200HP stock!

http://www.acura.com/model_types/types_index.asp check dat out

 

Kukerdan made a mistake. The SS454 Chevelle was only made from 1970 to 1973. And unless you by an old SS396 or SS350 and then swop in a 454 its goin to cost you $40,000. Original SS454s ain't cheap. And honda atv's are the best but there cars along with all the other imports suck. the only import i would buy is a 4x4 Tacoma. And any one whothinks the 72 Chevelles have no power is a idiot. 74 is when they lost power, and your really a moron if you think a 350 will out run a 72 454. And chevy truchs are always the best

 

14s my four wheel drive extened cab Chevy will do that as for fast my $4000 1968 camaro runs high 11s and no it is not a rust bucket the paint is faded and i paint cars for a living so i am working on making it look as good as it runs

 

About 350 gas mileage: my old 1996 Z28 LT1 six-speed got pretty darn good mileage for a nearly 300 horsepower car. It would get 20 all day long and once I even got 25 average on a long trip. If you could keep your foot out of it it did pretty good. I hear the newer LS1 motor is not only significantly faster but gets better mileage too.

About the ricers: Say_it_FMF's stereotype is for the most part pretty accurate here in Illinois...however...I have seen a few of those little 4 cylinder cars at the strip that are very impressive.

To me anything that will turn a mid 13 quarter or better is worthy of my respect regardless of the country of origin or the number of cylinders.

 

<< To me anything that will turn a mid 13 quarter or better is worthy of my respect regardless of the country of origin or the number of cylinders. >>



I think 87r is 100% right. I agree completely. I like all kinds of cars, and have respect to all fellow car lovers regardless of their choice.

I know guys that have Prelude's, and other &quot;Rice Rockets&quot;, that they have built, and modified themselves with their own two hands. I have seen some good looking and quick cars. Just because they are a four cylinder, Japanese car doesn't change the fact that these guys put fourth the SAME effort, and passion that the guys that build the V8's do. It's strictly a personal choice.

As for the &quot;ricer&quot; stereo type...I see where everybody is coming from. However you have to agree that there are people with that same attitude that run the big Muscle Cars. I have met very arrogant people both ways.

However, one thing that I do laugh at is when I see somebody cruising in a Neon or another car like it, that think they've got one bad @ss car that is extremely fast just because the dropped it down onto the ground and put a huge wing on the back. Those are the people that get on my nerves. Of course, you see the people rolling in the V6 Stangs and Camaro's that think of themselves the same way.

That's just what I think.

-Josh

 

I have a 98 Ram 1500 with 5&quot; Skyjacker but I work with a guy who owns a VR-4 and this is what he said about this post below: (I by no means am into rice cars and neither is he)


&quot;A Stock Mitsubishi 3000 GT, VR-4 (Twin Turbo, 420HP), will kill most V8'&quot;

1. The last generation VR-4 put out 320 horse and 318 lb-ft stock,
not 420.
2. The fastest stock turbo car on 3si.org does mid to high 12s with about $1500-2000 in mods. $3000 would not buy you the turbos, controllers, exhaust, and fuel mods needed to get a VR-4 to do 11s.
(Latest DSM shootout--fastest car there did mid 11s with about $7000 in mods. If you did 11s on stock turbos for $3000, your a miracle worker or you put 100 shot of nitrous to the car.
3. VR-4s are diamond star motorsports cars which is a collaboration of Dodge Chrysler and Mitsu, so its pretty removed from the Honda rice $hit.

 

I love my 1994 Honda Accord EX 4 door (black/grey leather interior) Doesn't even have 15,000 miles on it. It looks as good as a lot of the new cars I see running around. Its a keeper for me.

 

the richer sterotype is accurate..but its just that a stero type.

Not everyone falls into it..espcially not me