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    You Might Be A Ricer If…
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    You have more exhaust decibels than your engine has horsepower.
    You have aftermarket FRONT wheels for racing but stock rear wheels.
    Your engine makes twice as much horsepower as torque.
    17" rims up front, 13" out back on your FWD.
    You ever painted your wheels to match the same color of your car.
    You put your automatic car in neutral at every stoplight in order to roll it back and try to fool other people into thinking you have a manual transmission
    DuPont gave up trying to figure out the shade you were asking for.
    Your mod list includes stereo equipment, shifter handle, MOMO steering wheel, PIA driving lights, exhaust tip, but no REAL engine parts.
    A chameleon lizard undergoes fewer shade changes than your custom paint scheme.
    Your rims and tires are so large, that you have to install the tire / wheel from underneath the car because it simply won't fit in the wheel well going in from the side.
    The dealer laughs when you bring your car back in for service under warranty, and you've only had it 6 months...
    Your tires / rims stick out from the lip of your car by more than 1."
    Your paint job is from the WRONG end of the color spectrum.
    You installed spacers on your STOCK wheels and tires to get them to stick out past the fender.
    You see cars like yours in a Shriner's Parade for Children and clowns are driving them.
    You bring an empty Maxwell House coffee can with you to compare size when you shop for an aftermarket exhaust system.
    Your Eclipse GS-T hardtop has a "SPYDER" emblem on the rear...
    Your sum knowledge of suspension is: "the more negative camber, the better the handling."
    You push your car through the staging lanes. That way, maybe you can break into the 16s by keeping the motor cool between runs.
    You add a super tall rear wing, and a hundred pounds of aftermarket ground effects, neon and stereo yet you gut the interior and yank out the rear seat for weight savings.
    Your rear wing AND your rear window have a third mount brake light...
    The back lighting in the gauges in your A-pillar gauge pod work long before the actual gauges are hooked up.
    You cut 4 coil springs and scrape the chassis on the ground. Sparks are cool when you corner at normal traffic speeds!
    You have to find a way to drive AROUND speed bumps in a parking lot.
    You install clear corner and brake lights.
    You install colored bulbs in your aftermarket clear lenses.
    You ever put neon on the bottom of your car, and then busted it on the first speed bump you went over.
    You painted the UNDERBODY of your car to match
    If your rear spoiler is taller then you are.
    if you can fit fist **** your exhaust tip
    You have more stereo WATTS than engine TORQUE!
    If your tailpipe extension is the most expensive mod you’ve done to your engine yet.
    Your tailpipe extension fell off during a quarter mile race and you went three tenths of a second faster due to weight savings.
    EVERY car in your class has a turbo pushing double digits worth of boost.
    You spent $5,000 on the engine and you can not out run a stock Camaro, Firebird, or Mustang
    You want the 'wastegate' sound, but don't want to install a turbocharger system.
    You think Nitrous Oxide on your Hyundai Sonata puts you in the same performance league as the Chevy Corvette.
    The automatic version of your car runs 2 seconds slower in the 1/4mile.
    If the 1970 Plymouth Daytona Superbird has a smaller spoiler than your car does.
    You think the Del Sol is a sports car...
    A torque converter does NOTHING for your car.
    You think a deep farty noise = the sound of high performance
    If you think that horsepower is far more important than torque
    If you have ever claimed that switching to a cone filter has given you more than 5 HP.
    If you have ever considered installing more than one set of fog / driving lights.
    If you claim that the aftermarket cold air intake system you just installed doubled your horsepower or took 2 or more seconds off of your E/T.
    Your baseball cap is always on backwards when you drive (the first sign of mental retardation, wearing your clothes backwards... BE).
    You spent all night on the Internet trying to find a company that makes a turbocharger system for your Hyundai...
    If you removed your side view mirrors and put them at the TOP of the door / window frame.
    If you think the Fugees are 'speed' music.
    MOMO is 'absolutely required' to go fast.
    Your four cylinder has a dual exhaust system installed.
    Your four cylinder has four exhaust pipes ("Hey, one for each cylinder!")
    The color of your interior upholstery hurts the cones and rods in other people's eyes.
    If you cannot drive your car in snow as the ground effects create a plow effect.
    If you have installed driving lights to compensate for headlight blackouts / tape.
    If you think that 180 horsepower and 185 lb/ft of torque are impressive for a ‘mildly’ modified engine.
    If you have stickers on your car for parts that you could not point out if asked where those parts are installed.
    You think pushrods are a bad thing…
    Your car has more decals than you do the quarter in seconds.
    Every Honda you EVER owned, all the way back to your 1978 Accord was either a V-Tec or a TYPE-R.
    You took your rear seat out and gutted your interior for weight savings but you installed 400 pounds of electronics, neon, DVD, Sony, etc.
    If you gutted the interior to save weight on a car that you will never take to the track…
    You lean your seat so far back when you are driving, that everytime you hit a bump, its your back and not your butt that hurts.
    You have hydraulics and sixteen switches on a car you claim runs low 10s on the street and corners better than a Porsche.
    If you can estimate that your car makes more than 250 HP without ever running it at the track or getting a dyno reading.
    You claim that you can get a titanium block for your engine.
    If you have ever thought Hyundai and "performance" went hand in hand
    If you've ever gone to a parts shop or speed warehouse and asked for a 1" to 6" exhaust adapter...
    If you've ever contemplated adding "TYPE-R" stickers to your Sonata…
    If you've removed more than 1/2 of the coils from your springs by cutting them yourself ...
    If you have more neon lights on your car than a strip club...
    You put Kanji on your Ford ZX2, Ford Probe, or Mercury Cougar ...
    You own a "TYPE-R" Hyundai or Mazda.
    You couldn't afford headlight masking, so you just painted them with flat black Krylon and it's peeling. Badly.
    You claim that polishing your intake gave you 5hp.
    You own a V-TEC Hyundai or Mazda (especially a V-TEC rotary engined Mazda RX-7)
    You have neon INSIDE your car or in your ENGINE compartment
    You ever claimed that high gas mileage made your car superior in performance to V8s.
    If it takes you 8000rpm to reach 30mph from a dead stop at WOT.
    You think yellow plastic interior trim makes your car cool
    You spend $500 for a giant hand welded tube for a muffler with the weld marks extremely visible
    If you paint your drum brakes to simulate Hi-po calipers
    If you install fake hi-po caliper / disc simulators
    You have a front wing.
    If you lower your car and add ground effects but retain the stock 14inch wheels with disc style wheel covers
    If you equate the sound of performance with the sound of a Weed Eater™
    If you think bolting a fake muffler to one side to simulate dual exhaust is cool
    If you think colored head lights work better
    Clear tail lights and turn signals. They’re colored for a REASON!
    If you take mom's 4 door Honda accord and do any kind of mod to it
    You drive a Ford Escort station wagon with Kanji, wide tires, and Limp Bizkit stickers on the rear hatch
    You claim you lost the race because you had a passenger in the car.
    You claim how if you went from a roll you would have beat him.
    You claim you lost because you missed a shift... and your car is an automatic.
    You claim you lost because he must have been on the juice..
    Flying past the person who is 10 car lengths in front of you after they have put on their brakes.. and claim a victory.
    after losing you flip your opponent off... rev your motor and fail to break the wheels loose even around a corner.
    Tell everyone about how you lost the cop because of your "driving skills."
    you are a white kid driving an import.. wear baggy pants/hat turned around, walk with a fake limp and end every sentence with "yew know wha I'm sayin? Relate."
    Your idea of aiming a handgun is raising your arm over your head, pointing the gun away from you, and then just letting your wrist fall to the side to where the gun is almost sideways
    drive around in a $20,000 import with $10,000 in mods.. and still live with your parents.
    You can relate to every line of the song "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" by the Offspring
    you take offense when I say.. "your sister is like your car.. small, tight and hard to get into."
    You are a skinny, backwards hat wearing, dog chain wallet, 2 ft wide pants leg, Limp Bizkit looking white boy *** with a badly applied peroxide hair color treatment and temporary rub-on tattoos!
    You've spent more on graphics and decals than you have in gas, for the whole year
    You sound like you're going 90, but you're creeping past 25
    (cont)
    1967 Firebird. Needs a lot of work!
    1976 Black Trans Am. 400 bb, auto. 75% restored.
    2001 Black Firebird.
    2005 Legend Lime Mustang GT, SLP Axleback Loudmouths

    "Cars are Like Parachutes, if the Main one fails, pull the reserve out "

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    You might be a Ricer If (cont)

    You upgraded to the "big bore" 2 inch exhaust
    You lose 2 mpg by installing a body kit
    Your wing is so large that if you go faster than 65, your bumper drags
    You think "displacement" is something that happens to homeless people
    Yugo's give you a run for the money
    You continuously run red lights because they are invisible thru your red window tint
    15's are considered HUGE rims
    You can reach back and defrost the rear window by hand
    You will race anyone, anytime, and already know that you will lose
    You think Moby is one of the greatest composers of our time
    You spend all your money pimping it out because spending money to make it faster is a waste
    Your little sister is the only one impressed with your car
    When you win a race, you don't really win, it's just that the other guy felt soooo sorry for you
    You think your mom's Corolla is fast
    The cross section of your exhaust tip is bigger than the contact patch of your tires
    Your aftermarket tach is bigger than your fist
    You bought the big ass tach to try to scare off the fast cars
    But all it does is let people know how hard you have to push it to exceed the legal speed limit
    You rev on school busses
    Hell, you rev on people in electric wheelchairs
    You buy and install custom rims a pair at a time
    You've entered a 12 step program called "How to come to terms with your limitations"
    The bill of your hat gets caught when you roll the window up
    You really want to kick my ass right now
    You cut 2" holes in your rear bumper and don't know what they're for
    You cut 2" holes in your rear bumper and DO know what they're for
    You go to the auto paint store and pick out the most retina burning color you can find
    You buy race gas to drop you from 17.02 to 16.9 in the quarter, and then tell all your friends how fast you went
    You add a second battery to power all the neon, and the mini disco ball
    You add a wing on TOP of your car, 'cause wagons need down force too
    You've ever painted bare, raw fiberglass black and said "Look! It's just like carbon fiber!"
    You get pimped out props from the mini truck crowd
    You still only get dates from high school girls
    You actually own a pair of light up glasses from Checker Auto
    When you install your super phat wing, you put the pointy ends up
    You purchase and install a body kit, one piece at a time
    You saw the "Rice Boy" magazine in the back of Sport Compact, and inquired about a subscription
    Your brother is pissed cause you stole the muffler off his dirt bike (it was a direct fit!)
    Your dad is worried cause you bought a car with less displacement than his lawnmower
    YOU REALIZE THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE IS TRUE AND YOU STILL THINK YOU'RE COOL!!!
    1967 Firebird. Needs a lot of work!
    1976 Black Trans Am. 400 bb, auto. 75% restored.
    2001 Black Firebird.
    2005 Legend Lime Mustang GT, SLP Axleback Loudmouths

    "Cars are Like Parachutes, if the Main one fails, pull the reserve out "

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    • #3
      When your bottle of mountain dew has more liters than your engine!

      When you takl about your turbo(in the garage) thats been for piiping for 6 months or more!

      When you have to tell someone that the only fair race is it they unplugged 4 spark plugs!

      When you acually believe stickers give you hp!

      When you tell someone that you have turbo and a supercahrger!(true story there)

      When your tack looks like a clock from school!

      *Those are the ones in my room, right next to my drawing of the V8 done one AutoCAD, oHH YEAH*
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      1994 Camaro
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      3.4 SFI
      Z28 interior
      Imco Exaust(its okay)
      Dynotech Racing chip(waste)

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      1978 Firebird Formula
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      Pontiac 350
      Turbo 350 Transmission
      Edelbrock Performer Intake Manifold
      Edelbrock 4 Barrel Carb.
      Edelbrock 14" Air Cleaner
      Edelbrock Valve Covers
      Flowmaster Dual Exaust

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      • #4
        About the turbo and supercharger... I've seen it. At Nopi Nationals last year, there was a Hyundai Accewith a turbo and a screw-type supercharger. It was the most disgusting thing I have seen, and I have some pics around here somewhere... I'll post them when I find um. The sad part was-- with all that work-- it was hitting about 130-140Hp & mind blowing 17's in the quarter!
        1996 Camaro- L36, 5 spd, intake, Pacesetter headers, Flowmaster 80 series

        My name is George, and I am an audiophile.

        Anyone interested in an Xtant X603 multi-channel amp? Let me know...

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        • #5
          lol...exactly
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          1994 Camaro
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          3.4 SFI
          Z28 interior
          Imco Exaust(its okay)
          Dynotech Racing chip(waste)

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          1978 Firebird Formula
          -----------------------------
          Pontiac 350
          Turbo 350 Transmission
          Edelbrock Performer Intake Manifold
          Edelbrock 4 Barrel Carb.
          Edelbrock 14" Air Cleaner
          Edelbrock Valve Covers
          Flowmaster Dual Exaust

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          • #6
            well, when you consider the stock 80-90Hp, its around a 150% increase!!! oh yeah... it was a female's car and it was white with Barbie pink accents.
            1996 Camaro- L36, 5 spd, intake, Pacesetter headers, Flowmaster 80 series

            My name is George, and I am an audiophile.

            Anyone interested in an Xtant X603 multi-channel amp? Let me know...

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            • #7
              I know someone who owns a bone stock eclipse, and has kept telling me how he was gonna race and beat me when i got my car (this was while i was still savin up for the F-bod). A little while back, he invited me over for a couple beers and to help him with something for his car. I figured i had nothing better to do, and free beer had my attention, so i went over. Point is, what did he do to, i repeat once again, his BONE STOCK eclipse...he gutted the interior to reduce the weight so it would be super quick. I tried as hard as i could to not laugh, but soon after, i took a look at the inside of his car, and the laughing just kinda turned in to pity cuz i realized at that point how much it has to suck just to be that dumb. He gutted his interior out to reduce the weight, but yet added a 12 point roll cage. Ummmmm, so you're reducing weight by adding something that you need when you break in to the 11's, not the 16's!?!?!? After that i noticed the ground effects that add 400 hp, and the only reason it adds 400hp instead of 4 million hp like he seemed to think they add, was because there were HUGE cracks throughout the body kit because he bolted it through the plastic straight in to the bottom of his bumbers and side doors. But he did paint the bolt heads bling bling orange to match the color of his car. Then i got the speech on how he was gonna twin turbo and supercharge his car, and to prove it, he already had a boost gauge that he was gonna mount on his cage. That was the end of last summer, and i've yet to see the car leave his garage.

              The sad part of this story is that it's all 100% true, and yet this kid seems to think he has the fastest sickest car ever. It doesnt surprise me that he's TOTALLED 2 of his parents cars in the 3 years he's been driving. There's no reason for a person to act like that, it makes my head hurt every time when i'm around them With all the $$$ he's spent in to making his car orange, giving it huge cracks, and adding a pointless roll cage, he could have just bought a nice F-body thats hittin mid to low 13's by now
              black 95 t/a, a4, beefed up tranny w/ higher stall converter, transgo shift kit, trans temp gauge, trans cooler, richmond 3.73's, loudmouth, hypertech programmer, 160 thermo, descreened maf, TB bypass and airfoil, trick flow intake elbow, underdrive pulleys, moroso cai, edelbrock panhard rod, bmr stb, slp sfc's, fiberglass firehawk hood, hawk pads, taylor wires, ngk plugs, royal purple fluids,...and hopefully more to come

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              • #8
                Re: You might be a Ricer If (cont)

                Originally posted by 76blackbird
                Yugo's give you a run for the money
                When is the last time anybody saw a Yugo?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by 95TransAm
                  I know someone who owns a bone stock eclipse, and has kept telling me how he was gonna race and beat me when i got my car (this was while i was still savin up for the F-bod). A little while back, he invited me over for a couple beers and to help him with ...........m around them With all the $$$ he's spent in to making his car orange, giving it huge cracks, and adding a pointless roll cage, he could have just bought a nice F-body thats hittin mid to low 13's by now
                  Dude, Just go over there and drink his beer. Make sure he buys the kind you like or else you won't listen to his BS and be near his car. He is an idiot and you are right to shun him, but drink his beer first. Make sure it is the kind you like for putting up with his nonsense. Everybody needs a friend at ground zero. It gives you a frame of reference. Like I said, drink his beer!

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                  • #10
                    yeah... eclipses... RS and GS's models are a joke for all F-bodies. The GS-T's and GS-X's stock can run and depending on the driver, beat my slightly modded V6. Only a few thousand is needed to turn the turbo eclipses into surprisingly fast cars...
                    1996 Camaro- L36, 5 spd, intake, Pacesetter headers, Flowmaster 80 series

                    My name is George, and I am an audiophile.

                    Anyone interested in an Xtant X603 multi-channel amp? Let me know...

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                    • #11
                      It was an RS by the way, so non-respectable at all. I myself am a fan of fast cars, but more biased towards the f-bodies. I do respect eclipses that ARE actually fast, but you never see them. The money invested just makes it look like shit, and the engine, tranny, and suspension don't see any of the benefits of that invested $$$, so its a joke car. And yes, i did drink his beer, a lot of it too. I needed to being around his presence, its dangerous to my health being near him and his POS. Without the beer, i dont know how i would have made it
                      black 95 t/a, a4, beefed up tranny w/ higher stall converter, transgo shift kit, trans temp gauge, trans cooler, richmond 3.73's, loudmouth, hypertech programmer, 160 thermo, descreened maf, TB bypass and airfoil, trick flow intake elbow, underdrive pulleys, moroso cai, edelbrock panhard rod, bmr stb, slp sfc's, fiberglass firehawk hood, hawk pads, taylor wires, ngk plugs, royal purple fluids,...and hopefully more to come

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by 95TransAm
                        And yes, i did drink his beer, a lot of it too. I needed to being around his presence, its dangerous to my health being near him and his POS. Without the beer, i dont know how i would have made it
                        hahahaha - Pretty funny!

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                        • #13
                          Hey now, I have one thing to say about this. Just about one. The thing about "if your car has more watts than foot pounds". I dont agree b/c in my case, my car is a bucket with only 87 foot pounds yet I have a completely rewired system including one of the nicest amps by KICKER. The KX700.5. That thing is pushing 1400 watts peak and 700 watts max with a bulit in Class-d Amp. So as far as that statement goes. Its not right.
                          Eddie
                          2000 M6 Trans Am
                          Tune+exhaust=344WHP

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                          • #14
                            or how you drive a hyndai and your on an fbody forum trying to stick up for hyndais out there with you homemade cold air! lol joke
                            -----------------------
                            1994 Camaro
                            -----------------------
                            3.4 SFI
                            Z28 interior
                            Imco Exaust(its okay)
                            Dynotech Racing chip(waste)

                            -----------------------------
                            1978 Firebird Formula
                            -----------------------------
                            Pontiac 350
                            Turbo 350 Transmission
                            Edelbrock Performer Intake Manifold
                            Edelbrock 4 Barrel Carb.
                            Edelbrock 14" Air Cleaner
                            Edelbrock Valve Covers
                            Flowmaster Dual Exaust

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                            • #15
                              This is funny sh*t...

                              This one comes from my experience last week at the dragstrip....

                              "If you take mommy's family car to the Friday night test & tune, and you fry the engine just to go 60 mph at the 1/4 mark"


                              I saw too many of these kids that day....
                              corolla's, civics, etc. ... and to think I was hesitant to bring my 67 firebird, thinking I would be smoked by all the hot rods that would be there. (there weren't that many that day)
                              I left early determined to try my shot at it as soon as my new distributor comes in the mail.
                              Oroan's woman loves her 67' Firebird

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