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Hotrodders: keeping a low profile and letting the et's tell the story
Ricers: Hoping the outrageous body kit will distract anyone from discussing et's

Hotrodders: Sideways into third gear
Ricers: Sideways to avoid high-centering on a speed bump

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

Hotrodders: 600 HP on 92-octane pump gas
Ricers: 300 HP on $4-a-gallon 100-octane race gas

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

Hotrodders: Boost gauge on a blown car, nitrous gauge on a squeezed car
Ricers: Both gauges on a normally aspirated car

Hotrodders: 500 lb-ft of torque at 3500 rpm
Ricers: 50 lb-ft of torque at 35,000 rpm

Hotrodders: Headers and 3-inch exhaust
Ricers: Stock pea-shooter exhaust pipe with 5-inch tip

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

Hotrodders: Buying an aftermarket shifter for shorter throws
Ricers: Buying an aftermarket shifter for the lighted knob

Hotrodders: Composite parts for light weight and aerodynamics
Ricers: Composite-veneer dash trim and gauges

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

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

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

Hotrodders: Cruising and burnout contests at car shows
Ricers: Disco-dancing and stereo competitions at car shows

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

Hotrodders: Race-class lettering on the rear window
Ricers: Japanese "Honda" lettering on the rear window of a Nissan

Hotrodders: Tach mounted on the dash in the drivers line of sight
Ricers: Bobbing-head doll mounted on the dash in the drivers line of sight

Hotrodders: Nitrous oxide
Ricers: "Noss"

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

Hotrodders: Feeling the car shake form a lumpy cam
Ricers: Feeling the car shake from booming bass

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

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

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

Hotrodders: Showing off a 500 HP dyno sheet
Ricers: Boasting that their 150 HP mill makes more HPter

Hotrodders: Installing subframe connectors to stiffen the chassis
Ricers: Connecting the subframes with neon lights

Hotrodders: Throttle steer
Ricers: Torque steer

Hotrodders: Leaving on the third amber light at the strip
Ricers: Blowing through red lights on the street

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