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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
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:lol: Nice list! And with such accuracy... :lol:
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Quote:Hotrodders: Upgrading to a 9-inch cuz you keep breaking stock rears
Ricers: Realizing that your built motor will keep breaking half-shafts forever
Priceless.....
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That's great. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thanks!!!
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Damn, my Subaru has a non-funtional hood scoop... I need to do an engine swap so that I'm not a ricer
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03-21-2006, 10:47 AM
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Hey Puppet, you just described Dean's car!!! :lol:
You forgot one,
Hotrodders read their plugs,
Ricers read their laptops
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Aka,Mar 21 2006, 12:17 AM Wrote:Damn, my Subaru has a non-funtional hood scoop... I need to do an engine swap so that I'm not a ricer
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even if it was functional, lots of ppl will still think its a 'ricer car'
don't worry about and find a snowy parking lot to go drifting in?
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Associate,Mar 20 2006, 07:47 PM Wrote:Hey Puppet, you just described Dean's car!!! :lol:
You forgot one,
Hotrodders read their plugs,
Ricers read their laptops
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:lol: :lol:
BTW, are you calling me a ricer?
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darkpuppet,Mar 21 2006, 08:09 AM Wrote:Associate,Mar 20 2006, 07:47 PM Wrote:Hey Puppet, you just described Dean's car!!! :lol:
You forgot one,
Hotrodders read their plugs,
Ricers read their laptops
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:lol: :lol:
BTW, are you calling me a ricer?
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Needs more sparkle.... :ph34r:
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darkpuppet,Mar 21 2006, 08:09 AM Wrote:Associate,Mar 20 2006, 07:47 PM Wrote:Hey Puppet, you just described Dean's car!!! :lol:
You forgot one,
Hotrodders read their plugs,
Ricers read their laptops
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:lol: :lol:
BTW, are you calling me a ricer?
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Naw, last time I saw your car it didn't have a 5 inch tip and a massive hood scoop to feed the ????? I guess the top of the engine???? BTW aren't hood scoops suppose to feed in into the carb...... Carb??? I guess I'm dating myself!!! :lol:
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Associate,Mar 21 2006, 01:04 PM Wrote:Naw, last time I saw your car it didn't have a 5 inch tip and a massive hood scoop to feed the ????? I guess the top of the engine???? BTW aren't hood scoops suppose to feed in into the carb...... Carb??? I guess I'm dating myself!!! :lol:
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If it weren't for tuning software I wouldn't even know what a dashpot was.
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Associate,Mar 21 2006, 06:04 PM Wrote:a massive hood scoop to feed the ????? I guess the top of the engine????
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its there to feed the air intake... i mean.. intercooler.. yea.. that's it.. INTERCOOLER :ph34r:
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naz,Mar 21 2006, 02:08 AM Wrote:Aka,Mar 21 2006, 12:17 AM Wrote:Damn, my Subaru has a non-funtional hood scoop... I need to do an engine swap so that I'm not a ricer
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even if it was functional, lots of ppl will still think its a 'ricer car'
don't worry about and find a snowy parking lot to go drifting in?
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Well they'd be wrong.
I'd love a snowy parking lot right now... :( what a horrible winter. And you know WHY it's horrible? because I bought a subaru and wanted snow. If I bought some POS rust bucket that would die if there were salt on the road, we'da had a whole ton load. :(
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