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If there's one thing I hate more than Honda Civics, it would probably be Dodge Neons.

Especially the "suped up" ones. You know, the ones with the 30 foot tall spoilers, the shitty little exhaust system that is nothing more than a lame-ass excuse by the owner to make people think that the car has a bigger engine than the shitty 2.0 4 cylinder engine that is inside those pieces of shit.

So, instead of not sounding like anything, it sounds like something that came out of my ass. Literally. Wow, what an improvement.

Then there's the sound system that people put in those things. The 3 12" subs, the Alpine CD player, the 5 Alpine S-type speakers... Basically, a sound system that is worth four times more than that car will ever be worth. And most of them are driven by Asians or black people. Or white people who are trying to be black, asian, or an odd mixture of both. I have one word for them... LAME!

I must ask... What the fuck is the point? 50000 dollars worth of body work on a 9000 dollar car that'll never be able to go any faster than 170 anyway, even though the speedometer goes as high as 220. Yeah, good luck with that.
 
Neons aren't pricy...

People put money into them. 4 times more money than the car's actually worth.

And it's all 16 year old kids who have their parents pay for it anyway...
 
I feel your hate and discontent for all of this. Some out of jelousy, and some out of the lack of respect for a "souped up" 4 cyl.

I was on the freeway in my 6cyl nissan maxima when a line of imports came racing by with their lawmower mufflers on. Insulted that i was doing 75 and they passed me, i sped up to the lead car, and cut him off. I then proceeded to blow the doors off of all the cars with my naturally aspirated nissan maxima with a big hole in the front bumper and dented fenders. I laughed as they attempted to speed up through traffic to gain the lead.

Eventually the line of cars followed me to a stop light, i assume to intimidate me. So they were all bumping their ghetto music to the point of rattling the back liscence plate, to which i just turned up my shitty pioneer deck with stock 5 1/4 inch speakers and drowned them out.

I know i was driving wrecklessly and could have killed people and all, but i just had to show them that their 4cyl wasnt worth a pile of dog shit. I really just wanted to run them off the road and force their insurace companies to call their cars a total loss.
 
And lo, the Captain did find this thread to be of value and humor, and had the Captain not been so stingy with his reputation, he would have bestowed some upon Unforgiven. But, alas, the Captain must spread some around first.
 
With cars there isn't much a differance in the speed unless you spend a fucked up amount of money on the car ($10,000-and up) but with a motorbike there are some cheap things that can be done for a better speed and sound. For instance I got my XR 250's long range speed up by doing minor work to the exhaust which only cost me about $20 (I did it on my own).

But to answer your question. There is no point in doing all that work to a car, you always see those "done up" cars in the trading post selling for cheap.
 
Well I have to defend some of the 4 cyl. Ricers you guys are speaking of. Even though it is ridiculous to see Dodge Neons, 1998 Honda Civics, and decrepit Acuras being tuned to the point of no return, the experience is fun. My dad's 1990 BMW 325 IS was a piece of shit when I got a hold of it. So I put in 6 '' kick speakers, changed out the tweeters, and put in a $200 K-AR350 JVC stereo. I also got a new shifter nob and various tweaks.

The point is, for some it is to race your car to prove you have money. For others, its to make your car better and to have fun with what you drive. Hell, you might as well make driving to school/work more enjoyable.
 
I'm going to put a V8 into a 05' Dogde Caravan SRT. I hate "suped up" cars, so I'm going to make a mini van a muscle car. Striaght pipes run down the buttom, black perelesent with white racing stripes, 452 V8 big block, and all seasoned road huggers. :D! I gotta find one thats all-wheel drive so I can convert it to back-wheel drive, that might be less work and money trying to make front-wheel to back.
 
Ive been thinking about putting this old 454 i have in an 86 740 gle volvo. That thing would haul major ass if i did it!!! i would install that system that lets you switch between straight headers and the rgular exhaust system. Then i would install a cutoff switch for the break lights and liscence plate light and run from the cops on a regular basis during the night.
 
I have to say there is a fine line between performance and bullshit. I like power but hate the "if it don't go, chrome it" mentality.

Oh, and fart can mufflers suck.


It doesn't cost massive amounts of money to get something to move, it just has to be done right. My jeep ain't worth taking to the track, but roasting 2nd and 3rd gear makes it seem faster than it realy is. There is always a goofy trend going on. In the 60's, it was mailbox hood scoops, and flipping the air intake cover upside down so you could hear it sucking air all the time.


There will always be showanistic assholes running around with some form of shit that wants it to look cool, and winds up pissing everyone else off doing it.



No, try a 460 in a 86 ford escort.
 
yeah but isnt the escort front wheel? im not too knowledgeable about escorts. Im sure its lightweight frame would deffinately make it scoot.

Who makes a 460? I think the biggest ive heard of is a 454. Then again im only slightly a gear head because my father is a car nut and ive been around him long enough to pick up a few things.
 
Actually...

Minivan racing is big in Japan (it might have died out but it was a couple years ago). People tune the fuck out of them.

As for your AWD/RWD/FWD question, I have heard of turning a FWD car to a RWD car, but never very successfully. You have to turn the driveshaft around and create a lot of extra moving parts, and more parts = more problems.

I've never heard of turning an AWD car into a RWD car, but I've also never researched it or looked.
 
Leehype: chauvinistic. :lol:

Actually, Unfa I saw one of those not too long ago at the movie theatre. He had his windows rolled down blasting Ludacris, seeking attention.

I want a Bronco, but my dad says thats a bad choice.

My godmother was trying to get me to drive her car when I get my license. It's a crappy manual Volvo. It sucks so bad and she was acting like a car salesperson saying BS like

"The "Beast" is a very good car and if you can handle her, you can handle ANYTHING. Tractors, planes, you name it."

I was like "Hm. I'll consider it."
 
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