brother vs brother

[rice(er)]

hey guys, hows everyone? been a while since i posted a race in here, well, i figure i post this and a lil update on my progress so far. It happened yesterday while i was coming back from work, dude, i've been working like 10 days straight, its been crazy, but today i finally got a day off, whew. Coming back from an exhausting day at work, i'm almost home, about 5 mins away, I spot this mis-matched color car, at first i didn't think any of it because i thought it was just an ordinary car that probably just been in an accident and didn't finish up the paint or whatever, but as i got a lil closer, i noticed that kinda look like celica tail lights! and as i got REAL close, i noticed it was not a celica, but an MR2!!! yes! it was an mk2 mr2, BUT! not only was it de-badged so a toyota enthusiast like myself wouldn't know it's an mr2 but it had unpainted body kit!! oh MY GAWSH! you should've seen this car, it had baby blue side skirts, white bumpers, rust on the trunk! a primered wing! and white air scoupe! BUT WAIT!! it's missing one of them, and it only has one air scoupe on its trunk!(part of an mk2 mr2 body kit) okayy,.....so at this point, i'm really ashamed that this could happen to an mr2 and a toyota owner could do this do a toyota!!!, somehow i knew it was not the turboed one, so i slowly pace it and show him i wanna see his car fly down the road, he finally sees me, and takes a U-turn, i slow follow, and right away i come up to his right side and sat there waiting, he looks a me, i look at him, the dude is also asian, maybe a couple years older than me, probably getting to his mid 20s, he was also wearing one of those wireless headset you use with a cellphone, anyways, i rolled down my window with a big grin on my face he pulls his car back and forward showing me he's game, i do the same, then i downshifted to 2nd just waiting there for him to make the first move, still he doesn't go for it, okay i guess i'm the guest of honor tonight and i'll make the first move, i wait till he creeps a lil up on my fender, then boom! pedal to the medal! i can hear my car screaming and his car screaming slowly past mine, he shifted a bit earlier than me, i can tell he's a good driver, then i shift to 3rd gear and by the middle of 3rd, he was a good 2 cars in front, some traffic was ahead, so we both shut down going well below the mph to talk, i noticed his windows are down, i do the same, the conversation went like this

me: 5sfe(the name of his engine) or 3sgte(turboed version or the mk2 mr2)
him: what??
me yelling a lil louder: 5sfe or 3sgte?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
him? WHAT?
me at the top of my lungs: 5sfe or 3sgte!!!!!!!!!!!
him: what? i cant hear you (he takes off his wireless headset thinggymagigga)
me: (raising five fingers at him) 5sfe????
him: yeh
me thinking:
me again: hey man, fix your car
him: why?
me thinking
me again: the rust on the back
him: i'm fixing that right now
me: and paint the color to match
at this point there's a dude in an suv behind me honking at me because i'm going way way slower than the speed limit in order to talk to the mr2 owner, so i hurry up and give the mr2 owner a thumbs up, he nods)

took my U-turn and ended up home! I also had some runs with a couple civics about a month ago or so, but didn't feel like i should post, didn't look pretty happy, both d16z6, and one just left me in the dust at the stop sign but i also let him make the first move since we were at a sign, and the other one i had my 300 lbs friend with me in the passenger, o well

a lil update, things are not going as planned, but here's how she looks as of now, freshly waxed


inside the cockpit

performance
2.25 piping with cf megan racing
obx short shifter, i switched back to the oem knob because the led one sat a lil high and the oem felt a lil better
weapon R short ram intake
hopefully kosei rims by this year

exterior
altezzas
removed emblems
mesh grille
jdm headlights
20% tint all around
eyelids (not installed)
clear signals

interior
pioneer cd player
shift boot
its all good.....

well,.....wish me luck guys!

[TorchedStealth]

Nice run. Its always a shame to see nice cars in bad condition

[camaromaniac]

if that guy should paint his car, you should get some rims. or at least hub caps

[2000LS1Z28]

Originally Posted by camaromaniac

if that guy should paint his car, you should get some rims. or at least hub caps

Man Ricer, it's time to put all that hard earned money into a new car. I'm thinking STi or Toyota MR2 Turbo. Bury the Corolla or sell it to some grandmother J/K

Then again the Corolla would make a nice daily driver. Still think you need a faster ride though.

[98StangGT]

Are rims and a shortshifter really performance mods?

Good kill nonetheless.

[rice(er)]

^ofcourse mang! they're not only for looks my mang! the car is my only car daily driven for now untill im done with school (2 more yrs) as for the rims, its all about the $$, hopefully i'll get them this year. and as for the mr2, that was the first mr2 i've seen in real life thats been so riced out, ricier than meh! peace out fellas, keep the comments coming!

[Right_LiRrr]

Originally Posted by 98StangGT

Are rims and a shortshifter really performance mods?

Good kill nonetheless.

A short shifter can take up to .1 seconds off your 1/4mile (depending on how big a throw the stock one was and especialy cars that need quite a few shifts to finish the 1/4)

Rims help a lot, bigger and wider rims means wider tyres with less flex. Your tyres are the first piece of contact b/w the car and the road, very important to have the right type of rims. Don't forget forged rims, can take some weight off too!

So in short...YES

[PWRDbyUNCLEbens]

That was a fun read. Good to see poeple actually posting their losses lol. I was beginning to think everyone on here was invincible.

[rice(er)]

Originally Posted by 98StangGT

Good kill nonetheless.

i cant believe i didnt catch this before oh, it wasn't a kill 98stanggt u need to go back to reading school mister keeps the comments coming!

[-The Stig-]

paragraphs are your friends.

[98StangGT]

Originally Posted by Right_LiRrr

A short shifter can take up to .1 seconds off your 1/4mile (depending on how big a throw the stock one was and especialy cars that need quite a few shifts to finish the 1/4)

Rims help a lot, bigger and wider rims means wider tyres with less flex. Your tyres are the first piece of contact b/w the car and the road, very important to have the right type of rims. Don't forget forged rims, can take some weight off too!

So in short...YES

I'm willing to bet his rims actually added weight to his car, and they are probably not wide enough to make any form of difference. And if they are taller then he is slowing his car down yet again unless he compensated for it with gearing/power(which I'm sure he didn't).

I guess I consider performance mods to be ones that actually make some from of a difference

[Right_LiRrr]

Originally Posted by 98StangGT

I'm willing to bet his rims actually added weight to his car, and they are probably not wide enough to make any form of difference. And if they are taller then he is slowing his car down yet again unless he compensated for it with gearing/power(which I'm sure he didn't).

I guess I consider performance mods to be ones that actually make some from of a difference

well he hasn't got his new rims yet, so u don't know.

[rice(er)]

dont be such a hater 98stanggt kosei is well known for their lightweight rims + the tires these will weigh a lil less than my steelies, i will be upgrading from the stock 14s' but not by much, it should be all good in the end homefries......keep it real!

[Musashi3000GT]

Rice(er), whats the trade in value of your car?

how much are the rims you want to get gonna run you?

your JDM 4-door supra is looking maddtight B! keep it real.

[civicHBsi91]

Originally Posted by rice(er)

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me again: hey man, fix your car

I would have told you the saaaame thing!

A short shifter can take up to .1 seconds off your 1/4mile (depending on how big a throw the stock one was and especialy cars that need quite a few shifts to finish the 1/4)