help with 01 focus

[zx2srdotnet]

see i'd rather have say a 12sec 86 accord then a new cobra, why? cuz i respect the guy that spent the time to build his own machine, not the guy that just bought one, and people can laugth al they want at how it looks, but when u pop the hood to KILLL them at the track they have no choice but to shut up.

after I get out of college i plan on either"

1. getting a 1st gen Escort and putting a zx2 zetec in it and getting the body restored to look stock with a new paint job(no one would think it would have 150+whp)

2. getting a 1st gen i4 Taurus and giveing it a KILLER turbo build up

or if i have the money

3. import a Zetec-R 250 and put it in either a old escort or zx2

all 3 would produce a car that NOBODY would expect

[landyacht]

The very definition of 'rice' is based on the simple saying of 'all show and no go'. Does that spell it out enough for you?

I haven't a problem with people that want to make their cars look good. I do the same with my old boat. But making it look good and making it look like something it's not are two completely different things.

I'm not narrow minded, i'm basing this opinion on fact.

[1PhatCX]

so what ur trying to say is that every single show car out there with a stock motor is RICE? its not, its a nice looking car. like i said earlier, stickers, huge wings etc are rice because its ghey and ur trying to make it look like ur stock probe has 400 hp because it has stickers and a huge un-godly wing and its jacked up 4x4 style. the whole "all show no go" thing isnt based on rice. if its rice, it aint nice, meaning it looks like ass

[zx2srdotnet]

no anyone that puts about 4-5k in apperance and only like 1500 in power adders and thinks they are fast is rice.

teh ONLY excuses for spending most of you money on apperance and not on power is either that you have an automatic, under warrenty, or you a flat out idiot.
Look around on the streets its the guys with all the show and no go that get made fun of, not the guys that have a beat 86 accord and run 13's

[BLU CIVIC]

not everyone who invest money into the appearance of their car races or considers their car "fast"...and the definition of "rice" isn't all show and no go...that's ur definition...so i guess every car that has a body modification to you is considered "rice"

[zx2srdotnet]

since when is rice NOT all show and no go?
show me any car that is rice yet is all go and no show, its not possible. anyone that buys a car and spends a lot more on apperance then go "rices" it, anyone that thinks such a car is actually fast based on looks is a "ricer" that how it is and how its been since the 80's

with all the money invested in that car you are probably only putting down about the same HP as i am stock, and my car has less weight and better gearing then a focus.

[BLU CIVIC]

so you think i'm gonna race the car...i know the mods on the car and all the numbers say, and even after the mods i know itz not that fast...so........now ur sayin that if someone thinks a car is fast.....that car becomes a ricer....and people have been doing this since the 80's??

the point you keep missing is that not everyone cars about #'s which you seemed to have based ur life around...

[zx2srdotnet]

you can say all you want, but when it comes down to its its the #'s that get you respect, not how good you looked loosing.

[1PhatCX]

what world do u come from? #'s dont get u respect. not being an asshole gets u respect. if ur a complete asshole, noone has respect for you, like me, i have no respect for you because ur an asshole that thinks your car has to be fast for someone to be respected. ur a fuckin idiot! and since when has rice been around since the 80's? the term rice has been used for like the past what? 10 years, if that? so thats what? hmmm. 1994, but wait, the tuning scene wasnt really big back then, it didnt really become big untill like 97 - 98 then it got even bigger when fast and the furious came out and kids started copying that. i'll tell u this, i've owned my car for 2 years. and for the past 8 i've wanted a honda civic for ever. people call it rice because it looks like ass. i tell them its a project, i ask them, do u see any stickers? a huge table on the back? some ungodly hood scoop, chrome accessiories that look outta place? nos floor mats? fuzzy seat covers? no, none of that on my car. the only stickers are from the factory. this is a project car hence the fact it looks so rough. yes i have gauges thrown in there, and yes they are all functional. no i dont have shit on my car thats not functional. everything serves a purpose. my car is not rice.