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Old 06-08-2004, 02:49 PM   #1
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Hey guys...I was wondering what yall think of flame throwers. I've heard of cars throwing flames with out them, just because of their turbo setups, but I don't think thatour cars can do that. So I'm thinking about getting a flame thrower. How do they work?
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Old 06-09-2004, 02:35 PM   #2
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IMO flame throwers are ricey....they sell kit to do that...it's a sparkplug that was moutned in the exhaust system....and when the exhaust goes trough the sparkplug ignite and voila
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Old 06-09-2004, 06:34 PM   #3
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on siiick hot rods, those kinda things are cool, but if I knew you personally and put that on your MX3, i would probably kick your ass... lol Dont waste your money,spend money to make your car fast, not just look fast.
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Old 06-09-2004, 10:43 PM   #4
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IMO flame throwers are ricey....they sell kit to do that...it's a sparkplug that was moutned in the exhaust system....and when the exhaust goes trough the sparkplug ignite and voila
agreed with that last sentence
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Old 06-10-2004, 07:52 PM   #5
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Re: Flames

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Dont waste your money,spend money to make your car fast, not just look fast.
True.. but also do what ya can while you can... too, try to balance out the two mods catigoyies... oh where can ya get the kit?
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Old 06-11-2004, 11:34 AM   #6
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IMO flame throwers are ricey....they sell kit to do that...it's a sparkplug that was moutned in the exhaust system....and when the exhaust goes trough the sparkplug ignite and voila
If you want to get one, get one. Do it for your own style. Babybluemx3, you of all people shouldnt call other peoples style rice, I looked at your car. If that flame thrower kit is what you want, go for it.
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Old 06-11-2004, 11:40 AM   #7
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If you want to get one, get one. Do it for your own style. Babybluemx3, you of all people shouldnt call other peoples style rice, I looked at your car. If that flame thrower kit is what you want, go for it.
hey hey easy fella...I was just giving my opinion and I answered his question...
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hey hey easy fella...I was just giving my opinion and I answered his question...
Oops, sorry. Just woke up, still cant see straight
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Old 06-11-2004, 11:58 AM   #9
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Re: Flames

IMO, babyblues car is far from rice. He has the beef to back up the look... Now, if he had an automatic 4 cyl with all that stuff on it, then I might say otherwise.

He did a good job on his car dude, everything is done down to the last detail.
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Old 06-11-2004, 12:02 PM   #10
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Re: Flames

from what I've seen... the term Rice, is mainly used for FF I-4 cars, most people I know, and my own exprence, what most people call "Rice Rockets" are FF I-4 cars.. orignally it was for a Japanese car term... but the Caviler, and Focus, and Sunfire all fit under that term. V-6, V-8 and Rotary engined cars aren't typically considered "Rice Rockets". the term came from the early 90's late 80's Japanese cars where they were a small car (usually FF) with a small engine (I-4) , having been heavially modded to create big power... Which usually produces a Pissed off weedwaker sound... IMO
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Old 06-11-2004, 01:05 PM   #11
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Re: Flames

IMO... rice is not a specific kind of car, I have seen ricy V8 Camaros. Rice are things like this: fake BOV

Rice is more or less an attitude, like seeing a guy who races everyone at the red-lights with his completely stock 1988 Honda Civic HB with 100 Stickers holding on the rust. A perfect example of a riced out car (If you're ever in the Gatineau, Quebec region, you can't miss them), is a Chevy Cavalier with Blue flames running up the sides of the car, fake air dams on the hood (not to mention that they are not even moulded to the car), "Down Shift" stickers accross the front windshield and last but not least, "Chrome" hub-caps. All that cost this guy almost a thousand bucks and his car is still as slow as it was before. AND it doesnt even look good. Not necessarily is a car rice because it has a bodykit and rims, maybe the guy/girl wants his car too look good, an couldnt care about performance.
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Rice Includes:
Body Kits with no aerodynamic purposes
heavy wheels
painted intereor
large systems in "performance" cars
fart cans
neon
stickers with parts that arent in your car
anything apc
roof scoops
mesh in body kits
anything from pep boys or autozone
steelies

and hundreds of other things
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Old 06-11-2004, 04:16 PM   #13
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Re: Flames

you my friend, are an idiot. So spark plugs, oil filters etc from Pep Boys or Autozone are rice... Im glad I dont live in the states then. go Canadian Tire!

Secondly, what is wrong with a painted interior? Are the walls in your house painted? Dont be ignorant.

Thirdly, what is wrong with a bodykit with no aerodynamic purposes, unless you drive a Bonneville flats drag car, you dont need downforce on the road. A bodykit simply improves the look of your car. Like it or not, the bookshelf on your trunk is just slowing you down.
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you my friend, are an idiot. So spark plugs, oil filters etc from Pep Boys or Autozone are rice... Im glad I dont live in the states then. go Canadian Tire!

Secondly, what is wrong with a painted interior? Are the walls in your house painted? Dont be ignorant.

Thirdly, what is wrong with a bodykit with no aerodynamic purposes, unless you drive a Bonneville flats drag car, you dont need downforce on the road. A bodykit simply improves the look of your car. Like it or not, the bookshelf on your trunk is just slowing you down.
Obviously some things from pepboys arent rice, like oil. Also, im talking about when someone has a green RX7 and they paint their interior plastic bright blue. Also, most good bodykits serve a purpose. Go to TakaKaira.co.jp, and look at the NSX body kits, RE amemiya kit for the rx7, and a few others. Its not about having aerodynamics on the salt flats, but also highway racing, and track racing. When you say that you dont need downforce on the road, that is just plain stupid. Aerodynamics is vital to a cars performance. If this is true, why do the cars in the JGTC have body kits, looks? You dont see any JGTC cars with BLITZ, or black widow body kits, right? What the hell were you saying about the bookshelf on my trunk, are you that stupid. Dont jump around calling other people ignorant when you dont know what the hell you are talking about.
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Old 06-11-2004, 05:08 PM   #15
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i do know what Im talking about, but thanks for coming out. Do you race your 1990 RX-7 in the JGTC? You're cars performance by adding a body kit on it would not make much, if any of a difference. Those cars race at Top speeds that you and I dream of hitting, and they do this for a living. I know that when I buy a body kit for my car, it is going to be completely esthetically chosen. And I know I am not alone on that one.

Painting an interior plastic bright blue, then yes, it is getting on the ricey side, but I have painted my interior white and black (for now) and it IMO it looks good. you had wrote that painting interiors in general was rice. Thats why i commented, just a simple mis-understanding

Now when I say the bookshelf on your trunk.. i dont mean YOUR trunk, I meant that in general to the ricer boys out there who have those aluminium spoilers on their FWD cars that serve no purpose, and look like I something I shit out this morning. Judging by your hate for rice, I wouldve guessed you dont have one because they are ugly as ass.
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