Lets Define Ricer Shall We?

[HighRev87]

Whaaat?!? I would not elevate my staus over a person who drives an asian car....I dont think people realize not all japanese cars are slow, unfortunatly the cars that are slow give them the bad name.

[CivicSpoon]

Yeah but even a slow car can be made fast. And I don't mean putting a coffee can muffler or simple I/H/E either. I'll give the example of my car. I own a '94 Civic CX; which means it came with a stock 70hp motor (yes I infact said 70hp), but it also weights 2044lbs. So like most people (at least most people on the Honda/Acura forums) I'm going to do an engine swap and turbo. When all is said and done I plan to have around 300 fwd whp. Now with that setup it'd be possible for me to pull mid 12's. Now to me that's not all that bad for a car that was once a slow POS. Will I be able to hang with the faster muscle cars? No of course not, but you've got to admit that's pretty decent for a car that I'll spend a total of $10-11G's or less on (including the $2,000 I spent to buy the car). It's just unfortunate that some people choose to spend that kind of $ on making the car look "good" and brag about how fast it is, when you're pulling high 15's or 16's in the ¼ mile. You'll never see stickers, naws, 18's, altezzas, or a big wing on my car; that's for sure. And even if I do infact hit 12's, I certainly won't be "bragging" about how "fast" my car is. Ricer is all about attitude and lack of knowledge.

[HighRev87]

Originally Posted by CivicSpoon

naws

Not sure if you were refering to stickers with the Naws comment, but actually I dont consider spray to be rice at all, It actually is a really cheap huge power adder. There are some well build muscle engines that take huge sprays and make low times, I wouldnt say all emphasis to spray is rice

Btw: I love to see a civic owner who knows wtf he is talking about, and believe me, if you hit 12s, no one would be dissing your car.

[CivicSpoon]

Oh yeah there's nothing wrong with N2O if you know how to use it. I've personally seen an know people who have used it without having a clue and the just destroy their motor. But when used right, it's definently the best bang for your buck power wise. Mostly I just ment the naws comment because some many people call it that (or nos) when it's really Nitrous Oxide and NOS is a company name. It's more of just mark of a ricer when they call it the wrong name. It shows they don't know enough about it yet want to use it.

Thank you I appreciate you comments. There are many of us who share the same thoughts as I do. WE're slowly working of the rest

[CassiesMan]

Ricer is definately a mentality, not a car. I've seen cars that looked like total POSs (unpainted body kits, shit ball black dount spares in replacement of real wheels, and what looked like a fart can, gigantic wing) run low 13s with out nitrous at the track. It may look like shit, but the guy who drove it was cool, and he was far from a ricer. Someone said that he saw a Accord with a Type R badge, but it was left hand drive. What hand drive do you think the US Spec Teg Type R is? And for all you know, he may have dropped in the Type R motor out of a Teg Type R.

You cant just saysomething is a ricer becuase the kid as a fart can on his civic. Talk to the kid, find out more about it. Maybe he cant afford a full exhaust or anything like that. Most of that stuff is not cheap. Hell cheapest exhaust I've been able to find for my car is 600+.

Like it has been said, Rice is a mentality, and has nothing to do with the car. Rice->attitude.