what do you consider a ricer?

[beenerachi]

Tuner is just the politically correct term. I don't think that nitrous is rice. There's a LOT of fast domestic cars in Albuquerque that's on the bottle. Although I feel that turbos and superchargers are the better methods for FI, you shouldn't blow of nitrous.

Hey guys, I'm new here and actually don't own a Pontiac but in the process of looking to buy a Ventura or a Nova. Just want to learn everything about these cars so I can make the right choice.

[mikegee]

i got a ricer for ya, a decently equiped toyota celica this generation. had a gtr emblem from a nissan skyline on it. wrong company. and just dumb.

[Hudson]

Originally posted by hondahappy86
to be a ricer....id say a few key ideals of a ricer are....a 4 cyl 2.0 and under...larger than 16 inch wheels...bumblebee exaust...euro tail lamps...and at least 2 lbs of..."go fast" stickers...and ground lights...thats a ricer to me...anybody care to argue with that

I personally hate the term "ricer" (I do like "tuner" much better). If you're going to group these modifieds together, I don't think 2.0L should be a limiting factory. Chevrolet Cavaliers/Pontiac Sunbirds are offered with 2.2L, 2.3L, and 2.4L engines...and could easily fall into this category. I don't see why certain modified Mustangs and Camaros (among many other cars) can't fall into this category.

[mikegee]

another ricer for me is a 280 to 325 hp car being out ran by a car with maybe 230 hp to the front wheels. oh its a blown v8 5.0 to 5.4 with 310 hp.......... try a turbocharged 2.0 4 banger ok maybe even turbo charged 2.4 litre 4 out running that blown v8. thats rice to me.

[mikegee]

although i strongly believe that the driver is far more important then the equipment. example. put colin macare in my grand am and have him rally it put me in his focus and i rally that. im confident that the first runs will go to him easy. but after i start learning.......

[Blue02R6]

Originally posted by ILike2DriveCars


Well that's about ignorant

It's supposed to be. Unfortunatley, sarcasim is difficult to type. Truthfully, rice is all about the owner/driver. It's those guys that put ground effects, a huge spoiler, and a bumble bee exhaust on their car and think that their car is special.

[03maxima]

this 1 goes to blu civic- U MUTHA F@#*ING TITTIE A@$ B*$CH WHO WILL NEVA BE HALF DA MAN HIS MOMMA WAS- i just wanted to get that across
-------------oh yeah, i forgot- civics SUCK

please reply- i would like to hear what the GIRLIE GIRL has to say!

[boosted6]

anything with a bunch of stickers, a huge wing, annoying exhaust can, ugly paint jobs (lime green, bright yellow, UGHHH). also, it's stupid to see all that crap added on when they have a gutted interior, it's kinda like an oxy-moron. thats pretty much rice to me. as far as domestics go, if they meet the criteria then they can become "riced out domestics" and also any V8 equipped car can be riced out too. ever see a mustang with a GT-R emblem also from a skyline on the back of it??? i have, and that my friends is rice

[Firebird]

I think that rice is an additude and not a type or brand of car. I think that if you come with the additude that your car is better just because it's your's thats rice. if you do nothing performance-wise to your car and instantly it's way faster or better performing than it was stock thats rice. if you like big exhaust tips, wings, ground fx thats wonderful. BUT once you get the additude that your car is now some super fast, great handling, highly tunned road rocket your a ricer. I don't care ifthe car is a chevette, a civic, or a ferrari if your car is stock it's stock. turbo's, supercharging, headers, and hard work make a faster car not paint sticker and a bad additude. if you think they make your car LOOK better thats great but if you think they make it a faster, etc. car you are wrong that is rice.

[neves]

the original term "ricer" came from rice burner which was a term to describe an "eastern" (china jap.) drag car because they ran on alcohol that was refined from their commonly grown crop of rice. if you were to compare this to america, we refine most of our alcohol from corn or potatos. so american drag car would be called "corn-ers"

i agree that alot of european cars are also labeled ricers, but in my opinion, the "ricer is not only defined by the many, many, accesories that are added to the car that do not increase horsepower, but is mostly defined by the "pissed-off bumblebee" sounding exhaust.

no disrespect to the "sport compact" car owner. they do have much better hp/weight ratio than my 3600 lb pontiac muscle beast.

[Jehu]

I'd say rice is a combo of look & sound. The first thing about a ricer is you hear them from forever away, it's those coffie can mufflers. Then you ad the paint, body kits, wings, and bling. rice rice baby.

[hopeless4life]

MMMM chinese fooood

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