Funny things RICErs say (radically immature car enthusiasts)

ITCC_Andrew
Like this whole ridiculous argument.

Go take a breather and realize that I didn't once say anything slanderous about drag racing except that it's more about car than driver, which it is. I mean, it's not MX-5 Cup or anything.
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Go watch Pinks or something, you'll see that it is mostly cars, not drivers. I don't care about NHRA, though, so don't mention it.
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This explains everything. You grabbed your knowledge off a TV show that likes to revolve around drama more than the actual series itself. I bet you get all your street racing knowledge off Street Outlaws, too.
We can both learn from this. I kinda took offense to the way you never said anything good about circuit racing, rallying or any of my forms of motorsports... Why not?
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Because you were too busy ****ing all over his?
 
I just don't agree that it's all about the car when there is many things that can make a car faster or slower by driver input since the room for error is much, much lower in a drag race tan it is a circuit.

Being that I am at a drag strip at least once a week, I'd say I've got it pretty well figured out.

I never said anything good about them mainly because I don't really care for them. I mean, sure they are cool and interesting and I'd love to try it but otherwise I'd rather drag race. Most people aren't going to take a turn on the street at 80mph but race from stoplight to stoplight and almost never exfceeding speeds over 100mph. Wether you agree with street racing or not, it happens and I feel that needs to be mentioned.

There's nothing wrong with other types of racing in fact I would love to attend some of the world famous events. But its not really the thing I enjoy the most. I love pushing myself and my car to see how gfast I can make it go in a 1/4 mile, from point a to be, straight and fast without the car trying to kill me. Trying to keep a car straight while shaking and jerking and twisting below you and violently trying to rip itself apart while pulling a wheelie and forcing exceptional g forces on your, throwing you into your seat has got to be one of the most exhilirating feelings one can experience.

And THATS why I love drag racing.
 
ITCC_Andrew
Not cool. Sure, you might think "woohhooo, I'm a mechanic, drag racing is awesome!" I'm sure most people enjoy it because they like the sounds. But, you don't have a high-powered car.
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I didn't even know horses came this high.


ITCC_Andrew
Get it through your head, drag racing is all car preparation. That's the underlying reason why you like it. You're a mechanic (and so am I,) so you think you can get an unfair advantage.
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Where do you get off on telling people why they like something? To say nothing of the showcase of precisely how little you know about a sport - to the point you base it off a TV show.

You really are something else.
 
Johnny1996
Ah, lowered cars and speed bumps. You gotta love it when you see the drivers freaking out when the car scrapes the speed bump. :lol:
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Should take a picture of the Scion TC where I live that has this issue, it's quite the joke

ITCC_Andrew
Like this whole ridiculous argument.

Go take a breather and realize that I didn't once say anything slanderous about drag racing except that it's more about car than driver, which it is. I mean, it's not MX-5 Cup (read: spec series) or anything.

Go watch Pinks or something, you'll see that it is mostly cars, not drivers. I don't care about NHRA, though, so don't mention it.

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We can both learn from this. I kinda took offense to the way you never said anything good about circuit racing, rallying or any of my forms of motorsports... Why not?
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Wow look who is talking again like they actually know what trite they're spewing. Also when Pinks came to Speed World in Arizona (before it closed) one of my Dad's old buddies from back in the day planned to take his Plymouth Satellite to it and was even set up to go. The makers of the show in contact with him told him though that if he won for the sake of TV the cars would be given back and not actually lost. And you can search the internet for similar stories that expose pinks for the joke it was.

Also Drag racing is more driver than anything, I mean Pro Stock, Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Mod all on professional level or even semi-pro have a spec power level and NHRA set up they must follow, thus the car doesn't mean crap. Also if you actually have been to a drag race you'd know this. I've seen guys miss gears on 12 second camaros or mustangs and lose to mid 13 JDMs. Obviously due to one driving doing a better job.

To get back to this as @Tornado said. I love when ricers say their turbo charged car came from the factory with 25-30 pounds of boost (PSI)
 
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Someone with a turbocharged Sonata or Optima can come close, I think that engine has ~18 pounds of boost (feel free to correct me).
 
Azure Flare
Someone with a turbocharged Sonata or Optima can come close, I think that engine has ~18 pounds of boost (feel free to correct me).
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18 gets fudged into 28 though...that's the problem. And the reality is that gap in boost is very noticeable in general power overall.
 
It is quite obvious what little experience at a drag strip he indeed has.


I have seen a modified Fox run in the 11s. With a different driver I have seen that same car run mid 13s. With the first driver back it ran 11s again.

I have seen a Mustang II run 7s in the 1/8. I have seen that same car and same driver run a second faster with nothing changed and a run of 2 passes.

Still going to tell me its not the driver?

If it was all on the car every single pass you make would be damn near identical.
 
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Slash
It is quite obvious what little experience at a drag strip he indeed has.


I have seen a modified Fox run in the 11s. With a different driver I have seen that same car run mid 13s. With the first driver back it ran 11s again.

I have seen a Mustang II run 7s in the 1/8. I have seen that same car and same driver run a second faster with nothing changed and a run of 2 passes.

Still going to tell me its not the driver?

If it was all on the car every single pass you make would be damn near identical.
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That's why Bracket racing is so hard and competitive, I doubt he's heard of that either prior to tonight without searching the net to pretend as he has.
 
Thank you for proving my point 👍



Andrew here's a hypothetical situation for you to figure out.

1969 Camaro.

Driver A: Runs a 14.4.
Driver A: Runs a 14.2.
Driver A: Runs a 14.5.

Same car, new driver. No modification to the car has been made.

Driver B: Runs a 12.99.
Driver B: Runs a 12.74.
Driver B: Runs a 13.02.

Drivers switch again. Same thing applies.

Driver A: Runs a 14.07.
Driver A: Runs a 14.12.
Driver A: Runs a 14.15.

And finally a third driver. Same car. Same thing. No changes to the car are made. Simply switching drivers.

Driver C: Runs a 12.53.
Driver C: Runs a 12.49.
Driver C: Runs a 12.60.





Explain.
 
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You guys are still going on about this?

Neither of you are going to come out on top because you both think of drag racing differently. I'm by no means a drag racing expert and know little about it; but I know enough about it that any man off the street can't go drive one with the best. Every racing series requires driver skill, some in different areas than others, but they all require the driver to know their car and how to be fastest.

Now, if we could please get back on the topic of ricers?
 
Starciller
You guys are still going on about this?

Neither of you are going to come out on top because you both think of drag racing differently. I'm by no means a drag racing expert and know little about it; but I know enough about it that any man off the street can't go drive one with the best. Every racing series requires driver skill, some in different areas than others, but they all require the driver to know their car and how to be fastest.

Now, if we could please get back on the topic of ricers?
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Neither of who? Perhaps you didn't read the past couple pages but it's one guy saying something as stupid as the ricers being talking about in this thread. And @Azure Flare makes a great point.
 
Can we all just agree to leave it at

"Both require different sets of skill, and the problem is people don't see that on the drag side because its less obvious. But it's still there, with track driving its easier to see but doesn't mean it needs more skill, possibly just different ones."
 
legacyMACHINE
Can we all just agree to leave it at

"Both require different sets of skill, and the problem is people don't see that on the drag side because its less obvious. But it's still there, with track driving its easier to see but doesn't mean it needs more skill, possibly just different ones."
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THIS. 👍
 
Coming into this conversation part way through, but here's my 2c anyway.

ITCC_Andrew
I've been adamant the entire time. My Subaru will not ever win a drag race, ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. Never. Never. Never.
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What makes you think that? There is no rule saying that you can't enter if your car is too slow (well, other than in the racing to get paid classes). Its just that a lot of people probably would be too embarrassed to enter with a slow car.

Not me though, i almost do it as a joke. :P

I've drag raced my R32 Skyline GTS (144hp at the rears) a few times before (one event was just against the clock), and raced a mate in his non turbo Nissan Cefiro. I beat him every time (he was doing 19's, i was doing mid 17's) we raced. Just for fun i also raced another mate in his 800hp R32 GT-R. Why? Because none of the fast cars there wanted to race him, so i thought why the heck not. By the time i passed the halfway mark he was already finished...


But it does also come down to the driver too. My best time in that car is a 16.4, whereas the previous owner did a best of 16.1. Drag racing (this has prolly been mentioned) comes down to a lot of things, not just the car; track condition, track grip (affected by temperature too), tyres on the car, the power of the car, the suspension on the car, the setup of the car, the driver of the car and so on.

Some people think it's just a plant your foot and go affair, but these are the people who haven't done it for real before.
 
You guys are horrible. I came here to be entertained by idiots' statements on cars, but instead I ended up reading some stupid drag racing argument.

And now I will make an on-topic post!

I hate it when people don't know the most basic information about their car, such as the mileage, or the model year. How could you not know the mileage? One guy I met said he had a Pontiac, and that it was a sedan, and that was ALL he knew about his own car

The other day I said something about V8s and my own 15-year-old brother asked me what a V8 was.

Some people simply have no knowledge of cars at all... I couldn't imagine life without knowing about cars.
 
That whole kerfuffle started when I quoted His Badassness Colin McRae, and then @Slash decided to chime in.
 

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