I don't get along with rice boys (girls)

Hey GrabberJoe, Is that 310 h.p. at the flywheel?

 

Maverick73:

Here are the stats: 302 310HP= 9.1 com. Holley 650 double pump. Edelbrock Performer Plus manifold, cam(208int/456exh), double roller timing chain, comp cams roller rockers, 21/2 exhaust Dyna max mufflers, Richmond 3.55 rears, Mallory distributor/MDS coil, Edelbrock Performer RPM aluminum heads/60cc combustion chambers, 1.90 intake valves, crane Fireball pushrods, Ford Motorsport headers Chassis eng. sub-frame connectors. Motorsport valve covers/chrome air cleaner. Except for the Cregar SS wheels, The car looks stock with the hood closed. Sounds mean when running. I am NOT a machniac, I bought this car this way! The best wat to describe it is that it runs 13s in the 1/4 mile and it is the fastest car I ever had! Faster then my stock '69 Mach 1 351W 4V fmx, 3.24 gears. My Maverick can also be driven normally around town without trouble and Im not afreid to get on it when nessessary. It does use some gas. I love the car!

 

She is married and in her late twenties.(I'm a wet behind the ears 18 year old motorhead) We are on good terms, she just likes to give my friend and I crap, 'cause our cars ( my comet and his "77 Olds 98) burn 12 times as much fuel than her Prelude. I must focus on the fact that my car cost me $1500 and my motor will cost me under $500( my family owns an automotive machine/ rebuilding shop). She paid ALOT more than that for her car! Which is okay for what they're made for, but they're not made to whup American gas guzzling horsepower!

 

ok don't get me started on this topic again lol

ok damn don’t get me started on this one again. And maybe I’ll put it to a stop like the last time this topic came up.. lol

each to their own. most of you already know I work in the “rice market!” oh yeah I eat rice to since I’m uh asian.. that’s oriental to some of you.. lol. but obviously I own 3 mavericks and 2 import cars. Bottom line is like both. My Subaru will run circles around my stock maverick kill my white maverick on the corners not to mention that it kicks ass in the rain and off road! I believe if you’re a true car enthusiast you like all cars that someone has put work into.

However to say your car / maverick is cooler, is exactly what Craig said:

agreed! 110%

just think of it this way. Is my blue maverick cooler then my white maverick or maybe you just plain hate them both of them and never the less hate me too. again a matter of opinion. Just like some of you rather go in a straight line and other wanna road race. again a matter of opinion.

However I believe it’s about educating someone who does not know about the other. It is true that:

Also agree with the statement about at least they ricers care about something.

But I also might add that this “hot rod” market also very clueless about the import market. I went to the HOT ROD power tour about 4 years ago to work our booth with some imports we had. Time after time I would have some hick redneck (sorry for stereotype but just being the advocate as if one who owned a import would refer to ) ask me how fast is that thing? I’d reply “it runs in the high 8’s” they would reply “in the 1/8th mile?” I’d say “uh.. no, in the ¼ mile” then they would be like “no way!” I must have been asked the like 20 or 30 times that day!

There are also a lot of stupid domestic car owners out here as well. Sometimes I will go to car shows and people will tell me that their car will run a 10! Hum street tires with headers and stock gears what do you think. Even my neighbor with this loud chevy truck asked me how fast my car was I told him it will run in the 11’s he said “that’s it” I think my truck will run in the 10’s. Huh yeah right? I just go on my merry way and tell them “cool.. and nice car!”

Also the “hot rod” generation is dying off. remember the should market move with age group instead the “hot rod” market moves with the generation instead. :confused: where as the market should stay with the age group. I see the effects of how the market is declining when I see ciculation numbers going down in “hot rod” type magazines. Or maybe the “hot rod” market refuses to accept what could possibly be good information not to mention a learning experience. I wish I could tell you some of the meetings I have had with “domestic aftermarket parts manufactures” man they really don’t get it! they say thing to me like “we been doing it this way for the last 25 years… blah blah blah…. Yeah no wonder they ain’t making it!

Again about education. If I asked you where all these rice engines went in what car would you know?

2JZ
RB25DET
13B
EJ20
4AGE
B16A

I didn’t think so. But I’m sure you don’t care.. but then again that’s my point.

I’d just be aware that more and more “street” rice rockets out there that are fast and that are sleepers! Maybe where you guys live there aren’t very many, but here on the west coast they are around!

I’m sure I already told you about the ugly green Lexus we did up here at work! A stock internal motor with a GT3037 turbo bolted on with a bunch of other bolt ons intercooler, e-mange, BFV, Exhaust. That puppy put down over 400 rw hp! These rice engines hold up to a lot!

This isn’t rice but its also not accepted, we also have a Dodge SRT-4 (huh that’s a neon with a turbo from the factory) downstairs that will kick ass with a stage one upgrade from the dealer it will run low 14’s!

I also ran a stock Honda civic SI at the Palmdale last year… the best I could get it to do was a 15:20s or 30’s (the point was I kicked everyone else on my staff.. first time driving a stick at the drags too… lol!) I can’t remember but I do remember that the pro driver got it to run 15:04s.. damn I’d say that’s fast for a stock car don’t you think. Ok yeah its still a Honda.. blah blah blah. but damn it will kick any stock 302 maverick out there!

also like Joe said you don't wanna have to learn a lesson that will humble you hands down!

I say if you don’t like it don’t buy it.

If you get spanked by one make sure you never tell anyone cuz no one will ever let you forget it! Trust me you WILL BE HUMBLED!

Remember there is someone always faster then you!

Be wise, be smart, be educated, don’t be stupid and eat rice for a meal, it’s healthy!

 

WOW!!! What do I say to that? I couldn't even read it all! I don't hate Japanese people, and when I say "rice", I'm refferring to cars, not people. I realize that small motors can make big horsepower, and there are cars out there that would eat most anything alive on the street. In my town, there are all sorts of "Ghetto-rice." You know, the '87 civics with the wing, banner, and coffee can. The are very few High dollar cars around. Even though I'm young, I come from the old school, and enjoy hearing the mellow rumble of a stock V-8 way more than the ear-splitting scream of a $20,000 turboed, nitroused japanese 4-cyl at 8,000 RPM. I'm aware that foreign cars are technologically advanced, and I guess I'm don't really care. I am a motorhead who likes old cars, and enjoys a good round of ricebashing. Please, if my post offends anyone or you disagree with what I have said read this: Yes, some ricers are fast, all fast ricers cost more than my comet, I don't hate asian people, and I want to hear from people who agree with me, not people who want to prove me wrong! That being said, Let the bashing continue!!!

 

I eat alot of rice my wife is Korean, but no thanks to Kimchi

 

Honestly, and I don't want to sound like a jerk when I say this, if you both have the kind of attitude you're showing, neither of you is cooler than the other. I know everybody gets worked up over that kind of thing, so don't think I'm attacking you. I gave up on the "rice" crowd around here, and when I use the term I'm talking about tastless imports and domestics alike. I know plenty of import owners that really put time, money, and though into their cars and I respect them for it. That's my .02 anyways, keep it off the street and on the track.

 

Man I love that stuff...only food I know thats just as hot leavin as it is comin ...havn't had any in years, my stomach probably couldn't handle it now.

 

There is alot of talk now about the details of 'rice', along with ethnic connotations.
I would like to say that I don't care what it is... if it is 4 cylinder, front drive, has ugly graphics, a huge useless/tasteless wing, and an exhaust tip I can crawl into... it's rice.
I don't really lump nice foreign cars into that catagory. There are some good 6 and 8 cylinder foreign cars out there, RWD of course.
There are some really cheezy 'domestic' cars that I consider rice... the Focus, Neon, and Cavalier to name a few. You can make a turd do 12 seconds, but then it's just a fast piece of crap.
On the ethnic part... I get along with anyone that gets along with me. I am not racist, but I come from a family that sent alot of people to war because of Japan's actions and cannot forgive the group for that, but have befriended individuals.
Dave

 

don't worry i know you don't. just playing both sides so you all can see the point. but you are right there are some really bad "getto cars" otu there that are not my taste.. but each to there own.

 

I'm not gonnna slam the import tuners. Personally, I'm from the old-school American Musclecar/hot-rod persuasion, but ANYthing can be made fast, so to each their own. My biggest gripe is the fake-ass "wannabee" P.O.S. with the wing, stickers, and coffee can exhaust pipe tip (loud) that looks LAME and sounds like crap. But ya know what? It's not all that different from back in "my day" when some clueless guys would have a P.O.S. American car with some air-shocks and cheap mag wheels, and maybe a loud exhaust, thinking they had some kind of bad-ass hot-rod, when it was really an ugly rusty heap that did one-wheel "burnouts" in gravel when turning a corner. The "ricer" or "Tuner" thing is just a different approach to the car hobby. Smaller, higher-tech, higher reving engines and smaller, lighter-weight cars (with front-wheel drive instead of rear). Personally, they're not my thing, BUT some degree of respect is due toward the "real deal" Tuners that have some serious $$$ sunk into them. Those cars flat get with it. As for Me, I'll stick with the classic American car hobby...

 

I have to take issue with one of your statements Derrick. Demographically speaking Hot Rodding may be dying in some areas but I can assure you in the Southeast part of this country it is NOT. The kids I meet at shows and at the strip are very much into muscle cars and will tell you they have been brought up around them. I also find these kids to be more respectful, inquisitive and interested in what you have to say.
I would say the decline of magazine subscriptions is due largely to the internet and the info that can obtained from it.
As far as being a "hick redneck" I'm probably fall more in to that category than any other and suffice it to say I'm not ashamed of it.

 

Some of my best buddies are hick rednecks.
Dan

 

Derrick...it may be dying, but I and others are going down kicking. I'm 46 years old. I'd like to think that the hot rod generation will last at least another 40 years.

I'm raising four daughters. One gets her license next year. Her first car will be a Maverick. All of my daughters are following "Dad's" footsteps and love the American muscle car. However, having said that doing evrything I can to prolong the "hot rod" generation, The ricer or sport compact market is here to stay. In fact, I have read several well known and credible auto industry journalists who have said that the....it hurts to write this...cough, cough....choke...Honda Civiic is the 21st Century's '32 Ford Roadster. OUCH!!!! Dadgum that hurt to write!

As far as sport compacts go, I just wish the "fart cans" had a better sound. They sound like mosquitoes on steroids.

As far as rednecks go, be careful on your stereotyping. You don't want to know how we rednecks sterotype Californians.

 

I resemble that remark. I'm a redneck...a "Southern" redneck...and there ain't a politically correct bone in my body.