Salanis wrote: Your engine likes to rev. If you're not at redline yet, you don't need to shift.
Reminds me what I was taught when I was racing my first gen RX7: "If the rev buzzer isn't on, downshift."
Salanis wrote: Your engine likes to rev. If you're not at redline yet, you don't need to shift.
Reminds me what I was taught when I was racing my first gen RX7: "If the rev buzzer isn't on, downshift."
XX) You're going to curb that new fiberglass widemouth kit someday anyway, so don't waste the money painting it. Pale blue gelcoat looks great on a white car with one red door!
Duke wrote: XX) You're going to curb that new fiberglass widemouth kit someday anyway, so don't waste the money painting it. Pale blue gelcoat looks great on a white car with one red door!
My sister had an eclipse and she purchased a snow plow for a front bumper and those lame fenders with the Z3 "gills" (this girl sitting next to me in class just had a nasty fart). Needless to say she used that snowplow to check out the structural rigidity of some trees int he neighborhood and a couple of bumpers on some cars, proved the bumper was actually pretty strong as well.
Black flat paint is faster than clear coat. Hell with aerodynamic efficiency.
Positioning your seat like a recliner gets you more style points so when you get into an accident you become 3' tall.
Sitting in your seat sideways with 1 arm on top of the steering wheels is gansta paradise.
Neon underbody lights are all the rage. Makes your car look futuristic - almost "hovering-like".
hey, I need to defend myself a bit. Neon lights weren't always rice. When they're done right, I still think they are pretty cool. The problem as I see it is over use, poor installation (you should not see the tubes), and cheap 10" lights all around.
There. That's better. 
That said:
XX.) burn out constantly. Warm tires stick better.
XX.) everyone on the road is a potiential racer (unless you're sure his car is faster than yours). Assume everyone is out to a race.
XX.) to add to what civic said, make sure your passenger seat is fully reclined too. you need your cg to be as low as possible.
XX.) buy a racing seat. But only buy one.
Salanis wrote:96DXCivic wrote: Racing stripes add 20lb-ft of torque.Horsepower. Ricers don't know what a "torque" is.
but they do know what muffler bearing are.
Hood scoops add a lot of horsepower and $30 wings make your car corner way better.
confuZion3 wrote: hey, I need to defend myself a bit. Neon lights weren't always rice. When they're done right, I still think they are pretty cool. The problem as I see it is over use, poor installation (you should not see the tubes), and cheap 10" lights all around.
Looks like I hit a nerve with ya :) :D LOL.
Anyway you weren't there when we had a Firebird show up to a NEPA autocross couple years ago. No one thought of checking under his car. But he went out on course and the 1st corner he hit all the bulbs broke open leaving a HUGE trail of glass and debris. Took us about an hour to clean it up. He had about 2-4 tubes under his car.
If you lose the race, simply explain you couldn't get it to hook up because you are running too many boosts.
XX) All vehicles require triple deck spoilers. Own a Yellow 1996 Chevrolet S10 4WD? Put a spoiler on that bitch! Don't have a tonneau cover? Bolt the wing to the inside of the tailgate and adjust it so that with the gate up it adds downforce and if you need to put the tailgate down you can add butterfly nuts to the brackets so you can switch the spoiler back to the up position!
amaff wrote: If you lose the race, simply explain you couldn't get it to hook up because you are running too many boosts.
PLEASE tell me someone has pictures of those guys.
Anyway,
XX. If your front bumper doesn't look like a prehistoric shark mouth, and your fenders aren't sporting BMW-esque "flair," you'd better not even bother cruising the Applebee's parking lot with your visor turned upside down, fag.*
XX. Every car produced in Japan is out to race you. Who cares if the guy driving is older than your dad? You need to show him the awesome power of vT4kk.**
XX. If it can't be applied with double-sided tape, there's no point in putting on your car.
XX. "N.O.S." is the chemical formula for Nitrous Ox Side.
http://www.slickcar.com/accessories/Honda_Civic_z3_fenders.asp
**The exception to rule #119 is the Honda Pilot, which will totally beat the E36 M3 out of your 94 Civic.
PS: If you can't figure out how to remove the washer-fluid LEDs, you may very well be a ricer, y0.
ive seen a underbody light failure at an autocross as well..
Is there actually a rule outlawing them with the SCCA?
poopshovel wrote:amaff wrote: If you lose the race, simply explain you couldn't get it to hook up because you are running too many boosts.PLEASE tell me someone has pictures of those guys.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any pictures posted from the event. I don't think I'll ever recover the IQ points lost from talking to / overhearing some of them. I could have sworn the $30 sumitomo all seasons were the problem, but apparently it was just the boosts lol
I was playing Need for Speed yesterday, and read the details for the engine upgrade. "includes a new oil pump gear, crankshaft, and alternator."
Apexcarver wrote: ive seen a underbody light failure at an autocross as well.. Is there actually a rule outlawing them with the SCCA?
No, but there is a rule allowing Miatas in STS2 and, at the same time, another rule banning them from that same class for having Torsen differentials as original equipment. I always thought that was strange.
I'm excited for Hershey this weekend. I haven't been to an auto-x lately. Maybe we'll have snow and I can bring the Z3 with snow tires!
XX.) If you're not da-riftin, you're not win-in. You gotta use that e-brake around those turns! Otherwise, you don't have style like they do in those movies.
This is too funny, reminds me of my high school days. There was this car club full of ricers, the main requirement was that you had at least a 600 watt amp and a minimum of a 10 inch sub. They held track days at a local 1/8th mile drag strip and a few autocrosses at the mall (not sanctioned events by no means) It was always nice to show up in a slant six powered scamp, or my 92 escort gt and take home a little respect from the civic crowd!
No if I could have only afforded a miata in high school!
Tommy Suddard wrote: I was playing Need for Speed yesterday, and read the details for the engine upgrade. "includes a new oil pump gear, crankshaft, and alternator."
I think the most alarming thing about NFSU2 is that you have to rice out your car like a 12-year-old on crack to get full style points (and I don't think that's changed in the later games). They're actually fun driving games, too bad they had to put the whole ricing side of things into the game.
GameboyRMH wrote: I think the most alarming thing about NFSU2 is that you have to rice out your car like a 12-year-old on crack to get full style points (and I don't think that's changed in the later games). They're actually fun driving games, too bad they had to put the whole ricing side of things into the game.
I will either go out of my way to make a silly themed car (an orange miata that looks like a stuffed tiger), or I'll layer on the vinyl in the exact same color as the paint job, so that it's invisible but you get points for it. The crazy E36 M3 the computer comes up with is always goofy.
In all subsequent games, you are not required to rice out your car. In Most Wanted, changing visuals just lowers the heat rating on that car, so the cops don't recognize it, and you can't tune downforce settings if you don't have a wing or body kit.
The biggest thing I laugh at, is at the beginning of NFS:MW. The villain, who is driving a Mustang talks crap about your race-prepped M3 GTR. And then accuses the babe-unit of not knowing her cars when she does not recognize how clearly superior the Mustang is.
0) Do not try to follow that old guy in the black E30 around the on-ramp at that speed.
walterj wrote: 0) Do not try to follow that old guy in the black E30 around the on-ramp at that speed.
0.1) An E30 is an older but still desirable BMW.
0.2) You were way faster down the freeway than that guy in the lightly modded old BMW. You can totally keep up with him on the offramp. He doesn't even have a wing to provide him with the same Mad Gripz that you have!
XX.) A dry-shot of NOZ is perfect for most racing conditions. The higher the shot, the safer. Since NOZ cools your engine, it's like running water through it, so more is better.
XX.1) Installation is simple. Drill a hole in the throttle body, wrap tape around the nozzle, jam it in, hook up the buttons to your steering wheel and you're off. Just don't hit it "too soon, Junior".
YY.) The Mitsubishi Lancer is the same thing as the Evo, it's just FWD. This is more desirable for driftin' because you can use your e-brake to slide around the turns. This makes your Lancer superior to the Evo. Brag about it.
BBsGarage wrote:96DXCivic wrote: Racing stripes add 20 torksFixed.
Fixed your fix
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