nightowl

its happend to me 3 times already

just tonight i was at a stop light waiting for it to turn green and i notice this car way back (about 60 feet) just siting there. Light turns green, and i start accellerating as normal......well i was in 4th gear dong about 80km/h when i hear this i pitch screem coming up beside me. Keep in mind i had the stereo cranked wth the subwoofer up. This 89sh civic passes me doing 120sh with thoughs coffee can muffelers and the big fart tip (ie want a be ricer. I'm like alright, lets rock. Shift her down to third gear, stomp on the gas, and accellerate to 155km/h in forth, pass them and manage to decelerate (thank god for down shifting) get on the turn off lane in time, and never saw the car again

The Old Guy

LMAO!!!!
Ricer Flyby's I'm fairly new to the import scene ( I'm a Mustang man ) I also noticed the same thing. When I'm driving my P5 it seems that every crappy car pulls a "Ricer Flyby" on me. That doesn't seem to happen when I'm driving my Stang.

Greddy917

That reminds me of whenever you have an annoying fly in your house....they buzz all over the damn place....then, being at wit's end... you get the fly-swatter out and suddenly... they disappear!

323F

they K N O W we kick their asses.
they K N O W there's nufik they can do.
they T R Y to seem cool'n'all.
they F A I L miserably.
they L I K E it!

damn sickos...

Bizob

The best thing that comes from ricer fly-bys is that they get stopped by the cops every so often, which gives them what they deserve and keeps the cops off my ***... I just love seeing the same guy later at the light and revving it for a real race, and you see the look "even if I still had enough points, your car scares me"... Those are the real rice boyz. Forget about stickers and washer lights. The real ricers are the flyboys.

MiniRX7

Hello... but are you claiming that all civics are ricers??

I have seen way too many proteges that are riced up to HELL!!!

But what is a ricer, a huge wing? stickers? FARTCAN exhaust?? what is it??

I think we gotta stop using that term, because i bet you every one of us has a mod that puts us in to the ricer category...

I bet you guys can choose a ricer mod from my car for sure.. so i guess i am a ricer...

ED
1996 Mazda Protege LX 1.8L 5speed

MiniRX7

Hmm interesting reply.. first of all wings look ricy?

Then a stock mazda MP3 looks PURE RICE (that wing is ooglie).

Rice is any crappy car-not made for racing then that means all proteges because all proteges stock will run more than 16.5second quarter mile.

Not that i am a honda lover or anything, but there are a million more civics laying down some series performance numbers, actually hondas in general compared to any mazdas (including RX7's and miatas)..

mazda is now releasing there clone of an S2000. THE RX8 complete with all horsepower and crappy torque.. WHAT THE HELL?

As a used to be total mazda fan... I am all for nissan because at least that company is going for the performance method.. look at the altima 02?? Faster than all hondas except for the NSX.. PROOF?

http://fluxu8.nismo.org/videos.html

Ricers are the people that call other people ricers ...

A car is a car, and how you mod it is personal preference.. Mazda proteges in general are not fast (unless you got some forced POWER).. and about 90% of them out there would get smoked by even a stock SENTRA SE (NOT SPEC V)...

Its funny, because i used to think that Mazda owners were alot better than honda owners, but more and more i see mazda owners becoming as ignorant as Honda owners themselves...

Honda owners are known to make dumb *** comments like why the hell would you buy a protege over a civic..

Now mazda owners are supposed to say, hondas are good cars, but i found my mazda to be alot better. not HONDA SUCKS...

ED

MiniRX7

LOL.. i envy you dude.. i wasted stupid money on my car for no reason.. and despite that.. my car still sucks!!

I can't wait to junk it in favour for my favourite:
2002 Nissan Altima SE 5speed
or
2002 Nissan Maxima SE 6speed w/helical cut limited slip
or
2002 Infiniti G35 (soon to be released VQ engine 6speed RWD skyline platform)..

ED

MiniRX7

So basically, you have to rev the crap out of the renesis motor to get the power.. thus isn't that like a vtec S2000 motor??

I want to see what the power curve looks like on this engine..

My buddy has a 13B third gen motor, and i know exactly what you mean about the APEX seals..

Did you know that Adam Sauwatari (however you spell it) used to run stock APEX seals on his car??

WOW..

ED

The Old Guy

were have you been?? a million more civics laying down performance numbers compared to RX-7????

I'll bet any money on my friend's Street RX-7 against any street civic.

And if you want to go into real racing lets see a civic get into the 7 seconds 1/4 mile. Who are the big players of Pro-import??? Beleive it or not there are no hondas there. let's see, a couple of Ford Focus( Hoyos Racing), A few RX-7s( Flaco racing, Falito racing, Nibo racing, Siguel racing) , and wow even a mitsubishi (sakura) but no civics. There are more RX-7s or Rotary poweredc cars laying down some serious numbers than civics. If you're going to compare a civic to a Mazda, stay with the proteges. I know my P% is not fast but I love it. I got my go fast car in my garage available when I get the need for speed

MiniRX7

Surely enough there are those putting down times of 7 seconds on the track.. And are these even street driven machines??

I haven't really seen even many 9 second machines that are allowed on the streets..

But 10's, 11's, 12's are numbers that many street civics can have..

I am not a honda fan, but realisitically, the ease of finding go-fast parts for these guys is second to none..

I defend my protege all the time against the rashes of civics, but in the end i bet you 90% of most protege drives can't afford custom everything.. THerefore with lacking parts and assistence from aftermarket, there is no easy route to get a Protege in to the civic/integra world of speed.

And civics aren't no slouch in handling neither.. double wishbone suspension is purely race bred.. (however i feel my protege a lot more throwable)..

And as for comparing an RX7 to a Civic... when you come down to single digit racing... its all relatively the same.. THe amount of money to get a rotary engine and any car for that matter is in the HIGH amount area.. I have even seen a swift drop a 9 second run...

And for your info, i am much a mazda fan (however i have sold out to Nissan, which is my true calling in life.. VQ POWER BABY)

oh yeah another thing.. i think it is quite the accomplishment to see any FWD car dropping single digit quarter mile times.. and all the cars you listed are all rear wheel drive including that funnycar looking focus you mentioned...

Ed aka.. MAJOR RICER

The Old Guy

I'm not arguing the fact that there are plenty of aftermarket parts for civics, and that they can be made pretty fast. What I'm arguing is that you're comparing the performance of a RX-7 with a civic. There a very few civics in the 10 and 11 sec ond zone, and maybee 3 or 4 in the 9 second zone like Lisa Kubo and Kenny Tran. Most of the street driven civics are around the 12 second and above. that's why I mention the pro-imports because there is no comparison. By the way, there is a civic working its way into the 7 second zone, but there is a catch. It is a Rotary powered rear wheel drive civic.

Also for your information the cheapest engine to modify is a rotary engine. No high dollar heads, pistons, valves, cranks, rods etc... Remember that in order to get any piston powered car to a single digit racing as you say, these parts need to be the strongest. that means $$$$$$$$ For the rotary powered, all they need to worry about is the apex seals, very cheap compared to all the parts mentioned. After that the rest of the performance parts are basically the same in cost.
By the way we all are ricers. We all drive a Jap import. LOL

eeterp

Check out THIS FWD civic: http://www.aempower.com/results/race...ts11-16-01.htm

BTW, I've read that the Eclipse is the cheapest car to modify (dollars per horsepower).

The Old Guy

That's right. I forgot Stephan Papadakis. I was at San Antonio for that event.

dre2ooo

OK ok.... this is funny
Here i am to settle this riceboy. (no flames intended )

First off i know protege menace personally and he's cool.
Secondly, I happen to OWN and RX-7, unlike a certain MINIrx7......

Lemme explain a few simple conecepts about cars that even the stupidest 12 yr. old can figure out. first off, the Honda Civic's biggest selling point is its reliability and fuel economy, 2 things it excels at. IT was not, nor will it ever be a car designed for motorsports. so to even consider using it for such is rediculous.
FWD is NOT better than RWD in ANY way whatsoever. it is sloppy and understeers. WIEGHT SHIFT is the natual tendancy for a car to "squat" on the rear wheels at launch, this is why engineers and other people smarter than riceboys make GOOD RACING cars RWD. RWD is even better in snow, i live in MN, and i KNOW. plus drifting is always fun . So the civic/accord/focus/etc... are all FWD economy cars... the protege too. attempts to make them SEEM faster is PURE rice. no doubt there. Actually making them faster and advertising it all over the car or doing it stupidly is 1/2 ricey. Now SLEEPERS are cool, just dont do it to a car that no one wouldn't consider racing (ie. civics, metros)

What i dont understand is how someone in their right mind would take a car with a VERY underpowered, torque lacking motor, FWD, sloshy suspension, and no good aerodynamics and put a shitload of money into making it fast (or look fast) and then think they are all that!!! THAT IS RICE.

SO what? you have a few 7 and 9 second Civics out there. That doesn't in any way make a civic or comparable car better than a "real" car. THEY ARE NOT ALL THAT FAST. AND THEY TAKE TONS OF MONEY TO GET THAT WAY. plus they are FWD, so they make horrible track cars. You know what a corvette Z06 pulls on the skidpad? a 1.00G an RX-7 pulls a .98G, supra is probably around .85G's (these are STOCK #'s) you know what a stock civic pulls on the skidpad? no one does, cuz they dont test em !!! they dont see the point in testing that kind of car on a performance track!! i'm sure its around .7G's. lol
so an RX-7 may be a 13 sec car, but it KICKS *** in track racing. The 3rd gen IS one of the best handling cars under $50,000 IN THE WORLD. Can u say that about any "ricer?" i thought not.

Besides, RX-7's Supras, Skylines, Corvettes, Porsches, Lamborghini's , Ferrari's, NSX's, etc.. are all VERY GOOD performance cars (and all RWD BTW). and CAN be made into 7 and 9 sec cars. PLUS they have LeMan's capability handling. SO THAT WILL TOP ANY CIVIC OUT THERE.

You can be a F&F drag strip only riceboy if you want, but others like me are not ignorant and understand the goodness of RWD and know that Civics/Accords/Rios/MEtros/Camrys/Sentras/Focii (lol)/cavaliers/DelSols/CRX/non-vtek integras/ etc.. ARE NOT nor wil they EVER BE cars to look up to. They are just nice little efficient econoboxes that happen to be popular.

BTW my car has the most powerful NA HP/Liter engine in the WORLD. (until the RX-8 comes out ) oh yeah, the RX-8 has 280hp out of a 1.3L w/o any turbos. The rotary engine is pure genius and if you maintain it right, it WILL last beyond 150,000 miles... The RX-8 IS NOT a copy cat of the S200 you moron! It will be a 4-door "family car" with the speed to kill a porsche boxter. oh and hte S2000 IS a good car.

It might be an accomplishment to see a FWD running a 7 sec 1/4 mile, but who the **** cares?!?!!? seriously!!????

I'm not gonna be a dick and say "Civics are ricer peices of **** and they suck and you suck!!" but i am gonna say that i dont see how any competant individual can see that as beign hot **** for racing. And that if they were so good, why doesnt porsche or BMW make cars like that that everyonce can "pimp-out" for speed

sorry about the long post, but ppl gotta be set straigh from their riceboy ways/thinking. its almost as bad as those dumasses who dont consider anything w/o a V8 a car

i think this quote sums up a riceboys thinking and stupidity
"3y3 SH1FT MaD kW1x0r y0!!! ph33r my Sk11lLz!!!! "

Which is actually just what they have been programmed to think by all the idiots they follow, who follow everything popular and are fucked up in the head to begin with

LOL