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Originally posted by oc civic
im GLAD that this has not been locked or anything.. as discusion is what message boards are all about... and yeah man these are JUST my opinions... my most SIMPLE deffinition of a racer.. is a person that craves SPEED over STYLE... somone who LIVES to push his car that much further... somone who could give a rats ass if its a porsche, honda civic, skyline, or geo metro... they jump at EVERY opertunity to push the car further... and NO offense... but you have a neat show car... i would be VERY impressed if your car could break out of the 16's in the 1/4 mile... its just OBVIOUS that go is NOT your biggest concern... and some people think im mean or hurtful or pissed off.. well im not.. lol im happy as could be.. im JUST callign it like i see it.. adn bringing some more life into this place.. getting people worked up makes them live longer
you talk about costs... and money.. if you took ALL your cosmetic mods.. and the cost to get them painted.. and those rims and all.. you COULD have had a pretty quick car... but you CHOSE not to.. man thats YOUR choice... i really dont care.. once again NO offense but im GLAD there are not too many fast civics out there.. my car is FAR from fast.. but its quick for what it is... adn it is ALWAYS getting faster..
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Your very passionate about what you do, and I admire that, and yes my car is more of a show car, but you would really be surprised at how quick it really is. When I started my project with my car a few years back, I didn't know anything about engines, so I never modified it much. All I knew about was enhancing the exterior, cause that is what most people around my parts did, and still do. I'm glad though that I didn't put all that money into the engine, cause I probably would have a million speeding tickets, or a blown engine from running it against people all the time, or I might have had my license taken away for racing on the road, or I might end up wrapped around a tree dead somewhere from speeding, or racing. As far as the engine goes, the only other thing I'll do to it is add a smaller turbo, maybe the T-3 Garrett, but not turn up the boost. That way maybe I can have the best of both worlds of speed and looks. I don't race people cause I don't wanna end up being the one that my family reads about in the papers, and has to see on the news because I've killed myself racing someone. I do admire your passion though, but I don't want you to think that I don't care about speed, cause I do, but I also care about the looks of my car, but that does not mean that I'm not a "real racer" though.