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- Houston, Texas, USA
- JMarine25
Hello, GTPlanet.
Being a racing fan, I know that a street tuner with NOS and non-functional bodykits from Veilside or APC does not make a race car. Some people tune their cars so that they are powerful on the road, but also at the track. Some people tune their cars so that they are eye-catching, but basically stock. As "Sports Car Revolution" said about a tuned CRX Kazzer drove, he said: "...I'm not a real huge fan of rice rockets. I mean, people with time and money on their hands...90% of these mini bling-blingers are all show and no go. The cars not even setup. They don't go fast at all." So what is the extent of tuning? How far does tuning go in order to accomplish a task?
I'll start.
Sports Car Revolution had Kazzer driving a 400hp Nissan 300ZX. Now, I thought he would bash on it because it was Japanese and it was basically a tuned car with no show or go. Of course, the 300ZX is one of the true sportscars Nissan ever produced other than the Datsun Fairladies (is that the plural form of "Fairlady," when it comes to Nissans?). The usual rant that Kaz likes to make that makes no apparent difference is that this 300ZX didn't come in black (it was red, which is more my color). Now keep in mind that the car didn't have a fancified bodykit, suicide doors, air suspension, nothing like that. To continue with "Sports Car Revolution," how many of you look at the segment known as "Dyno Truth or Dare?" Jaime Wilson challenges people to the dyno test. I'm guessing that with tuning, they want to see who's honest about their horsepower numbers and who aren't lying their a$$es off. My intent is that they are probably looking for so-called "ricers" to say they are making 560hp with NOS, when they have 181, for example.
Personally, I think the challenge for anyone who tunes for show or go or both, is to tune or mod the car as much as possible while staying legal. You don't want to do like in "Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3," where you could change the color of the brake lights and taillights (I think it is seriously illegal). Tuning should be legal, but effective. I'm not saying that you tune to get followed by cops, but you tune so that you are able to modify your machine's capabilities to something you can call your own. I heard of a Ford Focus that has the engine in the middle or rear, a CRX that could post 9's on the drag strip, and even an Impreza (WRX in the states) that can perform well on the strip. But do you tune so that you don't get cops ready to write tickets, or do you tune so that you may look like a sleeper, but wake up with supreme performance? What is the extent of tuning? I may have mentioned mostly Japanese cars, but it is available to tuners of all countries (even if penguins in Antartica know how to mod a Buick Grand National). How about it, folks?
Being a racing fan, I know that a street tuner with NOS and non-functional bodykits from Veilside or APC does not make a race car. Some people tune their cars so that they are powerful on the road, but also at the track. Some people tune their cars so that they are eye-catching, but basically stock. As "Sports Car Revolution" said about a tuned CRX Kazzer drove, he said: "...I'm not a real huge fan of rice rockets. I mean, people with time and money on their hands...90% of these mini bling-blingers are all show and no go. The cars not even setup. They don't go fast at all." So what is the extent of tuning? How far does tuning go in order to accomplish a task?
I'll start.
Sports Car Revolution had Kazzer driving a 400hp Nissan 300ZX. Now, I thought he would bash on it because it was Japanese and it was basically a tuned car with no show or go. Of course, the 300ZX is one of the true sportscars Nissan ever produced other than the Datsun Fairladies (is that the plural form of "Fairlady," when it comes to Nissans?). The usual rant that Kaz likes to make that makes no apparent difference is that this 300ZX didn't come in black (it was red, which is more my color). Now keep in mind that the car didn't have a fancified bodykit, suicide doors, air suspension, nothing like that. To continue with "Sports Car Revolution," how many of you look at the segment known as "Dyno Truth or Dare?" Jaime Wilson challenges people to the dyno test. I'm guessing that with tuning, they want to see who's honest about their horsepower numbers and who aren't lying their a$$es off. My intent is that they are probably looking for so-called "ricers" to say they are making 560hp with NOS, when they have 181, for example.
Personally, I think the challenge for anyone who tunes for show or go or both, is to tune or mod the car as much as possible while staying legal. You don't want to do like in "Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3," where you could change the color of the brake lights and taillights (I think it is seriously illegal). Tuning should be legal, but effective. I'm not saying that you tune to get followed by cops, but you tune so that you are able to modify your machine's capabilities to something you can call your own. I heard of a Ford Focus that has the engine in the middle or rear, a CRX that could post 9's on the drag strip, and even an Impreza (WRX in the states) that can perform well on the strip. But do you tune so that you don't get cops ready to write tickets, or do you tune so that you may look like a sleeper, but wake up with supreme performance? What is the extent of tuning? I may have mentioned mostly Japanese cars, but it is available to tuners of all countries (even if penguins in Antartica know how to mod a Buick Grand National). How about it, folks?
The extent of tuning/modding doesnt bother me at all, but what does bother me is the ATTITUDE that is being displayed by or thrown from such people who mod/tune their cars. I am not saying ALL of the people who mod/tune their cars are like that, but most of them do from where I live. Its funny how I just go on a ride from my house in Bev Hills and then to Long Beach and I get this ichy feeling of these people. They just throw these attitudes about saying who car sux or how their car is faster. And they way they display themselves when doing it...
They are usually using filthy words, dress like gang attire or saggy clothes and from my point of view, I just assume they are low class people... no manners, no respect for others, and commonly base on these people at school who do the same thing...I know they got no future because their school grade is bad. I am sorry for such classification because by now I might be banned.
