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yes im modding my mystique. Ill buy a honda when you give me the money to get it.
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I too am sick of the Honda=Ricer BS. I drive a Honda daily 120 miles round trip to work everyday. It has been and still is the most reliable car/truck I have ever owned. I know it's not perfect, but there is alot better engineering in it. Everything is easy to work on and get at. Compared to the CSVT  My tour is one of the worst vehicles I have ever worked on for ease of maintenance etc. But thats just my .02 
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Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
I too am sick of the Honda=Ricer BS. I drive a Honda daily 120 miles round trip to work everyday. It has been and still is the most reliable car/truck I have ever owned. I know it's not perfect, but there is alot better engineering in it. Everything is easy to work on and get at. Compared to the CSVT My tour is one of the worst vehicles I have ever worked on for ease of maintenance etc. But thats just my .02
i prefer German engineering. talk about quality!!! 
no insult to honda's....i like 'em. just my preference is German.
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Originally posted by loggerbomb:
yes im modding my mystique. Ill buy a honda when you give me the money to get it.
Buy your own. Im happy with what I have. If your not, get rid of it.
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hondas are great, until you get some punk ass who thinks he can throw an intake and exhaust on and spank any car he lines up against. Most people do not really mod hondas...and out of the ones that do, the vast majority of those modders give the rest a bad name.
i peronally know of and have driven 3 civics that will kick a stock vette in the balls, maybe a cobra too.
the first belonging to a coworker. he hasnt done anything ricey beyond the fart cannon, but his exhaust is a real exhaust, from the turbo back, no resonators.
has a turbo, 100 shot of nitrous on an ITR block with all kinds of goodies inside. it is a 1994 Civic Si hatchback. not sure what kind of HP he is putting down, but he is running low 12's/high 11's...but he has also spent 10,000 dollars on his car.
but a civic hatchback is not a contour. a civic hatchback race prepped can proabably be brought down to 1300 lbs, maybe less, when body panels and glass are rmoved. this kid has spared no expense, CF hood with functional scoop and vents, and it comes off at the track. the hatch comes off, the glass is all LEXAN or some plexiglass stuff, its hella light. just look at this thing you can tell its not a street car. take a ride in it, and you will know it for sure, it sits on coilovers and rides like it has no shocks.
is this guy a rices? he doesnt have a single sticker for a part on his car...not even i can say that (k&N sticker under the 3rd brakelight). he doesnt have a wing, or a bodykit. his car is painted mineral grey, a ford color. but beyond that, he has no kind of ricey parts on his car. his tails arent clear, his seats are race seats, but only cause they are lighter. hes fenders are fully functional Z3 fenders. AFAICT this guy is the real deal. so STFU about ricers, its getting old. not everyone who mods a honda is a ricer, the 5% that are give the rest a bad name.
Regards, Cole.
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Originally posted by Stryker:
has a turbo, 100 shot of nitrous on an ITR block...
WTF? 
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That color rocks.
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How on earth are Z3 fenders functional?? 
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Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:
Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
I too am sick of the Honda=Ricer BS. I drive a Honda daily 120 miles round trip to work everyday. It has been and still is the most reliable car/truck I have ever owned. I know it's not perfect, but there is alot better engineering in it. Everything is easy to work on and get at. Compared to the CSVT My tour is one of the worst vehicles I have ever worked on for ease of maintenance etc. But thats just my .02
i prefer German engineering. talk about quality!!!
no insult to honda's....i like 'em. just my preference is German.
~Andrew
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Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
Originally posted by Pimpalicious316:
Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
I too am sick of the Honda=Ricer BS. I drive a Honda daily 120 miles round trip to work everyday. It has been and still is the most reliable car/truck I have ever owned. I know it's not perfect, but there is alot better engineering in it. Everything is easy to work on and get at. Compared to the CSVT My tour is one of the worst vehicles I have ever worked on for ease of maintenance etc. But thats just my .02
i prefer German engineering. talk about quality!!!
no insult to honda's....i like 'em. just my preference is German.
~Andrew
I work on German fineblanking presses It's a joke. The Germans are idiots in my mind when it comes to building presses.
ok, maybe more specific, i prefer German auto-engineering.
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Originally posted by infuryum:
Originally posted by Stryker:
has a turbo, 100 shot of nitrous on an ITR block...
WTF?
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...his car is painted mineral grey, a ford color.
That color rocks.
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hes fenders are fully functional Z3 fenders.
How on earth are Z3 fenders functional??
just going off what i could remember...im not sure on some of that, the #'s may be off a lil bit.
Regards, Cole.
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I've never seen ANYONE using nitrous along with their turbo. He may have the nitrous jets spraying into the intercooler, but I'll drive to wherever you are to see it if he's spraying into the motor. That would take a LOT of precision plumbing and fuel injection, a whole new third party management program and some crazy internal block work.
Also, Z3 fenders aren't functional. That's why people make fun of them.
I know where you're coming from with the whole ricer defense bit. That's unfortunately why a lot of Honda enthusiasts get made fun of: there is an abundance of kids who modify their cars (or try to) and sadly none of them have any idea what they're talking about or what they're doing. Heck, it took me a year of proving my salt in discussion threads on this website to get any sort of acceptance and get past the stereotypes.
FYI, I had a '99 Civic Si with a good amount of engine and suspension work that I had all done myself. There were no external modifications aside from the Koni coilover kit. Best damn coils I've ever driven on.
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