Road experiences with imports.

[Walts_restoration]

Originally Posted by Marv D

Think I have the ultimate ricer-racer wanna-be story. Was hauling the truck home on an open trailer after the Truckin Nationals last year. At a stop light a (???) import with a big stupid aluminum wing and fart can exhaust was revving the crap out of this little 4banger wanting to race..... yeah,, race the tow vehicle pulling the truck on a trailer. I don't think I've laughed so hard this decade! Should have told him, "let me unhook the trailer and we'll go for it" . The little vortec TBI 383 in my 94 probably would have ate him alive.

Dads daily driver used to be a 55 chevy, 2 door 210 post. Black with white tops, super trix wheels. Either it or the white 55 with a black top he had the 64 corvette 327 engine in it that had been bored 30 over from his original drag car. Also had a floor shift 4 speed, im not sure what rears under the car.


one day him and a buddy roll up to a light, well the guy next to him had some nova or camaro and thought he was a big dog, reved his motor, etc. Dad just started a kamikaze scream and reved that ol' 327 to about 7k, that light goes green and dad gives it all shes got, One to two to three to four and just made this guys street car look like a grandma cruiser.


Well, the guy was really pissed afterwords because my dad had the trailer and full weight 68 camaro with an iron headed 454 and slicks on the back as he was going to the strip, so not only did the guy lose, but he lost to a car pulling a heavier car on the trailer


For pic whoring's sake.
the 55


the 68

[treveiger]

Originally Posted by BIGBLU 72

my last experiance with tuner went like this............ my girl and I were out cruising in my (Dads) 67 Nova. Pretty wicked little 334 (.040 327) ! well any ways we were on at a red light when a white hatch back thing pulled up beside us. The cocky SOB starts holler at my girl and revin up his POS lettin the blowoff valve hiss! well he gave me the "lets go" hand signal! the light turned green and i torn outta there shifting with the light (6600 RPM), had the car just about jumping out of its lane! well in fourth i let out at arounnd 7200 RPM! my buddy was behind me in his 78 Z28 and said that i had him by at least three! felt great to smoke him after hollerin at my girl like she was some kinda street walker!

I would of told him to pull over and see what happens guys like that need to be humbled!

Originally Posted by Walts_restoration

Dads daily driver used to be a 55 chevy, 2 door 210 post. Black with white tops, super trix wheels. Either it or the white 55 with a black top he had the 64 corvette 327 engine in it that had been bored 30 over from his original drag car. Also had a floor shift 4 speed, im not sure what rears under the car.


one day him and a buddy roll up to a light, well the guy next to him had some nova or camaro and thought he was a big dog, reved his motor, etc. Dad just started a kamikaze scream and reved that ol' 327 to about 7k, that light goes green and dad gives it all shes got, One to two to three to four and just made this guys street car look like a grandma cruiser.


Well, the guy was really pissed afterwords because my dad had the trailer and full weight 68 camaro with an iron headed 454 and slicks on the back as he was going to the strip, so not only did the guy lose, but he lost to a car pulling a heavier car on the trailer


For pic whoring's sake.
the 55


the 68

I got picked on buy a newer ford half ton the other day in a 05 dmax and i had a huge inclosed trailer with a quad and a snlowblower and the roads were covered with ice and snow and he wouldnt leave me alone and kept cutting me off and things like that and the only reason he did is because he knew that trailer made it hard to take off in snow and ice, and i wouldnt of raced him when there was that many people around anyway, i hope i see him again in better weather so i can see what hes got when when he knows my tires will grab. After telling my father about it he got half pissed so maybe when hes driving and i tell him thats the guy he`ll show him what that truck will do, he never races anymore but hes proud of his truck an when someone eggs him on its like hes back in his teenage years with his 70 duster.
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[prostreetC-10]

Man....you guys gotta be careful. Those things will eat you alive. Sure, I might mess with one that has the "fixed" rear airplane wing on the truck but NEVER the one with the adjustable one. They can really set those up for major downforce!!!!!!

Actually "super73" is right. Most can't even get out of their own way but there is a small handful that will flat embarrass you. It's usually the turbo'd or NOS ones. I've watched a couple "pass time" shows and couldn't believe my eyes. Not like high school back in '86.

[Super73]

The fast ones do still have the problem of hooking them, at the track or on the street. At least they have a full slick most the time at the track, but when they are rolling around on the street, most of them don't work until at least 50-60mph, unless they are one of the slow ones..

[prostreetC-10]

Please tell me you knew I was joking?? LOL

[Super73]

I know you were.. That was just an additional general observation..

[ripdog28]

Some are nasty. As on pass time, they never win off the line. Like Super said, 50+ is when they kick in.

[nomrlz]

like mentioned earlier. MAYBE 1 out of 100 run decent. the turbo/nitrous hondas need a fair amount to run 13's much less 12's. the higher end stuff like subies or mitsu's do it with minor mods but cost alot to start. the srt4's seem to be the most common that run hard. i like puttin on my bibs and walking around the stagin lanes talkin to em. eventually somebody will wanna show my old roadmaster wagon how fast they are

[Restrorob]

Alright, I got one from over a year ago.....

There's a punk kid running around up town with a custom painted fart canned import, I had just left my club's Friday cruise-in with my 97.

I had got caught by the last light in town and up comes this kid next to me (4 lane divided highway), He blips his fart can a couple times so I look over. He looks at me and points ahead, I look down the side of his car then look back at him over my glasses, I pointed at him then pointed to myself then pointed ahead and he shakes his head yeah.

I busted out laughing my azz off, The look on his face was priceless !!!

When the light changed I took off as normal and he just sat there, To this day he won't get with-in four car lengths of my truck....

[prostreetC-10]

.....and most of them "kick in" because of something called "BOOOOOOOOST".

I'm sure we would all agree though that there is nothing more retarded than big ole meaty slicks..................on da frunt!!!

[red rumbler]

Originally Posted by prostreetC-10

.....and most of them "kick in" because of something called "BOOOOOOOOST".

I'm sure we would all agree though that there is nothing more retarded than big ole meaty slicks..................on da frunt!!!

hahaha this is true and as for the hook up thing and them all kicking in at 50 because of boost ya thats true but the subies and evos are 4wd and they hook hard if set up right... like all ricers most of them are yes made to sound like a 2 stroke dirtbike ( high pitch and annoying when revved excessively ) but those few that are done right hall ass. sadly i still havent come across one of those good ones haha

[Super73]

Look, I'm not going to take anything away from the guys that are actually putting it down. I respect anything fast. Will I go out and build one? Probably not. But even my local dirt oval has a 4 banger class now. Why do you think that is? Because the older camaro driving stock class is thining out. Sanctions see the issue and want to keep it alive, so they make new classes.

I can go on about how many slow domestics are out there with their RV cammed motors too. Both sides have their slow cars and there fast ones. For Gods sake, look at us, we are racing trucks

[foamypirate]

Originally Posted by Super73

Look, I'm not going to take anything away from the guys that are actually putting it down. I respect anything fast. Will I go out and build one? Probably not. But even my local dirt oval has a 4 banger class now. Why do you think that is? Because the older camaro driving stock class is thining out. Sanctions see the issue and want to keep it alive, so they make new classes.

I can go on about how many slow domestics are out there with their RV cammed motors too. Both sides have their slow cars and there fast ones. For Gods sake, look at us, we are racing trucks

I'm glad there are people in this community like you; I see way too much import hating going on, just like I see domestic hate going on in the import community. It really is a sad thing.

Personally, I own both a modified Honda and my 87' Silverado, and I love them both, but for very different reasons. The Honda is light and tossable, and the Silverado will be the "big power" vehicle.

I'm currently in the middle of a build on my Honda. When I'm done, the 2.2L *naturally aspirated* 4 cylinder will be putting out around 250 crank horsepower. Even at it's current power levels, it's a lot of fun. It actually makes more torque than horsepower right now, so it's a lot of fun off the line. It won't be the fastest thing on the street with the new engine, but it will be a blast to drive.

I don't care if it's a Honda, or a Chevy. If you built it and you enjoy, what more can you ask for? I just think it's silly to bash on someone for their choice of vehicle to mod.

Just for kicks and giggles, here's my stock Honda dyno chart to laugh at. Don't worry about hurting my feelings, I laugh at it too! Hopefully when my truck is finished, everything on this chart will be a multiple of 3 or 4 (except RPMs)!

[nomrlz]

the thing i've always laughed at is that honda makes more hp out of their bikes than cars . imports todays are the five-ohs of the 90's. they get a bad wrap simply cause every 12 year old lookin fukker on the planet has one it seems. i have a buddy with a decent modded civic on juice that runs low 13's (maybe even high 12s). it is a real streetcar so he gets some purdy good looks at the track since most fast hondas are gutted. he won't even associate with the ricer kids at the track

[ripdog28]

You can call me a HATER. Dont bother me. Most people that i have seen calling others haters usually don't have crap themselves. Have you ever seen a hard worker with their life in order (possibly millionaire) call someone else a hater? Other then rappers i have not seen one. One done right i respect, but the ones i see every day, i dislike.

I dislike imports because every other person in one puts a muffler on it and thinks they have a race car. And all the race stickers and body graphics add 200hp right?

[foamypirate]

Originally Posted by ripdog28

You can call me a HATER. Dont bother me. Most people that i have seen calling others haters usually don't have crap themselves. Have you ever seen a hard worker with their life in order (possibly millionaire) call someone else a hater? Other then rappers i have not seen one. One done right i respect, but the ones i see every day, i dislike.

I dislike imports because every other person in one puts a muffler on it and thinks they have a race car. And all the race stickers and body graphics add 200hp right?

I didn't specifically call anyone a hater, I just said there is a lot of import hating going on; I see it in the import community too, they hate on domestics all the time. You are always going to have people doing tacky modifications, regardless of being an import or domestic; is it really fair to single out imports? I know plenty of people that threw a muffler on their domestic car/truck and thought they were hot stuff out on the streets. Take the kid down the street from me, for example. He's got a lowered, fart canned, ricer tail light and sticker fest Cavalier, and he revs at everything.

It's very much a two way street.

[Psycho71]

Had one pull up and start revving at me while driving my wife's bone stock Nissan Xterra one night. I spanked him through first gear, then let off. The Xterra will pull 1st gear pretty hard, but fall on it's face in second. The kid just turned off, embarrassed I guess. I got a good chuckle out of it, even though my wife thought I was being a bit childish for even doing it in the first place. Especially in her grocery getter.

[Hottrucks]

Ok I have to agree ALOT of us started out with old novas ,chevelles, darts or what evers....you know who you are and put the old cherry bomb to them with a set of Craggars!!! OH and don't forget the old Gabrial High jackers or a set of shackles so you could get that set of G 60 poliglass tires on the back!!!!...I know I was one of those Kool kids!!!

Physko71 is your wife related to my X because she would Beoch about me doing the same thing.....

KQQL where did you get that poic in your avitar?? I was at a race in onterio and that is a sick show of horse Power and torque

[prostreetC-10]

Naw.....I don't think it's a hating thing either. This is the "67-72 CHEVY TRUCK" forum so of course we can poke a little fun at something else. I look at this board as my buds sitting around the hunting campfire shooting the breeze. For that I don't really worry about being politically correct and just have fun, joking at things for a laugh..... not expecting to be taken too seriously.

Heck....there is one question about MY truck that I don't think I will ever be able to answer and that is "WHAT COLOR IS THAT?????" lmao

[ripdog28]

Originally Posted by prostreetC-10

Naw.....I don't think it's a hating thing either. This is the "67-72 CHEVY TRUCK" forum so of course we can poke a little fun at something else. I look at this board as my buds sitting around the hunting campfire shooting the breeze. For that I don't really worry about being politically correct and just have fun, joking at things for a laugh..... not expecting to be taken too seriously.

I couldnt agree more. I really refer to most guys on here as my friends. Tell the wife all the time, "My friend said....."

[foamypirate]

Hey, as long as it's all in good jest!

Believe me, I cringe just as much as you guys do when I see a riced out car!

[Super73]

Yup.. Them ricers are killing the world..

[Restrorob]

Hmmm......Wonder what a big block would sound like thru a couple of fart cans ?

[prostreetC-10]

You would probably blow the cans right off the ends of the exhaust. lol

[oldblue1968chevy]

^^lol