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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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Speed or Sound

OK,OK.

This has been somthing that has erked me for a while so I would like to throw it out there for discussion.

I think it was the fast and the furious movie that did it but people want to put on turbo's, intakes, exhaust, etc to go fast. Then they add 75 lbs of MDF, 50 lbs in speakers, 100 lbs in dynomat, then they take out the passenger seat to save weight??? Go figure.

Please Discuss......
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 09:27 AM
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Your right about the way they protray that in movies. But someone that is only in for the "timeslip" will have it stripped down and could care less about the rest.

It doesn't matter if it's an inch or a mile, a win's a win....



Old Mar 13, 2008 | 06:12 PM
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omfg..i wish to holy sweet god that whoever made that movie would die or was never made...

since that stupid ass flick was made, every moron with a POS civic, some kind of hatchback or thier moms carrolla with those stupid mufflers thought they were fast
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by EL_REY
since that stupid ass flick was made, every moron with a POS civic, some kind of hatchback or thier moms carrolla with those stupid mufflers thought they were fast
You got that right but it`s so fun showing them that they wasted there money when I smoke them with my 04 Astro Van.
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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Then they add 75 lbs of MDF, 50 lbs in speakers, 100 lbs in dynomat, then they take out the passenger seat to save weight??? Go figure.

Please Discuss......
My son found out the hard way that 2 12" subs and 2 1000 watt amps can remove every screw inside his car.

From age 15-20 he answered every question with YOU DON`T EVEN KNOW man it`s fun when the grow up and you get to pay them back.
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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What got me was the scene, I think in the second one, where the black Civic is under the semi, accelerates BWAAH..BWAAAH..BWAAAAH, it's up two gears and still going the same speed as the truck! What does this say about the competence of the expected audience?

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Old Mar 13, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by pg318
What got me was the scene, I think in the second one, where the black Civic is under the semi, accelerates BWAAH..BWAAAH..BWAAAAH, it's up two gears and still going the same speed as the truck! What does this say about the competence of the expected audience?

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OH BOY! he kinda scared me when he went under the other kid on his back!
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 08:48 PM
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Thinking he might give some retribution for the kick he received a few seconds earlier?
Old Mar 13, 2008 | 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by pipshhr
OK,OK.

This has been somthing that has erked me for a while so I would like to throw it out there for discussion.

I think it was the fast and the furious movie that did it but people want to put on turbo's, intakes, exhaust, etc to go fast. Then they add 75 lbs of MDF, 50 lbs in speakers, 100 lbs in dynomat, then they take out the passenger seat to save weight??? Go figure.

Please Discuss......
Don't forget an extra 200 lbs in wings, skirts, spoilers, and neon...

No "ten-second" car is going to have all that crap on it. People don't even realize what the term power-to-weight ratio means anymore.
Old Mar 14, 2008 | 10:08 AM
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It's always funny to see these riced up cars with their fart can mufflers, Type R stickers, top fuel rear wings, etc. get blow away by stock everyday drivers.

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