Taking over the keyboard for a minute. This is Paul 69 Mach I's son Scott.
Why doesn't everyone quit ragging on this guy for building up a Honda.
Mr. 5.0 -- This goes for you in particular seeing how you're the most avid "rice hater" in this thread. Why do you even care what this guy does with his car. Does it personally cause any harm to you when this guy decides to put money into a car that HE owns? I would understand if he said "Hey! Mr 5.0 has this 86 Prelude and I'm gonna put NAWWWWWWWS (as you put it) on it" and you were offended. The guy can do whatever he wants with his car just like you can.
As a 1994 Honda Prelude VTEC and 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass S owner, I can proudly say that I respect both sides for their attributes. They both have their pro's and con's.
Personally, I dumped over $5000 into the Cutlass and the Prelude still dusts it with just an intake and header. And let me guess what your response will be: "[southern accent] I don't care what no gosh darn rice mobile can do to some piece of trash GM product[/southern accent]". Ok... well the Prelude will also dust my Dad's 1969 Mach 1... Wait! I know what you'll say now: "[southern accent] well that's some tired old pony car that don't got no go left in her! I'd likes to see some gosh darn 4-banger honda piece of garbage go up against a fuel injected 5.0! YEEEEEEHAW![/southern accent]"
Wait... I did... haha. Beat that car also... Blew his doors off right off the line and pulled hard on him... he finally caught up at 120mph but the quarter mile was over so guess what! He lost too...
I think I know your problem... I think that you suffer from the same syndrome that muscle car owners were infected with when the Grand National came out. You fear what you don't know... and you're too closed minded to do research into what actually makes these cars fast. Instead of looking into things, you just sit back, drink your miller high life, chew on your skoal, and complain about what other people do with THEIR CARS!!!
Who cares if an Import Enthusiast decides to use Nitrous Oxide on their car... it's just another method of forced induction. Some of the fastest street legal mustangs out there run nitrous.
I agree that RICERS are annoying... however, anyone that puts money into a performance import isn't a ricer. Ricers are people who cut off their muffler, weld on a coffee can, build themselves a plywood spoiler in their garage, and think they run high 8's in the 1320. I totally agree that these people are idiots... I'll be the first to admit it! However, you fail to see that there are DOMESTIC ricers out there too...
I think that you are a closed minded bigot who needs to get educated... Your mustang is NOT God... You will roll up next to a 4-cylinder that WILL blow your doors off some day. Why don't you show some respect for people who are different than yourself. Just because you enjoy a fire breathing V8 doesn't mean that someone else can't enjoy something else.
Search the web... you'll find numerous videos of civics dusting Vipers, Camaros, Mustangs, you name it...
Personally... I think that I would rather have a street driven Honda, with a full interior, and nice stereo, that could dip into the low 13's on Nitrous (and a fully built race motor by Golden Eagle) than a Mustang that could lay down 10's, not be driven daily, get 2 gpm (gallons per mile), have 1 seat and no sound insulation, break down on me on the way home, and get me laughed at while I sit on the side of the road with my F.O.R.D. (found on road dead...).
www.superhonda.com/forum is a good place to start your education... they're educated enough to fight back against your "V8 Utopia" arguments too... why don't you read a little and learn to accept that not everyone has a V8 like you because not everyone needs to compensate for their manhood... like you....
~Sincerely,
~Scott (IHIPrelude94 on superhonda.com)
P.S. -- Don't ban my father from the forum because of me... this will be the last time I post here. If you have something to settle with me I'll see you on superhonda.com