Laughed at an import, then felt bad about it

[Torinalth]

wow, there really is a lot of animosity (sp) twards the import crowd. heh, as a few of you know I have an Acura RSX-S and am selling it to get my GT.

Every person has their choice as of what car they want, and what style they wish to place the car in, be it a riced out neon lit, horribly lowered, fart canned, body kit ridden (talking bout the tastless ones), weed wackers; or the sleepers that give ya the scare when the little 4 banger is not in the rear view, but is starting to pull ahead of you. I would have fallen into the latter catagory had I not decided to go to the mustang. a solid suspension and about 2 inches lowering with sticky tires can be a solid start to an import. follow up with FI, you will never get a great runner on N/A, get a T16 or so with low compression pistons, then upgrade to make it work (injectors, pump, etc) and you can make a solid 400HP to the wheels. being light they can fly....... but they dont start with the power plant that american cars do. I have run a 13.8 in my RSX-S, and am proud, but I know that I can not take a new GT.

as far as the teg pushing 250HP and around all his friends.... he might be doing 250 at the crank, but not to the wheels. if he had that going to the wheels he would have raced you right there (if he knew you were stock). I will say this about the import community, they do lie a lot and try hard as hell to run with the american pride. some can, most try and fail HARD. if you get ripped by an import then it was more than likely a hardcore tuner. you have to do a lot to make them fast: their one advantage is overall weight, that is it.

anyhow, I'm done. most importers are good people, you can usually tell by looking at them if they are going to be punks or not.

Torinalth