Originally Posted by
JHM2K
Road racing is for ricers? I'll call my ALMS friends and let them know they can go ahead and quit racing... I'm sure they will get a chuckle.
Anyone else know why this tool is still here? Go hang yourself, Yota.
Cheers!
You might try improving your reading comprehension in the future. Thus far your complete lack thereof is making you look like an idiot. IF that is not the case, then you should endeavor to pay closer attention.
I only stated that the comment, "yeah well I'm faster in the twisties!" is a ricer comment. I then stated I have no interest in road racing. Nowhere did I state that road racing has ANY correlation to ricerdom. That, my good sir, came from only your mouth, not mine.
Originally Posted by
sk8erjosh09
Ive done research and found most of the times they publish to be pretty dead on. I havent researched the cobra (cause I hate ford) but from my understanding, you dont heat stock street tires before a 1/4................ Prove me wrong??
I would never call my car a ricer. No 4 banger here..... but no, I was simply stating that a track requires more skill... and since you state you are such a good driver maybe you should road race??? You know, put your money where your mouth is????? and why would you resort to threats? - [ For your sake, I certainly hope not]- were simply having a discussion about cars not who swings the biggest johnson....
Since when is "for your sake, I hope not" a threat?? Rest assured, that it is not. As a side note, making threats is silly. If an argument ever escalates to that point, it is best to simply extricate oneself. Rather I was hoping you were above such things as making ricerish statements.
IMO cylinder count has nothing to do with being a ricer. Rather it's the attitude of the driver. Trust me when I say I know a lot more ricer vette owners than I do civic ricers. In fact I've only come across one ricer in a civic, the rest have been great gearheads and some with some astoundingly fast 4bangers.
Now The burn out, regardless of iteration, occurs before you stage. The last time I checked, the definition of burnout did not include a time reference. A quick spin of street tires still qualifies as a "burn out." (at least IMO) The only difference between a quick spin and heating up a set of DRs or slicks is the time spent spinning. (Also Dunlop direzza star spec z1s are a street tire that takes a liking to a long burnout. But i will agree that most true street tires do not.)
As to the reference of road racing and being a good driver? No where did I say that I was a good driver. I'm not. But I damn sure am better than car and driver's "pro" driver is at cutting a good 60' time and that is the ONLY thing I'm referring to, which is also the most critical part of a quarter mile run.