Racer or Ricer
11-22-04, 06:45 PM
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Gotta agree here. I spent years as the lead driving instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in GA. We used all automatics and did some really wild things in them. I (and many of my instructor staff) raced everything from SCCA to stocks and dirt track during our time off and the same techniques we taught were the ones we used in our stick shift race cars. I may catch flak from some here, but street racing is NOT cool. It is stupid and extremely dangerous to your license and life. You never know when Ma and Pa Kettle might wander into the middle of a race. There are tracks all over the U.S. where a person can push their car fast and most offer training in the right ways to do it. (I taught all of my kids proper racing techniques and it's made them safer drivers on the street.) I'd recommend joining the local real Mazda club and go to their sanctioned events.
Originally Posted by aznpoopy
bullshit.
MT or AT, you aren't a RACER unless you GET ON A DAMN TRACK.
keep the car bone stock, get a helmet and go to a drift event, HPDE or Auto-X or something.
racing = learning how to drive. even if your car is AT there's still alot you can learn with a good instructor and some track time.
MT or AT, you aren't a RACER unless you GET ON A DAMN TRACK.
keep the car bone stock, get a helmet and go to a drift event, HPDE or Auto-X or something.
racing = learning how to drive. even if your car is AT there's still alot you can learn with a good instructor and some track time.
11-23-04, 12:12 PM
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dude im in the same boat as you just i dont have an rx8 i have an fc but hey man if u got tha money and the time make it fast. thats my problem no money but if i did i swear id have a cosmos motor
12-20-04, 05:19 PM
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well i bout my first 88 gxl non turbo when i was 17 for 750 bucks. does that mean im spoiled cause i had an rx7 for my first car. i bought it myself though. man did that baby give me the speed bug. since then ive bought an awd turbo talon, a turbo 2 and now im driving a turd civic. what are the odds of that? its all good though ill be back to the rotary camp real soon.
12-20-04, 05:47 PM
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same here, why rice out a car? a mojority of the time, riced out cars look like trash and they aren't any faster than when they were first bought.....wether it's turning or going straight.
12-20-04, 08:11 PM
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To me a mild bodykit can be tasteful (and the widebody 1st gens look great). But alot of people really over do it and make the car look gross. But I have seen a few cars with body kits that looked fantastic. The big wings usually look gay though.
Plus its something to do last, Im doing a body kit on my TII since it needs new bumpers and sideskirts and I really don't wanna go back to stock, itll be very mild though.
Plus its something to do last, Im doing a body kit on my TII since it needs new bumpers and sideskirts and I really don't wanna go back to stock, itll be very mild though.
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