Re: Too close for comfort [long]

["Marie Laugesen" <scirocco@telus.net>]

Speaking of which, we have a few customers who have pulled off the
honda/acura hybrid thing with amazing results.  Anyone who works with these
cars can tell you that aside from the manufacturer and the North American
made cars, the Honda and Acura products are completely different.  We have a
customer who stuffed a VTEC engine out of a '93 Integra GSR into his CRX...
it may be Japanese but shit, you gotta respect someone like that.  And this
car looks bone stock, too. The engine transplant looks lik,e it came from
the factory that way.

Just my $0.02

Marie
>I'm not trying to piss anyone off by bringing up old stuff, but there do
>exist Honda guys that actually try to learn about their cars and how to go
>faster.  Granted, there are a lot of kids (and older guys) who are just
>following a trend to be cool, who don't really give a rats ass about
>learning anything about how a car (not just a honda) works and how to make
>it faster.
>
>However, I have personally assisted two of my best friends with swapping
>three japanese spec b16a engines into their cars.  One of them is a 94
civic
>that he got wrecked for $1200 and I thought there was no hope for this car.
>Get this, he goes to the junkyard and cuts the entire right rear 1/4 (not
>quarter panel, the whole car) of the same year model car, takes it home,
>cuts off the bent stuff, and welds together a car.  It is totally gutted,
>with a b16a, intake, exhaust, roll bar, cams, and a few other small things.
>The thing runs low 14s and he has spent under $3000 on it so far.  The
thing
>is a total beater...it has about 300 holes in the firewall where water and
>cold air can come in as they please, and is painted with black primer and
>looks like total crap.  How can you not give people like this credit?
>
>I like doing my own thing and being different, so I wanna kick honda ass in
>my rocco.  I'm all about the underdog cool.  I don't want respect for the
>kind of car I'm driving, I want respect because of the reasons I like my
car
>and the time and effort I've put into it.
>
>Point being, don't pass judgement on people until you fully understand
them.
>  I am always up for talking to someone else who is into their car and
>working on it themselves for whatever reason.  There will always be that
>group of people that think they are "tuners" that have never changing their
>own oil.  There's nothing I hate more than hearing honda "tuners" talk down
>upon other car makes like their shit don't stink (for lack of a better
>phrase.)  This is an ignorant attitude and just goes to show that they
>aren't interested in the cars they drive.  I say shoot first, ask questions
>later...kick their ass at the stoplight and then find out if they're
>hardcore :)
>
>MHO
>Joe
>
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