Azn Tr14dZ said:
My cuz (also filipino) used to race in New Jersey. He HAD a Subaru WRX STi with front and rear body kits and sides. His exhaust was a HKS and he had Sparco seats. I'm not sure how much HP he got though. i think it only around 500-600 HP. Then one day he got his speakers jacked (Polk Audio) and he got mad. he stopped racing for a while now because of pink slips.
Funny story he told me:
his friend had a Honda Civic fully tuned but looked really stock except for exhaust. This other guy was talking shit and said his ride was slow. So they raced, but the other guy didn't know that the Civic was light as hell (fiberglass, aluminum body, carbon fiber hood) and damn, he got his has beat by a mile. The guy talking shit was soo embarrased.
That was a pretty good thing to do though, hide your power, don't do all this stuff to your car to show off, then someone will race you and they'll lose because they didn't know what was under your hood.
yeah datz da thing,..... ur not gonna know wats under da hood of ur oponent,.....
but yeah,... dat same thing happen'd to my friend back in PI,..... we were chllin by the road where everybody race's at,.... this fashion orange 00' Honda Civic SiR stop'd in front of us and said dat he want'd to race with any car that we have,..... so knowing that his car is a SiR,.... we knew dat it a had a B16 engine,..... but i also gave it a thought dat it might of had a engine swap to a B18c1 (GSR - 160HP) or maybe a B18c (Type R - 210HP),.....
from the sound of the engine,.... it had no turbo,.. so it was All-motor,..... with CAI,.... 4-1 headers,... custom pipes,... no CAT and no Muffler,.... but im pretty sure it had more shiet in it,..... like Cam Gears,... pulleys,... under pulley's,..... port and polish heads,....no more,.....
looking at the car,... it was stock,....
so i went and took a closer look at it and it was all metal inside the car,.... no back seat,... no passenger seat,..... just 1 Sparco bucket seat,... no carpet,..... all 4 door panel was gone,.... no dashboard,..... it also had Sparco steering wheel,..... and a Tachometer,...... it doesnt even have a speedometer,...... i went around the car and knock'd on the body,....
AND GUESS WAT,...... all four doors were Carbon Fiber,..... but u cant tell from the looks of it coz its body painted,...... and also the hood and trunk were Carbon Fiber but just painted,....
so i told my homie about it,...... but it was to late already,....... we already made the deal,.... (best of out 3 race,..... winnder gets the cash) they told us dat its a stock engine (stock B16a : 170HP) the way the sound of the car,..... i think it might have had 210HP,...... BUT LIGHT AS FU_CK,......
my homie had a MR2 twin-cam turbo (stock is 200HP and 200 Torque) but had HKS stage 2 or 3 cam gears i think,.... it had fuel rail,.... fuel pump,..... pulley's,... and a Greddy Turbo Controller (lets u adjust the turbo setting's inside the car,.....)
the turbo setting on that race was on MEDIUM,..... i told him to put it on HIGH,..... but he said dat the engine is not tuned to go with the HIGH setting turbo yet,..... and if he does put it on HIGH,..... its gonna go even slower the the MEDIUM setting,...
we lose the 1st and 2nd run,......
i saw the same 00' SiR,.... few months later for the Mayor's Cup Drag Race running mid 12'z on a 1/4 mile,....
how yeah,....about ur cozin,..... its kinda hard for me to believe dat your cozin has STi with 500 - 600wHP,....... im not saying it'z not possible,...... but its gonna cost around $15,000 - $20,000 just for the engine upgrade's and tuning,..... (im just guessin' on the cost)
i would belive u if u told me some stuff dat he has under the hood
