Rice Killer in action - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

Cautela · 05-04-2005, 09:57 PM

Edit: I'm getting some flak on these posts from members that don't understand why I posted these stories. Just to clarify, I'm NOT trying to brag! I'm posting this story and video because I find it humorous...

Last friday night I was cruising with a couple friends and we stopped at a sonic to get something to eat, it was around midnight. Low and behold true to its fable for being a ricer hang-out there was this guy whom I knew of from when he approached me once at the shop where I do work on my car and he immediately tells me that he wants to race me with his buddy's car because it's boosted, so I said alright...
Me: 1994 Acura Integra ls/vtec turbo @5.5psi
His friend's car: 2005 Honda Civic si with fancy greddy turbo kit @6.5psi

Ok, what makes this guy a ricer is that for one he has a 2003 civic Si of his own but it's not boosted so he decides to drive his buddy's car instead, second he claims he can keep up with WRX Sti's, and last but not least he claims he can "take anyone in the twisties"... All this will soon be proven otherwise.
I had my boost set at 8psi that night with my boost controller but lowered it to match his 6.5psi (it was about 6.8 ), then we went to this boulevard with some nice turns (by that time it was about 1am and no traffic). First we went from a 40mph roll, I beeped 3 times and immediately put a car lenght on him at the end of third gear, by the time we reached 100 I shut down and he was about 3 car lenghts behind. Then he catched up and gave me the usual "I wasnt in my powerband" ricer excuse, and now he wanted to go from a 60mph roll, I agreed and after we took off I jumped about 2 car lenghts ahead and by the time we hit 100 he was in my rearview mirror and there was a curve coming up so I decelerated and at about 70 I downshifted to 3rd and tapped the throttle lightly to enter the curve smoothly, he tried to follow but to no avail, he only kept geting smaller in my rearview mirror... so there went his claims of greatness

, an Sti would walk me like this so there's no way he can keep up with even a STOCK Sti. After we pitted in to this gas station he started to give me all kind's of excuses, among them he said one of the charge pipes was leaking boost and how he has no aftermarket exhaust

but the funniest thing is I got him to videotape all of this with my camera from his car (his passenger, who BTW is the owner of the car, was taping), I guess he thought he was going to get some nice shots of my front but instead got the taillights, oh and I heard him talking shit in the video while I was whooping his ass

.... sorry if this is too long.

Click for vid

flyingtoaster · 05-04-2005, 10:54 PM

Nice kill. What were they saying in the video? I wouldn't say you beat a ricer, just a bullshitter. I think Honda people put way too much effort in defining what a "ricer" is. Let's face it, our cars were built in Japan, and rice is what they eat. Is there anything wrong with driving a rice burner?

Cautela · 05-05-2005, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by flyingtoaster

Nice kill. What were they saying in the video? I wouldn't say you beat a ricer, just a bullshitter. I think Honda people put way too much effort in defining what a "ricer" is. Let's face it, our cars were built in Japan, and rice is what they eat. Is there anything wrong with driving a rice burner?

I'm not putting effort nor am I in the wrong when I say this guy was being a ricer. The car you drive does not make you a ricer, what makes you a ricer is your ignorance towards certain things related to your car and other people's car and then boasting to know about what you're talking about, that's my definition of a ricer.

flyingtoaster · 05-05-2005, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cautela

I'm not putting effort nor am I in the wrong when I say this guy was being a ricer. The car you drive does not make you a ricer, what makes you a ricer is your ignorance towards certain things related to your car and other people's car and then boasting to know about what you're talking about, that's my definition of a ricer.

We just call that a dumbass around these parts.

Sk8trPunkTMW · 05-05-2005, 12:10 PM

no i agree with cautela...in respect to imports thsoe "dumbasses" are ricers...everything and everyone else have they're own names like "muscle-brain" etc..."ricers" is teh name for dumbasses whod rive imports!

flyingtoaster · 05-05-2005, 12:37 PM

But Camaro enthusiasts don't call eachother muscle brains if one of them has a chicken wire and fake SS badging. They're posers or dumbasses. I don't race during rush hour or rev on muscle cars, but I consider myself a ricer because hey, I drive an Integra with little juice box cup holders.

fsufan814 · 05-05-2005, 01:12 PM

most believeable thread ive read in this racing column yet bc i know the type and yuo sound honest

:::thumbs up for you:::

Bakushan · 05-05-2005, 01:59 PM

A ricer can be domestic or imported.

Refer to the all knowing www.ricekiller.com/faq

Domestic Rice

And of course, imported rice..

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WHAT IS A "RICER"?

To answer this question it would not be fair to just say my own personal opinion. The truth is that
everyone has their own definition of what "rice" is. To those of you who are not car enthusiasts that are
visiting the site, you need to know that "rice" has to do with vehicles. Modification of a vehicle is
normally something that is done by a "car enthusiast". Depending on the intent of the owner, a car can
become faster, handle better, be more efficient, look better, or all of the above. Among car enthusiasts,
both imported and domestic, a unspoken respect is shared between those who have worked hard to
modify their car, and have literally made the vehicle better.

Then you have the ricers. Some say that it happened with the release of the movie "the fast and the
furious", but "rice" has been around for much longer than that. Originally, the term rice was called rice
because not only where the vehicles that were guilty from Asia, but a majority of the drivers were as
well. In todays society this cant be further from the truth. People from all races, driving cars made in
every country, have found ways to "rice out" their vehicles. These people, who proudly own and
operate these vehicles are known as "ricers".

WHAT MAKES A CAR RICE?

This is where things can get a little hairy. Everyone has their own opinion of what makes a car rice, so
here are what your average car enthusiasts would define as rice. Special thanks to the users of
LS2.COM, DFWLS1.COM and SUPERHONDA.COM for their input on this question. Here is the peoples
reply to the question, "What makes a car a ricer"?

-That gay ass, lawn mower/weed-wacker type sound that you can hear for miles coming from their
shitbox. oh, and a huge ass dumb ugly looking wing that serves no purpose other then looking stupid.
Then there are the stickers all over the car so it looks like a giant billboard for APC Racing....but ill
let someone else talk about that one.

-attitude-mixed with a slow car-and lots of stickers

-mentality and the illusion of being fast

-mostly how they act, the hard look, the revving, the peeling out at every stop light, the "my car could
smoke anything", etc etc. There are plenty of ricers in mustangs/fbodies

-Simple. The look/sound of speed without actually being fast/quick.Like the guy with a 72 nova with a
307 and open headers. Or the guy with the c5 that wanted to drill holes in his exhaust before his
muffler instead of buying a cutout or different exhaust. Rice can definately be american. It's all in how
the owner bastardizes his car.

-I only see ricers as people who have more show than go, but act like it's the fastest thing in the
world.

-The mentality, the way they drive, the way they'll floor it to pass you on the left, switch lanes in front
of you, jam on the brakes and make a right turn. All the while sounding like a weedeater.

-aluminum wing, stickers, fart cannon, led turn signal mirrors, and a bad attitude

-Pretty much any car that is more show than go - body kits, wheels, fake NOS bottles, wings, stickers,
etc on a car that is totally stock. I think the term ricer could also be applied to a person who either has a
fast car that can't drive it or thinks his car is much faster than it really is. Some of these items by
themselves don't necessarily make a car rice though. I had a car I think a lot of people on this site
would consider rice - '95 Nissan 240SX w/ a header and a "fart can" (full exhaust, not just a tip), but the
body and interior were totally stock, all modifications were for speed. I don't consider cars like that to be
rice.

-In my opinion, the other day this kid pulls up to me with a Honda Accord. It had the dumbest looking
paint job, gauges on the pillar, it was lowered, had the biggest fart pipe I've ever seen, a wing on the
back, and it was thumping the bass with music you couldn't even make out because of all the static.

He's sitting there waiting for the light to change revving the motor so much I thought it was going to
explode.

The MORON actually thought he could beat me. The light turns green and he spins a little and starts to
move. I just took off rather mildly and just walked away. I wasn't racing him by no means. At the next
light he says to me, "you have an 8 cylinder don't you?" I said, "uh, yeah, what did you think it was". He
says, "Oh, I don't know but its pretty fast".

So I think a "RICER" is a moronic, idiot, fool, dumbass, that has no idea about performance
and they think that fart pipes, paint and big fiberglass wings is what makes a car fast.

True performance enthusiasts that own foriegn cars are no different than us, they are not ricers