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HellKnight
09-15-2002, 04:33 PM
I'll keep it short, I usually don't post about ricers but I just thought it was one of the funniest things that happened to me this week.

On the way back from work about 15mins ago I stopped at the lights during peak hour traffic and so happened to be the first car there.

I wait for the lights to change and traffic is building up behind me (I am in the fast lane which is the right side) and I see a little car with the works. A serious fart can that is larger than mine (I run a 3" straight through HKS Ti system with a 4.1" out) with stickers ranging from Blitz, TRD, HKS, Type-R, V-tek (yes T.E.K), chinese writing that I don't even know what it means and I am chinese. A serious rice mobile. I have heavy limo smoke tint so I wind down my window so I could point and laugh at the kid and he takes a look at me and revs his car to redline a few times. I guess he was showing me he did have V-Tec or tried to prove to me he could take me on.

Lights turn Green and he spins his FWD echo and takes off, I see him hobble around so I am guessing he hit redline and screwed up a shift so I figure ill let the kid see what my car can do, so I downshift back to 1st from 3rd (Since I was not running my car hard at all) him being about 2 lengths ahead I poped infront of him and changed to 2nd and got him by 8 lengths and let off.

Rolled to the 2nd set of lights which is right next to my house but I need to go a huge detour to get home due to road works. HE rocks up and pretty much orders me to wound down my window. I wound it down and smile and he yells "Good race, Atleast my car can launch better than you". I am like WTF but just smile and asked to race again. He agrees since he believes his rice mobile can launch better than a 400+bhp MKIII Supra.

Lights turn and I launch at 3700RPM and run through first and I am about 4 lengths ahead. I change to 2nd and look in my rear view to see where he is and he dropping fast. Change to 3rd and keep on accelerating just to embaress the shit out of him. I get to my exit and traffic is just after it and I am pretty much the only person near my area so I brake to slow down to 45km/h, downshift to 2nd, down my window and take the corner sideways and I give him thumbs up as he catches up to me at around 80km/h and locks it and follows behind me. I turn off to my home street and he is still behind me and he drives into my driveway with me. Talk to him about 5mins ago (he only just left) and he is one dumbass but I didn't tell him that because he knows where I live now :p

He believes his Echo can take on most new commodres (Aussie domestic cars), and claims to have beaten plenty of imports such as RX-7's, skylines, integras and Supras.

Funny thing is he looks at my driveway and we have 3 cars, A Soarer 4.0L V8 (mums car), S13 N/A Silvia(little brothers) and my Supra. He tells me that he would woop all those cars except mine because I "proved" to him that my car was faster.

Some idiots, the got to learn that adding a huge rear wing, stickers, fart can and other misc. items, does not make your car faster than true cars.

-Martin.

BlackBob
09-17-2002, 04:12 PM
nice kill it is funny though,but what are you running ? So fare as undr the hood mods go (just curious)

HellKnight
09-17-2002, 04:26 PM
Quick lowdown:

Stock turbos, HKS 4" Ti exhaust system,HKS 75mm Downpipe, Custom built AMS Intercooler w/hardpipe upgrade, Head Gasket: HKS S/S Stopper-type Head Gasket, Head Studs: Custom Built ARP 12mm Head Stud Kit for 7MGTE, HKS SSQBOV Kit,K&N FIPK w/K&N Precharger, Magnecor S/P wires, GReddy Iridium Spark Plugs, Unorthodox Racing lightweight Cam and flywheel 7:5:1 Compression Piston .030 overbore, Lexus AFM, 750cc injectors w/ HALTECH E6 FMS.

Got quite a few more but cant be bothered listing everything.

-Martin.

666TX3
09-18-2002, 08:51 PM
Oh man, is it just us, or has every country in the world have these dickheads.

I unmasked this dude i went to school with today. He works at this restauraunt that me and my girl go to. Anyways he saw my car ages ago and was bullshitting to me about how he has this GLi Laser with a full TX3 4WD Turbo driveline, 20lbs of boost etc etc. I was being polite, pretending he was legit, thinking "you absolute fuckwit"
Anyways i saw him in the city today and beat him in my mums car! So funny.

HellKnight
09-19-2002, 04:54 PM
Originally posted by 666TX3
he has this GLi Laser with a full TX3 4WD Turbo driveline, 20lbs of boost etc etc. I was being polite, pretending he was legit, thinking "you absolute fuckwit"
Anyways i saw him in the city today and beat him in my mums car! So funny.

Interesting, didn't know those GLi's could have a TX3 conversion. With the cost of all the work done (tranny, driveline, engine, turbo, harnesses etc...) you could easily of bought a TX3 and replaced the badge with a GLi one (if he were looking for a sleeper), would be exactly the same. Same exterior design except for the badging. Unless we are talking about the ones with the 4 lights at the front such as yours.

-Martin.

666TX3
10-20-2002, 10:52 PM
Originally posted by HellKnight
Interesting, didn't know those GLi's could have a TX3 conversion. With the cost of all the work done (tranny, driveline, engine, turbo, harnesses etc...) you could easily of bought a TX3 and replaced the badge with a GLi one (if he were looking for a sleeper), would be exactly the same. Same exterior design except for the badging. Unless we are talking about the ones with the 4 lights at the front such as yours.

-Martin.

The conversion is absolutely do-able and i have seen it done, but this guy was pulling his dick.
There is really no point in trying to make a GL.Gli go like a TX3, because almost everything about them is different. There are some pretty sweet GLi's getting around, but if you see any 4 door laser with TX3 badges, do me a favour and rip them off. Its sacrilage.

HellKnight
10-21-2002, 05:14 PM
Originally posted by 666TX3
The conversion is absolutely do-able and i have seen it done, but this guy was pulling his dick.
There is really no point in trying to make a GL.Gli go like a TX3, because almost everything about them is different. There are some pretty sweet GLi's getting around, but if you see any 4 door laser with TX3 badges, do me a favour and rip them off. Its sacrilage.

True... On another note, wanna hear something funny, a TX3 wooped the FD's and FC's in the AutoX event on Saturday. Only cars that beat it were the Rally Spec'ed WRX STi's and the fella with the 300ZX who was booted out of the dyno comp with myself because we would of broken our sideskirtings on the machine.

Yeah so it came in the top 10 out of the around 65 cars so props to the TX3's. They're becoming popular over here awfully quick but atleast their tuning them instead of ricing them.

-Martin.

666TX3
10-22-2002, 08:10 PM
Sweet as!! Go team!!! The only problem is that the TX3 aftermarket is pretty much non-existent and there arent many fully bommed one's out there.
But the B6 has so much potential because it has a really short bore/stroke ratio so, with the right internals, it is possible to make huge ammounts of power.
Match this with 4WD and they cane.

BTW, that Gli laser i was telling you about didn't actually have TX3 running gear, it was just him BS'ing to me. Thats why i beat him in my mums car!!