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Simple question.

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:15 pm
by driftingremains
Ok well some guy pulled up next to me and it was at a red light and he was like flooring his car and shifting yet the car didn't move... and you could hear the shifts and rev's, etc.. my only thoughts are that he pulled up the emergency break and just drove it in place? I'm just wondering how he did this, lol.

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:36 pm
by potownrob
was he driving a civic?

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:40 pm
by driftingremains
didn't see, i took a left at the lights.. but he had some kind of modification where you can hear the shifts loudly outside the car... and such you know..

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:28 pm
by DrNick
Either he had his handbrake up, or his clutch is COMPLETELY shot.

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:25 am
by snikro
driftingremains wrote:didn't see, i took a left at the lights.. but he had some kind of modification where you can hear the shifts loudly outside the car... and such you know..
...blow off valve?

Or maybe, if he did that, he could have been revving up and letting off the gas and it falls a bit and then back on the gas to rev up again, sorta sounding like shifting, cause don't BOV's make the noise when you let off the gas? I don't know anything about them but maybe.

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:38 am
by hockeystyx16
the ricer was revving at you.

that modification that made it very loud is called a fart cannon. available on ebay for a very affordable price of under 10 dollars. expected gain is in the neighborhood of 10-100hp. automatically makes your car 3 seconds faster in the 1/4 mile. no other aftermarket upgrades offer this much power for the price, stickers are a distant second, they are only 5hp per sticker.

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:52 am
by six
Sounds like a car with a BOV. In neutral.

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:11 am
by Johnf514
potownrob wrote:was he driving a civic?
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:15 pm
by Computerman
hockeystyx16 wrote:the ricer was revving at you.

that modification that made it very loud is called a fart cannon. available on ebay for a very affordable price of under 10 dollars. expected gain is in the neighborhood of 10-100hp. automatically makes your car 3 seconds faster in the 1/4 mile. no other aftermarket upgrades offer this much power for the price, stickers are a distant second, they are only 5hp per sticker.
:lol: ROTFL

My BOV is super quiet at low rpm, but it is very loud when I'm coming off full boost (high rpm). It's the most quiet BOV I could locate.

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:31 am
by DocPHD
if his tires were smoking, he was burning out.

hold down the gas and brake hard on one foot, and ease off the clutch, not too slow or too fast.

buy new tires immediately afterwords :?

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:49 am
by Leedeth
DocPHD wrote:if his tires were smoking, he was burning out.

hold down the gas and brake hard on one foot, and ease off the clutch, not too slow or too fast.

buy new tires immediately afterwords :?
That can't be good for the brakes. New brake pads afterwards as well?

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:18 am
by DocPHD
Leedeth wrote:That can't be good for the brakes. New brake pads afterwards as well?
on whatever tires were burning, most likely, but as long as the unpowered wheels don't spin, they don't really get worn down too much.

i did a little number on my tires a few weeks ago. had to pay $100 a piece for the cheapest tires of the size i wanted, so i enjoyed the old ones as much as possible :lol:

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:18 pm
by hockeystyx16
powerbraking FTW

cant really burnout in a FWD tho, only ricer burnouts

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:18 am
by DocPHD
hockeystyx16 wrote:powerbraking FTW

cant really burnout in a FWD tho, only ricer burnouts
lol my bro does that in his ford focus. it's so funny