Are the Majority of Paintball Players Ricers at Heart?

[JimmyBeam]

so true

[Lo�us]

Well first its performance and then its the rice

[Crazy]

Last time i checked, ghilli suits and camo does make a difference in woodsball...?

[booyah]

shoot a mag, drive a ...

thats why i shoot a black and chrome mag, and drive a GTI

98 VW GTI VR6.

to the untrained eye, its looks very much like a normal golf. but straight from the factory it has better suspension, faster trans, bigger brakes, and a 180HP v6 that sounds like EVERY engine SHOULD!

add to it a lightened flywheel, stronger clutch, stronger shocks and springs, bigger sway bars, fast street/track brake pads, falken azenis tires, shock tower braces, chip, k&n filter, Techtonics tuning exhaust (with identical to stock tips), and harnesses, and you have a car that still looks almost the same as a normal golf!!!

but runs 60 in the high 5's, quartermile in 14 flat, stops from 60 in about 120 feet, and rocks the autocross tracks...

oh, and blows ricers off the road cause they NEVER see it coming.

-Booyah

[JimmyBeam]

pics?

[SCpoloRicker]

shenaningins?

hate to purloin PBN, but I gotta call shenanigins...

Booyah, since it seems you take it to the track, post up your "14 flat" 1/4 timelip.

I looked at GTI's specifically the VR6 vs 1.8T. I know that the 6 makes more horsies (180 sounds right, actually... at the flywheel ) However, 180-200 horsies and FWD does not equal 14 flat.

All your other speed mods (K&N, chip, exhaust, etc.) MAY add 8-10 REAL horsepower.

A 300 rear wheel horse, rear wheel drive camaro (and the extra 750-1000lbs) will run mid to high 13's, and thats if ya know what you're doing.

Hate to rain on your parade, and its just my guess, but you should have stuck with "14s" at least...

[booyah]

sorry, still havent taken any, had the car 2 years...

it looks like a golf... no wings, air dams, big wheels (the breaks JUST fit under 15's, so i run azenis on the 15's)

the best thing about a GTI is its a pretty nice sleeper

[xmetal2001]

Ricers Disturb Me.

I would think that the majority of mag users wouldn't be ricers, or atleast a lower percentage than everbody else in paintball.

[booyah]

hate to purloin PBN, but I gotta call shenanigins...

Booyah, since it seems you take it to the track, post up your "14 flat" 1/4 timelip.

I looked at GTI's specifically the VR6 vs 1.8T. I know that the 6 makes more horsies (180 sounds right, actually... at the flywheel ) However, 180-200 horsies and FWD does not equal 14 flat.

All your other speed mods (K&N, chip, exhaust, etc.) MAY add 8-10 REAL horsepower.

A 300 rear wheel horse, rear wheel drive camaro (and the extra 750-1000lbs) will run mid to high 13's, and thats if ya know what you're doing.

Hate to rain on your parade, and its just my guess, but you should have stuck with "14s" at least...

hehehe, funny you compare it to a camero... a very good friend of mine has a 2001 z28 six speed (310 hp, rwd, yeah yeah yeah, yok AVS es 100s) and i'm right on him to 100. always depends who gets the best launch as to who is in front, but we run the same speed till i run out of 3rd

we run em all the time. also the 98 vr6's are MK3's, and are a good 4-500lbs lighter than the MK4's. officially, whp on the car (slightly improved due to the flywheel, k&n, exhuast, and chip) at michigans elevation was 168hp peak.

combined with better traction due to the azenies, and yeah, 14 is very attainable. considering my best run on the car stock was 14.4. the 14 flat is an estimate based on that, havent been back to the track, but lemme see what i can do next weekend

-Booyah

[SCpoloRicker]

yep MK3 >> MK4

It's funny, cause I was looking at at a 98 GTI just a couple months ago...

Thing was, they wanted 8k for it, and I was also looking at a 2k2 Focus for the same price. I wanted the GTI (cuz its cooler ) but four years of use changed my mind.

However, I bought it for the gas mileage, not performance.

For performance, back in high school, I used to drive a Turbo 944 (Porsche ). On 10 psi, it dyno'd 228 RWHP. Never made it to the track, and wiped it out changing CDs. That was, oh, 8 years ago

Now, I want to build one of three projects;

68 camaro, LS1, C4 running gear, 6-speed
69 fastback stang, crate 351, SN95 Cobra running gear, 6-speed
72 charger, new Hemi, ??? running gear (stupid Mopar), ??? tranny (again)

I might start a casual talk topic about this...

BTW, although anti-rice, I've seen a widebody MK3 with MK2 headlights and MK4 front rear facia... Plus, it's got blow-off valves!

Ricker


[edit] 14.4 stock?? :spit_take

also, forgot to vote: Painballers are very much into rice. Case in point //||\\

[eg0_Slayer]

I'm a little biased...I think some ricers can look nice, but I grew up around american cars. I'v got a 68 dodge coronet rockin a 440, bored out 40 over with a whipple supercharger pumpin 15 pounds of boost sittin in my garage right now. not to mention MY 91 RS camaro with a 4.3 L V6 bored out almost 55 over. now, of course both cars have the nice, classy paintjobs. racin stripes on the coronet. I've got a little sound system in the camaro. you know. but now, I think there are too many variables to compare the car, and the paintball world. as some would say, apples and oranges. but the basic principle stays the same. and I don't think a little flash can hurt. whether it be a 69 hemi challenger , a honda civic , or an intimidator.
/end rant

[Chris42050]

Well back to the old thread. I got the best gun I could afford and it happened to be annoed allready so that was cool. I like some fashion to my function. Oh and anyway everyone knows the best car is a 5 point 0.

[SCpoloRicker]

not letting it go...

Ego_slayer

440 before or after the boring (boreing?)? 15 psi on a 440

Know any good sources for Dodge Resto-Mod suspension stuff?

Also, 5.0 = peaky, low torque, but easy to get 300 ponies out of.

Always remember, no replacement for displacement (and boost )

5.0=302, LS1=350, new LS2=383

Ya but, PB, people want their markers to be unique, which is IMO what car modding is about as well. Also, there are some who put the money into flash, others into GOGOGOGO. Either way, you're supposed to enjoy it (cars and PB). If ya do, ya got it nailed!

[tony3]

If you can look good, why not?

[Empyreal Rogue]

Seriously....what is happening to AO.....

Sorry, I was making fun of ricers. I do that a lot since I hang out in a semi-ricer community. That side just took over and went nuts, like it does from time to time. Damn schizophrenia. :\