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(74 votes) Published: Nov 07, 2007 4:23 p.m. Viewed 345 times
In the world of vehicle performance tuning, there are 2 main tuning groups. This applies to tuners, drag racers and shitbox racers. The first group is the showoffs, the second group is the hustlers.
Showoffs will drive cars that are meant to look fast and beefy. Manytimes they will be. But regardless of how fast the car actually is, nobody is going to race against a car they dont think they can beat. The showoffs will have big nostril hoodscoops, flashy chrome rims, plenty of stickers and unneccesary fancy things on the outside of the car. Showoffs are out to get popularity points, talk all the shit they want and use this as a pussy tactic. Their tactic at winning races is never getting into one in the first place so they just scare other people away from racing them at all.
Hustlers are very different. They arent out to get popularity points or get hott chicks with their car because a nice car doesnt guarantee you hott chicks. They dont trick out everything in excess because a pair of $250 pepboys chrome rims isnt going to increase the valueof the car by more than $100 and it gives no performance advantage. They will put all of their money into their motor, make the motor look inconspicuous and keep people from thinking that it has been tuned or modified. This gives them an advantage. In my area, it is common that the police will do open hood engine checks to make sure that nobody is illegally modifying their engine or suping it up out of control. Hustlers will usually pass that test. The penalty for failing that test can sometimes end with a fine for violating emissions laws or having the car impounded and requiring a new vehicle inspection with the police officer attending to make sure no shortcuts are made.
Hustle racing is great. It pisses off just about every opponent. If their car isnt suped up that they will be pissed either way but it gets particularly annoying when you race against someone who knows that their car is ridiculously fast.
A car like this with a chrome valve cover, chrome boost pipes and red silicone connectors will stand out like a sore thumb.
It just says "hey look how suped up i am" and it makes people expect the car to be ridiculously fast. People assosciate chrome with performance. I have seen 2.0L motors completely covered in chrome from valve cover to oil pan only put out 130 hp. Remember when opening up hoods to compare testosterone levels with someone that a chrome boost pipe can easily be replaced with a black one or covered up by an inconspicuous heatshield to draw less attention to the fact that the car could be turbocharged. 4-cylinder volkswagens have engines that are pushed far back into the firewall. It is common that people can fit a turbocharger behind the engine and it is EXTREMELY HIDDEN. People have made complete stealth turbos that arent even noticed when the car is being inspected.
The truly fast cars are rarely the ones that have no dirt under the hood. I have seen many cars that have clean engines that are extremely fast but are rarely abused and pushed to their limits. The dirty engines are motors that get pushed to the limits, the drivers will do anything to win a race, they wind it up to rev limit, they worry less about engine appearance and more about engine performance. My most common evaluation is "how many handprints are under the hood". The more greasy handprints on things under the hood, the more the car is tuned, re-tuned, taken apart, rebuilt, tuned again and pushed to the limits over and over which means that the owner is pulling every last hp out of the current engine.
Heres a turbocharged Honda H-22a motor.
This motor doesnt come with a turbocharger stock and is just 140-150 hp stock. That dirty motor with greasy boost pipes and lines puts out about 290 hp.
Heres a 1.8L Volkswagen Jetta motor.
(this is my car) This motor is 105 hp stock and 109 ft lbs of torque stock. If you look carefully at the picture and look just under the radiator shroud, youll see a solid motor mount, It is visible that the top of the MAF box has been pryed off multiple times (implying that an engine microchip could have been installed), It has no P/S pump, the A/C lines are still attached but the clutch on the A/C condensor has been removed, if you look closely youll see that the timing sprocket is adjustable (implying that a cam has been installed) and has 12 screws on it, and theres a microswitch visible at the back of the spring and slider on the throttle cable/butterfly valve that controls the nitrous/fuel solenoids for a direct-port wet nitrous system. It has alot of other mods but those are the only ones visible in that picture other than the suspension and ignition system. The motor now puts out close to 220 hp and 230 ft lbs of torque. In an 1800 lb car.
This is another honda H22a.
Although this one has alot of nice chrome parts and red parts, its still only 145 hp. It has no turbocharger or crazy cylinderhead work to give it any insane power. Just a header and an air intake.
The best way to hustle someone in racing is just to show up with a beater car with an inconspicuous motor. Many times they wont even want to see what is under the hood. People will race for cash without inspecting the other car much. Also think about the weight difference in vehicles when someone brags about how much power their car has. 400 hp in a schoolbus isnt a whole lot in a race against a 120 hp kia. Have fun out there, dont assume that chrome is speed because youll feel like a dumass when a dude in a cavalier wagon passes you.
Nov 07, 2007 5:58 pm - my car is a VW, the first one was a hyundai. Ive never driven a nice/fast hyundai, however i have driven some nice/fast hondas but they come rare in the tuning world. In the tuning world of volkswagens, few are nice and comfy, but most of them are fast as a motherfucker. And they can handle well. My jetta is incredibly uncomfortable. The entire inside including the dash rattles and vibrates to the motor, the seats have no lumbar support so after 1 hour of strong vibrations and going 0-60 in 5 seconds over and over and riding at 100 mph, your back hurts, your ears are ringing, youve got a migraine, you feel like you need to poop, your neck hurts, your mouth is dry from screaming but damn did you have fun or what?
4-cylinder volkswagens have engines that are pushed far back into the firewall. It is common that people can fit a turbocharger behind the engine and it is EXTREMELY HIDDEN. People have made complete stealth turbos that arent even noticed when the car is being inspected.
must be a dumb shit inspector and its so hard to hide a turbo cos of the pipe lines and the sound so idk what your thinking but 5*
Nov 08, 2007 3:14 pm - youd be surprised... Volkswagens have intake air preheat systems that have a pipe from the exhaust manifold to the air filter anyways. That usually confuses people when i open the hood. My old jetta had a complete stealth supercharger system. I had the supercharger mounted UNDERNEATH the alternator as though it were an A/C condensor. I had a supercharger whine silence system installed, i had a plastic guard over the supercharger (just like the plastic A/C condensor guard and my boost pipes ran through the factory airbox and were hidden by electrical lines, heatshields and coolant lines. The man at the inspection station asked me what kind of wheel bearings i was using. He said that it winds up pretty easily on the dyno. After he put the sticker on and passed me, i told him that it was supercharged. He said "what!?" "I was wondering why your A/C didnt work and why there were no A/C lines coming out of the A/C compressor". It is pretty easy to hide a turbo system with a jetta. The intake manifold is 1/2 inch from the firewall and theres an intake box and coolant lines on each side preventing you from seeing the exhaust manifold.
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