Originally Posted by SWATORNOT

you know its funny the only thing i can see here is complaining about RICERS....if you knew the true meaning of the word.

nobody in here has a clue it seems of the Sport compacts.

Yeah they may not be the style you like, or have obscene amounts of Hp and tq but look at the weight they have to move. The only thing i read here is how much you all hate the ricers and dont give due credit to the major people who build the compacts to perform.

V8 performance has been around for so long its so easy to bolt on performance and get big gains....why is that. They have been around long enough to advance from previous designs.

Sport Compacts have only been around for MAYBE a decade, they have come a long way since then, still nothing huge but they have to advance just like the V8s did....give it another 5-10 years and V8s at the track will be a thing of the past....kind of.


Another thing.. Why are so many Vehicle Manufacturers funding or even building a 4 cyclinder drag car or street car if they are so slow and gutless

Originally Posted by doomsday

I don't think anyone here that is big into American muscle would really hate the sport compacts just because they are imports or some stupid reason like that. However I think the big reason they are not liked by many is that for every nicely setup one there are 5,000 that the guy slapped on a chrome muffler tip, "NOS", and stickers and thinks he is fast and acts like a jerk always wanting to race. It is one of those things where I think the many ruined it for the few, if you understand what I mean. When I see a nicely done sport compact it gets a lot of respect from me, a while back a saw a Honda hatchback with something like a twin turbo V-tech making atleast 500hp. It was done tastefully as a sleeper, you could tell the guy put a lot of hard work and love into it, on the outside it looked pretty normal, but pop the hood and the engine was all nice polished stainless, real well done. My uncle had an RX-7 that was a simply amazing car.....I myself even drive a Mazda on most days. I know if they all were like that honda or close to it there would be no doubt in my mind that they would be the new muscle. But, when I go to the local car show and look at some of these cars I can't comprehend the thought process that went into it. I mean, no one needs 7 tvs, a stereo that takes up the whole trunk and a body kit on a car that is already lowered. There are also very few vehicles I know of that need a twin 5" exaust, short of a tractor trailer.