boi racers..

[thehollowmen]

And what REALLY pisses me off.....his girlfriend is HOT!!!!

show her the really fast world of world of motorcycles

[vifferman]

We call the big aerofoils "God Handles" in our household (picture a big hand, reaching down out of the clouds, and using the handle to vroom the car along the road like a wind-up toy one, before letting it go....)
Aerofoils (and spoiler kits) need summat like 120 km/h + before they have any effect. So unless these guys are racing, they're a waste of time. Dumbest looking ones are those on small convertible sportscars, like the S2000 at the end of our street (like the Lambo up the road from us doesn't need a big wing, so why does the Honda?)

The answer for all this crap on the cars (wings, blow-off valves, huge-arse tachos, etc.) is that it is solely there to impress their equally wanky mates, who truth be told, probably aren't impressed anyway. If the car's really kewl, they'll be jealous and rubbish it, and if it's really stupid, they'll rubbish it. So whichever way you look at it, it's a waste of time.

[MOTOXXX]

he must not have been too cool.
its cooler to have no wing at the moment. its funny to see peoples boots with big holes in them and coverd up with tape.


I also love the performance decals all down the sides of the doors. we call them "shopping lists"

lol

[Lou Girardin]

I hate the stupid spoiler thing too, BUT...
They're there for a reason, no matter what the drivetrain of the particular vehicle is. Its not just for getting power to the ground, its keep the car stable and stuck to the road while cornering. Take my mates race car for instance. Front wheel drive, needs a rather large wing on the back because theres no weight back there. It helps keep the back wheels on the ground while braking at speed (in the straights and corners) and stops the back of the car from overtaking the front when he's stomping round corners. Its all to do with holding the car down.

The vertical wings and tips (the ones that are there for a reason other than show) are for increasing stability at speed, straightening out turbulence as the air passes over/under the wing.

Im all for performance, but some of the wings you see around the place are just shit.

So he travels in excess of 160 k's all the time then?
Because that's when that shit starts to work. IF it's set up right.
What amazes me is that the LTNZ allows this goober crap. Those spoilers may not extend past the widest part of the bodywork, but they certainly extend further than the car in their own lateral plane. So any pedestrian or biker that's sideswiped by it is going to be sliced and diced.
But, as long as they're not speeding it must be OK.

[scumdog]

I was driving a 3 something BMW the other day,about all it had was ghastly bling bling wheels,not even lowered,because I made him ''unlower'' it for last WoF It had a huge tacho the size of a wall clock....and like,it has a tacho anyway? It had a monster red shift light - set at 3500rpm!! I know both this kids parents,and they are nice intelligent people,but this kid is just so fucking stupid he can hardly talk,a total cretin.

And what REALLY pisses me off.....his girlfriend is HOT!!!!

Yup, ya can't beat TWO rev-counters!!
And a spoiler mounted so it creates lift.....
And a blow off valve that drains what ever boost you just made.....
And seats so low that you can't see the brake lights of the car on front so you run up its arse....
And a coffee-can diameter muffler hooked up to a stock 2" or less exhaust system....
And a mates mags/tyres on your car (Bling to the max) but the directional tyres are facing the wrong way.....

Performance all the way eh???

[Wolf]

that musta smelled WONDERFULL!..

Damn! I can't rep you for this until I've repped anopther couple of hundred people!

[SpeedyGirl]

My 15 year old neice thinks that these cars are 'hot', shows what she knows, bring on a bike anyday!!!

[Krayy]

...
2) i couldnt stop laughing long enough to get it into first gear...

The mod that gets me is those rotaing hubcaps ("spinners"?). I just can't help having a giggle in the boi racers window each time I see those dumb-ass things. And apparently they cost up to $1500 per set!! WTF?? Hope the inventor of those things made his cash then dissasociated himself from them ASAP.

[Wolf]

soon as i DID realize, i gave it a twist and just as he was shifting into second, blasted by him and "Monica" like they accidentally went into reverse. i was waiting for the Nitrous Oxide decal that he had on his fender to work to at least give me a decent run

Ya nong! That's not what he has fitted to his car, that's what he and "Monica" have been inhaling.

And when you see his car, you're laughing so much that by-standers think you've been inhaling it, too....

[ManDownUnder]

I love the boys for all that bling - so much money... doing nothing (performance wise) except falling off the car

There has to be a big market there selling heaps of cool looking (and pricey therefore "good") stuff.

Decals, flashing neons for under the car. Motu - you're the guy to know what's legal, BJ - you're just plain mad, me (coz it's my idea) and Slipstream coz we need a semi naked woman to drape over cars - and that whole "chaps in front of 1000 people" is stuck in mind... do that with a couple of neons and I reckon you'd sell gazillions LOL!

ok - towbar covers?

Front Spoilers that look cool (curves and colours and shit on them),
Thingies to stick on the front of your mirrors to streamline them
Thingies to stick on the back of your mirros to further streamline them
Aluminium seats (cold as hell, but light!)

anything else?

[SARGE]

This is a placeholder I will type my rebuttal when I get home and have more time, too busy working during the day

rebuttal?.. ooo... cant wait :slap:

im sitting at home today, looking like the @#$% Elephant man.. some kinda reaction.. face , neck and left arm are swolen up pretty good..

I AM NOT AN ANIMAL.. I AM A HUMAN BEING!!!
(theres an 80's reference for ya Indy..)

[chris]

Spoilers are just that. they are designed to 'spoil' the airflow once it reaches the rear of the car, thus helping to prevent rear lift. They don't physically provide downforce. A wing acts differently, as it's purpose is to create downforce.
Whether the car is rear or front wheel drive does not matter, as the primary reason is to negate lift at the rear by providing an opposite force. If the wing is well designed it then overcomes the lift and starts providing positive downforce. The shape of the front of the car is also critical if you wish to stop lift at the front. A by product is increased grip.
A car such as a Lamborghini manages this without wings or spoilers due to the body shape being designed the way it is. The underneath of the car will also likely be as flat and unobstructed as possible.

Just because you have a large wing fitted does not mean unlimited grip. Race cars rely on mechanical grip when cornering as wings don't tend to work when a car is sideways or travelling slowly.

I think that is all correct.

[SARGE]

I was driving a 3 something BMW the other day,about all it had was ghastly bling bling wheels,not even lowered,because I made him ''unlower'' it for last WoF It had a huge tacho the size of a wall clock....and like,it has a tacho anyway? It had a monster red shift light - set at 3500rpm!! I know both this kids parents,and they are nice intelligent people,but this kid is just so fucking stupid he can hardly talk,a total cretin.

And what REALLY pisses me off.....his girlfriend is HOT!!!!

prolly had a bling stereo too.. shitlods of 50 cent and snoop cds.

the second tach was for the Spinner hubcaps..

the red shiftlight was wank factor , making it look like he could spin up that fast and the hot g/f he has is a perfect shallow empty headed bimbo match for him. ( yea ,, h's an idiot, but he has a nice car so he's my dream date. )

those rich fucks with the basass cars in high school that everyone fawns over are usualy the losers you see at pack n save, gathering the shopping carts in thier 50's..

[Devil]

So he travels in excess of 160 k's all the time then?
Because that's when that shit starts to work. IF it's set up right.
.

Cripes people make some enormous assumptions here.
1) Size of wing
2) Shape of car
3) Weight of car
4) Natural suspension balance.

Im not defending the large gay wings, they make me groan each time I see them, but you can normally spot the ones that are there for their intended purpose. You dont have to be doing a million miles an hour for the effects to start, it completely depends on all of the above points.

If the effects only came in from 100km/h+ it seems that we label them useless, because of course they'd never travel faster than that, would they? Just like we'd never think of going faster than that on our bikes eh?

Do we start talking the same way about fairings on bikes? "Look at that tosser on the gixxer. What a gay fairing. He doesn't need that, it doesnt do shit till xxxkm/h".

Clarification.
Wings for show:
Wings for go:

[ManDownUnder]

...those rich fucks with the basass cars in high school that everyone fawns over are usualy the losers you see at McDonalds, wiping tables in thier 50's

Word of advice Sarge San - never confuse rich for credit. I'm willing to bet they have shallow pockets with credit cards in them... one day they gotta pay it off...