<< Alright, granted the terribly restricted S2000(152hp at the wheels, stock, from the 220hp+ at the fly) would benefit from new exhaust, I doubt THIS guy realized that putting a pair of Magnaflows on there(I'm assuming that's what those are) would do more for the engine than he thought it would for the looks. He also put rims on, so he's obviously obsessed with looks rather than performance(since the S2000 stock wheels look great).
Hence, by definition, he is a ricer, since he put money into the "looks" of the car. Even if he accidently also improved the performance, he didn't realize it. 🙂 >>
Your logic is flawed there.
>"He also put rims on, so he's obviously obsessed with looks rather than performance(since the S2000 stock wheels look great)."
Your opinion that S2000 wheels looks good is subjective, not fact. Besides, that bears no relevance. Simply because they look good to you (and he replaced them) in no way implies that he couldn't have put on rims for performance. That makes no sense at all. But even taking your argument at face value, how do you know those new rims he put on aren't much lighter than stock S2000 rims? Whenever you reduce weight (especially at the wheels/tires) you get a big (relative) increase in performance. That's the whole concept behind racing wheels.
>"Hence, by definition, he is a ricer, since he put money into the "looks" of the car."
Putting money into the looks of a car is not rice. If I repaint my car, you consider that rice? If I wash the car, is that rice? I am spending money on getting wax and polish, and that doesn't help performance at all. In fact, I would say it's more "ricey" to spew incorrect information about a car than to put money into looks. Which leads me to your next statement:
>"Alright, granted the terribly restricted S2000(152hp at the wheels, stock, from the 220hp+ at the fly)"
I don't know where you got this from, but the S2000 makes 240hp at the crank and dynos around 190-205 at the wheels. I don't own an S2000, but I've seen two or three of them run on the dyno before.
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