so.... my buddy told me earlier this week about a meet at the local Chevy dealership in Grayslake, IL .. Apparently crate engine depot moved there from arlington heights when Rockenbach bought them out...anyhow, so we all met up..Parked the cars inside the dealership's garage.. ate lunch, stood around and bs'd for awhile, then all went for a cruise.

There was a silver kia (you will see it in the pics) that the owner "modified"

When I was standing near his car, I overheard him talking about "This car keeps up with SS's on the highways." and it grabbed a few people's attention and we walked over. Here's what was said

me: Nice looking car you got.
him: thanks.
me: what's done to it?
him: aftermarket exhaust, cool air intake, internals, cam, aftermarket exhaust.......
me: nice. Have you had it dynoed?
him: whats a dyno?
me: dynamometer....
him: whats that?
me: you drive the car onto rollers, and drive the car and it measures the power.
him: oh, no. my dad told me this car has 75-80 horsepower but I read the manual and it says 105 to 140.
me: oh. How many horsepower do you think the modifications got you?
him: it was 115 stock.
me: interesting. I'm gonna go, there's some other **** going on.

I walked away laughing. I came back about twenty minutes later and said "So this keeps up with SS's on the highway?"
him: yup.
me: do you street race?
him: sometimes.
me: Wanna race for a few bucks??
him: what car
me: *points to impala*
him: what's it run in the quarter
me: 18's
him: you're lying
me: it's only a 3.4 liter. here. *pops hood* it's got a ghetto air intake.
him: no man, sorry. The cops are too bad today and my transmission isnt right lately.
me: Come on. My tranny is slipping and its only a 150 horsepower 3.4 liter. No?
him: no man. sorry.
me: You're scared of a stock impala?
him: you'll smoke me.
me: So how do you keep up with Cobalt SS S/C's on the highway? those things slap the **** out of this car..

I walked away.

Anyhow.. pics..





















this woulda been an amaaazzzzing pic if my hood wasn't fucked up right now.



Two more pics... my buddy mike's car.. we cleaned it last night .. spent like five hours on it.

 

AAaaaaaaaaaand the kia.. cover the eyes of any children in the room. It isn't pretty

 

is that a hole under the scoop to feel the filter?

 

sure is.

 

for bad taste...and for not knowing anything about performance modifications.

actually, i'm not going to hate on him for not knowing anything about performance modifications because ignorance is curable by thirsting for knowledge...but don't just make **** up...or lie.

 

upper and lower grill is hideous. Tell him to replace asap.

 

ROFL KIA! and yay eric is nice. sorry about that whole "meanie" thing when chicagograge and css.net were fudeging

 

x2 I hate the look of that.

 

that kia is hilarious

 

the cars are nice, but that shop is BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

that shop was severly out dated, wasnt impressed.

 

He posted above you, why don't you tell him yourself.

BTW, That's why it's his car and not yours.


I'm a pretty nice guy unless someone is a ******* moron in which case they usually 9/10 times deserve it.

 

touche guys. To each his own.

 

i hads fun

 

compared to what i worked in, that thing is as modren as it gets. I ised to have to put a 2x4 on one of my arms to itd hold trucks level on my lift.

 

hey eric, why you gotta talk **** about the kia? your car is just as bad if not worse, that is totally disrespectful of you to say **** about someones car not cool at all

 

not a fan of the grill and yes, that kia was a riot!

 

you must be the kia owner if your actually defending that. wow.

 

QFT!

 

not i wouldnt mod a kia for the life of me id have it as my DD an the newer ones are nice but its not mine but its my buddy an ill take his side over yours anyday if your gonna talk **** about his car

 

There is a difference between doing a mod that some people just dont like...and doing something completely in bad taste. Dont like my silver'ed out front end? that's fine...it's not for everyone. Like it or not, people at least appreciate the fact i took my time, color-matched the paint, and did a good job painting it. There was a lot of stuff i saw that i didn't like. Stuff that didn't match, ****-poor paint jobs, and stuff that was simply not tasteful at all. But those things are there because the owners enjoy it...and that's all that matters. If the guy with the kia likes his car with a stick on hood scoop, home-made ram air hole, and his 140+ imaginary horsepower, let him. Do I like it? No...i don't, but i respect the pride he has for his car that he brought with him to this meet. In regards to eric, yes, i agree he was a little too publicly harsh on the kid...and no his impala isn't all that. But I do guarantee everyone that the impala was one of the cleanest cars there. perfect bodywork or not, there isn't a speck of dirt on that entire car inside or out. He know's it's not a $70,000 show car, but he does what he can to make his car look good...we ALL do. Well, most of us.

 

thats exactly how i feel "to everyone their own" you dont like it, fine STFU its not your car some are gonna like it others wont whoopdy ******* do you dont need to be a ****** tool an start **** with people specially when your car isnt that great either everyone has their own taste an you should leave it at that

 

Im not asking you to take sides. But for the love of god, put some effort into stuff. Duct tape and chicken wire? That corrugated tubing for the intake? I mean come on. No offense, but [B]IF YOU DO SOMETHING, DO IT RIGHT![B]. half assed stuff drives me nuts.

 

X2 I completely agree.

On the other hand, it's not really OK to tell people they can't voice their opinions.

 

thats my buddies car, hes learning..... drop it