Okay what the hell. I wanted to see this movie until I saw a classic musclecar EXPLODE FOR NO REASON AT ALL in this movie. Boycott Universal Pictures on thier latest flop, "The Fast and the Furious". In the movie, some stupid forking import beats a 1969 Dodge Charger in a street race. The Charger is a suped up 454- and the import wins. Altho this Mitsubishi Eclipse or whatever the fork it is has less horsepower than a lawnmower and it beats the American car and then wins or whatever. The Charger flies into the air and explodes for no apparent reason. FORKING RICERS!

The good side is that they shoot up the elcipse and it explodes too.

1969 Dodge Charger
0-60 in 4 seconds
1/4 mile in 11 sec
Topspeed 145 +

1995 Mitsubishi Elcipse
0-60 in 6 seconds
1/4 mile in 14.1 seconds
rated at 250 horsepower in the movie

Honda S2000
0-60 in 5 seconds
1/4 mile in 13 seconds
rated 250-275 hp in the movie

1995 Toyota Supra Turbo
0-60 in 4.4 seconds
1/4 mile in 11 seconds
Rated 650 horsepower because Universal = sellout

WHAT THE HELL

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

Just goes to show you, anything is possible in the movies...

Did Sony buy Universal Studios, too? Makes me wanna run right out and buy a set of Bridgestone tyres and a "V-Tec" sunshade banner. Where did I put that plutonium again?

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Vader
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Adobe Acrobat Reader

 

hahaha

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

If this makes it any better, I saw on The Craig Kilborn show when David Hasselholf was on there. He and a few other producers bought back the rights to make Knight Rider again!!!!!!! They had better use an 2001-2002 WS6, black, t-tops, 6spd, maybe w/silver ralley stripes. If they use a foriegn car, I don't care if it's a Lambo, I'll throw the remote THROUGH the TV. A T/A is the only car to use. That's what KITT was/is damn-it!!!!! It's bad enough that GM is backin' out on us American boys.

 

YES

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

Did you see that knight rider 2000 they had on a few years ago?"BIG FLOP" They were using ford cars and trucks, thats just wrong! I wouldent mind a 2001 ram air TA for a new knight rider but not a ford mustang. Thats like saying god is the devil and the devil is god.

SSC
God Bless the fbody!

 

wasnt KITT a formula? i cant remember, i was too young when that show was out

 

Umm, just incase in makes you feel any better the car that beats the Charger is an actual car, a modded Supra TT that puts out 650 hp in real life. Not's not even the hottest street Supra TT around by a long shot either... Great car, although that still doesn't mean the rest of F&F isn't trash.

I'm not sure who I'd be betting on to win a drag with that supra against a built 400+ci v8, but who knows. 650 hp isn't exactly a pushover even in the company of built bigblocks...

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Ray87Z
-Vortec headed 350.
86 IROC w/ a cammed 305 TPI.
Formerly Ray86IROC.
www.inter-scape.com/Ray

[This message has been edited by Ray87Z (edited June 11, 2001).]

 

Charger with a 454 ?


hmmm.

That Movie does one Thing, Puts a Bad Name on Street Racers.



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60 Ranchero - Project ( Money Hole )
85 Sport Coupe LG4 - Daily Driver 15.26 @ 87.0
Reader's ride -> My Ride

Just another Hot Rod kid, or thats what they all tell me.
Livin' the Stereotype

 

Cars ALWAYS explode for no reason at all in movies...Fast and the Furious is just a marketing venture. Have you walked into your local speed shop lately? All you see is fart pipes and spoilers-why? Because it sells like crazy. I doubt that the producers of this movie have some sort of beef against American cars. They see that rice is one of the fastest growing facets of racing and modification. So they do the only American thing-make money off of it! They see that ricers have declared war on domestics, so they give them an exploding car. Simple as that. I wouldn't get too hopped up over it. Also I wouldn't be writing off built Supras-Toyota builds a quality car (Land Cruiser, MR2, Pickups etc...) and the late models are nothing to sneeze at even bone stockers. But how many of the 650 hp variety do you see in your neighborhood? NONE...So I wouldn't get all hot and bothered by that situation either.

Later,

MatthewH

P.S. Speak softly and run a big engine (Just the opposite of what the rice crowd usually does

 

Exactly matthew, I couldnt have Said it better Myself.

And Toyota does Make a fine product, I am Nothing but Impressed with Most of their Current and Past lineup. Subaru As well.

You will also Notice, that Toyota's are far from Your average *****, Thats usually the Honda/Acura Department.




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60 Ranchero - Project ( Money Hole )
85 Sport Coupe LG4 - Daily Driver 15.26 @ 87.0
Reader's ride -> My Ride

Just another Hot Rod kid, or thats what they all tell me.
Livin' the Stereotype

 

I scoped the commercial for that movie the other day and let me tell you something:

The wheelie that the Charger pulls is something that a car that runs 9's or 8's will do. I mean the thing stands on the rear bumper and proceeds to blow the tires away. If that is all the car's doing, than it has ample power to eat a 650 hp Supra alive on 6 cylinders. Face it kids, this movie has been made to glorify the ***** scene and is a direct attack on American muscle. I refuse to see the movie after seeing that commercial on the grounds of it not being constitutional.

As if a Supra setup for the street (ie lowered and stiff all around for cornering) would get any traction anyways. Yeah, they transfer all that weight they don't have real well setup like that.......... Whatever. So-called 'Rice-rockets' suck-a$$ and always will. I eat em up every chance I get

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1987 GTA L98 MD8 GH3
355 '97 Vortec 4-bolt block, TRW(suck) forged pistons 10:1 CR, TFS 23*, LT4 Hot Cam, Ported plenum and intake, SLP Siam Runners, Edelbrock TES, gutted Cat, Flowmaster, Home-made cold air system w/ K+N cone, AFPR, TB bypass, AirFoil, !AIR, !A/C, !EVAP, 2300 stall.

"Stop Lights timed for 35Mph are also timed for 140Mph"

 

i agree, the charger should blow away teh supra if it has that much power. The supra TT is , without a doubt, a fast car, but with the power shown in the commercial, the charger should own, unless they tied up the car for a few secs to show the car pop up that high.

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1992 z28 25th Anniversary
All black w/ z28 wing
Flowmaster Exhaust
350 TPI

 

I'm pretty sure KITT was an 82 t/a. The early ones didn't have the ground effects and looked just like the later model formulas.

 

Rice blows. This movie is exactly what I would expect from those people. Arrogant, reckless with the truth, self absorbed, and generally full of ****, especially about their cars. You have to ask yourself though, Am I really surprised? I know I'm not. The annoying little bastards have to lie in the real world to make people think their car is fast, I don't see why it wouldn't transfer to the big screen. Oh well, let em have their fun. If someone can make a buck off the bastards I say go for it. That's capitalism for ya, ain't it sweet.
bsa

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"If they do not run, Then they will die." - Stonewall Jackson
#3
'87 IROC, 355 TPI, Converted to SD, 700R4, B&M Megashifter, 3.42, Trick Flow Twisted Wedge Heads, Edelbrock Intake, Accel Runners, Comp Cam, Crane Gold rockers, Lucas 24# injectors, Edelbrock headers, Flowmaster 3'' exhaust, Mallory Ignition, Transgo Performance Shift Kit, Corvette Servo, 2,000 Stall Torque Converter

[This message has been edited by irocbsa (edited June 12, 2001).]

 

I don't really like imports either, but they CAN be damn fast. Integra Type-R or Prelude Type-SH will beat the pants off my car in stock form. And people seem to love to give imports a shot of nitrous.

And import engines DO have clever designs. The VTEC system in my opinion is great. I know several times I've wanted to trade my low-end torque for higher-end HP because I got off the line faster but was then beaten later.

The cars are so light that it's very easy to propel them VERY quickly.

They do lack a few things that we have though..

First, to make that power, those cars have to rev up to 8400 rpm's (the redline on the Integra Type-R). They also sound like poopoo, especially when they put those really loud mufflers on and I guess try to sound like our v8's. They just sound like an angry bumblebee in my opinion. And, our cars are cheaper

So no, I don't really like imports.. but I think they deserve respect as a potentially fast car, like the 305 SBC's.

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89 iroc-z 305 tbi
k&n filtercharger, open element air filter. nuffin' else

 

Ok, let me get this straight..... You folks are expecting accuracy from a MOVIE????????? Puh-lease.... Hollywood only has one thing in mind, making money. They could not care less about the technical accuracy of anything they put out. Watch any movie coming out of Hollywood that has a technical bent to it, and you can make a list of the inaccuracies that would read like a grocery list. (I find myself laughing at most the "techno-geek" movies they run, anyone that had a clue would see that most of it is so much bullsh*t anyway.)

Have fun folks......

 

I love american muscle but there is an MR2 that burns around town that eats everything for lunch. It was a riot!! He was looking over my car and he said man holly **** those T-tops are huge. I said well man my car is twice the size of yours HAHA.

About the Type R......they are supposed to be so fast. I raced my ex bosses son's and I was pulling on him when we hit 90MPH but my limiter kicked in at 105MPH. I couls have chewed him up. I have a wornout 305TPI auto and a blown tranny at that point. There was no way he could beat me.

 

Can't we all just get along

Enjoy the movie for what's it's for...entertainment!!!!

Personally, if you pour all your money, time and sweat into a car, it doesn't matter if it's a camaro, mustang or a 3000GTVR4 What matters is that we are all after the same thing, going faster and looking good doing it. Why dis someone else that's doing the same thing you are? I realize that people dis the asian cars because some of them look pretty silly, but have you ever seen some dude crusing around in some beat up rusted out 3rd gen that thinks he's the cat's @ss?

Oh well, just my $0.02

 

Accuracy in a movie, eh.... what about "gone in 60 seconds", where the Shelby jumps over the whole damn bridge? The movie was good up to that point. They should've left that scene out.

And in case you guys haven't noticed, in just about any movie, where one of the "stars" has a sweet classic car, the classic somehow gets destroyed. Hm, destroy the minivan or the GTO? (sigh)


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Geez if you guys are looking for an accurate movie you probably don't see very many movies. Take the movie for what it is purely fiction.

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1985 ASCD Ram Air Trans Am
Readers Ride at https://www.thirdgen.org/rides/index...ew&rideid=1067

-=ICON Motorsports=-

" I get drunk, I race cars and I fondle women. But... I have weekends off and I am my own boss"

 

next time you guys see the trailer for this movie watch carefully when the Charger takes off. If you look under the car you can see two bars come down out of the floor and physically lift the car into the air. That Charger is most likely all show, it looks big in the movie and thats all they were trying to do. to those with fast connections, heres a link to the trailer:
Fast and the Furious Trailer

click the link at the bottom of the page.

Eric

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My 1986 Z28
GM350, T-5, 3.23's, lots of go fast goodies, 4th gen Firebird interior etc...
85 IROC w/ 1364 miles!

You'll always find what you've lost in the last place you look

R.I.P Dale Earnhardt

 

hey guys, i actually dont think that movie is a blatant attack against domestics. from what i gathered from the previews Vin Diesel, a main character, owns that Charger. maybe it crashes but at least they dont have some hick driving it. but hey, WE HAVENT SEEN THE MOVIE YET!!! who knows??

 

it looks to me that the charger had a blower on it, ive only seen the preview once but if it does in fact have a blower then that charger would make the supra its *****. i got to ride in a 71 camaro SS with a 350 and a blower and that car kicked me so hard i had to check my pants(j/k).

 

1969 Dodge Charger
0-60 in 4 seconds
1/4 mile in 11 sec
Topspeed 145 +

Where the **** did you hear this?

 

Where exactly did you get those performance numbers on that Charger? I think those numbers were "massaged" a bit if you catch my drift. And since we're talking about misinformation,a charger would never have a 454 CHEVY motor in it. It would have had either a 383 or 440.

 

Enkil, ploegi, 406TPI, TomP, KarpsTA, zupmanZ28, evilho7810. I agree with these guys. It's a ****ing movie, come on. Are you telling me you all thought that Rambo really could take out entire armys by himself?

 

www.thefastandthefurious.com



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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

Rambo was an American; sure he could
I EAT UNCLE BEN'S RICE FOR DINNER

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

Uncle Ben's Rice is also American.

 

i was hinting to rice burners

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

This post is about the movie being inaccurate - read the title of the post. Those of us that are pointing out the shortcomings of the movie are merely doing so because that is what the post is about. Our comments in no way reflect our expectations of the movie industry. I think we all know that Rambo wouldn't have made it two minutes if his situation was real.

Nevertheless, I think it is criminal that inaccurate movies such as this one make the money they do. These movies and other b/s import related gimicks that are so very far from the truth, are what ruin the street scene today. This movie is the kind of thing that gets all of the ricers thinking they are King $hit, which only compounds the problems with virtually all of them being ignorant, careless, $hit talkers. Maybe they don't act that way where the rest of you live, but where I go cruising the ricers deserve about ten rounds to the chest each for what they have done to the scene. Every single ***** I see starts their car when it is time to leave and burns their tires right out of their parking spot - smashing into other peoples cars, other people, curbs, etc etc. Last year we had a few people get killed because of that $hit and I um unable to count how many cars got smashed by those a$$holes.

On top of all that, most of us cannot stand the sight or sound of a ***** which multiplies our disliking of this movie and lessens the palatability of it to us.

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1987 GTA L98 MD8 GH3
355 '97 Vortec 4-bolt block, TRW(suck) forged pistons 10:1 CR, TFS 23*, LT4 Hot Cam, Ported plenum and intake, SLP Siam Runners, Edelbrock TES, gutted Cat, Flowmaster, Home-made cold air system w/ K+N cone, AFPR, TB bypass, AirFoil, !AIR, !A/C, !EVAP, 2300 stall.

"Stop Lights timed for 35Mph are also timed for 140Mph"

 

I hate those punks

 

The blower on that Charger is fake, I was reading it somewhere. It's just bolted on to the hood or something like that. I dislike Japanese vehicles for the most part, but there are some I think are nice vehicles (read: Nissan Skyline). But sorry, I'd take my thirdgen V8 anyday over rice. =D

 

Incredible Rice Forum that sickens me:
http://www.universalpictures.com/for...er=7&SUBMIT=Go

Beware, its EXTREMELY BUGGY and FULL OF FLAWS (oh kinda like their movie)

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

Who remembers the '80s movie "The Wraith", starring a very young Charlie Sheen, as well as that dorky kid from the Gentle Ben TV series? That movie was all about canyon racing, and it was a big fat commercial for Dodge. The opening race of the movie featured a blown vette nearly getting beat in a race against a stock Dodge Daytona.

Yeah. Right.

The "feature" car in the movie, which was some super futuristic looking prototype car and was driven by Charlie Sheen, had very subdued Chrysler emblems on the hood and trunk.

It's all hollywood, and nothing ever changes. It's all fun for me.

 

Lets make our own movie. We can use some old civics at the junkyard and duct tape the fender back on and race on video. Thats more accurate than a POS rice mod.

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1992 Pontiac Firebird (stock)
- 5.0L V8 TBI / Automatic Trans / Every option, excluding leather
- Killer car audio system:

• Aiwa CDC-MP3 head unit
• Rockford Fosgate 360a2 amp
• pair of 12" MTX Thunder 5000s in a custom box
• Pioneer 3-way 6x9s, soon to add more more more!

 

you know you guys dis imports and "ricers" and yes they are ricers, but, they probably have whopped up on some of us at one point or another! they are just like any other car..(minus ls1's!) they really suck from the factory but, with the right aftermarket parts, some good tuning and a little luck,(and a whole HELL of a lot of boost) those ricers could wax many of a 3rd gen.........just something to think about!!! most cars are slow from the factory and its only aftermarket that alowws them to go fast!

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89 firebird formula


360 10:1compression (350 .060 over)/fully balnced and blueprinted
comp cams xe262 cam
performer rpm intake/port matched to heads
#1405edlebrock 600
sportsman 2 heads 64cc 2.02/1.60 valves 200cc intake runner/cnc pocket ported
msd 6al/msd8.5 super condutor wires
h.e.i. proform 50,000 volt vac. advance ditributor
700r-4 with 3.08 first gear and 3.23 posi 7 5/8 rear end.
b trans shift kit(will kill shifts...suck dong!!)
shorty heddman hedders with custom 3" pipe y-pipe back(no damn cat!) with 40 series flowmaster!
griffin daul1" core rad.cutom fabrication to fit(but no cutting )


future mods: 406 roller REALLY REALLY REALLY RADICAL!!!!!

 

Please remove the link to this site from your flame post over there. You make us all look like idiots with your imports suck, are all slow, etc BS (from a stock 305 TBI owner?). Most of the ricers there are completely full of **** but the true performance imports are nice cars. You'll only bring a flame war over here with that ****...

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Ray87Z
-Vortec headed 350.
86 IROC w/ a cammed 305 TPI.
Formerly Ray86IROC.
www.inter-scape.com/Ray

 

Man I was going to RiverBend in Chattanooga and Knightrider and the green hornets car was on a flat bed, no lie.

 

Matt, you're right; I can just see all the news stories coming, about how America's youth drives crazy and races here and there, when it's not all of us, just some "hey that looks fun, me too!!!" racers that don't know how the hell to drive.

Reminds me of why it's so difficult to open up a pool hall- movies like the Hustler gave billiard halls a bad name. No town wants to deal with what "they think" a pool hall's about (drinking, gambling, fighting, etc), so they throw up so many ordinances against pool halls that a hall won't want to bother opening up in a town- too much BS. The movies killed 'em.

So now we're going to see another "wave" of stupid "lets race in 25 mph rush-hour traffic" drivers and those annoying buzzing exhausts... thank you, Hollywood!


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-Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l) from http://www.f-body.net/mailbag/3rd/3rd_mailbag.html message boards
---Think your car could be pic of the week? Visit http://www.f-body.net for details!

 

f uck ray, i don't feel like going over there to look, but please tell me that there isn't a link to this board on som FF board. All that is gonna do is cause trouble over here, which just means work and annoyance for us moderators. Whoever did it, please fix it however possible.

 

Yeah, OneEyedJack, could you please yank that link? Thirdgen.org's gone through enough already...


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-Tom P (Hot rodded 1986 Firebird 2.8l) from http://www.f-body.net/mailbag/3rd/3rd_mailbag.html message boards
---Think your car could be pic of the week? Visit http://www.f-body.net for details!

 

How in the world has this post not been deleted yet?

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One Eye Jack...dude, you need to chill out and think about your actions before you do them....posting the link was a BAD idea. If some of those guys come over here and start the same immature BS you did over there, there will be alot of upset people over here.

 

Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">How in the world has this post not been deleted yet?</font>

thats exactly what im trying to figure out. this isn't even clse to being tech related.

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GM350, T-5, 3.23's, lots of go fast goodies, 4th gen Firebird interior etc...
85 IROC w/ 1364 miles!

You'll always find what you've lost in the last place you look

R.I.P Dale Earnhardt

 

One Eyed Jack

More than once I've locked your threads for lack of on-topic content. This is another one of those times. All this thread serves to do is stir up trouble with enthusiasts of other vehicles, which I will not tolerate on this site. I'm giving you one last warning right now, stay ON-TOPIC or stay OFF-SITE. Translation: One more time and your posting privs are suspended.