I'm wingless and wouldn't have it any other way.

 

Wow, from BOV, to the size of the *****, to duck calls, to cars w/o spoilers. Great thread guys, way to stay on the subject lol.

 

modifying your car for increased turkey gobbling sound with the knowledge that it hurts performance rather than make gains has one word: RICER.

 

Are you a feminist?

 

It is the point. Because you can single out any mod you want and then say it is common. Most people who modify their cars install aftermarket rims. A lot of them are larger and heavier then stock and don't increase performance. But they do it because they like the look. Or a lot of people lower their cars. I could go to a big car show and call them all sheep like you are saying, it won't make me right and them wrong.

That is your opinion. You haven't presented anything here to back up any of your conlcusions about me or anyone else who would make choices differently then you.

So what. It doesn't make your opinion "more right" then mine or any one else's.

So that's it. You feel you are somehow above everyone else who may or may not be part of the tuner scene or 2F2F lifestyle. Everyone who has a BOV must therefore be a ricer kid with no style, taste, or common sense. Why didn't you just come out and say that to start with? Why try to veil your arrogance with all this tripe?


Sorry grandpa, I didn't mean to use too much ebonics or newspeak. Let me set my glowsticks down for a minute and I'll retype it so you can follow along. I was too busy DJing at this rave afterparty going on here right now. I basically said, "There are several mods people do to cars that may not increase performance, but may actually hurt in a way, but the trade off is acceptable to those people because they set their car apart from the rest. For example bigger rims, different spoilers, body kits and so on."

I have not seen a logical argument in this thread. Only that you are condeming others for making a choice different from one that you would. I also don't underdstand what putting a IX bumper on the front of my car has anything to do with this. I prefer its looks. But I am flattered that you have decided it necessary to research my posts in order to come up with some other lame attempt to categorize me in some way. I also didn't take my wing off, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Now what.

 

damn so much drama over a bov...
you barely lose any performance by adding a bov.. if you are paranoid about losing cause of a bov, then dont put on one.

whats the appeal?
uhh the looks people give when they hear it.
the head turning power of it, basically.




& #1 reason on my list
chicks dig it. lol

 

The sound is what makes turbo cars stand out from the masses, yeah sometimes it will be a pain in the a$$ but think about it, unless you are running into surge problems there is no need for a BOV, but half of us get them anyway just to have the "norms" out there stop and go "ooooooooooohhhh"

 

Some people cannot comprehend commuting with an Evo every day due to the rigid frame. (comfort vs. handling)

Some people prefer the non-descript look of a wingless Evo. (aesthetics vs. high speed handling)

Now...
You readily admit that the BOV is installed just for the sound. Are you postulating that a person cannot have different priorities than you? (pedestrian vs. panache)

 

If you can't go fast.....then don't embarass yourself by pretending you can. The Dodge neon forum is the place for people like you.

 

I recall how several months ago someone asked the kids on a VW board why they were installing eyelids on their cars. Most said it was because they wanted to make the cars look different, without realizing the oxymoronic nature of that statement - at least 40% of the vehicles had eyelids. It made about as much sense then, as it does now.

The 2F2F lifestyle? It's a movie, a work of fiction. :-)

I don't know why you insist on constantly putting words in my mouth, when you could simply ask what I think. Even better, you could just read what I've already written.

I do think it's dumb to install a part, if it's detrimental to the performance of a vehicle. OTOH, I have no problem with anyone who like the sound, which I also enjoy as a comedic reprise on the road. I wrote almost exactly the same thing on the page before last.

I'm comfortable leaving the issue as it stands. If you think that a common act makes you different from the rest, so be it.

As I said in my last message, I have no desire to play "I said; you said," just as I have no fondness for debating a strawman. As such, I hope you can understand my not acknowledging the bulk of you post. If there's something you'd like to accuse me of in the future, please quote me. Obviously, intellectual honesty isn't something to be taken as a given.

 

Not at all.

 

I think the EVO is an obnoxious step child beneath all that sheet metal, it's skin bulging out of its body... The appeal of a blow off valve is to make the car even MORE obnoxious.. and that appeals to some people, and not to others.

The "pssshh" of a blow off valve often indicates that the car is turbocharged thanks to movies like "The Fast & The Furious", therefore since most people don't even KNOW what an evo is, the blow off valve tends to give a hint that "uhh that car is turbocharged, must be fast".

To each his own! (****, i've said that in like every thread already)

 

I have always loved the sound since playing Gran Turismo and Gran Turismo 2. Any modded turbo car on those games would have the loud BOV. I was hooked.

I love any forced induction sound really. I had a Roots style supercharger on my Ford Contour and I miss the whine at WOT. My fiance had a Vortech supercharger on her Grand Am and the whistle at idle was the most beautiful sound.

 

And what about removing a part resulting in detrimental performance?

 

I like the sound of a supercharger, too; I've always wanted to have one. I also really like the potato-potato of a V-twin, and the sound of a late '60s Hemi shaking the ground, even though neither is my cup of tea as it relates to driving.