What's in These Rice Burners?

[PatBuckley]

Originally Posted by AMF

Ricers can be made to go fast too, it just takes more money.

Pound or pound, dollar for dollar there are only a couple of ricer cars out there that can stand up to the big boys. The supra is one and the EVO is another. The STI can be made to scoot, but it's a highway pig as it has tons of parasitic loss from the drive train (the EVO is all wheel drive too, but for some reason, guys are making crazy horsepower with them).
Look out for even moderately built supras. They're virtually impossible to beat on the highway and if you run into a highly modified supra, you can forget about it. I've seen high end supras beat turbo'd busa bikes. You'd think there's no way in hell that a car would outrun a turbo'd bike, but it happens.

The supra is quite possibly the most overengineered production car ever made. There are guys running 1000 hp on stock blocks and transmissions. Supras aren't the best from a stop but are nasty from a roll and downright unbeatable on the highway (at upper speeds).

Some of the really low end rice burners CAN be made to get up, but it takes a ton of money (which is why I don't understand why they would do it, plus....who the hell wants to dump $60k into a Honda Accord?......dumb in my opinion...but hey, if that's what blows your skirt up...so be it.)

Care to elaborate on why the STi has tons of parasitic losses as compared to the very similar EVO?

Or are you just talking out of your ass again?