ramenth
Well-Known Member
Not too long ago a buddy of mine referred a customer of his to my shop. The customer happens to be a seventeen year old kid with a pretty well whipped the s*** of 1st gen Neon. The problem was the kid attempted to put a header on the little 2.0L and really didn't know what he was doing. So, I fixed the header install. No big deal.
The kid now wants to dump a ton of money into the car, including a 2.4 with a turbo, rebuilding the trans, etc. I guess he's been on some of the ricer forums looking for advise on the install and he's been sending me links. Which is fine, just most of the kids on the ricer forums are just that: ricers. Not tuners. These are the kids who think putting a fart can on the car, building an erector set spoiler, and using aftermarket wheels makes the car fast.
So the kid calls the other day and asks if we can eliminate the harmonic balancer on his engine to free up some horsepower.
Yeah, you read that right. Apparently one of the ricers told him that if you eliminate the harmonic balancer you can "free up" six horse.
I had to ask: "did he tell what to use in it's place?" I was fishing for a happy ending, knowing there wasn't going to be one.
"No, he said to just get rid of it."
I couldn't help myself. I just started laughing.
The kid now wants to dump a ton of money into the car, including a 2.4 with a turbo, rebuilding the trans, etc. I guess he's been on some of the ricer forums looking for advise on the install and he's been sending me links. Which is fine, just most of the kids on the ricer forums are just that: ricers. Not tuners. These are the kids who think putting a fart can on the car, building an erector set spoiler, and using aftermarket wheels makes the car fast.
So the kid calls the other day and asks if we can eliminate the harmonic balancer on his engine to free up some horsepower.
Yeah, you read that right. Apparently one of the ricers told him that if you eliminate the harmonic balancer you can "free up" six horse.
I had to ask: "did he tell what to use in it's place?" I was fishing for a happy ending, knowing there wasn't going to be one.
"No, he said to just get rid of it."
I couldn't help myself. I just started laughing.