90TGP

Anyone ever wonder why imports are called tuners? Is it less offensive then ricer? If you think about it, wouldn't modding a car to get more power out of it be considered "tuning"??? So why did imports get the name and not the whole car scene itself?

On another note, when I goto my local track, only the fast imports and domestics are fidgiting around with their laptops and engines after each run, not the ricer behind me with the huge wing.

AcuraFanatic

You seem to have answered your own question.

dom93hatch

"2NR" :chuckles:

Nightshade

I have always called anyone into engine mods tuners...domestic or imprt it really doen't matter.

g2tegls

welp, I'm guessing the reason they're fast has something to do with 1) the fact that they are tuning after every run, and 2) they have enough money to afford the electronics and gadgetry that goes along with tuning from a laptop, therefore probably have the money to put into parts, dyno time, etc etc etc. :dunno: Just a guess.

MrFatbooty

I call someone that works at a dyno shop and tunes peoples' cars a tuner. All this "import" and "tuner" crap is a bunch of marketing jibberish.

Yet another piece of supporting evidence for my theory that all things automotive amplify the inherent stupidity of human beings.

90TGP

That's pretty much what I mean. If someone slaps a wing and fartcan on their stock Civic LX 4-door, they're called a tuner. But not the guy that's "tuning" his carburetor with a screw driver on his 70 Chevelle.

P.S. Any motor can be tuned, carb or fuel injected, it's what I'm refering ot.

whoaitslen2

Tuner, ricer, altezza face... whatever. I usually call people by their first name.

g2tegls

welp, the word tune can be used pretty loosely. A fart can tunes the sound coming out of the motor and a wing tunes the airflow dynamic of the vehicle. :dunno:

dom93hatch

I usually call them Len