Mail Sack - July 2009

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I have come to the conclusion that there is a major rift for lack of a better word, in the aftermarket industry between those with 4-6 pistons and those with 8 pistons. While rivalry is a good thing and makes people try harder to upstage the other, there is a bad side and I'm beginning to notice it more and more with every mag I pick up. I am a subscriber to the glories known as Super Street and love imports. I am also the owner of a 2003 Mustang Mach-1 and read Muscle Mustang. That's where I noticed the "rift." In SS I've noticed V8 owners writing in and putting down imports, which in my opinion is very very uncool. I have a lot of respect for imports (Not Rice Burners., i.e. fartcan exhaust tips and big wings do not a import make.) I have a friend here in this lil' out of the way town that I live in who owns a real deal complete RHD JDM 180 painted flat black who got me into drifting. He and I have the same outlook which is - you can't claim to be a car enthusiast and not like all cars. I have another friend who owns a 1992 notch-back Mustang and he absolutely hates imports and I have tried and tried to make that point with him but he wont accept it. But don't think that it's just the V8 owners hatin' on the imports. I've read through some V8 mags and come across the same thing, import owners writing in and putting down V8s. People need to know and understand that if we took all the B.S. and trash talk and applied that energy to helping each other in OUR aftermarket industry we could do more of the things that others (mostly the people doing the trash talking) say can't be done. I know somewhere out there is a person trying to figure out how their going to swap a 572 Chevy big block into their new EVOX, STI, R35 or maybe just a Honda head trying do some thing new. I also know for a fact that there are some V8 owners who keep blowing turbos cause the idiot at the quick lube really doesn't know how to tune your motor (even though he says,"Yea man I've done this 100s of times" doesn't make it true) and they are too proud to ask the guy with a SR20 that he double-snailed and tuned himself to help. I know this probably won't make it in an issue and this seems like just a soapbox rant but I had to get it off my chest and let you REAL car enthusiasts know that not all guys with V8's are total jackoffs.Keith RameyVia the Internet

While we aren't positive anyone is looking to put a big block in their Evo, we certainly agree on the fact that there is more than one way to skin a cat, or rather build a car. As a matter of fact every staff member on Super Street has experience and interest in all types of cars, be it German, British, American or what have you, at the end of a day a nice car is a nice car. Here's to you Keith, for not being a "total jackoff"!

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