Are you RICER or RACER? take the test here!

[Davis Silver Sti]

Clicky here and answer 28 quick questions to determine if you are a Ricer or Racer! http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testi ... 4040605221 (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=5930412964040605221)

Take the test then look at my score below




























Higer=Ricer (positive number)
Lower=Racer (negative number)


-13
You are a respectable tuner. You probably subscribe to one or more tuner magazines and know, quite a bit about your car and/or racing in general. Either that or you play a ****load of GT3. At any rate, you recognize the difference between a wastegate and a blow-off valve. In time, and with practice, you may attain "Racer X" status since it is supposed that you are relatively new to tuning and still have much to learn. Keep, working, and thank the maker that you're not a ricer.

[m pwrd 3]

WOOOTTTT :D

Racer X
You scored -27%


Congratulations. You are the real thing. Chances are you could tear down your engine and put it back together in a weekend. You know a decent amount about racing dynamics. The "FATHF" culture has been a bane to your existence since you've been in the game for years before that horrid movie was released. Auto-x, drag racing, track time, you know enough to not sound like an ass while talking about it, and you can probably hold your own on the track too. Race on, good citizen, for you are a true Racer.

[Kurt_W]

Yep, right there with you Jamie:

Racer X
You scored -26%

It would however be pretty easy to get a good score, simply because the right answers are easy to predict ;)

[m pwrd 3]

Well Davis it looks like you need to hang out with Kurt and myself some more to acheive you Racer X status :D



OT- Kurt is that your 240 or the body style of your 240 in you avatar?

[Feedman]

lol....


Gran Turismorator
You scored -18%


You are a respectable tuner. You probably subscribe to one or more tuner magazines and know, quite a bit about your car and/or racing in general. Either that or you play a shitload of GT3. At any rate, you recognize the difference between a wastegate and a blow-off valve. In time, and with practice, you may attain "Racer X" status since it is supposed that you are relatively new to tuning and still have much to learn. Keep, working, and thank the maker that you're not a ricer.



There were several questions I disagreed with...for example...

Again, correct order. IC=intercooler, CC=combustion chamber, TC=turbocharger, UP=up-pipe, DP=down-pipe
Filter, IC, TC, CC, UP, TC, DP, exhaust
Filter, TC, CC, IC, DP, UP, exhaust
Filter, TC, UP, IC, CC, DP, TC, exhaust
Filter, TC, IC, CC, UP, TC, DP, exhaust

What do you think the answer is involving the info.... 8)

[RobbieNelson]

Racer X
You scored -29%


Congratulations. You are the real thing. Chances are you could tear down your engine and put it back together in a weekend. You know a decent amount about racing dynamics. The "FATHF" culture has been a bane to your existence since you've been in the game for years before that horrid movie was released. Auto-x, drag racing, track time, you know enough to not sound like an ass while talking about it, and you can probably hold your own on the track too. Race on, good citizen, for you are a true Racer.



Adam: last one

[RobbieNelson]

Where are the "answers?"

[Feedman]

Adam: last one

I picked the last one also.

I just don't understand there reasoning...?

8)

[narfdanarf]

yeah, none of those are the right answers?

[C_Note]

-15%, Gran Turismorator.

Not too bad, since I'm more of a domestic/hot rod/muscle car fan.

[RobbieNelson]

I just don't understand there reasoning...?

Why?

[Feedman]

yeah, none of those are the right answers?

Yea, b/c it depends on how you look @ it.

It should be:
From the combustion chamber to the
up-pipe which flows into the turbo which sucks air through the filter
out the turbo exhuast side (hot) through the
downpipe out the
exhuast

or

out the turbo compressor side (cold) through the intercooler into the
combustion chamber which starts the process all over
again.... 8)

[xjoewhitex]

Gran Turismorator
You scored -14%


You are a respectable tuner. You probably subscribe to one or more tuner magazines and know, quite a bit about your car and/or racing in general. Either that or you play a shitload of GT3. At any rate, you recognize the difference between a wastegate and a blow-off valve. In time, and with practice, you may attain "Racer X" status since it is supposed that you are relatively new to tuning and still have much to learn. Keep, working, and thank the maker that you're not a ricer.

I was honest with all of them.. i think i did well 8)

[Davis Silver Sti]

Well Davis it looks like you need to hang out with Kurt and myself some more to acheive you Racer X status :D



That's for sure! And while we put on some coilovers on my car, I'll make sure to be reading Sport Compact Car so I don't miss anything!! :lol: :lol:

[RobbieNelson]

yeah, none of those are the right answers?

Yea, b/c it depends on how you look @ it.

It should be:
From the combustion chamber to the
up-pipe which flows into the turbo which sucks air through the filter
out the turbo exhuast side (hot) through the
downpipe out the
exhuast

or

out the turbo compressor side (cold) through the intercooler into the
combustion chamber which starts the process all over
again.... 8)

All they want is the path air takes from filter to tailpipe. The correct answer IS the last one. There is no other answer that works.

You could confuse the word up pipe if you aren't familiar with WRXs(do porsches use up pipes?). My car has no up pipe.

[Kurt_W]

What's the correct order?
Intake, Power, Compression, Exhaust
Power, Exhaust, Intake, Compression
Exhaust, Power, Intake, Compression
Intake, Compression, Exhaust, Power

You're right Robbie, the second option is the correct one. For some reason I just couldn't see that last night.

[ramrod]

The Non-Racer
You scored -8%

One of two things happened if you received this rating. Either you know absolutely nothing about tuner culture and chose "no idea" often. In this case, i guess i could say congratulations, but really you wasted your time taking this test...actually this test is a waste of time for everyone. The second option is a little rarer. You must be someone that knows a lot about either mechanics or racing, but jack about the other subject....or you're just guessing. Either way, congratulations....you're mediocre...but still not a ricer, for which you should be thankful

thats a harsh score lol

[narfdanarf]

What's the correct order?
Intake, Power, Compression, Exhaust
Power, Exhaust, Intake, Compression
Exhaust, Power, Intake, Compression
Intake, Compression, Exhaust, Power

You're right Robbie, the second option is the correct one. For some reason I just couldn't see that last night.

how is the second one, the right one? When you turn your car, on there is no potential energy that makes power before you even suck in air up the intake for the first time? I chose the last one.

I scored a -32% wahoooo, Racer X (btw I can't wait to see the new Speed Racer movie) also I drive a viper, or corvette now :P

[narfdanarf]

Uncle Ben
You scored 25%


Depending on how you look at it, you either did awesome, or your worst fears are realized....you are, in fact, a ricer. Your vehicle world consists of large exhaust, large wheels, larger wings, and small engines. Every penny you earn goes into making your stock compact the gnarliest looking creation on god's green earth. The author of the test is of the opinion that you should probably be shot...but what does he know, his spoiler isn't even a foot tall. Congrats you fudging ricer.


Of the users who took the test and are male and in your age group, 100% scored lower than you. 8)

[Kurt_W]

how is the second one, the right one? When you turn your car, on there is no potential energy that makes power before you even suck in air up the intake for the first time? I chose the last one.


The second option is right because it has the 4 stages of a 4 cycle engine in approximately the right order, though they have switched the first two with the last two with the intent of throwing people off.

The four cycles are as follows (excuse the fact that the stages sound like a sick joke, this is how they were easy to remember in school):
1: Suck (intake) – the intake valves open and the piston moves down and pulls the air/fuel charge into the cylinder
2: Squash (compression) – the intake valves close and the piston moves up and compresses the air/fuel charge
3: Bang (power or combustion) – the spark plug fires causing the air/fuel charge to ignite thereby causing the power stroke
4: Blow (exhaust) – the exhaust valves open and the piston moves up expelling the spent air/fuel mixture from the cylinder

Therefore, using the terms I state above, the order is:
Suck -> Squash -> Bang -> Blow
(Intake -> Compression -> Power -> Exhaust)
Reordered to match what the correct (though intentionally confusing answer) they listed:
Bang -> Blow -> Suck -> Squash
(Power -> Exhaust -> Intake -> Compression)

Technically you could say that an engine makes no power until the first power stroke so that would make the second choice the correct one. However, that is generally perceived to be inaccurate as the engine must take in and compress an air/fuel charge prior to the power stroke therefore it is written in the intake – compression – power – exhaust order.

The potential energy you have when you start the car is the power in the battery. It is converted to kinetic energy by the starter, which in turn compresses the air/fuel mixture (also potential energy prior to combustion.) The compressed air/fuel mixture is then converted from potential energy to kinetic energy by the spark plug and subsequent air/fuel combustion.

[narfdanarf]

I thought Otto's 4-cycle principle stated that there was intake,compression,combustion,exhaust-then the resultant was power. That's why it is also called the power cycle, the others have to happen before there is power.

[Kurt_W]

I thought Otto's 4-cycle principle stated that there was intake,compression,combustion,exhaust-then the resultant was power. That's why it is also called the power cycle, the others have to happen before there is power.

Well, yes, the net result is power. The problem with the question is it didn’t say what they were asking. If they had asked what the sequence of cycles in Otto’s 4-cycle concept then I figure most people wouldn’t have a clue…as in “Otto? W(ho)TF is Otto!?” However, also using the proper term “combustion” would have solved that problem as well instead of the author of the quiz substituted “power” for “combustion.”

The power in the Otto cycle appears during the 3rd cycle (combustion.) The force of the air/fuel explosion causes the piston to move downward thereby forcing the crank to turn and create “power.”

[narfdanarf]

So even though he says "in order" in the question he can just make the answer flip-flopped around? and you are using the term power as a synonym for combustion, although power is a resultant of combustion?

Let me get this straight, you are saying
INTAKE+COMPRESSION+POWER+EXHAUST=POWER? and although he said put them in the correct order, power can come first...which power do you mean...combustion can come first?

simplified into 3 steps I believe it could go like this, and this is what he meant.
INTAKE+COMBUSTIONCHAMBER+EXHAUST=POWER


anyone else have any thoughts comments/suggestions

[Feedman]

I think the person who put the quiz together was an idiot a ricAr themself..... 8)

[RobbieNelson]

Which is the correct order for the 7 days of the week?

A. Mon, Thur, Sat, May, Fri, Tue, Wed
B. Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Thur
C. I'm a ricer
D. Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue

The answer is D. They ARE in order, however they don't start on any common "first day of the week". He said nothing about starting an engine.

And there should be no misunderstanding... the power stroke is the same as the combustion stroke. Actually I would prefer the term power stroke, because the combustion process actually starts before the pistion reaches top dead center, during the compression stroke. Power is made during this stroke. There is no power made during the exhaust, intake or compression strokes.

[swallace]

I got a -23. Does that make me cool?

[Davis Silver Sti]

I got a -23. Does that make me cool?

you are cool

[daveb91]

24%
WooHoo Too bad I dont know what that makes me? i have scored 24% on many tests before. :cry:

[narfdanarf]

Power is absolutely not created on the combustion stroke! When combustion happens, it is merely an explosion. After that explosion the exhaust gases flow out of the engine, while the rod is in it's downward motion, it pushes the crank around and in turn makes power. The explosion is not power! It only is a process of making power. Sure it is the main part, but without channeling the explosion into a system it is just an explosion, and the system is power.

[RobbieNelson]

Power is absolutely not created on the combustion stroke!

hmmm.... enlighten me... During which stroke is power created? Explain to me how power is created in any stroke other than the combustion/power/"after comperssion, before exhaust" stroke.

[Feedman]

Power is absolutely not created on the combustion stroke! When combustion happens, it is merely an explosion. After that explosion the exhaust gases flow out of the engine, while the rod is in it's downward motion, it pushes the crank around and in turn makes power. The explosion is not power! It only is a process of making power. Sure it is the main part, but without channeling the explosion into a system it is just an explosion, and the system is power.

You are correct. 8)

[Feedman]

Which is the correct order for the 7 days of the week?

A. Mon, Thur, Sat, May, Fri, Tue, Wed
B. Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Thur
C. I'm a ricer
D. Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue



What do I win....? 8)

[MnAiXsImMoA]

11% :?

[narfdanarf]

Power is absolutely not created on the combustion stroke!

hmmm.... enlighten me... During which stroke is power created? Explain to me how power is created in any stroke other than the combustion/power/"after comperssion, before exhaust" stroke.


maybe if you'd have not only read the first part of my post you would need no further elightenment?....go ahead and reread it, then ask your little girl if she can read it to you, then if you still don't understand, use your engineering degree as a parachute and jump off a cliff.

[kmfdmk]

Gran Turismorator
You scored -15%


You are a respectable tuner. You probably subscribe to one or more tuner magazines and know, quite a bit about your car and/or racing in general. Either that or you play a shitload of GT3. At any rate, you recognize the difference between a wastegate and a blow-off valve. In time, and with practice, you may attain "Racer X" status since it is supposed that you are relatively new to tuning and still have much to learn. Keep, working, and thank the maker that you're not a ricer.



Yeah that quiz was phUnky. Most of the questions were a bit fubar'd up. Like the 4 cycles of an internal combustion engine.

That quiz also didn't take into account 2-cycle engines or rotaries.

[kmfdmk]

Well I *didn't* know the difference between a wastegate & a bov, so I looked it up. Makes plenty of sense.

Hondaswap.com - Blowoff Valve VS Wastegate, Turbo setup (http://www.hondaswap.com/forums/index.php?s=fca9d46d02abaa3d9eaa29d36dea33cd&showtopic=37260&pid=344132&st=0&#entry344132)

[Feedman]

Well I *didn't* know the difference between a wastegate & a bov, so I looked it up. Makes plenty of sense.

Hondaswap.com - Blowoff Valve VS Wastegate, Turbo setup (http://www.hondaswap.com/forums/index.php?s=fca9d46d02abaa3d9eaa29d36dea33cd&showtopic=37260&pid=344132&st=0&#entry344132)

Wastegate regulates the amount of boost that the turbo creates.

Blow Off Valve vents off excese pressure (air) to the intake manifold tubing which keeps the turbo from lagging and self destructing.... 8)