Textbook being a figure of speech. There is no literal textbook of rice, unless you count the f&f scripts :lol
The figure of speech means like " by the book". For example, a textbook def'n of rice is "race inspired cosmetic enhancements". That is what i am talking about.
When I said that, I wasn't trying to dictate what "rice" is to anyone, I was explaining specifically what definition I was using as it's a vague term that means different things to different people.
Rice may have originally been an acronym, but i have never seen a racecar with a fart cannon. Or a massive chunky plastic wing.
No, because those are exaggerations of the differences between a race car and a street car. Race cars have open exhaust, ricers use a big muffler to try and emulate the sound of open exhaust. As time progressed, other ricers (for the sake of discussion, I'll refer to these as "2nd-gen ricers") emulated the large muffler and then took it further; if a big muffler is racy, a bigger muffler is racier! Same with the wing; race cars have functional aerodynamics, ricers emulate the look of the functional part, 2nd-gen ricer exaggerates the look (usually to the point where it's functionally counter-productive).
Also, FWIW, I don't believe the acronym was the original use of the term "rice". My understanding is that it started as a shortened version of "rice burner" as a slur for any Japanese import. My guess is that it was shifted to mean poorly modified Japanese car around the time that the Japanese manufactuers started improving their quality and dominate the economy car market and the import tuning scene started up (early '80s).
If you want to say that, then you're calling my car rice. You see, the trans am mustangs had blacked out hoods because it prevented glare from the sun on the hood. Why did i do it? Not to look like a racecar. Because it looks cool, and retro. Why does my car sound loud? Not because of some jackass racecar, but because I LIKE the sound
To say something is "cool" is next to meaningless; it just means you like it. Why do you like it? In this specific case it's due to the association with performance. A Trans Am car is one of the highest performance instances of a classic pony car. By blacking out your hood and making your car loud, you're establishing an aesthetic link between your car and it's race history.
To me, rice is ridiculous camber (never seen that on a racecar), stretched tires (never will see that on a racecar, etc.
Again, these things are exaggerations of what's seen on a race car. Standard street car has a degree or less of camber and fairly fat fitment (120% of wheel width). Race cars run 3+ degrees of camber and tighter fitment (~100% of wheel width). Exaggerating those differences leads you to the silly amounts of stretch and camber you're talking about.
Now, i like thumpy cams because they sound like my dad's 68. Not like some dumb racecar. I love the sound of a thumping v8 rolling down the street. How is that rice?
Because you're emulating the *aesthetic* of a car that impressed you due to it's *performance*. In the 2G ricer sense, there are companies that offer
tunes to give lumpy cam sound. :wtf That's as silly and ridiculous as any fart cannon, park bench, or tire stretch.
There may be better words already in place for what I refer to as 1st and 2nd gen rice. Again, I'm not trying to dictate definitions, just explain things as I see them using the language I have available. I think when most people on this board hear "rice", they jump to what I see as 2nd-gen rice.
