HA HA, no they are not Bo and Luke. Definitely not that agile. His window was up do to all the rain we have been getting almost everyday.
The other guys truck would sound like it was going to start but wouldn't. When they finally got it started it would just idle and would not go anywhere when you push on the accelerator. He said the power steering felt like it was out also when he tired to turn the wheels while he was sitting there. He turned it off for about 45-60 seconds and it did restart, but it would only idle and not go when the go pedal was pushed. I haven't heard from him what the diagnoses is.

 

I hear it all the time too. I get a lot of dirty looks especially from GM people. I also get a lot of challenges to race, mostly from Dodge folks. But I also get more compliments from GM and Dodge folks than people who own Ford trucks. I have an 06 and most guys who own an 09 or above see me as inferior. I won't drive GM products because of personal taste, the bailout thing, and because I think they aren't innovative like Ford is. They seem to see what Ford does first, see if it's successful with the consumers, then try to one up them. It's funny that you see on GM commercials was when Ford decided to use aluminum on its trucks, you now see in ALL of GMs truck commercials they say they "use rolled steel" as if that's better. The one thing I do for punks is to compliment them on their trucks. It really defuses the situation fast. You love what you drive so you don't have to defend yourself. If they are talking about it that much, they must be curious about it. Ask your friends to tell you why you should be driving a Chevy instead of a Ford and see if they come up with any intelligent answers! Don't worry about what your friends think! You have thousands of people on this forum who love what you drive!

 

Thankfully, a little light ribbing is all I get. I see the retarded extremes on forums sometimes, its disgusting. Even seen it on a forum to the point of not caring if Chevy drivers died.

Its such a stupid waste of energy. Quite frankly I'm to the point I don't care what brand a truck is anymore

 

 

the 5 second "mustang" is more of a hats off to accufab and lucas oil for putting up the money, than it is a proving point for Ford. the modular engine can be built to crazy levels, the lsx is just of a popular swap and has a much stronger aftermarket. in class racing they are great compitiion for each other. i firmly believe that if accufab put the same efforts into a lsx they would have had similar results.

i guess to some that could be an arguing point as to why a ford truck is better than a chevy. Not to me. What my dad drove dosent really matter either. kind of like does anyone still buy cars based on nascar results? to me nhra and nascar are losing fans, i might be wrong on that.

when i purchased my 2012 the back seat size, 36 gallon gas tank, the interior styling and the stong built 6.2 sold me.

 

You might want to read it again.
No one mentioned that the window was down and the other truck had other problems.
It was pretty clear to me.

 

I beg to differ. Modular is a far superior design. The only year it was allowed to compete in engine builders competition, it swept everything, and immediately got banned from competition again.

LSX is a solid build, I'm not knocking it down. But it's pretty clear modular is world's ahead of the 1960s pushrod era

 

Fixed it for ya!

 

I drove Ford vehicle all of my life unitil late 2012. I decided to trade for a 2013 RAM 1500 Longhorn to see what I had been missing. The new '13 RAM 1500 Longhorn was a great truck and had all of the bells and whistles anyone could ask for but there were a few features that I especially missed that all of my F150's had. One was the fuel mileage and the other was the humungous flat floor space that the F150 truck has in the back seat area on the Supercrew. The RAM 5.7 Hemi is a great engine and got decent fuel mileage for a 395 horse power engine. I loved all of the leather amenities along with the factory navigation and premium sound system but it wasn't an F150 so I sold it and purchased a new 2014 F150 Limited. I'm a happy camper and back in the saddle again.

 

pat, did you see the headers Kaase used on his 2013 engine masters winning motor? what is up with that? looks like a pricey mod. wonder how much it accounted for? that has to be a $4k to $5k set of headers. what chasis does that fit?

seperation between winner and the 4th place ls was 3%. the 3rd and 4th place entries were very close.

just a guess, but with phr going under and the compitition switched over to hot rod and with magazines stuggling to stay relavent, i would guess that more than ford having a slight advantage, it had more to do with sponsors.


i still say jon mihovetz determination is the key to that 5.9 modular. cant even imagine what it takes to crank 60 psi thru a motor. there is a 6.12 drag radila lsx out there. kind of funny there are 3 modulars faster than the fastest lsx and accufab built 2 of the motors. with 3% seprating the top 4. engine master, 3 scored better than the lsx. mihovetz built one and jon f..ing kaase won. no one can feel bad about losing to kaase
money is no object, who builds you dream ford motor? who does ford go to for aftermarket parts. both guys are rock stars.


off road screw..where you been the last 11 years? btw i dont honestly think he worked with bo nor luke duke, i hear crawl thru a car and that is what i think.

OP. what happened with the 2 broke chevys? did that shut the talkers down for a little?

 

His individual ported manifolds were excellent. Helped with scavenging and thus tuning and tweaking each cylinder.

His mod motor was also notably smaller displacement then the LSX and Hemi competition

 

i thought the judging and way the scoring is calculated adjusted for cubic inches?

 

Hey BrotherDave ,
We have been on different schedules the last week so I haven't had any conversations with them for a week. But another guy told me that the first guys truck had accelerator assembly and O2 sensors replaced, and now the bottom of the truck bed has a big crack going from the back all the way to the front. The chevy dealer said they would replace it for free and that chevy factory boys want the bed sent back for a good going over. Seems like this has happen several times lately with other trucks and they want to find the cause. Heck, maybe that cold rolled steel from that submarine they are using to build these trucks. got to cold up at the north pole and is causing the cracks. The second guy had a rod in his door lock assembly break in half and he got it replaced. Today my boss's Chevys water pump went out on the way to work. It is 5 years old.

 

That may be true. I was simply comparing hp/ci

 

3rd place and 5th place are an intersting comparison if you want to compare hp/ci