Holly sheet this place never ceases to provide me with entertainment!!!! To he!! with the world series tonight, I'm watching F150online!!!!!!!!!!!

 

sorry man, I just thought you were being a little rough on Sal.

he's a good guy who been around since day one. I think he deserves some respect for what he's acomplished over the years.

just my .02

later,
chris

 

Chris, I am not debating whether Sal is a good guy or not. I am sure he is very nice to people who he deals with on a daily basis.

My point was thats an awfully bold claim, to have invented/designed the lower crank pulley. And I stand by my .02

But thanks for the a-hole comment anyway, its nice to see the lines in the sand, just so you know where it is.

joe

 

Chris,

This is a total aside but I was wondering why you went with JDM for the 'Engine of Doom II'? It seems that you're pretty tight with Sal, so I figured you'd have him hook you up after the first motor went south. If Jim gave you a super-smoking deal (which is between you and him) than it's completely understandable. It just struck me as odd since you have always been such a large proponent of Sal.

Dan

 

Cant we just all get along?

 

What he said

 

How many "inventors" just happen to have a factory in the back yard? Maybe they can one-off a prototype, but in reality there is some other company behind the scenes producing the product. Why is it that hard for you to understand that someone can come up with an idea and commission another company to produce it?

-Mark

 

Joe, it's sometimes difficult to fully understand people's intentions around here sometimes because all you can see is text on a screen. without the smilies I often can't tell if people are being serious, angry, joking, sarcastic, etc.

so I'm not certain exactly what you mean by the above statement, but I hope it doesn't mean that we are on opposite sides of the line or enemies or anything like that. my intention was not to create a problem between you and I. I was just pointing out that in my opinion you were being a little harsh. In hindsight, I probably should have worded it differently.

it was just one person's view of the preceding posts.
I know that you are every bit as much entitled to your view on the original subject matter.

this is the second day in a row I've found myself at odds with another board member for no real reason. maybe it's me?

anyway, sorry if I was out of line. no harm intended.


Sal is a great guy. I respect his Lightning experience and knowledge of the trucks. he has been involved in Lightnings since the Gen1 back in the mid 1990s. Additionally, he started out as a Ford & Lincoln Mercury Tech like I am today, so I feel a common bond there as well.

at the time the motor broke I was in a bad position financially and I'm still recovering from that. at that same time Sal had just opened his new shop and gotten his new dyno, and was trying to get his centrifigal s/c up and running on the red truck. Sal offered his help, but I knew that he already had his hands full with enough to worry about without getting involved in my problems.

JDM was able to step up and really offer me a good package on a quality engine to get my truck up and running again asap.

although I know that there is at times alot of animosity (sp?) between the competing vendors and their respective customers in this community. I have alot of respect for both Jim and Sal and what they've done in the Ford performance world.

anyway, back to the original point of this thread, the discussion of torque converter / water pump holding straps and whatnot.



later,
chris

 

lol I didn't mean for this to turn into a pissing match. Just thought I'd let others know that instead of the good ol vice grips you can use that same bracket as mentioned.

-Sly

 

I am done with this thread. Chris, I got no issues with you, so no you aren't a mortal enemy of mine now.

joe

 

anyway, sorry if I was out of line. no harm intended.

Dont we all feel better when someone says something like this? That is what a community is made up of.

 

Hey Joe -

Hook me up with the shorty antenna mod....I cant stand that long a$$ thing I got now. PM me if you can.

Thanks,
Bob