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but... raced Ford and developed a real respect for Ford, never did blow that lil Ford injun, and it revved beyond the limit, never bothered with a tacho, just drove by ear, never could fault the gearbox either.... the diff was a mig locker
A GM man, towing a Ford with a Toyota I liked all three for what they did.
The "F" truck series took my breath away with the Powerstroke Diesels one of the sweetest singing sounds I ever heard in a "grunter"
still partial to a big Chev injun tho
I could jump the fence anytime
I would take a Ford Ute over a Holden ute any day.More torque for towing and the Ford is actually a ute and not a Holden Commodore dressed up as a Ute.
The Ford would pull a tree stump out of the ground,The Holden would stretch its body.
I'm currently driving a Chevy, but only because of one thing....
the price of parts. Many Chevy parts will interchange over a wide range of years...
Ford, not so much. Which makes the bowtie parts a LOT cheaper usually.
If it were feasible, I'd be running a F250 with the 7.3 diesel motor right now. Now there's a truck with guts.
I also own an 81 Chevy C-10 and a 71 Toyota Landcruiser...and as soon as I can get the parts I need, the Toyota will have a 5.0 Ford engine
thought I heard something....it was just a Chevrolet rusting....carry on
They've made their fair share of mistakes, but when Ford really buckles down to do something, more often than not, they do it right.
The late model Ford GT is a prime example of just that. It was so over engineered it puts all the other exotics to shame .. and it only cost half the price of most of them.
Had an 04 Ranger fell apart after 4 years and only 50k miles.
Replaced it with a 77 IH Scout.. So far this 33 year old Binder has been great
Im thinking more like.. Ford; The fastest oval in racing! .... until GM and Dodge started crying about it.
"In 1963 the 427 Galaxies dominated NASCAR. Tiny Lund won the first and biggest race of the year, the Daytona 500, with 427's finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. Ford won 23 races to Plymouth's 19. The Plymouths earned all their victories on the short tracks while Ford dominated the Super Speedways. Chevrolet had 8 wins and Pontiac had 4.
In 1964 Ford had their best season ever with 30 wins. Dodge was second with 14 while Plymouth had 12. If you add the 5 wins that Mercury had, the 427 had a total of 35 NASCAR Grand National wins for the 1964 season. Fred Lorenzen won the Atlanta 500 and proceeded to beat Dodges and Plymouths, which were using 426 Hemi engines contrary to stated NASCAR rules, in 6 of the next 7 races. Ford was using the high-riser intake and matching heads, which were allowed by NASCAR for one season (1964).
In 1965 NASCAR banned Ford's high-riser engines claiming they did not actually fit under "stock" hoods, allowing Chrysler to continue racing its 426 Hemi, which had never been installed in a production vehicle until that year. In 1965 Ford developed its own version of a hemi-chambered engine. The 427 Cammer used a pair of overhead cams to operate the valves in its hemi. NASCAR banned the engine. Then Ford developed the medium-riser intake and head, which did fit under stock hoods and was accepted by NASCAR. In 1965 Chrysler installed its first 426 Hemis in production cars and the race was on. Ned Jarrett driving for Ford was the 1965 Grand National champion and Ford won the NASCAR crown."
--fantasm
but ill take a vette or cts-v any day of the week
And I'm going to take a stab in the dark here, but if you cant afford a 427 sohc .. Im pretty sure you wont be able to afford a late model NASCAR motor.
lets talk about honda and the awesome 800+hp v8's they make next !
Ford blue in my veins too. My Dad had hot rodded '36 five window coupes, his bro, two seat T-Birds. Mustangs for me. I should have never let the '70 Boss 302 get away!
I love my Fords, but the only way I'd ever own a new Ford truck is if it's a diesel. The over-head cam Triton engines just don't cut it as motivation for a 5500 lb. truck
3.7 v6 - 302hp / 278tq
3.5 TT v6 - 365hp / 420tq
5.0 v8 - 360hp / 380tq
6.2 v8 - 411hp / 434tq
you dont like any of them?!
sell that bronco and get a kia sportage, you traitor !
Figure...Ford must have known those engines were weak if they started slapping Eaton superchargers on 'em from the factory
NO bail out money asked for or needed..... and they substantially improved the quality, safety and performance of their entire product line.
and the only reason I'm driving a Chevy S10 is because of the price. It was right at the time.
I do have to commend Ford for not taking funds.