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keithr0

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Nov 16, 2021, 2:28:02 AM11/16/21
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A drop in solution

https://www.drive.com.au/news/567kw-ford-predator-v8-now-on-sale/

Daryl

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Nov 16, 2021, 2:52:54 AM11/16/21
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On 16/11/21 6:28 pm, keithr0 wrote:
> A drop in solution
>
> https://www.drive.com.au/news/567kw-ford-predator-v8-now-on-sale/


Can't imagine that they will be selling all that many at that price.

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Noddy

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Nov 16, 2021, 4:36:30 AM11/16/21
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Yeah, it's pretty exxy. It's also pretty massive, in terms of physical
bulk.

I've sold the engine in my Effy to a local tow truck driver who is doing
up a Customline and wants a Y-Block to keep it "period", and he asked me
seeings how I'm going "restomod" with the truck why I was fitting a
Windsor rather than something like a Coyote or some other late model
Ford V8. So I showed him this picture:

> https://www.diyford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/SA381_FULLBOOK_SwapFordModular_Page_031_Image_0002.jpg

The engine on the left is a current Ford Modular V8 while the engine on
the right is a 1970 Boss 302. Both engines are 5 litre in capacity.

For the sake of some extra neddies and a few extra miles per gallon, I
like the old engine :)



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Daryl

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Nov 16, 2021, 6:27:38 AM11/16/21
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Jesus that's enormous.
Put a Sniper EFI with electronic ignition on the 302 and get the best of
both worlds with it still looking semi original.

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Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 6:53:29 AM11/16/21
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On 16/11/21 8:36 pm, Noddy wrote:
*Some* extra neddies Darren? More than some. The current beasts have 4
valves per cylinder with DOHC heads, the valves are huge high lift
beasts that are sodium filled and controlled by twin independent
variable cam timing, port *&* direct injection and so much more.

But I can see your problem - that engine is way too complex for you, too
highly tuned. 4 camshafts? You have trouble dealing with one.
Interference fit engines - no way for you Jose. You couldn't even ensure
the valves didn't hit the pistons on Les' engine - and that was even
with the cam keeping *in time*. You really screwed Les' engine, didn't
you, and all through simple negligence. Or more likely, incompetence.
Fuel injection, well, you're knackered there too.

No Darren, you're way out of your league with *any* current Ford V8.
Stick with your 70s crap, keep the world safe.


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Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:00:33 AM11/16/21
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They will sell heaps of them. Crate high performance engines is all the
rage these days. If you want to achieve the same output, you'll likely
spend way more money.

Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:02:36 AM11/16/21
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And not much more power than the original had. It was, after all, a
single camshaft OHV pushrod engine of an era long gone, no
sophistication whatsoever.

Noddy

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Nov 16, 2021, 8:00:35 AM11/16/21
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On 16/11/2021 10:27 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 16/11/21 8:36 pm, Noddy wrote:

>> I've sold the engine in my Effy to a local tow truck driver who is
>> doing up a Customline and wants a Y-Block to keep it "period", and he
>> asked me seeings how I'm going "restomod" with the truck why I was
>> fitting a Windsor rather than something like a Coyote or some other
>> late model Ford V8. So I showed him this picture:
>>
>>> https://www.diyford.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/SA381_FULLBOOK_SwapFordModular_Page_031_Image_0002.jpg
>>>
>>
>> The engine on the left is a current Ford Modular V8 while the engine
>> on the right is a 1970 Boss 302. Both engines are 5 litre in capacity.
>>
>> For the sake of some extra neddies and a few extra miles per gallon, I
>> like the old engine :)
>>
>>
>>
> Jesus that's enormous.

They're massive, aren't they?

> Put a Sniper EFI with electronic ignition on the 302 and get the best of
> both worlds with it still looking semi original.

I'm not bothered about it looking original under the bonnet, and making
the Modular engines run isn't a big deal as they're well supported for
retrofit projects. It's just the physical bulk of the things that's a
pain. Lots of Firewall and inner guard mods to make them work, and
they're a pain in the arse when it comes to getting the steering around
them.

The little Windsor will work fine. I'll get 350hp out of it which will
be plenty, and it will sound great which is the important bit :)

Clocky

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Nov 16, 2021, 8:16:19 AM11/16/21
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The important bit is that it's vintage shit that you kinda understand.

Kinda, because we all know that your engine builds aren't even good for
a lap.

Peter Jason

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Nov 16, 2021, 3:07:59 PM11/16/21
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:28:01 +1000, keithr0 <us...@account.invalid>
wrote:

>A drop in solution
>
>https://www.drive.com.au/news/567kw-ford-predator-v8-now-on-sale/

Great. A gas-guzzling CO2 generator. All the knuckle-dragging
petrol-headed bozos are dancing in the streets!

alvey

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Nov 16, 2021, 3:25:53 PM11/16/21
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On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:28:01 +1000, keithr0 wrote:

> A drop in solution
>
> https://www.drive.com.au/news/567kw-ford-predator-v8-now-on-sale/

It'd be fun to watch John from Finance blow it into the weeds with his
Tesla sedan.



alvey

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alvey

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Nov 16, 2021, 3:31:49 PM11/16/21
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:30 +1100, Noddy wrote:

>
> The little Windsor will work fine. I'll get 350hp out of it which will
> be plenty, and it will sound great which is the important bit :)

Unlike your vast range of lies. They just grate.



alvey
Welcome to Bumhole
Is your Rabies innoculation current?

Clocky

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Nov 16, 2021, 4:58:13 PM11/16/21
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On 17/11/2021 4:25 am, alvey wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:28:01 +1000, keithr0 wrote:
>
>> A drop in solution
>>
>> https://www.drive.com.au/news/567kw-ford-predator-v8-now-on-sale/
>
> It'd be fun to watch John from Finance blow it into the weeds with his
> Tesla sedan.
>

Yes indeed!

Noddy

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Nov 16, 2021, 5:49:07 PM11/16/21
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Do you have to train to be this much of a fuckwit, or is it a natural
talent you were born with?

Clocky

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Nov 16, 2021, 5:54:34 PM11/16/21
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...says the knuckle-dragging petrol-headed bozo stuck in the dark ages.


Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:35:41 PM11/16/21
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With you Darren, it's definitely a natural talent enhanced by liberal
doses of ABI. 20+ years of lies about your *fictitious* career in the
automotive industry - a natural talent for sure.

Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:40:23 PM11/16/21
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It's his only *comfort zone* since his *trade knowledge* is, at best,
superficial. Advanced automotive technology, ie, more than two valves
per cylinder, VVT, fuel injection, and more are all way beyond his ken,
as he proved with his disastrous effort on Les' 4AGE(20) engine.

Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:42:39 PM11/16/21
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On 17/11/21 7:31 am, alvey wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:30 +1100, Noddy wrote:
>
>>
>> The little Windsor will work fine. I'll get 350hp out of it which will
>> be plenty, and it will sound great which is the important bit :)
>
> Unlike your vast range of lies. They just grate.
>
It's just what you could expect from Darren. Just like his life, his
engine only needs to sound great. Probe a little bit and you find they
are both a *sham*. How unsurprising.
>
>
> alvey
> Welcome to Bumhole
> Is your Rabies innoculation current?
>


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Peter Jason

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:43:10 PM11/16/21
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Tut tut, try sniffing a better grade of petrol.

Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:44:49 PM11/16/21
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Darren doesn't need to sniff petrol to look like and act like a bozo.
His ABI does that well enough.

alvey

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Nov 16, 2021, 7:50:22 PM11/16/21
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Ahhh. Poor old Fraudster. Being completely unable to argue all he can do is
make teenager insults.

And btw Der Der, driving a V8 does *not* make you a Big Man. Hell! You
could strap a SpaceX rocket to your back and you'd still be sad little
loser who tried to lie his way to respect.



alvey
Welcome to Bumhole
Drive how you like. We do.

Noddy

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Nov 16, 2021, 8:12:18 PM11/16/21
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Why? Will it make me as stupidly irrelevant as you?

Will it Max?

Xeno

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Nov 16, 2021, 8:23:58 PM11/16/21
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You've always been stupidly irrelevant Darren. That's why you felt the
need to *invent* your whole career in the automotive trade. You couldn't
work up a *real career* because, from the get go, you were stupid and
uneducable.
>
> Will it Max?

Hey Fraudster, nothing could make anyone as stupidly irrelevant as you.
That's a given.

Clocky

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Nov 16, 2021, 8:28:27 PM11/16/21
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You already are stupidly irrelevant you qualifications faking clown!

> Will it Max?
>


Yosemite Sam

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Nov 17, 2021, 3:19:36 AM11/17/21
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LOL  :)

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keithr0

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Nov 19, 2021, 12:39:22 AM11/19/21
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On 17/11/2021 6:25 am, alvey wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:28:01 +1000, keithr0 wrote:
>
>> A drop in solution
>>
>> https://www.drive.com.au/news/567kw-ford-predator-v8-now-on-sale/
>
> It'd be fun to watch John from Finance blow it into the weeds with his
> Tesla sedan.

As long as Nigels suspension stays in one piece

https://www.flickr.com/photos/136377865@N05/albums/72157658490111523

Xeno

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Nov 19, 2021, 12:57:08 AM11/19/21
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Never been a real fan of those alloy suspension arms. The above shows why.

Clocky

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Nov 19, 2021, 1:06:58 AM11/19/21
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Fair call.

Noddy

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Nov 19, 2021, 2:23:02 AM11/19/21
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More of Tesla's world famous build quality, huh? Seriously, why would
anyone *want* one?

alvey

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Nov 19, 2021, 2:40:45 AM11/19/21
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Keef W looks like someone you don't want to wrong.

Am surprised this issue hasn't had more of an airing.

alvey

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Nov 19, 2021, 2:48:06 AM11/19/21
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Said the blithe bozo who claims to have bought an ancient & hideous 60yo
light commercial.



alvey
Welcome to Bumhole.
Where you pay a lot and get very little.

Daryl

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Nov 19, 2021, 6:36:16 AM11/19/21
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What is it with American car companies that would rather their customers
die than admit there is a fault with a car.
Seems Tesla has learnt a thing or two from its fellow Americans.
Very likely the entire US car industry will soon be going extinct like
the dinosaurs they are.

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Clocky

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Nov 19, 2021, 8:45:47 AM11/19/21
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Why would anyone want a 60 year old truck, a Navara or a Faillane? It
surely isn't for their build quality!

Clocky

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Nov 20, 2021, 12:28:44 AM11/20/21
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On 19/11/2021 7:36 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 19/11/21 6:23 pm, Noddy wrote:
>> On 19/11/2021 4:39 pm, keithr0 wrote:
>>> On 17/11/2021 6:25 am, alvey wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:28:01 +1000, keithr0 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A drop in solution
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.drive.com.au/news/567kw-ford-predator-v8-now-on-sale/
>>>>
>>>> It'd be fun to watch John from Finance blow it into the weeds with his
>>>> Tesla sedan.
>>>
>>> As long as Nigels suspension stays in one piece
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/136377865@N05/albums/72157658490111523
>>
>> More of Tesla's world famous build quality, huh? Seriously, why would
>> anyone *want* one?
>>
>>
>>
> What is it with American car companies that would rather their customers
> die than admit there is a fault with a car.

What the bloke you're enabling not giving a shit about the safety of his
own son when he sits in that deathtrap of a "truck"?

Evidently you're OK with that!


Xeno

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Nov 20, 2021, 2:18:13 AM11/20/21
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Daryl probably expects no better from the narcissistic Darren.

Yosemite Sam

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Nov 20, 2021, 9:14:06 AM11/20/21
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because they're a bogan?  :)
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