Another Road Asshole Handled

[Anonymous 11]

I was preparing to merge onto a parkway running 10 over PSL. One of those new aluminum body Ford F150s with the V8 was trying to improperly pass me on the right. I was obeying the traffic lane markers. He was not. These are pretty damn quick for a pickup. A friend of mine has one.

My Fox body Mustang is a total sleeper with performance headers and a higher compression ratio engine. I tapped the gas and cut his dick move off at the start and safely made it onto the entry ramp. I then punched it as did he. I left him eating my dust entering the freeway.

I topped off running ten over PSL. He then caught up and passed me. His wench was coldly staring at me and my sleeper as they passed me. Yes buddy, a $3000 30 year old under restoration car made your $30K brand new truck not look so good. I think I might have interfered with his peac~~~ing.

I then saw a bald eagle flying straight down the center of a back road I always use to escape the crowded traffic on the way to my home. He was cool. All in all a very satisfactory day.

[Anonymous 42]

You should have pinched him off like a good turd! Grind those fancy new alloy rims down on the curb! Dangerous drivers should be sent into the wall then black-flagged to keep the track clean of their wreckage! Nothing says YIELD better than metal!

[Anonymous 11]

Mega $$$$ to repair aluminum of that I am sure.

I’m in a convertible though so I have to be extra careful.

I did get to A/B test it against a 1980s 500SL Benz on my little drag strip featuring a 23 foot elevation change. That’s pretty good for an elevation change in the low country. My little pony had the Benz quite well up to about 50 MPH then that big block German beast took over. I was the driver in both cases.

I don’t know how many of you all use the Valentine V-1. Back in my MX-5 Miata days, I gunned that little bastard as hard as I could. Some local pork was radar gunning me from the rear licking his chops for sure. I immediately stopped accelerating at PSL. That was my favorite V-1 moment.

[sidecarParticipant 35837]

Anonymous wrote:

One of those new aluminum body Ford F150s with the V8

I thought ford switched everything over to that silly 3.5L six cylinder (or possibly 4 cylinder) “ecoboost” wind up engine.

[Anonymous 11]

They did Sidecar. Good to see you back.

My cousin bought an “ecoboost” F150 V6 and hates it due to the troubles.

This truck sounded just like my friend’s who has the 5.0 V8 when we were abreast at an intersection. He dogged it for me once, and I was thinking my old beater still put me back in the seat better. He has more HP, but I have the HP to weight ratio still in my favor even with the lowered weight plus I’m not geared to tow either. I once pulled up to an ecoboost Mustang. It sounded like a can of bees. This guy had a more trimmed out model than my buddy’s base model.

We’re all a bunch of Ford heads and no one wants to touch anything with a turbocharger. My cousin is a moron who makes too much money for his own good.

My older F150 has the 4.2 liter V6, but I don’t tow heavy loads. The all aluminum body does have the no rust feature though.

F150 Engine Specs

3.5-liter Ti-VCT V6
The 3.5-liter Ti-VCT V6 is the naturally aspirated base engine that comes standard on the new 2016 Ford F-150. This base engine is able to make 282 horsepower with 253 pound-feet of torque and has a max tow rating of 7,600 pounds.

2.7-liter, EcoBoost V6
If you are looking for great fuel economy in a full-size pickup truck without sacrificing on performance, then this is the engine for you. The second-generation 2.7-liter, EcoBoost V6 uses twin turbocharging and direct injection to make 325 horsepower with 375 pound-feet of torque. This powertrain has the highest EPA-estimated fuel economy rating of any gas-powered pickup truck in its class with an incredible 22 highway miles per gallon.

5.0-liter Ti-VCT V8
There is nothing like a legendary eight-cylinder Ford truck engine. Anyone needing over-the-top capability, strength and performance will want to consider this engine. The 5.0-liter Ti-VCT V8 boasts 385 horsepower with 387 pound-feet or torque, which is very impressive.

3.5-liter EcoBoost V6
Finally, Ford is also offering a new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 that incorporates twin turbocharging technology with a powerful six-cylinder engine to produce 365 horsepower with 420 pound-feet of torque. This has already been by far one of the most popular engine options in the F-150 lineup this year.

[Anonymous 42]

I can only say one thing when it comes to trucks; Allison transmission being pushed by a Cummins turbo diesel. Gutless N-Asp gasoline engines fall far below the speed limits when climbing the mountains and turbo gasoline creates more heat than a GE M-1 BWR!

My ford power joke (7.3L) is an International harvester engine sold to ford, but not first without CHEAPENING all the sensors and attachments to the engine making it the most unreliable diesel engine ever, they denied and were sued over claims of safety over their S~~~ F~~~ING INTERMITTENT CAM POSITION SENSOR that would unexpectedly kill the engine anywhere, any time, people died thanks to FORDs GREED to pinch pennies and cost lives! 10 f~~~ing tons with another 6 tons on the trailer coming at you with a stalled engine and NO F~~~ING POWER BRAKES!

F~~~ FORD WITH A SONORA CACTUS!!!

I’m waiting for TOYOTA to import their 1 ton diesel!

Otherwise F~~~ THE SMALL TRUCK MARKET! GET A CDL and drive an old International 466 turbo diesel! For the price of a used car!

[sidecarParticipant 35837]

Anonymous wrote:

My cousin bought an “ecoboost” F150 V6 and hates it due to the troubles.

There is no replacement for displacement.

The second-generation 2.7-liter, EcoBoost V6 uses twin turbocharging and direct injection to make 325 horsepower with 375 pound-feet of torque.

Notice how they don’t mention the RPMs they took those measurements at?

Ford is also offering a new 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 that incorporates twin turbocharging technology with a powerful six-cylinder engine to produce 365 horsepower with 420 pound-feet of torque.

And they forgot to mention the RPMs here too. Hmmmmm.

Anonymous wrote:

My ford power joke (7.3L) is an International harvester engine sold to ford, but not first without CHEAPENING all the sensors and attachments to the engine making it the most unreliable diesel engine ever,

I wish IH was still making their own pickups. For that matter I wish they were still International Harvester.

Anonymous wrote:

I’m waiting for TOYOTA to import their 1 ton diesel!

That would already be here were it not for CARB and Company. I don’t expect to see it any time soon. And for the same reason I don’t expect to see Subaru’s diesel boxer, either. Bureaucrats are allowed to make car buying decisions these days, not the U.S. consumer.

This is also why every new car on the road these days looks like every other new car.

And so on. I may not have gotten all the manufacturers correct, but only because they all look the same to me, which is entirely my point.

I assume that’s why people are actually buying minis and f~~~ing fiats: they’re the only things on the road any more that don’t look like fat mutant priuses.

[Anonymous 11]

sidecar wrote:

There is no replacement for displacement

Preach it Brother Sidecar. I read this morning that Ford is developing a hybrid Mustang due to CARB. It’ll weigh like 450 more lbs.

Turbocharged or hybrid is all I need to hear, and I’m gone. My cousin had to return his ecoboost to the stealership three times in a year to handle issues with it. I’m not paying $40K to be a damn guinea pig. I did read the highway gas mileage specs and my ten year old 5500lb F150 with the old pushrod 4.2L V6 still comes close at a fraction of the price.

I’m wondering how those Chevy’s with the start/stop technology are going to manage over the long haul. Not well, I can assure you.

This reminds me of the mid-1970s cars which all sucked to a tee. The days when a 350 cid motor gave us maybe 160hp and 200 ft-lbs of torque. I see more 60s and pre-1974 models on the road today than post 1974 ones.

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