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 ford-trucks.com (small-list-digest) To: small-list-digest ford-trucks.com Subject: small-list-digest V3 #272 Reply-To: small-list ford-trucks.com Sender: owner-small-list-digest ford-trucks.com Errors-To: owner-small-list-digest ford-trucks.com Precedence: bulk small-list-digest Tuesday, October 19 1999 Volume 03 : Number 272 ======================================================================= Ford Truck Enthusiasts - Ranger, Explorer, Bronco 2 and Aerostar Visit our web site: http://www.ford-trucks.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe, send email to: majordomo ford-trucks.com with the words "unsubscribe small-list-digest" in the body of the message. ======================================================================= In this issue: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - Re: Making an Explorer FAST AW: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - "I want More Noise" FTE Small - Small-Bashin Re: AW: FTE Small - Aerostar Sparkplugs Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - Bashin' RE: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - Bashin' FTE Small - Re: Exahust manafolds Re: FTE Small - Re: Exahust manafolds FTE Small - explorer rear hatch misalignment FTE Small - Couple of 4 cyl Q's Re: FTE Small - Couple of 4 cyl Q's Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Re: FTE Small - Bashin' ======================================================================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:15:02 EDT From: "Joe Gill" Subject: FTE Small - Bashin' Adam it sounds pretty good. I need some people on my side. I do give my neighbors common curtousy but hey you just have to love the roar of a V6. If you don't I'm sorry. If I had neighbors like rgstien pacbell.net I'd sure have to pull up next to his house at around 3 AM and power brake until my tires were down to steel belts. I try to respect my neighbors but when they don't respect my rights I tend to get irrate. Too all that dislike loud exahusts and big motors then they don't belong on this mailing list. >From: ROlson1039 aol.com >Reply-To: small-list ford-trucks.com >To: small-list ford-trucks.com >Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' >Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:29:04 EDT >MIME-Version: 1.0 >From owner-small-list ford-trucks.com Sun Oct 17 18:31:50 1999 >Received: from [192.41.63.203] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailB9D3C3830110D820F3ABC0293FCB133C0; Sun Oct 17 18:31:50 1999 >Received: (fordtruc localhost) by ford-trucks.com (8.8.5) id VAA29005; Sun, >17 Oct 1999 21:29:41 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from imo11.mx.aol.com (imo11.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.1]) by >ford-trucks.com (8.8.5) id VAA28976; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:29:39 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from ROlson1039 aol.comby imo11.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v23.6.) id >sZJCa13073 (4421) for ; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 >21:29:05 -0400 (EDT) >Message-ID: >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 >Sender: owner-small-list ford-trucks.com >Precedence: bulk > >LOL adam and then when ya get to the corner do ya lay like fifty feet of >rubber ??? LOL with my neighbors I sure would >Bob >ROlson1039 aol.com >99Ranger 2wd 4 cyl ( cant get out of its own way) >== FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ______________________________________________________ == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:20:15 EDT From: "Joe Gill" Subject: Re: FTE Small - Re: Making an Explorer FAST Anything is possible. I think if you added a KKM filter and Flowmaster II's you'd find that it give you about 20 more horses. If you added headers, chip, cam and changed your gears I'm sure you'd be able to beat him. You should definatley check out this website... It's http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://www.4x4 central.  com . Check out their bulletin boards.. Those guys can help ya out. >From: Christopher J Abele >Reply-To: small-list ford-trucks.com >To: small-list ford-trucks.com >Subject: FTE Small - Re: Making an Explorer FAST >Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:23:40 -0500 >From owner-small-list ford-trucks.com Sun Oct 17 19:25:18 1999 >Received: (fordtruc localhost) by ford-trucks.com (8.8.5) id WAA18711; Sun, >17 Oct 1999 22:24:10 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from m10.boston.juno.com (m10.boston.juno.com [205.231.101.195]) >by ford-trucks.com (8.8.5) id WAA18692; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:24:08 -0400 >(EDT) >Received: (from cchscrewcoach juno.com) by m10.boston.juno.com (queuemail) >id EN68CXG5; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:22:03 EDT >Message-ID: >References: >X-Mailer: Juno 1.49 >X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 1-2,7-8,12-18 >Sender: owner-small-list ford-trucks.com >Precedence: bulk > >Hey. . . with all the talk of Explorer's sounding fast I was wondering if >anyone can help me out. . . > >What can be done to the engine of a pre 94 explorer to add a little >"pep?" I really DON'T want the "my car is louder than yours" effect, but >at the same time want a bit more speed. Underdrive pulleys? K&N Air >Filter? (I plan to make a cold-air induction rather than simply a K&N, >but we'll see when I finally have my truck how it works out!) > >Can the Explorer be tricked enough in terms of engine (without adjusting >the noise level) to beat out a Mustang with a 3.8 V6, or is this a >complete impossibility? With four on the floor is there any chance in >hell I'd be able to dust my little brother's Mustang? > >Christopher J. Abele >CCRC Head Coach and Moderator >1562 Archwood Lane >Toledo, OH 43614 >home: (419)382-8581; cell: (419)297-2209 > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. >== FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html > ______________________________________________________ == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 16:37:35 +0200 From: "Ucen, Thomas, PRE" Subject: AW: FTE Small - Bashin' Wow, time for a new amendment to the constitution: the right to have a = loud exhaust. No, seriously, I think it's you who's on the wrong mailing list. The = Porsche or Corvette list would be more adequate. Loud exhausts are fun at a racetrack but not in a residential neighborhood. My Aerostar had a huge hole in the muffler a few months ago. I felt = rather embarassed driving around making such a noise. Just my two cents... Tom 1993 Aerostar Ext. 3.0L - -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: Joe Gill [mailto:explorerdude hotmail.com] Gesendet am: Montag, 18. Oktober 1999 16:15 An: small-list ford-trucks.com Betreff: FTE Small - Bashin' Adam it sounds pretty good. I need some people on my side. I do give = my=20 neighbors common curtousy but hey you just have to love the roar of a = V6. =20 If you don't I'm sorry. If I had neighbors like rgstien pacbell.net = I'd=20 sure have to pull up next to his house at around 3 AM and power brake = until=20 my tires were down to steel belts. I try to respect my neighbors but = when=20 they don't respect my rights I tend to get irrate. Too all that = dislike=20 loud exahusts and big motors then they don't belong on this mailing = list. >From: ROlson1039 aol.com >Reply-To: small-list ford-trucks.com >To: small-list ford-trucks.com >Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' >Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:29:04 EDT >MIME-Version: 1.0 >From owner-small-list ford-trucks.com Sun Oct 17 18:31:50 1999 >Received: from [192.41.63.203] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id=20 >MHotMailB9D3C3830110D820F3ABC0293FCB133C0; Sun Oct 17 18:31:50 1999 >Received: (fordtruc localhost) by ford-trucks.com (8.8.5) id VAA29005; = Sun, >17 Oct 1999 21:29:41 -0400 (EDT) >Received: from imo11.mx.aol.com (imo11.mx.aol.com [198.81.17.1]) by=20 >ford-trucks.com (8.8.5) id VAA28976; Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:29:39 -0400 = (EDT) >Received: from ROlson1039 aol.comby imo11.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v23.6.) = id=20 >sZJCa13073 (4421) for ; Sun, 17 Oct 1999=20 >21:29:05 -0400 (EDT) >Message-ID: >X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 >Sender: owner-small-list ford-trucks.com >Precedence: bulk > >LOL adam and then when ya get to the corner do ya lay like fifty feet = of >rubber ??? LOL with my neighbors I sure would >Bob >ROlson1039 aol.com >99Ranger 2wd 4 cyl ( cant get out of its own way) >=3D=3D FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info = http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ______________________________________________________ =3D=3D FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info = http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:10:56 -0500 From: alannorthstar mindspring.com Subject: Re: FTE Small - "I want More Noise" On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:24:04 -0700, you wrote: :Regarding this current discussion: : :>Lastly my exahust question is this... If I replace the tailpipe from = the=20 :>muffler back with a 3 inch pipe do you think that'll give me more = >sound?? : : :Definitely... The less restriction in the tailpipe, the more sound :you'll have. : Actually, the muffler has more to do with the sound than a bigger pipe. Anything you do after the muffler will likely have little effect on the sound. A bigger pipe will mean less back-pressure, but, again, the muffler and the catalytic converter are probably the items which give you the most back-pressure and the most sound deadening. Later, Alan == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 09:33:54 -0700 From: "Hans Luckoff" Subject: FTE Small - Small-Bashin To the guy that said "hey I like noise" I'm really impressed by your intelligence. == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:47:26 -0400 From: David Cooley Subject: Re: AW: FTE Small - Aerostar Sparkplugs At 09:38 AM 10/18/1999 +0200, you wrote: >At 30,000 mls I installed Motorcraft platinum plugs into my '93 Aerostar >3.0L. The car ran great until someone told me to take them out. They were >not made for this sort of engine and could damage it, the spark is too >strong and blabla... >Is that true? Can platinum plugs damage my engine? I installed regular Bosch >plugs and the car also runs great. What do you guys recommend I should use? >Changing the plugs on the Aerostar is the worst job I ever had to do. Even >the beetle's plugs were easier to change. Platinum plugs can't damage your engine, unless they are not the recomended number... That goes for any plug... If the reach is too long, the pistons could hit the plug, or if the heat range isn't the recomended one it could ping (too hot a plug) or foul (too cold a plug). =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! =========================================================== == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:01:55 -0400 From: David Cooley Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' At 10:15 AM 10/18/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Adam it sounds pretty good. I need some people on my side. I do give my >neighbors common curtousy but hey you just have to love the roar of a V6. >If you don't I'm sorry. If I had neighbors like rgstien pacbell.net I'd >sure have to pull up next to his house at around 3 AM and power brake >until my tires were down to steel belts. I try to respect my neighbors >but when they don't respect my rights I tend to get irrate. Too all that >dislike loud exahusts and big motors then they don't belong on this >mailing list. Joe, Your "rights" do not include the right to harass and annoy others. Anyone that power brakes in front of my house with "loud exhaust" at 3am will be staring down the business end of a Taurus .44 magnum. There are laws in *ALL* 50 states regarding noise and you would be ticketed and possibly arrested for running no muffler and harrassing/annoying people. =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! =========================================================== == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 16:20:43 -0500 From: Christopher J Abele Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' >>Too all that dislike loud exahusts and big motors then they don't belong on this mailing list. Whoops. . . apparently I am on the wrong list! I thought this was the Ford small truck mailing list, not the "I like having a loud truck because I think it helps me look cool" list. Sorry. . . . I'll be leaving now! And notice that throughout this ENTIRE discsussion there hasn't been a single person who debate the merits of a big engine. I can see that one already. . . "You know, the more I think about it the better I like the idea of a four banger in my Explorer. Anyone know how I could swap this out?? My goal is to decrease the power as much as possible. . . " Christopher Abele Just my $0.02 ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:53:02 -0400 From: David Cooley Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' At 04:20 PM 2/27/2000 -0500, you wrote: >And notice that throughout this ENTIRE discsussion there hasn't been a >single person who debate the merits of a big engine. I can see that one >already. . . "You know, the more I think about it the better I like the >idea of a four banger in my Explorer. Anyone know how I could swap this >out?? My goal is to decrease the power as much as possible. . . " And we'll run it without an exhaust manifold... That will be as loud as it can get and the chicks will dig me for it!!!! =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! =========================================================== == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 17:16:53 -0500 From: Christopher J Abele Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' >And we'll run it without an exhaust manifold... That will be as loud >as it >can get and the chicks will dig me for it!!!! > yeah! I'm going to go remove all of the exhaust stuff from my car right now! I mean, yeah, its a small car with a four banger, but if I make it loud people will think its fast! Anyone know how I could hook up a microphone inside my engine compartment? I'm going to run it through an amp with some subs! People will think I am SOOOO Fast! I'll get all the trashy girls I can deal with! YES! I also went out and got some red spray paint. Red cars are SOOOO much faster than everything else, so I figured that I'd paint my car red. Everyone will look at my car as say to themselves "Hey, he's got a loud red car. He must be fast. It would be a waste of time to race him." Anyone know where I can get some stickers that say things like, "powered by Ferrari?" With those on it my car might go even faster! All joking aside, the fact is that just because your truck is loud doesn't mean its actually fast. It just means that your truck is loud. Most people aren't staring at you with envy when you roll past sounding like you drive a train. . . they're staring because they can't figure out why you would waste your money making your truck loud. Changing the exhaust on a Ranger doesn't change the fact that its a small truck; it only changes the fact that it was a quiet small truck at one time. If you want people to really look, go out and paint your truck bright orange or neon green. At least people can look away then. . . Christopher J. >=========================================================== >David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net >Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 >We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! >=========================================================== ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:44:24 -0700 From: Eric Sneed Subject: RE: FTE Small - Bashin' Oh Yeah! Well my father can kick your fathers butt, now really fellas this has gotten out of hand. We got a guy doing brake stands in front of peoples homes at three in the morning as well as Walker Texas Ranger with the 44! I'm beginning to think that I am on the wrong List. Eric -----Original Message----- From: David Cooley [SMTP:n5xmt bellsouth.net] Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 10:02 AM To: small-list ford-trucks.com Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' At 10:15 AM 10/18/1999 -0400, you wrote: >Adam it sounds pretty good. I need some people on my side. I do give my >neighbors common curtousy but hey you just have to love the roar of a V6. >If you don't I'm sorry. If I had neighbors like rgstien pacbell.net I'd >sure have to pull up next to his house at around 3 AM and power brake >until my tires were down to steel belts. I try to respect my neighbors >but when they don't respect my rights I tend to get irrate. Too all that >dislike loud exahusts and big motors then they don't belong on this >mailing list. Joe, Your "rights" do not include the right to harass and annoy others. Anyone that power brakes in front of my house with "loud exhaust" at 3am will be staring down the business end of a Taurus .44 magnum. There are laws in *ALL* 50 states regarding noise and you would be ticketed and possibly arrested for running no muffler and harrassing/annoying people. =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! =========================================================== == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 17:41:18 -0500 From: Christopher J Abele Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Does anyone else hear the sounds of dueling banjos playing in the distance? Christopher J. Abele On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:44:24 -0700 Eric Sneed writes: >Oh Yeah! Well my father can kick your fathers butt, now really fellas >this >has gotten out of hand. We got a guy doing brake stands in front of >peoples >homes at three in the morning as well as Walker Texas Ranger with the >44! >I'm beginning to think that I am on the wrong List. > >Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Cooley [SMTP:n5xmt bellsouth.net] > Sent: Monday, October 18, 1999 10:02 AM > To: small-list ford-trucks.com > Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' > > At 10:15 AM 10/18/1999 -0400, you wrote: > >Adam it sounds pretty good. I need some people on my side. >I do >give my > >neighbors common curtousy but hey you just have to love the >roar of >a V6. > >If you don't I'm sorry. If I had neighbors like >rgstien pacbell.net I'd > >sure have to pull up next to his house at around 3 AM and >power >brake > >until my tires were down to steel belts. I try to respect my >neighbors > >but when they don't respect my rights I tend to get irrate. >Too >all that > >dislike loud exahusts and big motors then they don't belong >on this > > >mailing list. > > Joe, > Your "rights" do not include the right to harass and annoy >others. > Anyone that power brakes in front of my house with "loud >exhaust" at >3am > will be staring down the business end of a Taurus .44 magnum. > There are laws in *ALL* 50 states regarding noise and you >would be >ticketed > and possibly arrested for running no muffler and >harrassing/annoying >people. > > =========================================================== > David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net > Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 > We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! > =========================================================== > > == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info >http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html >== FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info >http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://www.ford-trucks.com//lc/lc.php?action=do&link=http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:27:42 -0800 From: "Tom Watson" Subject: FTE Small - Re: Exahust manafolds > Subject: FTE Small - Exhaust manifolds... > >> > Ford Motorsport headers for the explorer with ceramic coating are only > $325 for the pair, won't crack, and are also worth 15-20HP on the stock > motor... Guess I know what I'm buying! > Later, > Dave Tell us more about these headers. Difficult to install?? At times my '98 Explorer seems a bit lathargic when some "real power" is needed (like when I attempt to impress someone). Ob "loud" commment: Of course if I really wanted to impress someone, I'd get my 356 working and use the "blooey tube". That is another story for another list (*SIGH*). - -- Tom Watson Generic short signature tsw johana.com (I'm at home now) == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 15:55:32 -0400 From: David Cooley Subject: Re: FTE Small - Re: Exahust manafolds At 12:27 PM 10/18/1999 -0800, you wrote: > > Subject: FTE Small - Exhaust manifolds... > > >>> > > > Ford Motorsport headers for the explorer with ceramic coating are only > > $325 for the pair, won't crack, and are also worth 15-20HP on the stock > > motor... Guess I know what I'm buying! > > Later, > > Dave > >Tell us more about these headers. Difficult to install?? At times my >'98 Explorer seems a bit lathargic when some "real power" is needed >(like when I attempt to impress someone). They don't look too bad... Labor guide gives 2 hrs to replace the exhaust manifolds. The headers hook up to the stock head pipes etc, so they aren't any bigger than the stock manifolds. Looks like they have to be done from underneath and thru the fender wells. Hopefully have them in a couple weeks. Supposedly they have all the EGR fittings etc as well making them 50 state legal. If you want more power quickly, have t=you though about NOS? =========================================================== David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! =========================================================== == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:19:12 -0400 From: "Bill Higinbotham" Subject: FTE Small - explorer rear hatch misalignment My 92 explorer hatch does not align with the roof of the truck. It is about 1/2" higher. There is no adjustment in the hinges. Any ideas? Bill == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:30:20 -0400 From: Dwight Varnes Subject: FTE Small - Couple of 4 cyl Q's Oh joy of joys, I get my Ranger at last on Wednesday. The Nissan is but a distant memory. Anywho, a few Q's from the newbie: 1) Does the 1990 2.3 take the same PH8A equivelant filter all Fords do? 2) In 1996 the 2.3 went from 100 to 112 horsepower. Anyone know the reason? 3) Front shocks are garbage...suggestions on replacement (4x2)? I like 'em stiff. It may not be much, but it's faster than every other truck I've owned except a '65 F100! - -- Dwight Varnes, insurance appraiser and car nut 1970 124 Spider (restored, mostly) 1986 Audi Coupe GT (bigger engine STILL at machine shop) 1989 VW Jetta GLI 16v (the wife's ride, tired but loyal) 1965 Buick Skylark conv. (unrestored, for sale) 1990 Ford Ranger 2.3 twin spark (coming soon) Past trucks: 71 Jeep Commando, 67 CJ-5, 76 Courier, 66 Chevy C-10 292 six cyl., 65 F-100 352, 76 Datsun King cab, 84 Nissan 4x4 King cab POS == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 19:28:54 EDT From: ROlson1039 aol.com Subject: Re: FTE Small - Couple of 4 cyl Q's well i dunno about the other questions, but i swear by gabriel shocks for everything i drive.. theyre better than monroe and reasonably priced.. My trucks run in NYC and they take a daily beating between craters and loads i put in them.. so for what its worth thats my opinion Bob Rolson1039 aol.com 99 ranger 2wd == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 20:45:25 -0700 From: Adam McLaughlin Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Hi Bob, No, peace is good here! With my Mother's car, father's Ranger, Sister's Accord, and Father's Taurus I don't have a spot to put my baby bronco. So, I go around the corner and park the truck on the side of the neighbor's house. They don't seem to mind the spots on the ground either, from where I work on it. (This weekend it's going to be double shock hoop mounts and traction bars!!) Sometimes, once in a while when my patience runs thin, I would like to scare the neighbors but good, although I know that nothing good ever comes from hate. Particularly their chainsaw sounding japanese cars and their loud ghetto-rave blasting noise... Rrrrggghhhh.... Adam ROlson1039 aol.com wrote: > LOL adam and then when ya get to the corner do ya lay like fifty feet of > rubber ??? LOL with my neighbors I sure would > Bob > ROlson1039 aol.com > 99Ranger 2wd 4 cyl ( cant get out of its own way) > == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 20:51:24 -0700 From: Adam McLaughlin Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' I had a friend (Who is now serving time in San Quetin for an unrelated incident) who would run around with open headers everywhere and cops would stop him every five blocks. Truck was a '72 body with a 350... Standard excuse was that it was a farm truck and we needed gas, but couldn't find the gas cans. Always worked. I guess you had to be 14 and without a license to enjoy it. (Like he was while driving!) Adam David Cooley wrote: > At 04:20 PM 2/27/2000 -0500, you wrote: > > >And notice that throughout this ENTIRE discsussion there hasn't been a > >single person who debate the merits of a big engine. I can see that one > >already. . . "You know, the more I think about it the better I like the > >idea of a four banger in my Explorer. Anyone know how I could swap this > >out?? My goal is to decrease the power as much as possible. . . " > > And we'll run it without an exhaust manifold... That will be as loud as it > can get and the chicks will dig me for it!!!! > > =========================================================== > David Cooley N5XMT Internet: N5XMT bellsouth.net > Packet: N5XMT KQ4LO.#INT.NC.USA.NA T.A.P.R. Member #7068 > We are Borg... Prepare to be assimilated! > =========================================================== > > == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html == FTE: Uns*bscribe and posting info http://www.ford-trucks.com/faq.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 21:02:00 -0700 From: Adam McLaughlin Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' Wait, even better I have a friend whom I am working with to beef up a 66 stang. We swapped out the 8" rear for a ford 9", and instralled a locker. Made the brakes really tight and lockable, on all four wheel drum. The 289 would be tuned just right and by this time could we have some fun. We would get going on the three speed speed cruise-o-matic and then let it fly. You could go screaming down the road, and then pull a *sharp* turn, locking up the brakes and whipping the rear around. That could make a screech and a healthy black mark on the road... That was high school fun and we did it. Never any at night, though if I had known where some of the people whom I went to school with lived, I would have been tempted! This week we are replacing the front end of the car, and would like to do a 289 to Windsor swap. The engine swap is far into the future, but the front end work needs to be done ASAP... There is so much play in it that the bright white is dangerous to drive. I'm hoping the steering box isn't shot to heck, but we'll see... Adam Joe Gill wrote: > Adam it sounds pretty good. I need some people on my side. I do give my > neighbors common curtousy but hey you just have to love the roar of a V6. > If you don't I'm sorry. If I had neighbors like rgstien pacbell.net I'd > sure have to pull up next to his house at around 3 AM and power brake until > my tires were down to steel belts. I try to respect my neighbors but when > they don't respect my rights I tend to get irrate. Too all that dislike > loud exahusts and big motors then they don't belong on this mailing list. > > >From: ROlson1039 aol.com > >Reply-To: small-list ford-trucks.com > >To: small-list ford-trucks.com > >Subject: Re: FTE Small - Bashin' > >Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 21:29:04 EDT > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >From owner-small-list ford-trucks.com Sun Oct 17 18:31:50 1999 > >Received: from [192.41.63.203] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > >MHotMailB9D3C3830110D820F3ABC0293FCB133C0; Sun Oct 17 18:31:50 1999 > >Received: (fordtruc localhost) by ford-trucks.com (8.8.5) id VAA29005; Sun, > >17 Oct 1999 21:29:41 -0400 (EDT) .... To access the rest of this feature you must be a logged in Registered User Of Ford Truck Enthusiasts
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