View Poll Results: Do you enjoy reading build threads with non Ford drivetrains?
Sure, all build threads are good.
65
69.15%
No Ford drivetrain no interest.
29
30.85%
Voters: 94. You may not vote on this poll
Ford builds without Ford drivetrains, yay or nay?
#77
04-19-2015, 06:05 PM
Fleet Mechanic
You get thru a car show in record time I would imagine. There is so much more to a car than just the motor.
I grew up around chevies and that is what I know, but I like all cars. Have a 57 392 chrysler in my 33 chevy, 351 ford in my 54 ford crestline and a 64 327 chevy in my 55 ford panel, no motor is sacred to any one car to me.
I say use what ever you want in your vehicle it belongs to you.
To your point that ford has just as many parts available as chevy, it made me pull out my jegs, summit and speedway and I would have to say chevy parts pages are running about 2-3 to 1. Now in the racing side I would have no say there beings I am no racer by any means
I grew up around chevies and that is what I know, but I like all cars. Have a 57 392 chrysler in my 33 chevy, 351 ford in my 54 ford crestline and a 64 327 chevy in my 55 ford panel, no motor is sacred to any one car to me.
I say use what ever you want in your vehicle it belongs to you.
To your point that ford has just as many parts available as chevy, it made me pull out my jegs, summit and speedway and I would have to say chevy parts pages are running about 2-3 to 1. Now in the racing side I would have no say there beings I am no racer by any means
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04-19-2015, 09:46 PM
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04-20-2015, 08:57 AM
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04-20-2015, 10:07 AM
#81
05-03-2015, 08:02 PM
Just checked back on this and it looks like close to 70/30 in favor of keeping the non Ford drive train builds going. I have been working on truck #2 but not updating, so I will get back to it and not focus on the drive train unless there is some universal back woods low buck work going on that will apply to Ford stuff too..and if you read my threads there is plenty of back woods low buck universal hack work going on 
#82
05-04-2015, 01:09 PM
Yeah, the MOPAR stuff is a little harder to come by. But, you get what you pay for....
Just kidding. Most MOPAR guys get the gear from speciality MOPAR shops rather than Jegs/Summit/Speedway. There's plenty out there if you're pockets are deep enough.
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05-04-2015, 04:49 PM
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I have a '79 Courier that I bought a 2.3 out of a '95 Ranger to put in it. The oil pump and pickup were reconfigured for '95 and I could not use the original (79) pan unless I made my own oil pickup. Even Esslinger Engineering couldn't come up with a pickup tube. But the rear sump won't fit over the stock crossmember. And nobody makes a modern front sump, only rear and mid-double.
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