...laughing. This happened months ago, but I knew I would recount it sooner or later:

I was behind a 2012-2014 Mustang on a steep grade, and the road widened for a passing lane. Not being the type to wait for a pokie, Stinky pressed over and started accelerating past the babe magnet. We got up to about level with horse's nose, then I heard him downshift and he lurched forward as if to race. That was one short freaking race, I'll tell you that - I didn't even downshift. All I saw was headlights in the mirror. He might have had a better chance on the flat - you don't mess with diesel on a grade.

OT a little - warning!

I was in Stingy (the P'us). A Superduty of our era with a 5.4L and I were both stuck behind a truck. I heard the Superduty exhaust fire up and he started taking off to pass. I looked over and there was plenty of room, so I cracked the whip on the squirrels - keeping pace with the roaring gasser P/U. At no time did he pull away from me while accelerating, yet the exhaust sounded like his foot was doing a Fred Flintstone. If Stingy can keep pace with that, I'm glad I have a 7.3L in Stinky.

 

" so I cracked the whip on the squirrels" ....HAHA..

 

Too funny!

 

Of the few people I've met with a Superduty V-8 gasser they all wished they had the diesel.

 

That's awesome! The 7.3 is unstoppable when it comes to grades- even with a trailer where it almost feels like you pick up speed, lol. It's one of its specialties for sure.

 

Awesome story tugly.

V10 checking in. My 4" MBRP catback lets everyone know when i am going to pass.

 

My buddy had a 2003 with the 5.4L......he since swapped to a 6.7L......that 5.4 in the 250 was a pig. He plowed with that rig for years and always wanted more power.

Sure people slap duals on it etc. and it "sounds" fierce but then you realize it is making a crap-ton of noise but not really doing much else.....

 

i like my 5.4. it gets 17 mpg, and does quite nicely around town with the 4.10 gears.

 

I like the 5.4 in my work van once warmed up-It is almost as noisy on cold start in the a.m. as my 7.3

 

That was one story that absolutely made me literally laugh out loud haha Cracked the whip on the squirrels haha I pulled up alongside my buddies 06 common rail sheep at a stop light just this morning and let's just say the "Powerjoke" quips have been silenced. Ford tough

 

Was pulling a bumper pull camper in the north Georgia mountains (yeah I know, they are hills to you people out west) and had my weight distributing hitch adjusted a little too tight and went to pass another guy pulling a camper with a gasser. After passing him I looked in side mirror to be sure I could get back over and there were two black marks on the road for about 1/4 mile. Needless to say I took a couple of links out of the hitch chains from then on. Diesels on a grade are a force to be reckoned with.

 

I have a similar story but involves 5 mustangs. 4 GTs and an SVT cobra leading the pack. I had my daughter in the middle of the front seat and my wife in the passenger seat. I grabbed my daughter's lap belt pulled it tight. I got a "what'd you do that fo.... Oh".
4 GTs had no chance. I caught the SVT and signaled him to slow down to 60... We got to 60 and I waved to go. My turbo spooled up and we were off. Apparently he grabbed the wrong gear, nose dived the car (my wife was watching him-I was driving). Then I hear that supercharger winding up and screaming coming up on me..... Man.... Those things are fast, he was gone!!

Let's say I was driving down a long race track and I never race on the street! That's illegal!!

My daughter likes mustangs... I hate them. I still hear about loosening to it once in awhile

 

ha ha one of the Mercedes shops we work in had an AMG-55 with the engine out, they said someone did the same thing and over revved it. The owner claimed his girlfriend did it.

 

I had a similar situation in a GEO Metro one time. I didn't downshift, but I turned on the air conditioner... same effect.

 

Hahaha. I had a friend with a 2 door GEO and a friend with an OBS 7.3.... The geo walked the 7.3


The clutch was slipping in the 7.3 but either way it happened and he will never live it down.