Dad was Ford Engineer, grew up w/ Fords. Bro retired from Ford Land management I'm still eligible for A Plan (employee discount) Won't buy one again, they left me years ago. 1) they walked away from passenger car, especially hatchbacks. I have a '15 Focus (and not even the 'rally trim, just the 'Sport') and it's a better car in most measure than my '11 BMW convertible, other than a) it's not a BMW and b) not a convertible. - but performance is almost as good, grip (w/o skid pad testing) is nominally as good, mileage is 30% better, has heated steering wheel (which I SHOLD not notice, in the 'Vert, but been driving it the past week or so, as I need to fill it, and PARK it... Also, a rear wiper. I understand why the beamer doesn't have one, but GOLLY they're NICE! Also, like GM, they've publicly committed to the... 100% EV BS Fugg 'im..
My first 2 cars were Ford's. A 71 Galaxy 500 4 door with a 351 and then a 73 baby blue Gran Torino, again with the 351, I think it was a Cleveland block. I don't know what difference that makes, but it was fast, and I mean really fast. The only time I got beat from a stop light, was some guy in a Corvette. The light changed and we both took off. We were dead even and then, he shifted into 2nd gear. This was leaving town at 7 in the morning, after my shift at work. The last I saw of him was exhaust while I just watched him fly away. I never knew that those cars were that damn quick. I never had a use for one, but they sure used to be pretty, and fast. Pigpen51
Clevelands were performance engines for cars, usually with four valves per head (32 total) and four bolt mains. Windsors were truck engines, work horses with only two valves per head and much less performance. Each engine’s name represents where it was made.
Yeah, um no on the 4 valve heads. Clevelands and Windsors refer to the foundry plant location. The myth is that the chemical make up of the iron in the Cleveland block is stronger than the mix in a Windsor block. It is actually the ability of the Cleveland heads to flow more air that makes the block better for "racin." Head bolt locations and such influence these things. I'm not a Ford guy at all but I do have a Coyote engined F150. That has 4 valve heads and is a lot of fun when it come up on the cams.
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DeleteDad was Ford Engineer, grew up w/ Fords. Bro retired from Ford Land management
DeleteI'm still eligible for A Plan (employee discount) Won't buy one again, they left me years ago. 1) they walked away from passenger car, especially hatchbacks. I have a '15 Focus (and not even the 'rally trim, just the 'Sport') and it's a better car in most measure than my '11 BMW convertible, other than a) it's not a BMW and b) not a convertible. - but performance is almost as good, grip (w/o skid pad testing) is nominally as good, mileage is 30% better, has heated steering wheel (which I SHOLD not notice, in the 'Vert, but been driving it the past week or so, as I need to fill it, and PARK it...
Also, a rear wiper. I understand why the beamer doesn't have one, but GOLLY they're NICE!
Also, like GM, they've publicly committed to the... 100% EV BS
Fugg 'im..
Sorry, Kenny, everyone knows driving a Ford makes your dick bigger. Bruce was driving a Cadillac when his shit started shrinking!
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DeleteMy first 2 cars were Ford's. A 71 Galaxy 500 4 door with a 351 and then a 73 baby blue Gran Torino, again with the 351, I think it was a Cleveland block. I don't know what difference that makes, but it was fast, and I mean really fast.
ReplyDeleteThe only time I got beat from a stop light, was some guy in a Corvette. The light changed and we both took off. We were dead even and then, he shifted into 2nd gear. This was leaving town at 7 in the morning, after my shift at work.
The last I saw of him was exhaust while I just watched him fly away.
I never knew that those cars were that damn quick. I never had a use for one, but they sure used to be pretty, and fast.
Pigpen51
Clevelands were performance engines for cars, usually with four valves per head (32 total) and four bolt mains. Windsors were truck engines, work horses with only two valves per head and much less performance. Each engine’s name represents where it was made.
DeleteYeah, um no on the 4 valve heads. Clevelands and Windsors refer to the foundry plant location. The myth is that the chemical make up of the iron in the Cleveland block is stronger than the mix in a Windsor block. It is actually the ability of the Cleveland heads to flow more air that makes the block better for "racin." Head bolt locations and such influence these things. I'm not a Ford guy at all but I do have a Coyote engined F150. That has 4 valve heads and is a lot of fun when it come up on the cams.
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