I'm on another forum, and the topic was about rodders throwing junk assed 350's in the ford bodied street rods. I voice my disdain for that, and the thread wiggles around to personal stories " back in the day"
This guy is a regular, and he comments often across the board. He never gives any clue to make you question his credentials by his posts.
Then he comes up with this:
How freaking full of Fast and Furious is this?
Let's count, and add up the fail points.
1. The guy is a senior in HS back in the 70's, and has a cross ram on a 289.
* Has anybody here even seen one of these manifolds, much less own one?
2. This HS kid has somehow managed to build a high 12 sec car using a N/A 289 that manages to pull " Wild wheel stands".
3. What kind of job would you have to be able to afford a super rare intake, 2 carbs for it, and maintain a high 12 back then ( equivalent to how hard it would be to get a 5.0 in the high 10's now a days ) on a HS seniors part time job budget?
4. By your account, the car currently hooks hard enough to do wild wheel stands.
5. Now that you've installed the Cleveland, you need to add a M 50 on a 9" wide wheel to contain the " beast".
* M 50's were a hard assed street tire back in the day when letters proceeded the aspect ratio. In this case the " 50" ratio meant that the tire was 50 % as tall as it was wide. And the letter indicated width starting with "A". In other words, a short, wide assed tire, that typically hung waay out of the quarter. ( imagine a set of these bad boys hanging out of the limited quarter panel space of a 67 FB)
5. I count at least 5 on the digital failometer.
Now it's one thing when you're a new guy, and you come on a forum and sling this kind of mularkey. On the internet now days, you'd more than likely get your hand slapped for insulting the intelligence of the other readers. But when you're a seasoned " member" and you come up with this...... Uhh story......
You're probably the drunk uncle at the Christmas party that stands in the corner telling stories that start with:
" I remember a time......"
Do Not go on a car guy forum and rattle off a story like this.......other people will post it and you will become a virus.
This guy is a regular, and he comments often across the board. He never gives any clue to make you question his credentials by his posts.
Then he comes up with this:
How freaking full of Fast and Furious is this?
Let's count, and add up the fail points.
1. The guy is a senior in HS back in the 70's, and has a cross ram on a 289.
* Has anybody here even seen one of these manifolds, much less own one?
2. This HS kid has somehow managed to build a high 12 sec car using a N/A 289 that manages to pull " Wild wheel stands".
3. What kind of job would you have to be able to afford a super rare intake, 2 carbs for it, and maintain a high 12 back then ( equivalent to how hard it would be to get a 5.0 in the high 10's now a days ) on a HS seniors part time job budget?
4. By your account, the car currently hooks hard enough to do wild wheel stands.
5. Now that you've installed the Cleveland, you need to add a M 50 on a 9" wide wheel to contain the " beast".
* M 50's were a hard assed street tire back in the day when letters proceeded the aspect ratio. In this case the " 50" ratio meant that the tire was 50 % as tall as it was wide. And the letter indicated width starting with "A". In other words, a short, wide assed tire, that typically hung waay out of the quarter. ( imagine a set of these bad boys hanging out of the limited quarter panel space of a 67 FB)
5. I count at least 5 on the digital failometer.
Now it's one thing when you're a new guy, and you come on a forum and sling this kind of mularkey. On the internet now days, you'd more than likely get your hand slapped for insulting the intelligence of the other readers. But when you're a seasoned " member" and you come up with this...... Uhh story......
You're probably the drunk uncle at the Christmas party that stands in the corner telling stories that start with:
" I remember a time......"
Do Not go on a car guy forum and rattle off a story like this.......other people will post it and you will become a virus.
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