Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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I didn't realize there was a boneyard in Barstow....I was out there a couple times last fall. Will have to look for it next time.

Thay have a flight museum. Buzz Aldrin completed flight training there. It's about a 1/4 mile out of my way to the range, but I never think to stop. One day.

ETA: Disregard. Apparently, I'm an undiagnosed dyslexic. I read as "BARTOW."
 
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Yes, DM is in Tucson, AZ. I've been to that boneyard, it's YUGE. There's a smaller Museum like place with a bunch of old aircraft inside and outside that people can walk around, pretty interesting place to visit.
When that Transformer movie is on where they're in the Air and Space Museum/Smithsonian outside DC resurrecting the SR71 character I have to laugh.

Break down the door and PRESTO! they're at Davis Monthan!

Amazing! Amazing I tell ya

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Yeah, and that 20% was to be kept in surplus for a time of famine. It was kept, and there was a famine, and the people had wheat stores for the rough times when cattle couldn't make it, etc.


The good ol days when politicians kept their word. 🤡

I'm not advocating for socialism.. its just how things were back in the day.... Just stating facts, because Old Testament [late Genesis, early Exodus].

It was a different time, with slavery on a huge scale, but with some solid, logical leadership. Well, maybe they shoulda stayed back when the sea parted... These days, there is no honor among thieves and installed leadership perverts that lie like there's no tomorrow. Maybe being a slave wasn't so bad back in biblical times.
 
Oh goodie! A Ford vs. Chevy battle’s a-brewin’!

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3.5TT Ford F150, and a 6.2 Denali reside here in my driveway. And I can tell you for sure, my pickup will eat that lazy pig GM.

I also think GM interior is made of cheap trash after the early 2k. My 98 2wd shorty 5.7 was one of the best vehicles I've ever owned.
 
3.5TT Ford F150, and a 6.2 Denali reside here in my driveway. And I can tell you for sure, my pickup will eat that lazy pig GM.

I also think GM interior is made of cheap trash after the early 2k. My 98 2wd shorty 5.7 was one of the best vehicles I've ever owned.
2WD gas engine built for performance

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Versus 4WD diesel engine built for torque

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Plus 1000 lbs more. Great comparison! 🙄😁😘
 
2WD gas engine built for performance

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Versus 4WD diesel engine built for torque

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Plus 1000 lbs more. Great comparison! 🙄😁😘
4wd Super Crew GAS, Short Denali SUV GAS. But whatever. It smokes the pickups with the 6.2 GAS also. 🤷‍♂️

Motivation is growing up around and believing, "listen boy, there's no replacement for displacement"; then wiping my ass with the 3.0l I don't need 🤭
 
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Obviously there are exceptions. This was all in reference to street cars 🤦‍♂️

The 3.0 reference was comparing how much LESS displacement I was using. (3.5l / 6.2l). I know, not exact. Let's not take it there either 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
Imagine if those 6.2l were ported and "tuned" equivalent to your 3.0l...think Camaro ZL1:
  • 6.2L supercharged V8 engine with 650 horsepower and 650 lb.-ft. of torque
Not even top of the line for factory car...probably cost about the same as yours though.
 
A 3.5L at 14psi of boost is equivalent to a 7.0 naturally aspired. My SHO 3.5 ran 28 pounds of boost. Add meth and timing. Keep talking.

Ported and tuned doesn’t have shit on direct injection and forced induction. What I don’t understand is why they don’t upsize the ecoboost. Just add two cylinders, or 4.
Ford will give you a Supercharged 5.0 now, which is awesome. But a TT DOHC 5.0 would be pretty neato also
 
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A 3.5L at 14psi of boost is equivalent to a 7.0 naturally aspired. My SHO 3.5 ran 28 pounds of boost. Add meth and timing. Keep talking.

Ported and tuned doesn’t have shit on direct injection and forced induction. What I don’t understand is why they don’t upsize the ecoboost. Just add two cylinders, or 4.
Yep when people see what happens when you take a big (13.5, 15.0 liter) diesel and disable the turbo then they usually realize how important that forced induction is
 
A 3.5L at 14psi of boost is equivalent to a 7.0 naturally aspired. My SHO 3.5 ran 28 pounds of boost. Add meth and timing. Keep talking.

Ported and tuned doesn’t have shit on direct injection and forced induction. What I don’t understand is why they don’t upsize the ecoboost. Just add two cylinders, or 4.
And where is your tortoise at now?
 
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