Random pictures thread
Nope! And not just because it's a Ford on a Mopar site.
I ran across an episode of Top Gear America the other night where they tested a TRX, and it got me to thinking: Here in these days of cheap and easy HP (relatively speaking), it's not all that uncommon to put a bazillion HP into something that, in my opinion, just doesn't make any sense. Don't get me wrong, as it would be really fun to have 800 HP in a truck....for a while. But what happens after the novelty wears off, like....in a month or so? How often would it get used? Honestly?
And with the aviability of aftermarket bolt-ons, where does it end? 1,000 HP? 1,500 HP?
Anyway, why am I feeling this way? I have two old trucks that I tinker with (a '67 and a '68), and up until recently I was thinking about putting the biggest, baddest, loudest, and strongest (i.e., highest HP) V8 in them that I could afford. But I already have an 8 MPG truck that I hardly ever drive because of gas prices....
Also, ever owned an El Camino or Ranchero? "Best of both worlds", you say? I've owned both, and in my opinion when you ask something to do two things (be a car
and a truck), it fails at both.
So back to this "thing" above. Sure, it might be fun for a while, but then what?
I've decided my '67 will be going up for sale next spring, and my '68 is going to get a "sensibly sized" EFI V8 crate motor with overdrive....so I can drive the damn thing! (What a concept!)
Yeah, I'm getting old & cranky, but so what?