by "Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
Published 10/07/2017 at 21:25
by "Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
Published 10/07/2017 at 21:25
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The most recent event was today, when someone who has been double Hyundai repo’d in the past 6 months posted their new car(what they called project). It’s a base model pre-facelift current gen Fusion, which given their situation, should have been a $1000 car until they can afford to not get repo’d again. Normally, I would let someone be happy with their new car, but.... Then they started talking about the supremacy of the 2.5 Duratec over both of the Ecoboosts, especially when it came time for THEM TO TURBO IT. Stock for stock it isn’t really a contest, but when it comes to modding, holy shit that’s a bad opinion. I let them know that.
Am I an asshole?
Cheap Ford for your time:
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/07/2017 at 21:28, STARS: 1
Sometimes you just need to let stupid be stupid.
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
10/07/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 9
I approve of being an asshole to morons bragging above their intellect
"Wagon Guy drives a Boostang" (gimmeboost)
10/07/2017 at 21:35, STARS: 1
I consider it a case where being an asshole is acceptable.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
10/07/2017 at 21:36, STARS: 0
Probe GTs are cool - but completely agree that 2.5 v6 is not exactly a powerhouse.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
10/07/2017 at 21:40, STARS: 4
you’re not being an arsehole or troll with that, merely speaking the truth
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
10/07/2017 at 21:41, STARS: 2
Lol, pic unrelated. This is the 2.5 I4 from the Fusion I am speaking of.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
10/07/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 1
even worse, no power and doesn’t even sound good...
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
10/07/2017 at 21:54, STARS: 0
tbh I’m curious how that’d turn out with a turbo. Not that I actually care or that they’ll ever actually do it lol.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
10/07/2017 at 21:59, STARS: 2
Stock block with half as much boost as the EB, would be entertaining... When he posts that the pistons failed.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
10/07/2017 at 22:03, STARS: 4
So basically some idiot, with an automatic, 4 cylinder, FWD, sedan, that they can’t afford is pretending to be a car guy on Facebook. Sounds like he should be driving a beat up Grand Am.
"Bytemite" (bytemite)
10/07/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 1
Repo’d twice and he still took on another loan to buy another car? How...why?
"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic)
10/07/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 0
So the thing is that, that is the same architecture as the 2.0 and 2.3, if built would take boost well with more displacement than the current eco boosts.
"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic)
10/07/2017 at 22:25, STARS: 0
And they could run a log style manifold instead of the headifold and not have single exit issues...but you said they’d probably just get repoed so they would get to build it anyways...not to mention like you said it was an autotragic trans...
"dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford" (dtg11)
10/07/2017 at 22:28, STARS: 3
to be fair, my car is an auto, 4 cylinder, FWD, sedan and here I am being a car guy
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
10/07/2017 at 22:28, STARS: 1
Yeah, but the EB stock takes boost pretty well, and there are headifold cars with 700whp.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
10/07/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 1
Also, the 1.6 doesn’t have a headifold, and is good for around 400whp reliably with no internal mods.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
10/07/2017 at 22:30, STARS: 1
But, I’m assuming, you at least kinda of know what you’re talking about.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
10/07/2017 at 22:30, STARS: 2
That’s how Buy Here, Pay Here’s stay afloat.
"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
10/07/2017 at 22:37, STARS: 1
Beat up Grand Ams are what those guys drove from 1985-2007
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
10/07/2017 at 23:12, STARS: 0
A Grand Am is too good for them. They deserve a Cavalier.
"Tristan" (casselts)
10/07/2017 at 23:45, STARS: 2
Yup... Sell a $2,500 car to someone with a double-digit credit score for 35% financing and a $3,000 down payment. 2 months later they get to repo the car, detail it and put it back out on the lot and let history repeat!
"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic)
10/08/2017 at 06:20, STARS: 1
The exhaust outlet is much smaller than the new manifold for my gtx turbo. they take a lot of work to get it to flow, trust me...my car makes 24.5 psi and hold 22 to redline and the way it sits would likely need lots of head work to get to 700 let alone the bottom end work it’d need. Ford racing even sells a head for the 2.0 with individual exhaust runners for a log manifold...I think you can tune the exhaust pulse better.
Also, on track that increased thermal efficiency turns into increased oil and water temps because you are essentially water fooling the exhaust manifold.
"LiterallyStuckIn1987" (mytimemachineisbroken)
10/08/2017 at 08:30, STARS: 0
Whoa, that white car looks like a Ford EXP that got probed by a spaceship.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
10/08/2017 at 09:55, STARS: 0
The 700whp was a stock block, with upgraded rod pistons. The block died just past that though.
"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic)
10/08/2017 at 11:55, STARS: 0
Yeah looked like it shattered. The wording is weird in that story...was it sleeved?
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
10/08/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 0
No, the new block is though.
"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic)
10/08/2017 at 18:22, STARS: 1
Ok so that’s how they’ll get to 1000whp.
"Wacko" (wacko--)
10/20/2017 at 20:10, STARS: 0
As a former cavalier owner I resent that comment.