I’d guess that dog was a legit service animal the way it stayed calm with her absolutely losing her mind a few feet away from it. I kind of get the feeling the racial slur accusations came about as a way to try to justify a viral video of her screaming at what appear to be mostly calm people like a woman possessed.

They are that big because they flow like crazy. There is a reason you can bolt a blower or turbo on without having to put on aftermarket heads, or get thousands of dollars worth of machine work. It’s a motor Ford knew from the outset that people would be modifying.

Because he wants to be a pedant, and feels Toyota or Audi have more cachet than some American engine with more power. Griffiths have had Ford motors since the 60's, that was part of their appeal, you got European styling with a motor you could get parts for at your local auto parts store, usually without a week long…

I had a 95 Trans Am, and loved it. It did have mid 90's GM build quality, so expect a Fisher Price dash that will creak over every bump. But the sound that LT1 makes at full throttle makes it all worth it.

It’s been a good long while since you’ve built an engine I see. Those parts prices are a little on the low side these days. All that stuff aside from the cam was 30% more expensive than your quotes, and I built my last motor 10 years ago. Buying craigslist parts gets you craigslist problems. Any shit you buy used you…

$2,000 would have bought you a decent 350 in 1986, lol.

So your a master engine builder who is comfortable building forced induction grenades by boosting anemic 80's V8s with stock cast internals. Got it.

That’s not cheaper than a LS swap, lol. Have you paid for forged internals, a decent non ebay turbo, an effective management system, and a tune?

Because you could have had 150hp instead of 245!

The differences between a 500 horse mouse motor and a 500 horse LS are pretty staggering. The LS will happily chug along at residential speed limits, where an old small block will try to burn itself down unless you went all in on a radiator and good electric fan setup. The small block would probably have to be cammed…

LS is aluminum and probably weighs at least 300 pounds less than the all cast iron 305. So there would be the benefit of improving the balance of the car as well as getting a motor that would hold together at 500 horsepower if you decided you needed that much.

No low ballers, I know what I have.

I want to see a version of LOTR with Queens Gandalf so fucking bad now.

I was just lighting my torch when I read that the full time AWD would probably be a Sahara only feature. The torch is extinguished for now, but I’ll head out to the shed to sharpen the pitchfork just in case.....

Yeah, but that was okay. She is a pretty, blonde, white lady who works for Fox.....

I didn’t buy it to spend my time on roads.

The guy mentioning DYI types could be a way around that, then you’d be able to register it as a kit. Some states all it needs to be a kit is to be sold without the motor installed.

Is it a 304 or 345? I grew up riding around in old Internationals, Scouts, pickups, and Travelalls. You can actually find some hot rod parts for the 345, or at least you could a decade or so ago.

This looks to have BF Goodrich KM2s on it, which are pretty aggressive tires. I’d hope their 200 mile range figure is with those tires, they probably figure on the thing not doing highway speeds all that much too. When I’m up in the hills in my Land Cruiser 35 miles an hour is booking it pretty good.

We live in a world were people routinely spend $30,000 for optioned out Polaris side by sides. As for being street legal it would probably depend on your state laws, Nevada is pretty lax as long as you have proper lighting.