Oh man, I’m screwed if anyone ever jacked my F-150 with the 4.9L six in it.... those things are indestructible!

He’s, my wife has an 07 Mazda5 “Sport”

To be fair, Chrysler probably had a warehouse of NOS 4.0L badges from the Cherokee and Wrangler days, so it probably didn’t cost much.

Talladega was interesting when thy could tandem draft with the COT. The strategy made for an interesting race.

I really wanted to see this jump, but it sounds like it was a logistical. Ightmare. The take-off was on private land, the launch date was advertised as a Saturday, but happened early. They say it was due to weather (it IS windy a lot around here), but I can’t help but feel they were trying to dodge large crowds by…

That is a dumb setup designed to look cool.

Agreed. It may be the best car museum on the west coast.

Not just double bevel tips... Thy custom dual exhaust exiting out the same side... Lol

I guess I need some airbrushed dragon or something... Got a couple hockey strip things going on already. Pretty sure we might have almost as much ground clearance as that Ox too... Or at lease decent ground clearance and more power...

Funny fact: those Japanese Kei trips is fit into the same category as SxS ATVs here in Idaho. Idaho allows ATVs to be registered for on-road use..

This makes me miss the old Ford/Madpzda partnership days... Mazda would take that engine, retune for a little more power (they always managed to do that somehow) and stick it in a Mazda6. Heck, back I. Those days, they slap it in a 6 with a Haldex system and slap a Mazdasoeed badge on it.

We can seat in in quite a bit of comfort...

Naw... A true redneck would duct tape it to the eGolf and charge while driving.

Guess I’m not going to China...

The AMC/Jeep I6 is a beast too.

The newer phenolic gears do eventually strip out though. Good thing it's a non-interference engine. Get everything pointed in the right direction and slap on new gears...

I was half-joking about the topic. Seems like high performance motors just neetpd lots of attention. Think motorcycles: even my relatively simple Honda 110 requires constant maintenance to keep on top shape.

I usually base my reliability comparisons on an actual “big” engine: The Ford 300cid (4.9L) Inline 6.

Good point!

Funny you talk Fiats... Dad and I always wanted to drop a 13B in an old school Spyder. He managed to have: