I think it's finially starting to show up here in Wisconsin, about time. Never hit 50 degs in March, almost 60 today. Still have some big piles of snow around. Was able to get the 4x2 out yesterday for the drive to work, forgot how snappy the 3.0 is compared to the 4.0 4x4. Time to start the "Projects"! They both need the Explorer power.
How's it going in everone else's world?
Dave
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Dave
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SPRING!
'66'Ranchero 302/5 speed
2015 Stage 3 Roush - rated at 670 hp
2000 Ext Cab/4 door swap project
2000 Ext Cab/4 door, Summer beater
2000 Ext Cab/4 door, Winter beater
1969 Fairlane Cobra in Barn, just waiting
2015 Stage 3 Roush - rated at 670 hp
2000 Ext Cab/4 door swap project
2000 Ext Cab/4 door, Summer beater
2000 Ext Cab/4 door, Winter beater
1969 Fairlane Cobra in Barn, just waiting
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cjcnomor4
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85 and sweating. yeah spring.
95 2wd shortbed styleside with a 98 mountaineer 5.0
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI
Mid 60's and wet, got another 4+ inches yesterday. Water everywhere here, might be a long planting season this year.
cjc, forgot you were going to be in Jonesboro, my dad was in hospital and with all the flooding around here I spaced out. I was sitting at hospital on April 1 and kept thinking something was happening that day, then I remembered it was the day you said you were going back. Hope you had a good visit, wish I would have remembered. Would be nice to put a face with name, I would have drove the boy's truck down and let you check it out. Nothing big to look at as a truck but kinda cool to check out the 5.0 sitting in it. Could have given you a ride and you would have went back all fired up to get yours done....LOL. Anyway's sorry I forgot.
Dave, don't warm up to fast now. We don't need all that snow melt at one time down here. It's gonna be a mess as it is.
cjc, forgot you were going to be in Jonesboro, my dad was in hospital and with all the flooding around here I spaced out. I was sitting at hospital on April 1 and kept thinking something was happening that day, then I remembered it was the day you said you were going back. Hope you had a good visit, wish I would have remembered. Would be nice to put a face with name, I would have drove the boy's truck down and let you check it out. Nothing big to look at as a truck but kinda cool to check out the 5.0 sitting in it. Could have given you a ride and you would have went back all fired up to get yours done....LOL. Anyway's sorry I forgot.
Dave, don't warm up to fast now. We don't need all that snow melt at one time down here. It's gonna be a mess as it is.
Dirt is for Farming....Asphalt is for Racing
85 Ranger 5.0, GTP Engine, Carbed, AOD, 7.5 3:45 rear gear(for now)
77 Mustang II 302, C4, 8" rearend 3:00 gears, 4 point roll bar
73 Mustang Convertible, Bone Stock, 48,000 original miles
91 F-250 5.8W(really needs a 460) 4X4
2000 Mustang 3.8 V6, Bone Stock
2011 Ford Fusion (Momma's hot rod)
85 Ranger 5.0, GTP Engine, Carbed, AOD, 7.5 3:45 rear gear(for now)
77 Mustang II 302, C4, 8" rearend 3:00 gears, 4 point roll bar
73 Mustang Convertible, Bone Stock, 48,000 original miles
91 F-250 5.8W(really needs a 460) 4X4
2000 Mustang 3.8 V6, Bone Stock
2011 Ford Fusion (Momma's hot rod)
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cjcnomor4
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no big deal, somethings are more important. we had a good time. really have to limit grandma's contact with the baby. talk about spoiled. we went to memphis a few times. driving 40 or 55 looks like the causeways around here. water on both sides of the interstate. just trees and the tops of fence posts. too bad they cant pump that down here. i know i could use it, cgrey too. were all pretty dry.
95 2wd shortbed styleside with a 98 mountaineer 5.0
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI
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cgrey8
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True. Although, this has been a nice rainy winter here, and yet we are still in drought mode. Heck it's raining outside right now, has been since yesterday and the expectation is that it'll continue into this afternoon. Earlier this year, they even had to release water from one of the reservoirs because it was getting too high. But yet we are still in a drought.
I've come to realize that we aren't in a drought. We just have inadequate facilities to maintain the number of people and businesses in the Atlanta area. Metro Atlanta has steadily grown year after year, and nobody has bothered to do anything about the water facilities until the water holds last year got low enough that we got national attention. I have no clue what is being done about it, if anything. But I expect more of the same if this summer doesn't bring more rain. Last summer and the summer before were particularly dry...dryer than normal. The problem with this area isn't that we don't get enough rain. It's that we get our rain in the winter and we get a much lesser amount in the summer. So we have to hold that rain water to use during the summer. Now that more people are using that water, the storage facilities are simply proving to be inadequate. There was even talk of putting water restrictions on businesses at the end of the summer last year. It didn't happen, but can you imagine how gross the bathrooms would get if you couldn't flush the toilets because the water usage for your business had run out for the day?
I've come to realize that we aren't in a drought. We just have inadequate facilities to maintain the number of people and businesses in the Atlanta area. Metro Atlanta has steadily grown year after year, and nobody has bothered to do anything about the water facilities until the water holds last year got low enough that we got national attention. I have no clue what is being done about it, if anything. But I expect more of the same if this summer doesn't bring more rain. Last summer and the summer before were particularly dry...dryer than normal. The problem with this area isn't that we don't get enough rain. It's that we get our rain in the winter and we get a much lesser amount in the summer. So we have to hold that rain water to use during the summer. Now that more people are using that water, the storage facilities are simply proving to be inadequate. There was even talk of putting water restrictions on businesses at the end of the summer last year. It didn't happen, but can you imagine how gross the bathrooms would get if you couldn't flush the toilets because the water usage for your business had run out for the day?
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89 Ranger Supercab, 331, ported GT40p heads w/1.6RRs, Crane Powermax 2020 cam, ported Explorer lower, FMS Explorer (GT40p) headers, aftermarket T5 'Z-Spec', 8.8" rear w/3.27s, Powertrax Locker, A9L w/Moates QuarterHorse, Innovate LC-1, James Duff traction bars, iDelta DC Fan controller
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89 Ranger Supercab, 331, ported GT40p heads w/1.6RRs, Crane Powermax 2020 cam, ported Explorer lower, FMS Explorer (GT40p) headers, aftermarket T5 'Z-Spec', 8.8" rear w/3.27s, Powertrax Locker, A9L w/Moates QuarterHorse, Innovate LC-1, James Duff traction bars, iDelta DC Fan controller
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cjcnomor4
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we have pretty strict water restrictions here, but a lack of enforcement. i agree totally. all of the new developments and golf courses have put a strain on resources. cant stop progress, right?
95 2wd shortbed styleside with a 98 mountaineer 5.0
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI
ported GT-40P heads, E-303 cam, Trick Flow Street Heat intake, 1.7 rollers, 24lb injs,155lph in-tank pump, built AOD, 2800 converter, Torque Monster headers, dropped 3/4 on 98 Cobra wheels. Eternal work in progress.
94 Ranger XLT b. 6/10/94 d.3/28/11 300,842 miles RIP
06 Fusion SEL
11 F150 FX2 SCrew 5.0 Coyote, Custom SCT X3 tune, Roush CAI