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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / July 2009

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1D10T - 29 Jun 2009 01:26 GMT
The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger videos will
be posted another day. Feel free to browse my Flickr pages:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearnold/
PeterD - 29 Jun 2009 13:32 GMT
>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger videos will
>be posted another day. Feel free to browse my Flickr pages:
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/joespamold/

If you don't stop posting your SPAM I'm sure that *everybody* will be
filing formal complaints to your ISP.

No one, at least as far as I can see, gives a rat's a.s about a truck
that does nothing but belch smoke and not go.
1D10T - 29 Jun 2009 16:45 GMT
>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger videos
>>will
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> No one, at least as far as I can see, gives a rat's a.s about a truck
> that does nothing but belch smoke and not go.

And who gives a rat's a.s about your opinion? Yawn
PeterD - 29 Jun 2009 18:07 GMT
>>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger videos
>>>will
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>>
>And who gives a rat's a.s about your opinion? Yawn

For a guy who says he's trying to build a fan base, you are doing a
bang up job of that! Snort...
None4U - 20 Jul 2009 05:48 GMT
>>>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger videos
>>>>will
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> For a guy who says he's trying to build a fan base, you are doing a
> bang up job of that! Snort...

Diesel wrote. I was bored and looked at his pics.    I've come to the
conclusion that his jet truck is a sham.  Or he's was just  clueless about
his engine choice when he bought it. he dont have money to build one right.
hes living with the engine choice mistake.   He bought a surplus F5 engine
which is underpowered for his truck. A lot underpowered.  I can't say how
much .  Because I dont know how much the truck weighs.  But the thrust to
weight ratio can be used to figure acceleration speeds.    I can guess its
50% to 80% underpowered. Based on the thrust of other drag jet trucks
engines . It would be ok in a light funny car maybe.  But he needs a much
larger engine for the weight he's trying to move in a quarter mile.   I
doubt he could get much past 130 in a quarter mile.  Im thinking he should
accelerate like an airliner. Not a dragster.  They dont let drivers open
them engines up. They dont want compressor blades flying through the crowds.
And they arent required to maintain them for full power runs.  He's just
kinda screwed unless he gets a much larger surplus engine.   He's pretty
much got a truck that needs to be at Bonneville  salt flats to have enough
room to get up to some unknown  speed.   He doesnt have any choice but to
blow smoke and fire and waste gas.  It wont do 300mph runs with that engine
in a quarter mile.  Maybe not even a mile or even at all.
david - 20 Jul 2009 10:58 GMT
>>>>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger
>>>>>videos will
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> to blow smoke and fire and waste gas.  It wont do 300mph runs with that
> engine in a quarter mile.  Maybe not even a mile or even at all.

Uh oh, now you've done it.  IDIOT will now write that the truck's
questionable "sponsor" doesn't allow him to tell you any details, and
that you're stupid for not knowing that.
PeterD - 20 Jul 2009 13:37 GMT
>>>>>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger
>>>>>>videos will
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>questionable "sponsor" doesn't allow him to tell you any details, and
>that you're stupid for not knowing that.

Not only that but that there is no question it will do 300 MPH!

I also looked very carefully at that engine in his shots (limited as
they are) and my realization was that is a tiny engine, with very
limited thrust. Then again, WTF do I know, I know IDIOT will simply
tell me how stupid I am...
None4U - 21 Jul 2009 05:00 GMT
>>>>>>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger
>>>>>>>videos will
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>>questionable "sponsor" doesn't allow him to tell you any details, and
>>that you're stupid for not knowing that.

Sponsor is pointless.  Sponsors give funds to everyone who races . not just
the fastest.

> Not only that but that there is no question it will do 300 MPH!

Maybe, but has it done it yet??

> I also looked very carefully at that engine in his shots (limited as
> they are) and my realization was that is a tiny engine, with very
> limited thrust. Then again, WTF do I know, I know IDIOT will simply
> tell me how stupid I am...

Your engine shots are useless. I just looked to verify you have an F5 engine
or the  commercial   civilian derivative is what it looks like really.  With
no afterburner.   The specs of the engine are well known.   Nothing in your
pictures matter .  Except trying to figure the weight of your truck.

I know how much thrust the F5 engine puts out . With or without afterburner
and at take off power and military power and at partial settings. And it was
a lot more in an F5  with afterburner then it is in your truck.    All I
need to know is how much your truck weighs.  Get somebody else to figure its
drag coefficient.  And rolling resisrtance.   Then I can figure out its
acceleration rate  in X amount of feet , or yards or  quarter mile mile.
Its not rocket science.
None4U - 21 Jul 2009 05:07 GMT
>>>>>>>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger
>>>>>>>>videos will
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> Then I can figure out its acceleration rate  in X amount of feet , or
> yards or  quarter mile mile. Its not rocket science.

Which model of the CJ610  or J85  do you have.......... Idiot.
None4U - 27 Jul 2009 23:13 GMT
>>>>>>>>>The lug nut covers are made in my son's machine shop. The Ranger
>>>>>>>>>videos will
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>
> Which model of the CJ610  or J85  do you have.......... Idiot.

I guess he took his, underpowered ,   pretty useless  , overweight, money
pit , toy and went home .   I went and asked my Aviation mechanic buddies
who actually work on GE  CJ610 learjet engines . Which is all it is.  And
its got about 2000- 3000 lbs of thrust at full power in a lear 23  aircraft.
The F5 version has about 5000 lbs of thrust at full afterburner at mach
speed.  The truck cant have or use afterburner or full power . Because the
engine isnt maintained to aircraft standards and might blow apart and kill
people.  So its in the 2000lb thrust  range .   And they think if the trucks
over 2000-3000 lbs it dont have a chance to do 300 mph.   Theres a jet truck
doing the airshow circuit. And its got 3 J79 engines on it and those are at
least 17,000 lbs of thrust each and its got three on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZBrEdxICxY   Shockwave has 18 times the
power and holds the record at just  357 mph. With 18 times the power.
Theres one with a  J57  which is 5 times more power.  And gets to about 260.
Prairee Gold has a  J60 engine  which is almost the same thrust  A( little
more) and gets to 250mph.
 
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