All the supposed "rejoicing"
All the supposed "rejoicing" about a "Godzilla" so-called big-block engine for "swaps" in Ford "Fox bodies" yet no sign whatsoever of and no Ford-financed "automotive journalists" shilling of the "crate" 10-speed "Ford" automatic transmission you gotta "swap" in with "Godzilla" and no mention of all the other "mods" and "upgrades" and "swaps" necessary to get "Godzilla" into anything but the only "pllatforms" it will physically, mechanically and actually "swap" into which are Ford Super-Duty trucks that ALREADY HAVE "GODZILLA" UNDER THE HOOD.
There is not now and never has been a Ford ANYTHING capable of true engine "swaps" without "swapping" significantly more than the "powerplant". And even "identical" Ford Motor Company vehicles have to be TRULY "identical" right down to the "VIN" for a "bolt-in swap" of "identical" powertrain parts.
Ford managed to use FOUR different radiators in "identical" mid-1980s F-150 "heavy-duty" 4×4 pickups with 351 V-8s, automatic transmissions and air-conditioning in a SINGLE MODEL YEAR and any "salvage yard" parts guy will tell you that if the "VIN" doesn't match completely on the "donor vehicle" at some point in the "swap" of even "identical" parts or components and especially ENGINES AND POWERTRAINS AND THEIR "ACCESSORY SYSTEMS" your "swap" is going to go south because "BOLT-IN" AND "BOLT-ON" AND "BOLT-UP" ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT'S EXACTLY HOW FORD HAS ALWAYS "ENGINEERED" ITS PRODUCTS.
THE "FORD FAMILY FORTUNE" RESULTS FROM SELLING NEW VEHICLES AND "SERVICE PARTS" FOR THEM AND MAKING THE VEHICLES AS "AFTERMARKET-PROOF" AS POSSIBLE INCLUDING "SWAPPING" USED AND EVEN "NOS" PARTS ONTO/INTO USED CARS AND TRUCKS FORD WANTS "TRADED IN" ON NEW CARS AND TRUCKS.
AND USING THE "FOX-BODY MUSTANG" AS A "SWAP" CANDIDATE FOR "GODZILLA" ENGINES IS PRETTY HILARIOUS GIVEN HOW FEW "ENTHUSIASTS" HAVE EVER EVEN "SWAPPED" A 460 INTO ONE AND FOR THE EXACT SAME REASONS ONLY IDIOT "TUNERS" AND FORD-FINANCED "BUILDERS" WILL DO "GODZILLA SWAPS" FOR THEIR MORONIC "CUSTOMERS" WITH MORE DOLLARS THAN SENSE AFTER THE INITIAL "REJOICING" IS OVER AND "FORD ENTHUSIASTS" WHO AREN'T JUST "RECOVERING RICERS" ARE THE ONLY "MARKET" FOR GODZILLA "SWAPS".
THAT REASON IS CALL IT A "FOX-BODY" OR AN "SN95" OR A "NEW MUSTANG" OR WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT, THE "MUSTANG PLATFORM" IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A RE-SKINNED FALCON AND THE FALCON "PLATFORM" WAS NOT AND STILL IS NOT "ENGINEERED" TO BE A "MUSCLE CAR" MUCH LESS A "BIG-BLOCK" AND "HIGH-PERFORMANCE" CAR CAPABLE OF SAFELY, RELIABLY, DURABLY AND EFFICIENTLY PUTTING "450 HP" TO THE GROUND AT A FULL, REALISTIC "DAILY DRIVER" WEIGHT WITH EVEN 3PM "AVERAGE ADULT" PASSENGERS AND THEIR "LUGGAGE" ON A REAL "ROAD TRIP" IN THE U.S. DURING THE "SUMMER DRIVING SEASON" ON "PUMP GAS" AND IN REAL DRIVING CONDITIONS "COAST TO COAST" AND WITH AIR-CONDITIONING, CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS AND AT "FREEWAY" AND "HIGHWAY" SPEEDS.
NOR HAS FORD BUILT A "BIG-BLOCK" ENGINE OF ANY KIND WITH A COMMON "FOOTPRINT" AND CAPABLE OF ANYTHING LIKE BEING "SWAPPED" FOR ANY FORD "SMALL-BLOCK" ENGINE ON ANYTHING APPROACHING A "BOLT-IN" BASIS AND EVEN WHERE "BOLT-IN" AND/OR "BOLT-ON" IS POSSIBLE "BOLT-UP" IS NOT.
UNLESS YOU GO BUY A "FOX BODY" LESS ENGINE AND TRANS AND/OR "FRONT END DAMAGE" AND A 4-BANGER OR 6-CYLINDER "LX" AT THAT WITH POWER NOTHING, NO A/C ETC AND "BUILD" A REAL "DRAG CAR" FOR A FORD/MUSTANG-SPECIFIC "CLASS" AND GO 1/8 MILE BRACKET RACING EVEN IF THE "TIMESLIPS" ARE CORRECTED TO THE "QUARTER-MILE" WHICH HAS NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN "1320 FEET" IN THE "MODERN ERA" ANYWAY AS FAR AS ET GOES FOR ANY "BRACKET" CLASS, YOU'RE "WASTING" A "FOX BODY" AND ITS GOING TO BE MAYBE A "STREET-STRIP" CAR BUT NOT ONE YOU'LL EVER DRIVE "ON THE STREET" FOR MORE THAN MINUTES AND SINGLE-DIGIT MILES DURING A "CRUISE NIGHT" OR A QUICK "BLAST" TO CARS AND COFFEE ON A COOL SUNDAY MORNING "DOWNTOWN" AND ON "EMPTY" STREETS. BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER KEEP IT COOL, YOUR A/C IF ANY WILL BE "DELETED", YOU WON'T HAVE POWER STEERING AND/OR BRAKES, THE HOOD "SCOOP" AND/OR "EXHAUST SYSTEM" REQUIRED WON'T BE "STREET LEGAL" AND TO GET IT TO MAKE - AND PUT TO THE GROUND "EFFICIENTLY" - THAT "BIG-BLOCK POWER" YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE A "FRONT-HALFED" AND "BACK-HALFED" CAR THAT'S GOING TO WEIGH 4500 LBS. WITH "DRIVER AND PASSENGER" AND ENOUGH "PUMP GAS" TO GET YOU ANYWHERE WORTH GOING, THE "POWER ADDER(S) NECESSARY TO GET ANY RESPECTABLE "RWHP" NUMBERS AND THAT "FORD" 10-SPEED AUTO THAT'S A "TRUCK TRANSMISSION" TO GO ALONG WITH THE "TRUCK ENGINE" AND WHICH YOU CANNOT "SWAP" FOR ANY OTHER "GEARBOX" WITHOUT A "STAND ALONE COMPUTER" FOR THE ENGINE AND WHICH EVEN THEN TO "SWAP" WILL REQUIRE NON-SFI APPROVED "AFTERMARKET" PARTS AND PIECES.
ALL TO GET A "BIG-BLOCK MUSTANG" AND IN YOUR OWN FORDTARD MIND "COMPETE" WITH "ALL" THE VERY FEW BIG-BLOCK "CHEVYS" ON THE "STREET" BUT IN A "FOX BODY" YOU'LL HAVE $40,000+ IN IF BUILT "RIGHT" AND PROBABLY $60,000 IN IF "BUILT" AS A REAL "SWAP".
AND THAT WON'T "OUTRUN" ANYTHING BUT MAYBE ANOTHER "FOX-BODY" WITH A "COYOTE SWAP".
ITS PRETTY HILARIOUS WHAT "SWAP" MEANS TO SUPPOSED "FORD ENTHUSIASTS" AND WHAT IT MEANS - AND IS - TO ALL OTHER AND "REAL" CAR GUYS AND ESPECIALLY "CHEVY GUYS".
A REAL "CHEVY GUY" LOOKS AT THE LATE-MODEL FORD V8 "SWAPS" AND DOESN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THEM AS "SWAPS" JUST LIKE WE DON'T CONSIDER PUTTING AN "LS" INTO A '69 CAMARO OR AN '89 CAMARO TO BE A "SWAP" ESPECIALLY IF/WHEN ITS SUPPOSEDLY "SMALL-BLOCK FOR SMALL-BLOCK". LIKE A FORD "FE" HAS NO SMALL-BLOOCK "COUNTERPART" SHARING A COMMON "FOOTPRINT" AND THEREFORE IS NOT A "BIG-BLOCK" SO DOES AN "LS" HAVE NO BIG-BLOCK "COUNTERPART" AND THEREFORE IS NOT A "SMALL-BLOCK". HELL, EVEN REAL CHEVY "SWAPS" OF 6-BANGERS FOR SMALL-BLOCKS V8S AREN'T/WEREN'T "BOLT-INS" UNTIL THE "MODERN ERA" AND EVEN THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF "DONOR VEHICLE" PARTS TO CONNECT THE "POWERTRAIN" TO THE "POWERPLANT" AND BOTH TO THE "CHASSIS" AND/OR "CONTROLS".
BUT BECAUSE MOST FORD/MUSTANG "ENTHUSIASTS" AND EVEN "ENGINEERS" ARE FORMER "RICERS" AND THAT WHOLE UNIVERSE IS "BOLT-ON" AND RUN "10S" AND THEY THINK EVERYTHING "GM" AND ESPECIALLY "CHEVY" INTERCHANGES AND "EASILY" AND "CHEAPLY" AND THEREFORE ANY "CHEVY" NOT RUNNING "10S" - WHICH IS 99.99% OF THEM AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN WHEN IT COMES TO REAL "STREET CARS" RUNNING ALL "CHEVY" OR "FACTORY REPLACEMENT" PARTS - MUST BE OWNED BY A "POSEUR" WHO CAN'T/WON'T "COMPETE" WITH ALL THE SUPPOSED "10-SECOND" AND QUICKER AND/OR "800 RWHP" OR MORE "STOCK" BLOCK/CHASSIS/BODY "COYOTE MUSTANGS", THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHATSOEVER THAT "FORD" HAS NEVER "ENGINEERED" SHIT AS FAR AS "POWERTRAIN" COMPONENTS ENTIRELY "IN-HOUSE" IN THE "MODERN ERA" AND EVEN "ICONIC" FORD POWERTRAIN COMPONENTS LIKE "TOP-LOADER" TRANSMISSIONS AND "9-INCH REAR AXLES" WERE NEVER INSTALLED BY THE "FACTORY" IN ANY FORD VEHICLE WITH A "BIG-BLOCK" ENGINE IN A "HEAVY-DUTY" VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NOTHING "NEW" AND/OR "IMPROVED" ABOUT EITHER "PART" BESIDES FORD FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE BOTH LIGHT-DUTY "TRUCK" COMPONENTS CHEAP AND LIGHT ENOUGH TO BE "ECONOMICAL" AND "RELIABLE" ENOUGH FOR USE IN "HIGH PERFORMANCE" PASSENGER CARS THAT "FULLY LOADED" WEIGH(ED) AS MUCH OR MORE THAN "EMPTY" LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS.
"CHEVYS" LIKE ALL 3RD AND 4TH GEN CAMAROS RUN DINKY LITTLE 7.5" 10-BOLT REAR AXLES EVEN IN THE "SS" AND Z-28S AND THEY LIVE "BONE STOCK" IN THOSE CARS EVEN WITH AFTERMARKET POWER-ADDERS AND WAY MORE "RWHP" THAN A "COYOTE MUSTANG" WHICH HAS TO HAVE A "FORD 8.8" COPY OF A GM LIGHT-DUTY TRUCK "12-BOLT" (8.75" RING GEAR) JUST TO "LIVE" BEHIND A "COYOTE" AND 6-SPEED MANUAL OR 8-SPEED AUTO?
WHY? BECAUSE "MUSTANG GUYS" - INCLUDING "ENGINEERS" AND ESPECIALLY "TUNERS" ARE FREAKING IDIOTS THAT CAN ALWAYS BE COUNTED UPON TO "BUILD" AND/OR "BUY" LESS "HIGH PERFORMANCE" THAN THEY REALLY WANT OR "NEED" AND THEN THROW "GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD" AT THE "AFTERMARKET" WHEN THEY WANT/NEED.TO "COMPETE" WITH THE "CHEVY GUYS" WHO HAVE NEVER CONSIDERED A FORD ANYTHING MUCH LESS A "RESKINNED FALCON" MUSTANG WITH WHATEVER "SMALL-BLOCK" OR "BIG-BLOCK" FORD ENGINE "FAMILY" IN IT TO BE "COMPETITION" AT ALL.
AND SINCE THE ONLY "BULLETPROOF" SO-CALLED "FORD" POWERTRAIN COMPONENTS ON/IN FORD "HIGH PERFORMANCE" VEHICLES ARE THOSE THEY COPIED, REVERSE-ENGINEERED, SOURCED OR JOINTLY "DEVELOPED" FROM/WITH REAL FULL-LINE "AUTOMAKERS" OR POWERTRAIN COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS WHO DESIGN, ENGINEER, DEVELOP AND MANUFACTURE ALL THEIR OWN PRODUCTS AND COMPONENTS "IN-HOUSE" AND EVEN THEN FORD TRIES TO GO "CHEAP AND EASY" WITH A "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" REAR AXLE LIKE THE "9-INCH", FORD "SPORTS/PONY/MUSCLE" CARS END UP WITH PICKUP/SUV REAR AXLES, TRANSMISSIONS ETC. IN THEM AND TENS TO HUNDREDS OF POUNDS HEAVIER THAN THEY NEED TO BE WHICH JUST MEANS THEY END UP "NEEDING" THE BIGGER, HEAVIER AND SUPPOSEDLY "STRONGER" PARTS.
ALL TO "COMPETE" WITH A GM DIVISION THAT NEVER ONCE IN ITS HISTORY HAS EVER MENTIONED MUCH LESS RESPONDED TO OR OTHERWISE ACKNOWLEDGED FORD MOTOR COMPANY MUCH LESS A SUPPOSED "RIVALRY" AND WHICH HAS NEVER FIELDED A "FACTORY" RACE PROGRAM OR TEAM OF ANY KIND. OR SOLD ITS VEHICLES TO "TUNERS" LIKE SHELBY OR ROUSCH OR ANYONE ELSE AND LET A "THIRD PARTY" SELL ITS VEHICLES UNDER THEIR NAME.
FORD WILL LET ANY "TUNER" PUT HIS/HER/THEIR NAME ON "FORD MUSTANGS" MAINLY BECAUSE FORD HAS NEVER "CLAIMED" THE MUSTANG AND PUT "FORD" AND THE "BLUE OVAL" ON ANY MUSTANGS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND MOST NOT AT ALL BECAUSE AN "OUTSIDER" NAMED LEE IACOCCA "DESIGNED" THE MUSTANG AND ON THE "FALCON CHASSIS" WHICH "THE DEUCE" (HENRY FORD II) "DESIGNED" AND "BET" (AND "LOST" SINCE FORD HAD TO "GO PUBLIC" TO STAY IN BUSINESS) THE COMPANY ON AND ALL WHILE TRYING TO "COMPETE" WITH CHEVROLET.
"GODZILLA" ITSELF IS THE RESULT OF "COMPETING" WITH "CHEVY" ONCE FORD "SPIES" FOUND OUT "CHEVY" WAS COMING OUT WITH A NEW HEAVY-DUTY GAS-BURNER "COUNTERPART" TO THE DURAMAX DIESEL AND ASSUMED "CHEVY" WOULD HAVE TO "GO BIG-BLOCK OR GO HOME" AFTER THE "LS" MAXXED OUT AT 7 LITERS.
FORTUNATELY "CHEVY" IS SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT "HORSEPOWER" IS A CALCULATION RESULTING FROM TORQUE AND ENGINE SPEED WHILE IT TAKES AN ENTIRE.POWERTRAIN.TO PRODUCE "RWHP" AND CHASSIS DYNOS ARE "DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS" AND NOT "TUNING TOOLS" AND ITS ALWAYS TORQUE THAT DOES THE WORK AND ITS TORQUE THAT IS "LOST" TO SLIPPAGE, FRICTION AND HEAT IN A "POWERTRAIN" AND DESIGNING AND ENGINEERING THE WHOLE POWERTRAIN "IN-HOUSE" AND USING "CAPITAL" AND "DATA" FROM THE "COMPETITION" SUCH AS THAT SPENT "PARTNERING" IN SOMETHING LIKE THE "FORD" 10-SPEED TRANSMISSION IS THE ONLY "CHEAP AND EASY" WAY TO BUILD A VEHICLE THAT DOESN'T "COMPETE" WITH THE "COMPETITION" BECAUSE ITS NOT "FORD OWNERS" CHEVY/GM IS TRYING TO SELL VEHICLES TO. ITS EXISTING CHEVY/GM CUSTOMERS WHO COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT "GODZILLA" MUCH LESS HAVING A "KING RANCH" FORD PICKUP OR "SHELBY" FORD MUSTANG.
FORD IS AND NEVER HAS BEEN HONEST ABOUT JUST HOW LITTLE OF "FORD" VEHICLES IS/WAS REALLY "FORD" AND HAD DONE MORE "COMPETING" WITH ITSELF "REBADGING" FORD SHIT AS "MERCURY" AND/OR "LINCOLN" ALWAYS TRYING TO "COMPETE" WITH GENERAL MOTORS OR EVEN JUST "CHRYSLER".
WHICH FORD CAN'T EVEN DO WELL MAINLY BECAUSE FORD INSISTS ON "COMPARING" ITSELF TO AND "COMPETING" WITH "CHRYSLER" RIGHT DOWN TO CALLING A MUSTANG "SUBFRAME" A "K-MEMBER" EVEN THOUGH FORD IS THE ONLY "BIG THREE" SO-CALLED "AUTOMAKER" TO NEVER USE A TORSION-BAR FRONT SUSPENSION WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES A "SUBFRAME" INTO A "K-MEMBER". THE "LEGS" WHICH EXTEND BACK FROM THE CROSSMEMBER TO FORM THE TORSION BAR "POCKETS".
BUT THEN AGAIN FORD MUSTANGS - ALL OF THEM - ALSO HAVE "SHOCK TOWERS" BIG ENOUGH FOR COIL SPRINGS OR MCPHERSON STRUTS AND "BUGGY SPRINGS" FOR THE FRONT "SUSPENSION" SO ITS NO WONDER FORD "ENGINEERS" ARE/WERE DESPERATE TO ASSOCIATE THE "FOX BODY" AND ALL OTHER MUSTANG "PLATFORMS" WITH "MODERN" VEHICLES LIKE LATE-50S AND UP MOPAR PASSENGER CARS AND EARLY-80S AND UP "CHEVY" IFS 4WD LIGHT-DUTY TRUCKS.