Lemons = STRESS!!| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

FLATLINE New Reader
1/15/10 9:50 p.m.

It seems like we always put off the Lemons car until couple weeks before the race. Had to put a motor in it this year. dirty, greasy ,nasty junkyard motor that no one other than the person that got side swiped in the old car knows how it will run... I guess it was "running" when it was wrecked... I didnt realize how big of a POS this thing is. I must of forgot about it only making 40 laps in the fall...... Just needed to vent. Going back out in garage now. That is all.

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friedgreencorrado Dork
1/15/10 9:54 p.m.

Heh, heh...underneath all that fun & frolic is the fact that y'all is still racin!

Thrash, thrash, thrash away, mi compadre. Better in the garage than the paddock..

maroon92 SuperDork
1/15/10 9:59 p.m.

It is a Mustang isn't it? I will definitely be up there to help work on it on Sunday. (so long as you provide the beer)

Jensenman SuperDork
1/15/10 10:03 p.m.

Junkyard Ford motor? That brings back painful memories of the 'crate' 351W (we found it in a shipping container) Toyman and I stuffed into our ThunderTerd.

JThw8 SuperDork
1/15/10 10:40 p.m.

I feel your pain and I still have 4 months to go....crap...only 4 months

FLATLINE New Reader
1/15/10 10:43 p.m.

Jensenman wrote: Junkyard Ford motor? That brings back painful memories of the 'crate' 351W (we found it in a shipping container) Toyman and I stuffed into our ThunderTerd.

KO'ed Mercury Cougar engine... Ya its an '84 mustang coupe that we got from a family that their son had passed away. He tried to convert from a 6 cylinder to a v8 out of a truck.... When we got it from his family he had set it in the car without changing any of the mounts, exhaust etc... Luckily I had a lot of the stock parts from the mustangs before it to piece it together. Just a lot of junk parts. I hope it will last. I just hope it runs the whole race, even if we are in last place. We want to finish.

Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand Dork
1/16/10 7:42 a.m.

Jensenman wrote: Junkyard Ford motor? That brings back painful memories of the 'crate' 351W (we found it in a shipping container) Toyman and I stuffed into our ThunderTerd.

You forgot to mention it had been in there for 25+ years and was a rusted greasy hulk that was never meant to go in a 86 T-bird. We had to install it with a plasma cutter and a welder. Just thinking about it makes me want to go hit something Ford with a hammer. Fun to drive as long as it was running though.