Calling out all Luddites

[Blown7]

For starters I'm 63 yrs old. I have owned lots of fast ICE vehicles...know Jay Leno personally...way back before he could cover a meal..after a club north of Boston...

Always wanted my father to special order a Ford 427 Cammer...but what did he purchase? A 1967 Ford Custom 500 with a 289....

I never owned a Mopar until the 2007 Jeep SRT..

On the other hand I had a 1972 Jeep CJ5 that I had to to go to court in CT for a speeding ticket in 1977 for 135 MPH...
It had a blown 401 AMC....

Plus other speeding violations over the years....

Today I rip up Connecticut , Massachusetts and Rhode Island roads schooling BMW's Mercs and any other manufacturer that the owner thinks is fast..
I know the Trackhawk can hold and overtake a Dual Motor Tesla on Long Island NY on the Expressway..

But yet I find the new Mopar electrics fascinating..

Imagine a full blown Hemi running a generator...

Way back when..Blower Drive Service used a 426 Hemi to test the biggest 14-71blowers on the Blower test stand....because they couldn't find a electric motor to turn it from a dead stop...

So us gearheads need to mover into electrics? Do you feel intimated at 800 volts.. I don't.

I want a muscle car to move on 2000 volts..
With a 1500 hp Hemi turning a D/C 50 KW generator ...

As far as I can see only gas Luddites are scared of electricity.

OR are you gearheads scared of voltage?

Me thinks you are.....
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[Blown7]

BTW the 1967 Ford Custom 500 was a four door C6 automatic...white 2 barrel with with Red Vinal interior... and was a used car for $2500. dollars...the old man was a toolmaker at Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford...working on the SR71 program...and needed it to carpool with 4 other guys..

 

[DavidKFla]

There's not going to be a Hemi powering a generator.

Sorry Charlie.

 

[Hunter]

For starters I'm 63 yrs old. I have owned lots of fast ICE vehicles...know Jay Leno personally...way back before he could cover a meal..after a club north of Boston...

Always wanted my father to special order a Ford 427 Cammer...but what did he purchase? A 1967 Ford Custom 500 with a 289....
I never owned a Mopar until the 2007 Jeep SRT..
On the other hand I had a 1972 Jeep CJ5 that I had to to go to court in CT for a speeding ticket in 1977 for 135 MPH...
It had a blown 401 AMC....
Plus other speeding violations over the years....
Today I rip up Connecticut , Massachusetts and Rhode Island roads schooling BMW's Mercs and any other manufacturer that the owner thinks is fast..
I know the Trackhawk can hold and overtake a Dual Motor Tesla on Long Island NY on the Expressway..
But yet I find the new Mopar electrics fascinating..
Imagine a full blown Hemi running a generator...
Way back when..Blower Drive Service used a 426 Hemi to test the biggest 14-71blowers on the Blower test stand....because they couldn't find a electric motor to turn it from a dead stop...
So us gearheads need to mover into electrics? Do you feel intimated at 800 volts.. I don't.
I want a muscle car to move on 2000 volts..
With a 1500 hp Hemi turning a D/C 50 KW generator ...
As far as I can see only gas Luddites are scared of electricity.
OR are you gearheads scared of voltage?
Me thinks you are.....
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Your age is about average (here).
I'm 62.
I know the future is electric, but not yet.
This country doesn't have the infrastructure to kill off the ICE.
Also, abrupt ICE banning would destroy the WORLD'S economies, similar to what is happening now (in the USA).
I get it, but not yet.

 

[DavidKFla]

Oil is a renewable resource and carbon is great for the planet.

Maybe 1 day humanity will wake up to the world truths. Or maybe it's the untruths?

Until next time....

🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[Blown7]

There's not going to be a Hemi powering a generator.

Sorry Charlie.

Sorry you feel that way...I could build I one tomorrow

 

[DavidKFla]

Sorry you feel that way...I could build I one tomorrow

Send me pictures tomorrow night when you finish.

 

[Snowman]

Your age is about average (here).
I'm 62.

Take it easy there, big guy. Did I miss this turning into the Corvette forum???

I’ll “only” be 52 in a few weeks!

 

[jroyk]

@BULL's old nickname was Lude. Does that make him a Luddite?

 

[thetalonguy]

What’s a Luddite? And is that a good or bad thing in your eyes?

Still don’t want an EV…and I’m probably below the median age around these parts. Now let me go finish my Mocha Fap latte.

 

[Blown7]

Luddite by dictionary definition is someone who resists change and tries to destroy the future...

All I'm saying is maybe stand back and watch what's happening...

I remember my paternal Grandfather not wanting a new John Deere tractor to manage 500 acres because he thought his two great teams of horses could do better...

 

[Blown7]

Send me pictures tomorrow night when you finish.

Sorry Chrysler beat me to it by at least 50 years..
Here's good friend of mine.. Stevie Mags showing how Chrysler did it.

 

[thetalonguy]

I remember my paternal Grandfather not wanting a new John Deere tractor to manage 500 acres because he thought his two great teams of horses could do better...

Did the government mandate a change from horses to tractors? I’m not anti EV, though I don’t want it, but I don’t like things being shoved down our throats based a “feelings science”. If EV technology is so great, efficient, effective and reasonably environmentally safe, then let the free market decide. Some people still like Vinyl records…at least the government didn’t demonize those…yet.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Some people still like Vinyl records…at least the government didn’t demonize those…yet.

They'd like to, but don't dare since those records are black.

 

[DavidKFla]

Sorry Chrysler beat me to it by at least 50 years..
Here's good friend of mine.. Stevie Mags showing how Chrysler did it.

While you're at it, may I request a list of all "the people" that you know?

We should get this out of the way early in this relationship.

 

[jroyk]

Did the government mandate a change from horses to tractors? I’m not anti EV, though I don’t want it, but I don’t like things being shoved down our throats based a “feelings science”. If EV technology is so great, efficient, effective and reasonably environmentally safe, then let the free market decide. Some people still like Vinyl records…at least the government didn’t demonize those…yet.

They ain't taking my records. I've moved on to solid state, though.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

Fun fact - the SR71 was fired with a couple Buick Wildcat 401s, until the military bought, and subsequently blew up, all of the available engines. After the stockpile of Buicks ran dry, they replaced them with BBC 454s.

 

[Blown7]

While you're at it, may I request a list of all "the people" that you know?

We should get this out of the way early in this relationship.

I'm a aircraft technician....dealing now exclusively in avionics....

The list of folks I have met and know is too long to list here....

Funniest story I have is meeting Steven Tyler at a urinal....

But thats for another day..

 

[Hellcatcfp]

Take it easy there, big guy. Did I miss this turning into the Corvette forum???

I’ll “only” be 52 in a few weeks!

 

[covidcommander]

My problem is all the bs about the benefits to everyone of electric vehicles. I haven't seen that yet and i sure don't want to be driving an electric car in the winter when it needs a charge...

Usually when the government tells us something is better its not.