Can we start a Ford vs Chevy thread?

[Weedygarden]

I've seen good models from both... I always liked the old Silverados, Blazers & Suburbans, but I also liked the Broncos, F-150s and F-250s. I still see some of these, every model I mentioned, lifted and cruising here in Alamogordo, lol. Almost like a time warp! Wish I could swap my 21-year-old Camry for one of those rigs!

Bought my Camry with 100,000 + miles on it. I thought it was 117,000, but looked at the title and it said 114,000. 18 years, 200,000 more miles. What a great car and investment.

 

[winds-of-change]

Toyota beats them both

Nope. Subaru.

 

[Biggkidd]

I had a 72 Dodge Demon with the 340, 7000 rpm redline from the factory until it hooked up one night and tore the entire trunk pan out with the leaf springs and rear end attached!

My favorite was a 79 Z28 I frame off BUILT. I still have a time slip around somewhere where it ran 8.73 at 177 mph with a 1.11 60 ft in the quarter mile. I probably would have gone 8 flat or maybe even in the 7's if it hadn't broke loose when it hit 2nd gear and didn't regain traction until it hit third. Still not a bad run on a 150 hp shot of NOS with a backyard built car and motor, 406 SB motor T350 trans, 5200 stall, 390 gears 29/10.50 DOT slicks! We dynoed it at the rear tires once and pulled 647 hp and 652 ft lbs at 6200 RPM motor only. Should have revved it higher but I was scared of breaking stuff at the time. Some years later we ran it well past 10,000 RPM on the run I mentioned earlier. That was the ONLY time I ever ran a full track NOS pass! It could run low 9's on motor only and this was daily street driven all through the 90's and to 03 when I sold it! Before I built that I built a 75 Mustang II with a built 351 Windsor and two Holley's on tunnel ram. Never did manage to make the Mustang hook before some guy in a caddy totaled it for me!

 

[Bacpacker]

8s is moving on. Sounds like a sweet ride.
I bet that Stang had trouble hooking up. Those were LIGHT cars. My 302 didn't hook up great all the time. That Windsor was a bunch more power

 

[FarmOR]

I was a Ford guy since I had a 67 mustang fastback through high school and college. I switched to old Chevy because of the superior engineering and parts interchangeable.

New Chevrolet? New Ford? IDK? This newer manufacturers trend for planned failure or obsolescence is very disturbing? Times change. Nowadays it's Apple vs Android?

 

[Biggkidd]

8s is moving on. Sounds like a sweet ride.
I bet that Stang had trouble hooking up. Those were LIGHT cars. My 302 didn't hook up great all the time. That Windsor was a bunch more power

We figured the windsor was getting about 425-450 at the tires. The Z28 was the only one I paid to have dynoed.

 

[Chesney Richardson]

Speaking of new cars lmao, my MIL asked the hubster to move her car, this was in like Jan it was pretty chilly in TN where she lives, she has A 2016 Chevy Cruze, it has an anti theft thing where when she cranks it from inside the house, it will be running but won't go in gear, we stood there laughing at Mike for I know a good 15 minutes trying to get it to go in gear he must have walked around the car like 7 times....all he had to do was push the start button and it was good to go

 

[Biggkidd]

Speaking of new cars lmao, my MIL asked the hubster to move her car, this was in like Jan it was pretty chilly in TN where she lives, she has A 2016 Chevy Cruze, it has an anti theft thing where when she cranks it from inside the house, it will be running but won't go in gear, we stood there laughing at Mike for I know a good 15 minutes trying to get it to go in gear he must have walked around the car like 7 times....all he had to do was push the start button and it was good to go

I'd have been lost too, newest thing I've driven is a 04 F150.

 

[Bacpacker]

So you're one of those???
Enjoy torturing you hubs???

 

[Chesney Richardson]

So you're one of those???
Enjoy torturing you hubs???

Only on days that end in y lol but honestly harassing each other is how we say I love you

 

[Biggkidd]

Although it has nothing to do with ford or chevy but I just can't resist my last toy is a 69 Kyser Deuce and a half 10 wheel drive with 4,600 miles on it. It has the multi fuel engine, primary fuel is diesel but it CAN run on ALMOST ANY combustible liquid. It spent over 35 years sitting in an army depot in Germany that's why the miles are so low. I still have it, matter of fact I just got it in 2018. I'll likely never sell it I'm sure you can figure out why

 

[Bacpacker]

Only on days that end in y lol but honestly harassing each other is how we say I love you

Sounds bout like us too.

 

[Supervisor42]

Ford is better. There. I said it.

We made good money from people that thought their Fords were fast when I was a teen and we had learned how to 'soup-up' Chevy engines.
Everybody that was 'cool' had a fast car back then.
That was back in the day if you refused to race when the 'competition' showed up, you lost all respect.
(and, no girls for you!)
Old habits die hard... Mine on the dyno in 2006:

 

[Cascadian]

I grew my first pot in an old Nova wagon. It didn't run but it made a pretty good greenhouse.

 

[Biggkidd]

We made good money from people that thought their Fords were fast when I was a teen and we learned how to 'soup-up' Chevy engines.
Everybody that was 'cool' had a fast car back then.
That was back in the day if you refused to race when the 'competition' showed up, you lost all respect.
(and, no girls for you!)
Old habits die hard... Mine on the dyno in 2006:

They did a better job of tying yours down than they did mine. I swear I thought it was going to shoot of the dyno trailer at any moment! Scared the crap out of me especially when I shifted into 3rd and nailed it to the floor before the rev limiter kicked in at 6200! I had the MSD Digital that was 100% adjustable with a glasses type screwdriver, no pills to keep up with. I think we put mine on the dyno in 94, might have been 93. That box was awesome if I remember correctly you could even adjust the base line timing and the total advance along with how and when it changed.

ETA: It also had an adjustable retard function for the NOS

 

[Biggkidd]

Added to last

 

[Chesney Richardson]

We made good money from people that thought their Fords were fast when I was a teen and we had learned how to 'soup-up' Chevy engines.
Everybody that was 'cool' had a fast car back then.
That was back in the day if you refused to race when the 'competition' showed up, you lost all respect.
(and, no girls for you!)
Old habits die hard... Mine on the dyno in 2006:

That's the car I learned to drive in lmao only it was rattle can Gunmetal Grey...lol no I have an 84 firebird....

 

[Mountain trapper]

Where I live I've got no use for a car, or a 2 wheel drive pickup.
Comparing modern Chevy to Ford pickups is pointless. They both have their good points. They both make a decent work truck. They are both built in the same type of factories with the same type to tooling and the same type of union slackers. They also have to follow the same government regulations.
I bought my 97 F250 new and have never had a problem with it. My only interest in a pick up is the 4 wheel drive, ground clearance, HP, torque and towing capacity. Don't care about gas mileage.

 

[Biggkidd]

If anyone ever needs a built racing transmission I HIGHLY recommend ATI in Baltimore MD ! They ain't cheap by any means in 91 or 92 it cost about $5,000 including a lower 1st gear ratio, reverse manual valve body and 5200 RPM stall converter to have it built. They also wanted EVERY detail about the build including the weight at each wheel. Which meant having the state police weigh it for me on wheel scales with me in the car and full tanks, gas and NOS it weighed 2880 after all the changes made. It started out at 4340 without me in it tank unknown.

Before that we put ten or more transmissions in it after that we checked the fluid level when we change the oil! Money well spent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Biggkidd]

Where I live I've got no use for a car, or a 2 wheel drive pickup.
Comparing modern Chevy to Ford pickups is pointless. They both have their good points. They both make a decent work truck. They are both built in the same type of factories with the same type to tooling and the same type of union slackers. They also have to follow the same government regulations.
I bought my 97 F250 new and have never had a problem with it. My only interest in a pick up is the 4 wheel drive, ground clearance, HP, torque and towing capacity. Don't care about gas mileage.

You would appreciate the deuce! BTW I have a 89 F250 4x4 and the fuel mileage is about the same as the deuce and a half. 9ish mpg

 

[Supervisor42]

Added to last: ETA: It also had an adjustable retard function for the NOS.

So, the NOS system even had a setting if a retard should drive it?
(yes, I know that when you pour nitrous into an engine, you have to retard the ignition timing.)

 

[Mountain trapper]

You would appreciate the deuce! BTW I have a 89 F250 4x4 and the fuel mileage is about the same as the deuce and a half. 9ish mpg

The last time I drove my pickup to Alaska i got 10-12 mpg pulling a trailer. I didn't think that was too bad for a 460.

 

[Biggkidd]

The last time I drove my pickup to Alaska i got 10-12 mpg pulling a trailer. I didn't think that was too bad for a 460.

I had an 87 F350 2wd with the 460 and it got better mileage than the 89 351W f250 4x4 by 4 mpg. The 460 was also a manual with OD versus auto C6 no overdrive the 4x4 also has much taller wider tires. Same rear gears.

 

[Biggkidd]

@Mountain trapper Does your 460 have good oil pressure at temp? I've never seen one that had decent pressure at temp once they had some miles on them.

 

[Heartbroken]

Learned how to drive in a 1972 F250 with a stickshift. Did ya know that when it's in creeper gear it will go right through a five-wire fence? We were always a Ford family. Then I grew up and bought my first car, a Ford, and it was a lemon. Complete and utter crap. I could have forgiven the mess if the dealership had made it right, instead of ripping me off at every turn. Flat out lied to me, claming they had changed the plugs and wires and it was all good to go. I popped the hood and it was the same damn plugs and wires I had put in myself trying to get the stupid thing to run. When I complained they were nasty and said I didn't know what I was talking about because I was a woman.
Ever since that day Ford is a 4-letter word and I'll never buy another one. (It was also one of my earliest lessons about dealing with idiots as a single woman.)
I switched to GMC trucks and never looked back. Drove a 1997 Silverado to 350,000 miles. The 2007 Sierra I have just hit 300,000 miles, and my 2016 Silverado just rolled 100,000.

Yeah, manufacturing defects/bad components/planned obsolescence is everywhere these days and spending money on a vehicle will always be a gamble, no matter what you choose. But the way I was treated by Ford means I will never drive one again, and will always encourage others to step away from Ford. Their failure to fix that car almost killed me, as it simply shut off while driving. In the middle of I-75. And they stood there and said it was because I was driving it in the rain, and they expected me to believe it. I will never forget that.

 

[Morgan101]

For the Ford detractors: Fix Or Repair Daily

For the Ford Fans: First On Race Day

 

[Bacpacker]

For the Ford detractors: Fix Or Repair Daily

For the Ford Fans: First On Race Day

Just ask David Pearson. He always gave Petty a run for his money

 

[BBLife]

Ford for towing a boat.
Chevy for the ride.
Toyota for climbing like a goat.
With a Jeep on the side.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Vintage military jeeps are considered 1/4-ton trucks. So, a Willys is my choice.

 

[Mountain trapper]

@Mountain trapper Does your 460 have good oil pressure at temp? I've never seen one that had decent pressure at temp once they had some miles on them.

So far the oil pressure is doing good. Even when pulling a large trailer load of hay up hill in August. I've got about 120,000 miles on my truck.