What is the dumbest question someone asked about your truck?
Jan 14, 2010 | 12:10 AM
#172
...but i reckon that's more of a compliment than a dumb thing.
remember the old chevy 4.3 v8s?Last year I had my trucks friend with a 228/230 110lsa that I was borrowing while I was working on mine. So I started the truck to let it warm up at the end of the day and I had the cutout open. I had a customer come up to me very concerned looking and he said "your choke is stuck on!"(yelling over the exhaust). 
LMAO I never laughed so hard before in my life. He was an older guy but regardless, I couldnt get over that comment.
LMAO I never laughed so hard before in my life. He was an older guy but regardless, I couldnt get over that comment.
Jan 14, 2010 | 10:46 AM
#174
That also reminds me. When I had my Jeep Grand Wagoneer, I had a lot of people think it had a Dodge motor in it because it was a 360. Then when they saw the engine, they thought it was a ford engine because the distributor was in the front.
Jan 14, 2010 | 04:49 PM
#175
Had a conversation with a guy in a Hemi last weekend at a local hangout spot. Hes notorious for ******* other peoples cars/trucks and thinking his is the fastest thing on earth. So naturally I wanted to burn him. There were a ton of cars around and a handful of trucks. One of the cars being my buddies 750rwhp Cobra which Hemi guy thinks is a turd. My buddy with the Cobra was standing next to me when Hemi guy walked up. Went like this.
Hemi guy: Man thats not a bad lookin truck for a Chevy.
Me: Thanks, I like it and Im happy with it.
Hemi guy: Yea Ive got some stuff done to mine. Ive got that Hemi Ram over there. I got a cold air intake and a Flowmaster muffler and its chipped.
Me: Thats cool. You just gettin started doing work to it or what?
Hemi guy: What!? Gettin started!? Theres not much else to do to it man! Its already a beast.
Me: Well you could build the motor. Theres definetly power to be had with that. And a custom tune would be better than a "chip" as you call it.
Hemi guy: **** man its already to fast. Itll stomp that long slow *** pile youre driving.
Me: Really? You care to put money on that?
Hemi guy: Well whats done to it first off?
Me: Just catless true duals, intake and a tune basically.
Hemi guy: Man how much you wanna run for? Youre dumb to think that 5.3 would ever hang with a Hemi. Besides mines a 5.7. Yours is a 5.3. Youre already at a disadvantage right there man.
Me: I dont care, how about $300? (My buddy with the Cobra laughing hysterically at this point.)
Hemi guy: **** man I dont got $300 to run for. How about $50?
Me: Ok $50 is fine. I need to stop for gas after we race anyhow.
Hemi guy: Hahaha what? You think youre gonna take MY money? Boy you better get to reading and learn about the Hemi. Its the greatest motor ever put in a truck.
Me: Ok Ill do that after we race. We goin or what?
Hemi guy: So you really arent scared?
Me: No.
Hemi guy: Alright man lets go, but dont say I didnt warn ya!
So we get in our trucks, line up and his buddy flags us. I spun a little out of the hole but still jumped him and pulled him hard all the way to the end. My buddy with the Cobra said about halfway down it didnt look like we were racing anymore. He said it looked like I was driving and he was following me in the other lane lol. So I go back to the spot and Hemi guy pulls up shortly after I get out of my truck.
Hemi guy: (Rolls down window and hands me $50) Man how much NOS you runnin?
Me: No nitrous, just motor.
Hemi guy: Man there is no way a 5.3 will beat this Hemi without NOS.
Me: Yea there is and besides, YOU assumed I had a 5.3. I never said it was a 5.3.
Hemi guy: WTF you got a big block in there?
Me: Nope. Just a LQ9 6.0.
Hemi guy: Bullshit, the 6.0 only comes in the HD trucks and thats a work truck motor. It dont build horsepower for ****, it just makes torque to pull trailers and ****.
Me: Well Ive got one and obviously its not a work truck or an HD.
Hemi guy: Whatever man I still say youve got NOS.
Me: Ill pop the hood, if you find a nitrous line let me know. Ill give you a $1000 if you can find a nitrous line, bottle or solenoid on that truck anywhere. (My buddy in the Cobra tells Hemi guy "No BS man that truck is exactly what he says it is. Its about time you figure out that the Hemi isnt what you think it is."
Hemi guy: Fu** yall man. I aint gonna hang around a bunch of cheaters and liars. You screwed me out of my money, I hope youre happy.
Hemi guy: Man thats not a bad lookin truck for a Chevy.
Me: Thanks, I like it and Im happy with it.
Hemi guy: Yea Ive got some stuff done to mine. Ive got that Hemi Ram over there. I got a cold air intake and a Flowmaster muffler and its chipped.
Me: Thats cool. You just gettin started doing work to it or what?
Hemi guy: What!? Gettin started!? Theres not much else to do to it man! Its already a beast.
Me: Well you could build the motor. Theres definetly power to be had with that. And a custom tune would be better than a "chip" as you call it.
Hemi guy: **** man its already to fast. Itll stomp that long slow *** pile youre driving.
Me: Really? You care to put money on that?
Hemi guy: Well whats done to it first off?
Me: Just catless true duals, intake and a tune basically.
Hemi guy: Man how much you wanna run for? Youre dumb to think that 5.3 would ever hang with a Hemi. Besides mines a 5.7. Yours is a 5.3. Youre already at a disadvantage right there man.
Me: I dont care, how about $300? (My buddy with the Cobra laughing hysterically at this point.)
Hemi guy: **** man I dont got $300 to run for. How about $50?
Me: Ok $50 is fine. I need to stop for gas after we race anyhow.
Hemi guy: Hahaha what? You think youre gonna take MY money? Boy you better get to reading and learn about the Hemi. Its the greatest motor ever put in a truck.
Me: Ok Ill do that after we race. We goin or what?
Hemi guy: So you really arent scared?
Me: No.
Hemi guy: Alright man lets go, but dont say I didnt warn ya!
So we get in our trucks, line up and his buddy flags us. I spun a little out of the hole but still jumped him and pulled him hard all the way to the end. My buddy with the Cobra said about halfway down it didnt look like we were racing anymore. He said it looked like I was driving and he was following me in the other lane lol. So I go back to the spot and Hemi guy pulls up shortly after I get out of my truck.
Hemi guy: (Rolls down window and hands me $50) Man how much NOS you runnin?
Me: No nitrous, just motor.
Hemi guy: Man there is no way a 5.3 will beat this Hemi without NOS.
Me: Yea there is and besides, YOU assumed I had a 5.3. I never said it was a 5.3.
Hemi guy: WTF you got a big block in there?
Me: Nope. Just a LQ9 6.0.
Hemi guy: Bullshit, the 6.0 only comes in the HD trucks and thats a work truck motor. It dont build horsepower for ****, it just makes torque to pull trailers and ****.
Me: Well Ive got one and obviously its not a work truck or an HD.
Hemi guy: Whatever man I still say youve got NOS.
Me: Ill pop the hood, if you find a nitrous line let me know. Ill give you a $1000 if you can find a nitrous line, bottle or solenoid on that truck anywhere. (My buddy in the Cobra tells Hemi guy "No BS man that truck is exactly what he says it is. Its about time you figure out that the Hemi isnt what you think it is."
Hemi guy: Fu** yall man. I aint gonna hang around a bunch of cheaters and liars. You screwed me out of my money, I hope youre happy.
Jan 20, 2010 | 03:54 AM
#176
Staging Lane
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 63
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From: houston tx
people always ask me if i have a 350.. i always say no its a 378 they just look at me like if im stupid...
i raced my friends mustang after i beat him he says man pop ur hood i wanna see that cam.. i guess he was expecting to be able to see it as if it were a air intake or something like it i just laughed nd told him a cam goes inside the engine...
i used to always get asked if it was a diesel back when i had a bigger cam in it..
i raced my friends mustang after i beat him he says man pop ur hood i wanna see that cam.. i guess he was expecting to be able to see it as if it were a air intake or something like it i just laughed nd told him a cam goes inside the engine...
i used to always get asked if it was a diesel back when i had a bigger cam in it..
May 27, 2011 | 09:10 AM
#177
TECH Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 611
Likes: 4
From: Texas
Stole my brothers keys to his 355 81 k10 chevy while he was asleep.
Guy pulls up to me at a stop light in a mustang 5.0
Guy:WTF is wrong with you! don't drive your truck! its about to turn off on you! ( Has a big *** cam)
Me:its got a cam
Guy: No i think you're running out of gas man
Me:No i just filled up the tank
Guy: Idk man why would you want to drive that old piece of
anyways?
It sounds like its broken, and looks heavy, you should've bought a mustang.
Me: Race? The guy laughs Sure
Light turns green and beat him by 3-4 car lengths, we end up doing a run from 40mph cause he said he couldn't launch right. the guy stopped racing me, rolled his windows up and took a left when i chirped the tires at 40 and pulled infront of him.
Lol i also get is that a diesel? (2000 1/2 silverado with a 4.3)
But i can't blame them ;P I got a really bad lifter noise
Guy pulls up to me at a stop light in a mustang 5.0
Guy:WTF is wrong with you! don't drive your truck! its about to turn off on you! ( Has a big *** cam)
Me:its got a cam
Guy: No i think you're running out of gas man
Me:No i just filled up the tank
Guy: Idk man why would you want to drive that old piece of
anyways?It sounds like its broken, and looks heavy, you should've bought a mustang.
Me: Race? The guy laughs Sure
Light turns green and beat him by 3-4 car lengths, we end up doing a run from 40mph cause he said he couldn't launch right. the guy stopped racing me, rolled his windows up and took a left when i chirped the tires at 40 and pulled infront of him.
Lol i also get is that a diesel? (2000 1/2 silverado with a 4.3)
But i can't blame them ;P I got a really bad lifter noise
May 27, 2011 | 05:30 PM
#178
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 400
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From: Ontario, Canada
I'm so damn glad this thread got bumped. Such a good read.
I've got a few.
So how fast has it gone with the NAWS hooked up?
My buddies Camaro will do 100 in 2nd, bet you cant beat that.
Why would you lower it and put those tires on it?
DA "What's in it?"
Me "Just a 4.3, built a 5.3 to replace it"
DA "You'll never get one of those to run right with a computer, put a carb on it"
Out for a cruise last weekend with a new female interest, ended up playing with a fox body.
ME "Hey do me a favor, open up the glovebox and flip the switch on the left"
HER "What? Why?"
ME "Nitrous, planning on blowing this guys doors off"
HER "No ******* way, I'm not gonna be in this thing when it goes up in flames"
ME while reaching to do it myself "Oh relax you've seen F&F too many times"
And I've got the wideband clock and voltmeter thing too.
I've got a few.
So how fast has it gone with the NAWS hooked up?
My buddies Camaro will do 100 in 2nd, bet you cant beat that.
Why would you lower it and put those tires on it?
DA "What's in it?"
Me "Just a 4.3, built a 5.3 to replace it"
DA "You'll never get one of those to run right with a computer, put a carb on it"
Out for a cruise last weekend with a new female interest, ended up playing with a fox body.
ME "Hey do me a favor, open up the glovebox and flip the switch on the left"
HER "What? Why?"
ME "Nitrous, planning on blowing this guys doors off"
HER "No ******* way, I'm not gonna be in this thing when it goes up in flames"
ME while reaching to do it myself "Oh relax you've seen F&F too many times"
And I've got the wideband clock and voltmeter thing too.
May 27, 2011 | 05:51 PM
#179
Last night at the local 1/8.
Guy walks up to me.
Guy: Hey What's it got?
Me: 4.8, tune, bolt-on's
Guy: What's it run?
Me: 9.8's at 74, spinnin'
Guy: You supercharged?
Me: Nope
Guy: Nitrous?
Me: Not at the moment
Guy: No way bro... V6's ain't that fast...
Me: Yeah... not a v6...
Guy: Chevy doesn't make a 4.8 V8....
Me: If you say so...
Guy: Wanna run my Tahoe? (stock 5.3 (said it was a 350...) with a 'chip' and 24's...)
Me: Sure.
Me: 9.8 @ 75
Guy: 10.9 @ 61
Guy: knew you were sprayin
Me: Whatever you say dude... Rim's aren't helpin' your times any.
Guy walks up to me.
Guy: Hey What's it got?
Me: 4.8, tune, bolt-on's
Guy: What's it run?
Me: 9.8's at 74, spinnin'
Guy: You supercharged?
Me: Nope
Guy: Nitrous?
Me: Not at the moment
Guy: No way bro... V6's ain't that fast...
Me: Yeah... not a v6...
Guy: Chevy doesn't make a 4.8 V8....
Me: If you say so...
Guy: Wanna run my Tahoe? (stock 5.3 (said it was a 350...) with a 'chip' and 24's...)
Me: Sure.
Me: 9.8 @ 75
Guy: 10.9 @ 61
Guy: knew you were sprayin
Me: Whatever you say dude... Rim's aren't helpin' your times any.
Last edited by Steve-O-08; May 27, 2011 at 05:56 PM.
