[Tigers] Clunker Car Carnage

[A. C. Tynes]

The later 5.0 Explorers also have the GT40P heads which are acknowledged as
being the best breathing iron heads Ford ever built for the small block V8.
They also had the shorter front serpentine drive system which made the
overall length of the engine about 1.5 inches shorter - which is important
to people doing engine swaps, like me.

What a waste to see so many cars with so many good miles and so many usable
parts in them destroyed. And the worst of the "clunkers" are still out there
because the people who own them can't afford to trade them in on a new
vehicle. It's a shame those folks couldn't have access to some of the
"clunkers" which are being crushed since one man's "clunker" is another
man's new and better used car.

A. C. Tynes
New Orleans
 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net 
> [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Alvin Johnson
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:32 AM
> To: Thomas Witt; tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Clunker Car Carnage
> 
> 5.0 explorers have the GT-40 intake & a bigger throttle body, 
> which is an inexpensive performance upgrade to the standard 
> late Mustang V-8.
> 
> > if you attempted to remove drivetrain components (engine, 
> trans, rear 
> > end and even the driveshaft) from the clunker cars.
> >
> > Ford Explorers seemed to be the most represented "clunker 
> vehicle" there. 
> > There must have been 50-75 of them. 
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