The "gas crisis" bullsh*t never ceases....

[Clarke673]

1992 Chevy Work truck came with a 454 big block, 373 gears, no computer limiting device, and a 5 speed manual. It flat out hauled. Our 96 Chevy 350 1500 tops out at 138 with 35" tires. All we have done to it is chip.

My 68 Chevy runs 16.6 quarter miles with a vortec 350.... Check out my license plate...

My 68 gets about 9 MPG... Yep... i sure am consurvitive.

 

[Jaynelson]

That truck don't do 146mph.....I don't care if that's what the speedo said, there's no way in H

 

[maluchm]

1992 Chevy Work truck came with a 454 big block, 373 gears, no computer limiting device, and a 5 speed manual. It flat out hauled. Our 96 Chevy 350 1500 tops out at 138 with 35" tires. All we have done to it is chip.

My 68 Chevy runs 16.6 quarter miles with a vortec 350.... Check out my license plate...

My 68 gets about 9 MPG... Yep... i sure am consurvitive.

Slow in the 1/4 mile but unbelievably fast out in the open

 

[TBWdracula2003]

1992 Chevy Work truck came with a 454 big block, 373 gears, no computer limiting device, and a 5 speed manual. It flat out hauled. Our 96 Chevy 350 1500 tops out at 138 with 35" tires. All we have done to it is chip.

My 68 Chevy runs 16.6 quarter miles with a vortec 350.... Check out my license plate...

My 68 gets about 9 MPG... Yep... i sure am consurvitive.

have you ever been to the ignitors nights? its in august in libby im not sure the exact date but ill get it to ya. theres a car show then a cruise then the next day the burnouts and if you win the burn outs you get a free set of tires from schwabs

 

[Beels]

in 98 when MT had no speed limit, there were less accidents than in 2000 when there was one. People were falling asleep all over the place. We got pulled over for doing 146 mph in a 1992 Chevy work truck driving to Billings. We got a $25 "excessive gas use" ticket.

In 20 years we will all be riding bikes and the ol horse and buggy will be the hot rods because this nation is WAY backwards. We are the only people out there that beat a country down in a world war and then build them a better economy then ours.

Cough,Cough,Bull$hit,Cough

 

[buck50]

is THIS the NEW snopropanther thread?????????

 

[Pukeandride]

is THIS the NEW snopropanther thread?????????

we hope not

 

[buck50]

we hope not

come on, that had to have been one of the funniest threads EVER on SW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Pukeandride]

come on, that had to have been one of the funniest threads EVER on SW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes i do remember that buck50

 

[Clarke673]

have you ever been to the ignitors nights? its in august in libby im not sure the exact date but ill get it to ya. theres a car show then a cruise then the next day the burnouts and if you win the burn outs you get a free set of tires from schwabs

LoL i might have to go to that. I need to get a better locker and some lower gears. Bt that sounds lke fun... Kind of sucks if you don't win and you blow $300 in tires away.

BTW, maluchm, 16 second quarter miles is not slow for a close to stock chevy truck with 150,000 miles and that is rated at about 200 hp. And as for unbelievably fast, its called 373 gears and a turbo 400.... only 3 gears. The work truck pulled crushers all over Montana and if you know anyone who worked for TMC for 15 years they would probably remember James Clarke and the truck.


If you guys don't believe me then don't, i really couldn't care. By a 92 chevy and check it out. Ask anyone who owned a work truck in those years. All that was done was Headman headers, Cherry bomb glass packs with 3" exhaust, fram air intake, locker in the rear, shift kit, and a few other things. Did a little work on the carb. It was all white when we got it and we had it painted two tone forest green. at about 140 it would hit about 4500 RPM and right about there those engines came apart so we never really went any faster. I do not give out BS so don't say that i do. Check out all my other posts and they are all true so please do not insinuate that I am lying, please. Look it up, hear is one of the first links I found. http://www.454ss.com/Articles_new/GENINFO.asp This is the same engine that was in the truck, almost the same truck just add 1000 pounds, and a 5 speed manual. I know allot about chevy trucks we currently own

1957 chevy 350
1966 Cadillac 428
1966 Cadillac 428 parts car
1968 chevy 350 vortech,
1978 suburban 401 for Sale with brand new 31x10-50-15 Good Year Rt $1500
1988 suburban 350 soon to have a 327 with balls, soon to be for sale, $2000
1996 chevy 150 350 Vortech EFI
1998 Tahoe, 350, FOR SALE $7000
2005 chevy suburban 327-stock
soon to have 2007-2008 Vortech MAX

Also to anyone who lives in Bozeman and goes to the mud drags every year, they might remember my 96 chevy STOMPING the 35” tires and under class in the mud drags the last few years. WE didn’t go last year but we are planning on going this year. All that was done to that truck is 2” body lift, 4” sus lift, locker, 411 gears, chip, 3” exhaust, and a Fram Air intake. I can get the badges out that say first place and take pics to prove it if you all wish.

And all of this has nothing to do with the thread and its topic, so sorry dogmeat, I did not intend on stealing your thread and I am very sorry for doing so…

 

[duffman]

Conservation works great as long as the financial incentive to conserve is large enough. This is a money controlled world and most people are only motivated by money.


Your comparison is incorrect. If efficiency has increased, be definition we are using less fuel on a per unit basis. Comparing it to consuming more energy is wrong because the country has grown a large amount which accounts for the large increase.


Now that is some crazy talk, I kind of like having clean air to breathe. Reminds me, I need to go outside and have a smoke.

Our entire economy is fueled by the consumption of energy. If we were to shrink our overall consumption of energy, our economy would follow suit.

We have increased energy efficiency in many areas since the seventies, but have found new ways to consume, resulting in more per capita energy consumption (the computers/networks we are using to communicate for example). It stands to reason that if we find ways to conserve even more energy out of the current technology we use, new technology will come along that consumes even more energy.

I am just making a point, everything has a cost. "Clean air" is not free, it costs massive amounts of energy.

 

[Ak nitro]

I live at the end of the alaska highway and have seen a dramatic decrease in RV traffic this summer. It seems as though this summer I have not been stuck behind nearly as many RVs on the road as in the past summers. I can't imagine filling one of those gas hogs up in Yukon Canada. I also have not been through Canada in couple years, but last time I was, I carried a 110 gallon fuel tank with me which got me most the way through Canada. I don't know how the Candians have been dealing with high fuel prices for years and thier economy is doing good.

 

[maluchm]

BTW, maluchm, 16 second quarter miles is not slow for a close to stock chevy truck with 150,000 miles and that is rated at about 200 hp. And as for unbelievably fast, its called 373 gears and a turbo 400.... only 3 gears. The work truck pulled crushers all over Montana and if you know anyone who worked for TMC for 15 years they would probably remember James Clarke and the truck.

Ok... that does explain it a bit! I have to ask though.... How long does it take to reach that speed you posted?

 

[ruffryder]

Our entire economy is fueled by the consumption of energy. If we were to shrink our overall consumption of energy, our economy would follow suit.

We have increased energy efficiency in many areas since the seventies, but have found new ways to consume, resulting in more per capita energy consumption (the computers/networks we are using to communicate for example). It stands to reason that if we find ways to conserve even more energy out of the current technology we use, new technology will come along that consumes even more energy.

I am just making a point, everything has a cost. "Clean air" is not free, it costs massive amounts of energy.

Good points, though from your argument it sounds like the solution is to limit the total amount of energy available to be used, which I guess I would agree with.