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You've probably had a secret agent deployed to stop you from building this monstrosity!
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Good for you, John! Detroit needs the money and the jobs you provide! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Detroit ain't gonna benefit in the slightest. 
All the money goes to the aftermarket and labor. Which brings up an interesting question (interesting to me anyway) - How many different manufacturers will be represented?
Dart (block)
Air Flow Research (heads)
TrickFlow (cam)
Wiseco (pistons and rings)
RPM (crankshadft, connecting rods)
Clevite (main/rod bearings)
Fel-Pro (gaskets)
COMP (timing set and pushrods)
Ford Racing (valve covers, air cleaner, lifters, lifter spider kit, plug wires)
MSD (ignition module, coil, and distributor)
QuickFuel Technologies (carburetor)
Melling (oil pump and cam thrust bearing)
Moroso (oil pan, pickup, dipstick)
Tremec (transmission)
RAM (clutch and flywheel)
Exedy (throwout bearing)
Ford (pedal assemblies from earlier cars, crank trigger wheel from earlier car, trans cross member, head gaskets, and timing chain cover)
Edelbrock (intake manifold)
Accufab (custom headers)
ARP (bolts, studs, and other fasteners)
Milodon (oil pan studs)
Aeromotive (fuel pressure regulator)
AED (throttle cable bracket)
Fragola (fuel line and various fittings)
Parker (fuel line)
Scorpion (rocker arms)
Crane (valve springs)
NGK (spark plugs)
Spicer (u-joints)
Strang (trans and rear end driveshaft yokes)
BMR (K-member)
Gates (belts and hoses)
Another thing that kinda smacks you in the face is how many parts it takes to build an engine from nothing. I don't even have spare nuts and washers that applicable, so I have to buy *everything*. I think when it's all said and done, the motor will be right at $11k. Effectively, nothing but the radiator will be retained, and we may even just go ahead and replace that.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Just thinking of all the good people out there who will still have a job come Monday, thanks to your spending. Good job!
Will Rogers never met me.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: anti-earth day engine
Worth a 5 right there.
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vroom vroom VROOOM!
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Nice
I'm not sure whether there were pictures, or if I'm mistaking your Apocalypse Horse with the Booger mobile. Anyways, pictures of that monster?
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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The car is here[^] (and the web page is somewhat dated in terms of content).
I won't have pictures of the engine until I get the parts, once more after it's built, and then copious pictures of the process of getting it in the car. Until then, you can google "427w stroker", and then go to images to see pics of other people's engines.
I'm going to need a photographer/videographer to document the process as we do it, because I'll be doing a lot of the work myself.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I'm not really interested in going faster than the car will already go, so I feel like the brakes and motor are fine as they are.
That's pretty outdated, isn't it? 
I'd love to have a Mustang, too - But with Gas prices of ~1,92$ per liter you won't get far, except you use it as your second car. That said, I'm thinking of getting a Focus[^] somewhen next year, which spares me gas but still has plenty of space.
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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Yeah, but eventually, everything gets outdated.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Beautiful and Amazing![^]
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Thank you. Now I won't have to read Mark's APOD for the next couple of months.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Who do you think you are? You come here, you steal Mark's job...
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Awesome shots
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Oh good, I need a reminder of how small we are compared to everything else 
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Hi All,
I think I have all the features from the 'wish' list incorporated to my current project, it looks like its working. I have had to battle instruments that to quote my Boss "Elephanters to work with, documentation like a drunk monkey has written it!", a customer who is a little scary (but nice to me?). Not a great system, plus I got the 'if you're more comfortable in C# why didn't you write it in that' (despite my plea's at the start, subsequent complaints in the lounge resulting in offense to some). The small fact is these things I'm testing don't have any documentation, I have always done ATE work based on the hand test procedure (meaning questions of 'how do you do X', reply 'ask Y', Y reply 'why do you want that?', me 'Well it will cause issues if I don't!'). Just need to make sure I have followed the correct procedure for one the tests.  Thanks to Griff & others who know the pain I am going through and sorry for poor questions in Q&A!!
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Huzzah! The nightmare may be over.
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For elephant's sake don't tell him it's just the calm before the storm! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OG,
you know one thing? you are the common link here. People remember you during their projects.
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He's *not* common, otherwise sheep all around the world would have a bad life
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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So then we would call him:
OriginalSheep
I am sorry OG dont mind.
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He he he -- I did it long ago using Cool Movie Browser.
www.coolmoviebrowser.com
Cheers!
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Remember this, where you are, you are the VB "Expert" and every time they have trouble with a boffed up VB app, your name is at the top of the list. Congratulations.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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He he he -- I did it long ago using Cool Movie Browser.
www.coolmoviebrowser.com
Cheers!
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Good for you! The light is at the end of the tunnel. With a little luck, it won't turn out to be a train coming your way.
I spent most of my programming years doing ATE and never had a proper spec or manual test procedure to follow. Most of it was done after I'd completed a mathematical model of the UUT, performed a sensitivity analysis for every component's contribution to the resulting performance, then created a test requirements document and procedure to code against. A few times I had to actually complete the product design for the prima dona design engineer because he was stumped or lazy, just so I could get on with my test development. Test engineers are not happy people, as a rule, but we have to be a hell of a lot smarter than the one-trick-ponies whose products we have to test.
You've had a good challenge here; I've been watching, but not contributing, as I'm really out of date. But I've been through it and know what it can be like. You've got good helpers here, great people who are always happy to assist. They won't all be this difficult - really! One early boss of mine once said something wise (another rarity), to wit: The best program you write is the one you never hear about again. May you never hear about this one again... 
Will Rogers never met me.
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