Upcoming FE build: plan coming together

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The issue is "at what point does the emotional button take a back seat to either performance or cost?"

I may be your atypical buyer, so don't use me as the norm. At some point, the scales would tip back to the 428 versus a 427 for me, but it would take a whole lot of some heavy substance to push that figurative scale back in favor of the 428.

I'm not saying anything outside of the FE norm: 4) 352, 3) 390, 2) 428, and then 1) 427. No news there.

[patrickt]

Now lets peel the onion one more time. You insist on a block that has a number attached to it (428) that you can't see, that has no effect on performance, but that touches an "emotional button," yet you make no such demands on the internals that comprise the vast amount of your engine's build. In fact, I would venture to say that you may have no Ford parts whatsoever on and in your block! How do you distinguish the fact that you make no requirements on having authentic internals? It can't be performance related, or the fact that you can't "see" the difference -- you already dismissed those two characteristics, so it must be something else. Right?

[RodKnock]

Within the boundaries of common sense and reason, I make little, if any, compromises on much of anything. So I reject your statement with prejudice.

In fact, I felt Diet Coke was a dietary compromise and I dismissed that over the long holiday weekend.

BTW, we're off-topic here. So, if we want to continue this digression, we should probably start a new thread. Although I assume Ron or Jamo would step in and quash our discussion, if it were the case.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

Within the boundaries of common sense and reason, I make little, if any, compromises on much of anything. So I reject your statement with prejudice.

In fact, I felt Diet Coke was a dietary compromise and I dismissed that over the long holiday weekend.

BTW, we're off-topic here. So, if we want to continue this digression, we should probably start a new thread. Although I assume Ron or Jamo would step in and quash our discussion, if it were the case.

Well, you see my point. It's pretty tough to justify some choices on any grounds other than "I just know I want it." And that's ok. When I was spec'ing out my car, I went with the rule of "if I can't see a difference, and there is no performance difference, then I will put in the cheaper part." Or, if I couldn't see the part at all (like a transmission) then the decision on the part was purely performance based. Since I had, and have, no intention of ever selling the car, "re-sale" value never really entered in to the equation. That's a long winded answer as to why a 428 is in my car, but it could have just as easily been a 390.

[Gunner]

Originally Posted by patrickt

It's pretty tough to justify some choices on any grounds other than "I just know I want it."

Name any other justification for a car that's loud, crude, basically uncomfortable, impractical in almost every respect, low-mileage, high-maintenance, difficult to drive, incompatible with anything but good, clear, dry weather, a cop magnet, a DMV nightmare and over 50 years old in style.

Hey, "I just know I want it" is good enough.