BOSS 500 becomes the Chevy what now (1 Viewer)

[flapjack]

So they rebranded the BOSS 500. Yes I know it wasn't really a Ford engine to being with, just a tweak on the venerable HEMI with Ford labeling, but Ford had some input on it - I imagine they were involved at the design level on the tweaks, hence the branding, But just call it the JFR 500. Yes I know the TFX was a Rodeck design, but at least AJPE kept the original name.

 

[Randy]

The next generation LS X.

 

[Mike]

LSX500

 

[FABMAN]

Hell call it what is a HEMI, isn't that what they called it in the 70S & 80S.

I bet Force is eating this up, his teams have been the only ones talked about at least 90% of the time this off season.

 

[SundayNiagara]

Blue Rat?

 

[d'kid]

DSC500 (Don Steves Chevy 500)

 

[Nitro Cane]

Decals can do wonders .... Body ,Engine,etc........

 

[club]

DSC500 (Don Steves Chevy 500)

Not much left of Don Steves these days.

 

[Nick Name]

Still looks like a Ford to me,

 

[Muddy]

Still looks like a Ford to me,

Jay, no offense but if you were as old as some of us/me you'd know it looks mostly like the after market Chrysler Hemi that's been around for the better part of 45 years.

 

[flapjack]

I was laughing at Jay's response, I took it as sarcasm. I think Jay has been known to use sarcasm from time to time, lol

 

[d'kid]

Not much left of Don Steves these days.

Yes, I Know... But I have Someone Because of Don Steves' Chevy Body Shop's Painter... My Wife of 35 Years... And they were a Good Customer for many Years... And a very early sponsor of John.

 

[stitcherbob]

Why did the 16x Champ put Chevy emblems on his Ford engines?

The same reason why my friend put Ford emblems on his vacuum cleaner.....so it would suck more!

 

[flapjack]

Why did the 16x Champ put Chevy emblems on his Ford engines?

The same reason why my friend put Ford emblems on his vacuum cleaner.....so it would suck more!

I've seen First On Race Day and Found On Road Dead. Doesn't matter to me. I'd like to see the reaction on this board if Toyota stepped into the fray and offset the cost of making tweaks to the HEMI like Ford did with the BOSS 500 and offering it to the teams that run "Camry" bodies.

 

[rollingthunder]

chevy 496 ?

 

[Mooseman]

What's with this sudden need to have the engine represent the same make as the body. For many years it didn't matter.

 

[Reese]

What's with this sudden need to have the engine represent the same make as the body. For many years it didn't matter.

Yea, I have a couple of friends with chevy motors in their ford mustangs, what's wrong with the other way around.

 

[StockersRock]

Yea, I have a couple of friends with chevy motors in their ford mustangs, what's wrong with the other way around.

They're not named John Force!

 

[unclebob]

Jay, no offense but if you were as old as some of us/me you'd know it looks mostly like the after market Chrysler Hemi that's been around for the better part of 45 years.

John; I can vouch for Jay......I raced T/F against him in the "60's at San Fernando!
I think his sarcasm is sort of what us old timers used to hear from Oral Roberts and Billy Graham "you gotta believe"

 

[Muddy]

John; I can vouch for Jay......I raced T/F against him in the "60's at San Fernando!
I think his sarcasm is sort of what us old timers used to hear from Oral Roberts and Billy Graham "you gotta believe"

Forgive me guys..I guess in my elder years I am just way to grumpy and fail to reconize good honest sarcasm. By the way I managed a trip or two your way with our car. No tracks open in the winter in Okla and too darn cold for those "brand X" hemi's to start anyway.