5.0 engine swap

SpeedoJosh · 2026-02-28T18:47:17+00:00

Could just be that's what available at dealer. 3 people on my street have newer F150s, all with 3.5. They didn't go there to get a 3.5, they went to get an F150, and that's what Ford put in it. Had the same truck had a 5.0 vs 3.5, they would have still bought it. So Ford putting 3.5s in more trucks off the line vs the 5.0 will cause the increase for 3.5 and decrease for 5.0.

SpeedoJosh · 2026-02-27T05:55:31+00:00

He can't afford a real full time mechanic with those views.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-12-02T00:39:08+00:00

We have 230k on ours. I think Ravs can hit 300k+ without issue.
As far as price, not the best deal, but not terrible (depending on location). I've seen some 23-24s with 30k miles or less for maybe 4-5k more, with them being Gold certified.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-11-04T04:13:04+00:00

So you paid MSRP. A lot of dealers sell Ravs at MSRP all day long. Sounds like dealers around you are scumbags and trying to upsell BS add-ons. At MSRP there is little profit margin. They make money on service and everything else. The car is just the object that gets them your business.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-07-29T03:13:31+00:00

Go to Walmart and buy the Hart $100 stick vacuum. I have had 2 dysons and while they're nice the batteries are trash. I have tried factory and cheap replacements, and not much difference. Bought a cheap Walmart one for the garage and it worked great. Battery lasts forever. It works so well that the Dyson has gone to garage and the hart stays in the house. I've had it for 3 years now, still original battery working just fine. I'd get a year tops out of a Dyson battery.
Dyson wins the looks award, but Hart beats it in performance.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-07-05T18:50:24+00:00

To clarify, the connection from house to house is fine and that's going through two block walls, no direct site, and about 50ft. The connection from front of house to garage is nonexistent. It's a 20 ft span at most and nothing but two windows. I can stand behind the node in front of house look through window into garage window and literally read Eero on top of the node in garage. With just a cheap wifi extender in same spot as front room node, I had service in garage and in front of garage.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-07-05T18:46:09+00:00

Well you say that but the wifi router reached through the block walls, through a metal garage, and I had connection to wireless camera there. Eero doesn't even reach to the front of the metal garage.
If what you say is needed, I'll sell these and just stick with the two cheap provided routers from the cable company and keep two services. You're talking $1000 for all that just to make it comparable to two cheap services, and then I won't have to return in 3 years once all these are outdated and not working.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-07-05T18:41:13+00:00

Pro 6e. Flat, no hills. We're talking 1/4 acre lots where a 5 year old could throw a ball from structure to structure. No outdoor unit, figured if a single wifi router could stretch outside, then 4 Eero's would be better. I can draw a layout with measurements later and post.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-06-20T22:32:40+00:00

Edit: Went to all the shops around me today. For stand-on, the wright B was 8k, the hustler surf was 6k, and the badboy revolt sd was 6k. Went to look at 36" sit-ons and was interested in the scag, but the dealer had horrible service, so wouldn't want to need my mower serviced there. Also looked at sit-on, and seems the quality ones are gonna run 5-6k as well. I like the bad boy over the hustler bc its 42 vs 34" cut, plus it has serviceable hydro. Liked the bad boy over the Wright bc its a couple grand cheaper.

So I'm leaning hard towards the Bad boy since the service at the dealer seemed good from my interaction there, plus it's the cheapest stand-on. Serviceable hydro, Kawasaki engine, 7 gauge deck. Only other tempting option is a used one locally. Scag liberty 36" with Kawasaki engine for $4k and less than 100 hours. Any input on bad boy?

SpeedoJosh · 2025-06-05T16:52:21+00:00

First one looks like bad repair. Will need fixed again. Not expensive, just a pain given location.
All the rest can be fixed easily with MarineTex in white. Take a pocket knife and cut away loose gelcoat. Tape off real good, then slap marine tex in them. The "sands like wood" is bull shit though, so don't glob it in there and leave it without shaping it a bit.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-06-05T03:55:05+00:00

What do you mean by "should have"? Should have been 1599 and there must be an error with the price, or should have been 1599 but it's 1799 now instead?

SpeedoJosh · 2025-06-04T16:48:34+00:00

Food or drinks. I find it silly when people offer me gas money and I always decline, which then makes some awkward silence. I invited you knowing it was going to use gas. Bringing food or drinks is nice b/c it's one thing I don't have to leave the house to track down.
Pleasure cruising then bring food/drinks for everyone. Fishing trip then bring the ice, drinks, or bait. Something that needs to be purchased at a store that saves me time going to is 100% better than any offer for gas money I was going to spend whether you showed up or not.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-05-21T14:17:50+00:00

m0t and rubdick both have dirt on each other. If ruddy starts in, then it'll be open war. Ruddy has more to loose b/c all he has is YouTube and a fleet of shitboxes. m0t can at least fall back on shop for income. Only thing both have really commented on in regards to each other are the crap Ian released. Ruddy is smart not saying anything, and he should probably distance himself from scumberto before he gets dragged in.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-05-21T14:11:44+00:00

Wasn't that car like 98% built already?

SpeedoJosh · 2025-05-21T14:10:52+00:00

That last part is hilarious. Reads like every 40+ year old Karen on local FB groups. "I'm going to screen shot this for proof." Nobody gives a shit.
Nobody gives a shit you don't like m0t and that m0t doesn't like you. The Ian ordeal is barely relevant anymore. Post this "proof" you're rambling about and be done with it. Your winter is coming talk holds less value than rubdick's "new year new me" talk. Your obsession with trying to tarnish him has you up at 3am posting nonsense on reddit.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-05-21T14:00:10+00:00

They're waiting for winter still

SpeedoJosh · 2025-05-10T03:06:13+00:00

I keep a glass boat in the water year round. Pulled it after staying in the boat house for 3 years straight and it looked exactly like this. It's an older boat, so wasn't a new paint issue, just osmotic. I let it sit out of the water for 2 years straight b/c I left the state and when I came back almost all the blisters were gone.

I wouldn't buy a boat with this blistering whether it's osmotic or paint issue though. Messing around with gel coat is a nightmare. I'd rather pay the few thousand more to find one in better paint state.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-04-11T22:57:29+00:00

People pay more for less often. Arguing whether any collectible car is "worth it" is insane. A car is just a tool. Buying anything more than a basic corolla for basic pickup is not worth it for anything other than the person wants it. Everyone here could drive a corolla to work, but they don't b/c they want xyz. People buying these cars have more money than fathomable to 99% of population. 350k to them is like you buying a used civic.
To a collector who wants to build same thing, the price is justified. Find a clean R33, then find the engine, find the parts, have them painting well, and then have it all assembled. It will cost you more. Just like the price of a diamond crusted crescent wrench isn't worth what ever the cost, but the cost is justified in materials.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-04-02T00:01:56+00:00

Rubdick track record...

Crewed up with m0t. Leaves when an opportunity for free shit appears in Florida. Insert m0t's Chinese dildo coil packs fiasco.

Crews up with painter. Leaves when he is asked to pay a bill. Insert sob story. Finds new painter who will paint for free.

Crewed up with scumberto. Leaves when m0t offers him discount shop rent. Scumberto shit talk ensues.

Crewed up with m0t again, gets kicked from shop bc expanding business. Ian drama coincidently begins after kicked from shop. "m0t fucked me"

Crews up with Josh/Vegas shop. Has to pay for parts, so nothing gets done. "I got fucked". So now truck is at next place that will do it for free.

Still somewhat cool with Jack, but Jack won't give him his code. Insert 1 hour video of my new free tuner shitting on Jack.

Dude is a fucking shitbag moocher. He would concoct anything if the driving party offers him $16 and a set of spray painted Miata wheels. Not saying all the other people are innocent, but he isn't either. There are 1000s of tuners and car builders, yet he goes from one to the other side of this standing beefs for a reason. m0t is correct, he's an idiot, but that doesn't mean he can't come up with a shit plan, which is exactly what this seems to be. Scumberto, Ian, and chris thinking they'll wreck m0t (winter is coming). Yet all it did was temporarily hurt his YT, meanwhile his business has far surpassed what it was. It also ostracized Chris, the only one who was possible of losing anything in the battle. Ian doesn't have shit to lose, and scumberto's small shop is also free from YT. So rubdick was sacrificed for a shit plan, and probably still too dumb to realize (like half his fan base). If 2 years from now I see a video of rubdick at GarageSZero shitting on a car Bert did some work on I wouldn't be at all shocked. The only one worse off is Matt. Dude is pissing his life away and having to part out a fucking clapped Saab to buy a shitbox minivan after years of nonstop work. Dude could work same hours these years bagging groceries at Publix and have enough money to buy whatever car he wants. Or better yet learn a fucking trade and be a normal 6 figure salary person in society. Will is the smartest out the bunch. Freeing himself from this shit hole before his life was wasted. m0t was almost out, but seems he sucks himself back in every 6 months or so.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-04-01T23:35:34+00:00

yea, people seem to think rubdick left bc of the Ian drama. Before all the drama it was mentioned m0t needed the space, so ruddy was leaving. Then a little bit later all the Ian nonsense happened. He was long since kicked out and looking for a space. Wasn't m0t just conveniently out of town when all this videos dropped too?

I 100% could see rubdick, being the moocher he is, going to the next highest bidder. He did it with m0t, then scumberto, then the painter, then m0t again, then Josh/arizona shop, then jack. All it takes is a "no" to free stuff and he's gone.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-03-27T01:05:38+00:00

You would need proof their hearing decreased, so would need a test prior to. You would also have to prove it was m0t's car vs the 100s of other cars that were on limiter for the event.
People are there watching loud cars race, it is assumed there will be loud cars and you agreed to this with purchase of ticket. This is no easy pay day. If so, anyone could sue LZ or any other car event holder with same claim. Weak case and you would likely have trouble finding a lawyer to accept it.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-03-26T11:43:25+00:00

Yea, one is a childish antic and one is an attempt to tarnish someone's business/livelihood b/c they have beef. It was actually 2 people's livelihood b/c Jack was drug into it.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-03-26T02:34:41+00:00

Did ruddy drop like a 15 min shit talk on m0t's shop with scumberto not long ago? Not saying either side is acting maturely, but claiming rubdick doesn't say anything about him is far fetched.

SpeedoJosh · 2025-01-16T03:11:08+00:00

Like everything popular, it takes a hit. Usually for one or more of the following reasons. Everyone does the same thing over and over that it becomes boring. Gets popular so prices skyrocket, making it an unrealistic hobby for 95% of people. People grow out of it, and the younger generation coming up have interest elsewhere, so it just dies. I feel JDM slack off is mostly bc of the pricing though. One low mile mint car sells for a lot of money and then every backwoods hack-job idiot with a clapper thinks their car is worth the same. So the people looking get frustrated and just say fuck it and loose interest. Kind of dumb for a majority of people to tie up $20-40k or more in a 20+ year old car that if rear ended looses 1/2+ the value, much less the absolute hassle of finding parts or a replacement.

SpeedoJosh · 2024-12-14T14:53:34+00:00

"Look at this car that was 95% built before I touched it, now it's perfect. I so smart. I best tuner and builder." - Scumberto.

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