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07-10-2019, 07:19 PM
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Good Cheap and fast
You only get to pick 2
If it is good and cheap it won't be fast If it is good and fast it won't be cheap If it is cheap and fast it won't be good The only time I have ever gotten all 3 was at Chic-fil-a  .
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07-10-2019, 07:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Lakewood, CO
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
An accurate image, hence my user name.
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07-10-2019, 09:06 PM
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Location: Berne IN
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
I have that sign in my workshop
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07-10-2019, 09:32 PM
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Who Changed This?
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Simi Valley, CA
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
I worked in Aerospace and Defense for over 27 years. The gov came out with that "Faster, Cheaper, Better" mantra. They were told you can only get two of the three.
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07-10-2019, 09:39 PM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
Kawasaki KZs were good cheap & fast.
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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07-10-2019, 09:41 PM
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Location: Temple City
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
If your building a Mopar or Ford cheap won't even be a selection. They have poor JY solutions for the motivated person.
I have built a few good, and quite cheap Chevy's. LT1 350's out 350/375 to the crank with just bolt on's, and toss on some 4.11 gears. It will be quite fast. Now we have LS engine quite cheap, and capable of about 450 with a stiff cam. A LT1 of of 450 with a carb, and stiff cam. A Vortec gets tired around 425. The whole if it is cheap it ain't good only applies to retail transactions of new or rebuilt equipment. If your willing to get your hands dirty when you have to not when you want to. There are plenty of good stuff floating in to pick a parts every week. I have in my Camaro a 475 hp 383 LT1 built by a high end speed shop that I got for $850. Along with a wreck Corvette. Which is sold parts off of for about $750, and got a running Buick 340. |
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07-10-2019, 11:02 PM
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Location: Harrison, Arkansas
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
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07-10-2019, 11:24 PM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
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07-10-2019, 11:55 PM
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07-11-2019, 12:04 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
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As a Machinist I have heard most of the sayings. I have not heard that one I will try too remember that one. .
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07-11-2019, 12:58 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
kinda reminds me of long ago, Paul Harvey had a segment about a govment press release ,where the govment stated that they were working together like finely meshed gears...with this logo on the poster...
on the poster was a pic of 3 gears locked up and unable to move...always thought it was funny
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07-11-2019, 07:04 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
I remember when muscle cars were good fast and cheap
How about this? Maybe not so good
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07-11-2019, 09:46 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
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No lifejacket or shoes required .
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07-11-2019, 09:51 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
Oh Thailand, rode on one of those.
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07-12-2019, 07:25 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
Great memories... right???
That video tickled me. Where do I sit? Where ever it won't make the boat flip Type in good fast cheap cars on You Tube and find dozens of cars that are. Shoot, these days about any car is fast and reliable. Just go buy a cheap used car. If you included "cool" that would be another story. But those little sporty Japanese cars are cool, just not my cool.
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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07-12-2019, 10:45 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
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To this day I wonder how they operated those stingers without occasionally cutting the bottom out of another boat. I saw some with a wire basket around prop, but just as many with an open prop spinning a gazillion RPM just looking for a place create a tragedy. I saw a V6 on one boat and the balance was a marvel of engineering. I don't know how fast this guy was going, but it appeared pretty respectable to me!
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07-23-2019, 08:15 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
Sounds like a gas as long as you don't get any river water in your beer.
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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07-23-2019, 09:15 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
No doubt! Those klongs (canals) are full of stuff you don't even want on you, let alone ingest!
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'68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve." |
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07-23-2019, 10:57 PM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
You guys got to learn a lot of the language over there. This is reminding me of how I'd hear all that from guys when they got back. I guess it all fades in time, but you'll never forget. What is mi-dee?
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 07-24-2019 at 09:02 PM. |
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07-24-2019, 06:52 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
"Mi-dee" is a phonetic spelling equivalent of "no good!"
You're right Tim, a lot of what was learned 52 years ago has faded. In my case there's probably some melding of Vietnamese and Thai and I've forgotten which was which.
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'68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve." |
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07-24-2019, 09:07 PM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
My friend was telling me stories back then and said "If you really want to see one of them get upset all you have to say is...", and out from his Appalachia born and raised mouth came what sounded like a Vietnamese talking. Just hearing that cracked me up, but when I asked what it meant he said, "Just say that to one and you'll be coming back telling me what it means"
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07-25-2019, 06:19 PM
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07-25-2019, 06:26 PM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
Well I had a 73 Kawasaki 750 mark IV triple 2 stroke. It was great cheap and easy to work on so you can have it all. Sold it bought a Kawasaki 650 4cyl nice ride smooth but not as fast
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07-26-2019, 07:02 AM
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So I disagree with the chart and anyone who says you can't have all three. I can prove my point over and over again, with a little thought. The closest to truth you can say would be along the lines of "Good, fast, & cheap are hard to find together" or "Good, fast, & cheap are rare".
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 07-27-2019 at 05:47 AM. |
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07-27-2019, 12:33 AM
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Re: Good Cheap and fast
Where I work you can have good or cheap. Your choice. Neither will be fast though as the painters are usually a week behind.
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