We support the thing! Anyhow... any kind of weight savings is good for the overlander lifestyle. Colorado was in my top 3 places to retire, it's so pretty. I loved living there, I just did not have a good feeling with how the populace was leaning. Friends there still swear they're all moving to Texas.
No worries. That's what these threads are for. If I'm not sure on something, I ask. I would much rather feel foolish to you all than to law enforcement
I meant about getting way off subject and down a rabbit hole... on another topic. Its not nice to walk all over someone else thread.
Naw... they'd be too busy driving a jeep, with a Glock in one hand, and a cell phone in the other.
You said it best my brother.
The problem with your statement is that more often than not, conversations around deleting emissions equipment and other topics which devolve to childish insults like that show a significant lack of fundamental understanding at the processes involved. You mention weight savings from removing emissions equipment, but then add just as much (if not more) weight for things like rooftop tents. While making your vehicle worse from an emissions - and oftentimes efficiency - standpoint.
Usually the other subset misread or misinterpret arguments, some do it intentional. They usually always have something in their counter stance centered around clean air and that anyone against their position is not on the moral high ground. It’s enjoyable to read their stance as it always goes back to hive mind talking points that were well crafted for them. It is expected as it is the new normal. The flaw with that logic is that it lumps everyone into only one mindset category when that is just not at all true in reality, but they want to ignore reality.
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1970-pontiac-gto#:~:text=The GTO was judged by,bore and 3.75-in.
The GTO was judged by what lay under its twin-scooped hood, and the 1970 models offered a number of big-bore choices. The standard engine, shared with the Grand Prix, Firebird and Trans Am, was Pontiac's 400-cu.in. V-8, which, with its 4.12-in. bore and 3.75-in. stroke and 10.25:1-compression ratio for manual-equipped cars (automatics had 10.0-compression) made 350hp at 5,000 rpm and 445 lbs.-ft. of torque at 3,000 rpm. The Ram-Air III upgrade brought 10.5-compression, 366hp at 5,100 rpm and 445 lbs.-ft. of torque at 3,600 rpm; the top 400-cu.in. V-8 was the Ram-Air IV, with 370hp at 5,500 rpm and 445 lbs.-ft. of torque at 3,900 rpm. The ultimate GTO engine was the 455-cu.in. V-8, which had a 4.15-in. bore and 4.21-in. stroke and could be had with or without Ram-Air. It used a 10.25:1 compression ratio, and made 360hp at 4,300 rpm and 500 lbs.-ft. of torque at 3,100 rpm. With the 366hp Ram-Air III engine and a 4-speed manual, the GTO could run 0-60 mph in 6.0 seconds and cover the quarter-mile in 14.7-seconds at 98 mph.
1970 GTO, 14.7s at 98 MPH in the quarter.
2022 Wrangler 392, 12.9s at 104 in the quarter.
Huh... ?
