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Originally Posted by Morich
It really is hard to be better than the folks who have been doing this for decades. With the experience of Winnebago, I find they know quite a bit.
When you find a guy who suddenly jumps up and screams about how much better everything he does is than the folks who have been doing the job for years, you gotta watch them.
They are likely to steal everything you've earned !
Marketing is often the only thing they know!
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But then you find a guy that is trying something, its not always marketing.
When I first got on here someone mentioned they lost a motor dew to where the air breather was. I rememebered that. Been doing a ton of upgrades to the RV noticed they were right the opening to the breather was almost at the bottom of the bumper. They had got in a flood trying to get through water its sucked it up in the intake of the breather. Basicly cut off the air. What caught my eye was there was no mount for it. Just laying agenst the frame.
Winniebago has that name for doing things right but the chassee and motor are Ford. Winnebago has nothing to do with the ford Chassies or drive train. Including the breather. With this local winnebago dealer being so slack to answering questions I have had to call Winnebago support several times to get any type of answers and when it comes to the motor or chasses they stop you in the middle of the sentence. YOU HAVE TO CALL SO AND SO>
I'm a drag racer have to admit I was wondering if the one sensor I would of had to drop would of made a difference , and it did. All I had to do was take the OEM ford stull loose crank it, its instently went to wavy RPS> I'm on a lot of car, and boat forums, sometimes questions or post are directed to>> has anyone tried this. Post hoping someone that might of? Would reply. !!!
This is how we learn.
Motors I know. Sensors and systems are a totally different animal. We didn't run those in dragster. Not until 20 years ago when the computer age cranked up. That monitor in my race trailer was for that very reason. Down load the date off the run with a laptop.
RV is a 2000 . Boy that owned it had to replace the motor coming across country so motor new. He got a complete rebuilt motor. Why I bought this RV. Cheap and for OEM I can fix most of it.
Your statement for the most part is dead on but then there guys that grew up putting chevy motors in Ford Pintos, to Top dragster that just got to try everything possable . Especially in proformance. Your talking one. .
Ran a pro stock pinto from the 80s to the 90s bought a funny car . Could afford the car not the traveling. Tenn this weekend Fla two weekends later, NY or NJ three weekends after that. Owned my own business, but it still cost to play without support. Fun couple of years making 3 second blast down a 1/8 mile track at over 200 mph but ended up setteling for 4 second dragster so Richmond, Dunn NC at GALOT and the local track 12 miles from my house would not kill the kitty so bad. Was hoping someone would of tried the intake but I don't think there a lot of people on here that go much past the OEM systems.
Enjoy the video below. FIR never was into the marketing part. Did put a mural on the side of the last stacker race trailer one with the motor pulling stuck out the door. Been out of racing for two years. Three boats two bikes, Beach truck which will be pulled behind the RV to the beach and Can am side by side are enought to keep me busy at 66 years young.
More of a hands on guy than marketing myself.
Reason I posted after trying it was letting others know it didn't work. BUT have you ever heard of anyone getting a TUNE? With a tune using HP tuner pluged into the OBD port you can turn on and off any sensors Ford, chevy Dodge or other gas burners have in the computers.
The simple things FORD put in the winny chasses I can work on. Would I pull a motor out this beast. HELL NO. LOL But the one picture of the motor pulling coming out my race trailer cars and dragster are not to complecated to work on. Motorhomes replaceing a drive line? . I"m not even set up for that and with 32 foot moble shop thats more than I would want to tacle . You pay for some things. .
My gingle on the chevy in the Ford Pinto. Heart beat of America had a better idea. You rememeber that Ford and Chevy saying back when we were, much more beautiful than we are now? LOL
I buy used cause I can work things. Trying different things is just the fun part of it. You guys that know these systems have a ton of knowledge. I'm just getting into the drivable RV toy. Had a slide in camper I pulled the race trailer and boats with. Still have it soon as the RV hits the roads its sold.