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MM used to have a shit ton of New Edge and even 4V info. Lots of guys building, researching and sharing about that. Before that they even had a sizeable 5.0 Windsor and 3.8 communities. They even had a few 2.3 guys.

Corral has turned into a disaster. It's still active, but I've never gone anywhere and gotten such bad and outright wrong information- actively hostile too. It's bordering on FB or other social media for bad info and hostility.

Funny seeing that AG has run even YellowBullet into the ground.



It's crazy seeing how much it changed almost overnight. It went from frequent posting and information from pretty knowledgeable members to a handful of people with <5 posts asking simple questions and spam bots reigning unchecked.

They must be making good money just on the little traffic they get from old posts because activity on all these forums they bought/changed plummeted as soon as they touched it.



Same with IG. Just a platform for people to flex their stimulus builds. I can only see so many builds of people showing off their bright and shiny new parts from [Insert vendor here].



Who needs that when you can put together a 10 minute video about your life riddled with ads? Then spam it to every other social media in hopes of gaining some semblance of traction and a couple pennies from youtube. I don't think any of them have any reasonable technical knowledge, nor are the technical types profitable. Only the more entertainment oriented stuff is popular/profitable it seems. I can't stand it, personally. They're all the same. It's like sifting through a landfill for a single fleck of gold.

They all follow the same format. "Hey it's your boy XxCoyotePuneSlayerxX420! Remember to SMASH that like button and hit the bell or something, subscribe so you can see the latest. SOOOOOOOOO...meandmygirlfriendwe…[5 minutes of completely useless drivel that's irrelevant]...2 ads...OBNOXIOUS DUBSTEP INTRO for 2 minutes. Ok so...we're about to get down to this. We just got this ALL NEW THROTTLE BODY SPACER from AMERICAN MUSCLE, they're like...the best vendor ever...if you use promo code...[more paid placement] So let's put it on now, ok?...2 ads... Now we're at Harbor Freight...seriously the best place to go for tools...and we got a new ratchet...ok we're going back to HF because we broke the ratchet...fast forward to actually installing it, using gaskets from Rock Auto! Another paid placement...2 ads...and there we're done! Let's rev the piss out of the car on a COLD START BROOOO! It sounds so good! I can feel that on my trip to McDonalds it DEFINITELY picked up 20hp with this spacer...
...teaser for the next episode, HF jackstands collapse and CRUSH MY BEST FRIEND? REACTION FACE EMOJI PASTA."

@rich5150 might have a Corral story for you.

Ehhh. I think I read somewhere that an X-pipe only offers 1-2 HP over an H-pipe.

We tested those a decade ago. The difference easily fall in the margin of error for dyno equipment:

 

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Yeah, Facebook is garbage. Always has been. It's designed to keep you scrolling forever while pushing ads at you and stealing your data.

And yet a lot of these forums are trying to be FB. Not because people like FB, but because they know that format is designed for maximizing profit. Look at the hot garbage features they've mimicked: the ads injected everywhere, the sponsored content/links shoehorned in posts/threads, the endless scroll into other threads, the likes, the hashtags. I can't stand them much more than FB.

And I agree, social media isn't for tech info, how-tos, or builds. It's for flexing your latest purchase or battling about stupid questions like what oil to use.
 

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I really dislike everyone moving to FB to sell their stuff. I can't find anything and feel like the stuff I am able to see is only because FB wants me to see it based on something else I looked at in the past. If I do somehow find something I'm interested in, 7 out of 10 times I can't find it at a later date. Maybe I'm just old...
 

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YB splitting into multiple forums as I watch. The Canucks are cracking down and the natives aren't taking it well.
 

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Invite them over.

Well, LOL, it is breaking up because they can't use the colorful language they are used to using. And truth be told, I have about as many hard core nasty race baiters as dumb ass lefty spammers on ignore over there.

The ones you would want are already on here would be my guess.
 

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Well, LOL, it is breaking up because they can't use the colorful language they are used to using. And truth be told, I have about as many hard core nasty race baiters as dumb ass lefty spammers on ignore over there.

The ones you would want are already on here would be my guess.

Probably so.
 

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Never had social media, never will. My daily go to, for tech and commentary, is right here...
 

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Hey Weatherman. You got me all excited with the mention of ModdedMustangs. I just took a look. Maybe I missed the action? Looked like a dud in regards to Coyote content?

I don't like the FB censorship, but benefit greatly from groups. I have had my own group since 14' and it has turned out quite well (7.8k members, no trolling). I wish I had a way to take it elsewhere, where I have full control.

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Ive talked to you and our mutual friends about joining Facebook just simply for the car content, tech and classifieds.
Still, I just return to not wanting another large distraction like Social medial and knowing if I started on FB it would likely snowball.
Either way, I’ve been on SVTP for going on 20yrs and it’s been my car forum staple.
Genuine thanks to Travis and all involved.
I also predict there will be a reversal of those from FB back to quality forums (the few that remain).
-J
 

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I’m here to stay. I do really really really want to see a build section. A one stop for all the builds instead of sprinkled through out the site.


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Man I have the same want, I was wanting post my new S351 build but I’m not sure where to on svtp.
 

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Corral has turned into a disaster. It's still active, but I've never gone anywhere and gotten such bad and outright wrong information- actively hostile too. It's bordering on FB or other social media for bad info and hostility.

I find Corral tech to be fantastic, indy2000 has an insane amount of knowledge on Ford eec systems that he freely hands out IF you are willing to troubleshoot. Load up the parts cannon and prepare to be pooped on, rightly so imo.
 

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