Hemi to be replaced by inline six?
This was announced a while back, but Stellantis has finally released details on the new twin-turbo 3.0 liter inline six that might replace the Hemi in the Ram 1500 and other Stellantis vehicles. Prett...
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Me Again wrote:FishOnOne wrote:
I drove a couple of the Ford fuel injected I6 F150's and they both were turds and I drove several V8 fuel injected 5.0 F150's and always felt like they performed so much better. One of the Ford I6 trucks I drove was my uncles/aunts truck when we would go water skiing I would back the boat into the ramp and also pull it out. There was one boat ramp on the Brazos river that F150 I6 couldn't even pull the boat out of the ramp. So we disconnected the boat trailer from that Ford and hooked it up to my dads 1981 Chevy C10 with a 305 V8 2.73 gear and we pulled that boat out of that ramp with no sweat. There were a few I6 die hard's on this site who swore that the Ford I6 was a torque monster, but that one truck struggled to even pull the trailer out of the ramp even without the boat. I want to say the I6 Fords, Chevy's and Jeep engines were prone to cracked heads and manifolds.
I was never impressed with the Ford I6 that had 300 C.I. even when pulling at low rpms compared to Fords and Chevy's similar size V8's.
When you say it would not pull it out of the water, what was happening? Spinning rear wheels? Transmission not able to put the power to the ground? Engine missed and farted?
The 300 I-6 Ford engine is legendary.
https://jalopnik.com/heres-why-the-ford-300-inline-six-is-one-of-the-greates-1795351528
Ford is said to be working on a new I-6 for F-150s.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/ford-stabbing-straight-six-in-next-f-150-is-this-the-future-of-trucks/
Might have been legendary, but legendary doesn't necessarily = powerful.
They were a turd compared to the 5.0.
The only power similarities were, off the line to to about 2000rpms.
After that, the 4.9 torque dropped like a rock and the HP never matched the 5.0.
5.0 maintained close to max torque for about 1500 rpms from 2000 to 3500 rpms and hp climbed faster, to a higher peak hp as well.
And yes, for some reason, out of the hole, the 4.9 pulled like a soft bag of ****, even with the 5 speed with a much deeper first gear than the auto trans, compared to the 5.0 and similar HP/TQ from idle to 2000rpms. I beat the snot out of most model years of 90s Ford half tons and the 5.0 was way more engine than the 4.9 I-6.
4.9 was reliable, but lets not put it on a higher pedestal than it deserves....LOL
