ShinerBock wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
ShinerBock wrote:
I would love to see the old cast iron Ford 300 (4.9L) straight six brought back, but turbocharged. Bring it up to the modern age with variable valve timing, variable ignition, 4 valves per cylinder, and direct injection. About 380 hp and 500 lb-ft at a low 2,000 or 2500 rpm would be ideal for a gasoline Super Duty.
Those engines were some real turds and I doubt that the head gaskets would live a long life with those power levels.
Funny being that they were regarded by many to be one of the most reliable engines of all time.
FORD 4.9L (300 CI) STRAIGHT 6
Top 10 Engines of All Time (#4): Ford 300 I6
How many did you have issues with that were personally your own? Did you ever blow head gaskets?
My dad ran the office of a local natural gas company (Entex)and he would track the cost of repairs on each truck and back in those days the service men could choose which brand of truck they drove which promoted them to care for their truck as well. Two of the Fords with this I6 either had cracked heads or head gasket failures and oil consumption was another problem. These trucks were always overloaded, idled for hours a day but were serviced on a proper PM schedule.
An even bigger turd was the slant six... Ask me how I know!
