65 Econoline Pick Up
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I had one of these back in the day. Mine was the FC170 model with the ultra high HP Hurricane 226. A flat head straight 6 with a one barrel. It would do 45mph in any direction including straight up. But don't try to go 46 'cause the engine was screaming at 45. It had 5:88 gears in both ends. The engine also comes out the bottom like most of these cab over PUs. And yes, they were extremely loud with the engine sitting next to you under the hood that was also inside with you.This one is from Jay Leno Collection.
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they were slow as sin and had lousy brakes.
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Careful GLC, I just giggled.
I do have to say, while Dodge and Cheb are putting out six litres as base v8's in their sports cars, ford still sticks with the 4.6 as it's base. Remember we're talking base here, not ss, roush/saleen/cobra,etc, srt8, etc.
I always hated that. Seems the only way we can ever beat them is 5.4 supercharged, but still, supercharged is unfair. Can we just make an engine in the same class as the others and not a smaller supercharged engine ?
I do have to say, while Dodge and Cheb are putting out six litres as base v8's in their sports cars, ford still sticks with the 4.6 as it's base. Remember we're talking base here, not ss, roush/saleen/cobra,etc, srt8, etc.
I always hated that. Seems the only way we can ever beat them is 5.4 supercharged, but still, supercharged is unfair. Can we just make an engine in the same class as the others and not a smaller supercharged engine ?
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Seems to me that's what they are trying to do with the 6.2. There's a factor that you may not be considering - it's called "CAFE" (corporate average fuel economy). By federal law, the automakers are required to have a certain CAFE averaged out across everything they sell. Bigger engines = worse fuel economy. That's also why Ford is doing Ecoboost. This is why GM and Chrysler are using cylinder deactivation.
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Seems to me that's what they are trying to do with the 6.2. There's a factor that you may not be considering - it's called "CAFE" (corporate average fuel economy). By federal law, the automakers are required to have a certain CAFE averaged out across everything they sell. Bigger engines = worse fuel economy. That's also why Ford is doing Ecoboost. This is why GM and Chrysler are using cylinder deactivation.
I just hate hearing, yeah your car won, but supercharged.
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I think part of it is the fact that Ford has been so top-heavy with large trucks the last 15-20 years. They sold so many more trucks as a percentage of production compared to the other guys that I think this had to have played a role in the whole 4.6/5.4 fascination.
Up until the last few years they have really neglected the car market, with the last "hit" for the longest time being the '86 Taurus. It's gotten better of late, but FoMoCo went through LOOOONG drought as far as hot-selling cars were concerned.