I have a question regarding Fords 300 6 cyl.

I've heard in the past that the 300 they put out is bulletproof...I found a truck here in town with one...its a 90 full size extended cab 4x4 ,manual trans...i was thinking it would be a good wood hauler...what i was wondering though is that do any of you think the 300 can pull a car trailer w/load?

they arent asking much for the truck...just curious to what you guys think it can and cannot handle...

tia!

 

Yep, no problem. Most have a ridiculously short 1st, so pulling away is simple. Don't expect much more than 65-70mph unless you're on a flat road though.

My friend had an F250 with that motor, was torquey as hell down low, but the 4 speed and 4.10 (IIRC) gears combined to make it a turd on the freeway. 1st was so short you could drop the clutch at idle and it wouldn't stall.

 

thanks for the input ! much appreciated!!! sounds like it might be a helluva steal for $700

 

You can drop the clutch in 1st in any car with a standard and it won't stall.

 

WTF? HUH?

 

I can back you up on that... I've got a Dodge Dakota 4.7l 2000 model year, regular cab, shortbox, 2wd, with 3.92 LSRA 5 speed manual with O/D and I can just drop the clutch and it will not stall. It's awesome for mega burnouts!

 

Bull. Try doing that in my dad's 4cyl Danger Ranger.

 

Maybe I'm not understanding what "drop the clutch at idle" means.

This is what I was referring to. Letting out on the clutch in first while giving it no gas. Every standard I've ever driven I've done this in. I learned to drive a standard at about 11 or 12. That would include my '95 Ranger 4cy. with the 5 spd manual. This is also the best way to teach people how to drive standards. They don't touch the gas so the whiplash factor is greatly reduced. Zaairman, maybe you're just not very good at driving a standard?

 

"Dropping" a clutch, as I have always known it, is letting the clutch out just as fast as the return spring will let it. Sure, assuming the vehicle is in good shape, and the clutch adjusted properly, you can "ease" the clutch out, on flat smooth ground without gas. But when you say "drop" the clutch, I, and just about everyone else sees that as something you do when you want to leave black strips on the hwy.

 

I've always been told that dropping the clutch is just taking your foot off the clutch as fast as possible. You can let the clutch out slowly on his truck and it will keep going.

 

yah the I6 is one torquey bastard.... My friend used to have one that his family had on the farm for years. Pulled around tractors and what not...

I think the original post about dropping the clutch was saying that at idle, you pull your foot off the clutch pedal really fast and the motor wouldnt stall. Same thing as "dumping" the clutch to do a burn out, but he was saying at idle, meaning giving it no gas

 

Any stickshift I've done that in resulted in the engine stopping immediately.

 

You can't do this nearly every car out there. If you could, no one would ever stall unless they left the brakes on.

Patman has it correct: you can leave the thing idling, without even breathing on the gas pedal, move your foot sideways off the clutch pedal (making it come out so quickly it thuds against the motion stopper) and it would just lurch forward without stalling. Not many vehicles you can do this in...

 

Uncle, uncle. Obviously I misunderstood what was trying to be communicated. When he said "at idle" that threw me off.

 

"He?" I was the one who said that...