4.9 straight 6
Anyone really know why they stopped making the straight 6?
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Because it was a good engine.
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:lol:
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Originally Posted by chapparal21
(Post 3165862)
Anyone really know why they stopped making the straight 6?
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Ford was supposed to do a modular V6, basically a 4.6 V8 minus 2 cylinders. They got cheap and pumped up the old 3.8 V6 to 4.2 liters and used that instead. It's a shame, that 4.9 I6 was simply bulletproof and had loads of torque.
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Originally Posted by chapparal21
(Post 3165862)
Anyone really know why they stopped making the straight 6?
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Fuel economy (NOT real world, but EPA numbers) and emissions regulations. The older a design an engine is, the more difficult it is to clean it up to ever-tightening standards and retain any semblance of economy, performance, and driveability.
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Yup, who knows what higher power came down to Ford in the '60s and gave the engineers the mighty 300. After a 30 year successful run, emissions, mileage, size, shape, and basicly bulletproof lack of warrenty work did it in.
Moment of silence for the big six... Adrianspeeder |
urban legend says the 300's never had warranty due to their extreme reliability and brute bulletproofness
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Forgot about the shape - it would probably take a shoehorn to get one of them under the hood of a 97+ body style.
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