Not quite 50 years ago as a 16 or 17 year old, I was driving my Dad's F100 with the 240 and "three on a tree". Had gone to town, was still in town but heading back home to the farm. Turned onto a one way street. Custom Chevy van with fancy mags, and a v8 with glass packs is sitting side by side with me at a stop light. I pulled out the manual choke a little to make it run a bit rough, as if I had a cam. Might have revved it a little once or twice just for fun. The light turned green..... Choke back in I started out normally. Not the van. And what he didn't know is that a cop who was a block behind me on the other street turned the corner at the right time to see this guy smoke his tires and really take off. Yes, in a van. I was very rarely a naughty teen, believe it or not. But that day, I confess I was bad. Cold blooded even. Hope he just got a warning. I miss that old truck. Have a hankering for a 4wd (for snow) F100 or 150, or maybe even 250 with a f.i. 300 and a 5 speed manual. Might put carbs and a points distributor in it for ease of maintenance, even if a bit more frequent.
@@stubryant9145 same looking to trade my new truck for old and reliable only thins a must is ps pb heat a/c 4x4 a bench seat and the work truck rubber mat
I had a 250 I6 in a 70 Maverick when I was a stupid 80's kid. As a stupid kid, I used liquid drano to clean out the cooling system one time. Ran for several years after, was later rebuilt and ran for more years after that. Could still be running to this day, for all I know. I loved the sound of it at idle. I can't imagine how long it would've run if I wasn't an idiot.
I just got 1973 forklift that has this motor, it needs a little love, I figured I’d start here. I’m a mopar guy, I got a slant 6 in my ‘67 Power Wagon…
Ed, have you seen the turbocharged 300 Big Six built by youtube's Power Nation? It produced 517 hoursepower & over 600 lb/ft of torque !! on the dyno! They detuned it some & installed it in an old 1966 1 ton dually as I recall. Rethink the engine swap. A matched turbocharger could be a gamechanger. It will make your engine more of what it now is, a torque beast, but with with more grunt!
Have a 96 CCSB 4x4 7.3 with the ZF5 manual transmission, and a 91 SCSB 4x4 4.9 with the 5 speed. I use the little F150 for weekend trips to the dump and just to cruise around in. Truck rides great, easy to drive and my wife loves it too. The 7.3 does the heavy lifting, and is great when we need to tow and haul the whole family around too. Haven’t had much trouble with either.
My 72 has a 68 300 swapped into it when the 360 blew up by the old man who owned it. It doesn't burn oil, barely leaks oil, never rebuilt. The truck it came out of rusted apart and was scrap. Funny story, the old man died because he was around 200yrs old and his neighbor sold it to me because he had no living family. I would park it illegally and get tickets all the time when I lived in Everett and laughed when I balled them up and tossed them in the bed stake hole. Fun fact: most cargo tugs at the airport have 300s in them. I got introduced to them when a rug came in with a horrible metal banging noise from the engine, we were really busy and it ran well enough if you were deaf. When it came in for repairs 2 weeks later the noise was gone and I realized it had a miss. Found no compression on cylinder 1, pulled the head and found the exhaust valve dropped and flipped upside down shoved steam first through the piston. I found a spare piston and valve, put it all back together and it went back to hauling baggage
I had one of these back in 1992, a '77 Ford Econoline base model (with the hinged cargo doors, not the sliding one) that spent most of its life as a patrol van at a mental institution and therefore only had 76,000 miles on it. This beast was dead reliable, had decent pickup and returned about 20 miles per (Imperial) gallon hwy. Only thing I hated was the small gas tank.
The 240/300 series are the “big blocks” for the Ford six cylinder. To my knowledge, the 144/170/200/250 don’t share any commonality. The 240 was a good motor also.
The 144/170/200 were an economy series meant for cars. The intake is cast as one with the head. The 250 is a loner using a separate intake, again meant for cars and economy. The 240/300 are a series meant for trucks and heavy duty usage and are by far the best of the bunch.
I had about a dozen various F250- 450s 4x4 bush trucks in our fleet in the early - mid 80s .. everything from 77 to 85 .. some were close to 600k miles.. without doubt the 300-6 and and 460s pre efi were outstanding . a couple of 400m' s all did wel too. Most of our gensets were 300-6 powered, as were our on truck welders, pumps and compressors.. Were i to turñ n the clock back to early mid 80s , with todays knowledge, i wouuld still have no hesitation in bùying same again ..
I won't say you are ruining anything but as far as high performance I do want to point out Scott Donohue won the Baja 1000 3 times with this mill in his rally truck.
I got an 85 F-250 with the 351W, and a 1992 F-150 with the 300. I absolutely love both trucks. My 1992 is currently being a turd with the alternator, it is the original Alternator from 1992.
Oh man, that would be a great engine. I've got an EcoBoost in my 2015 and it's pretty fun. Maybe I should keep the 300 once I pull it and build an "Old School EcoBoost" for another Bullnose.
Beautiful motor . Love Tham ❤️ to bad my 67 hi boy 3/4 was stolen. But I still own a 300 6 in a 95 e150 van that I've completely rebuilt . 297g miles no oil consumption running today & forever providing it's not outlawed by government. No more 1 tons or larger gas or diesel pickups or motor homes A or B models can be sold in Washington state. Dictatorship
Yes it's dependable unless you have the 96 with 0bd 2I have one it's not dependable at all it's been nothing but trouble.Even when it did work they are completely gutless uphill towing a load or boat.I had a 94 as well (both F150s) same problem,slow and gutless You're right buddy and I was about to swap in a 351w into my 96 Eddie Bauer F150 reg cab short bed 4x4 as well.Wanted to swap in the 7.5 460 big block but my truck only has the rear single tank not the dual tank bed, imagine how long that lil tiny 12 gallon tank would last with the 7.5 in it at 8 mpg lol
Everyone says the metal aftermarket gears are noisier but I couldn't hear any difference. The fiber gear is the achille's heel of the 240/300. The oil pumps also sometimes die in the 300's.
I'm not trying to sell anyone on an engine swap. I'm simply explaining why I'm swapping mine. The swap will be a big part of my channel and telling everyone how great the 300 is without explaining why I'm dumping it isn't fair to either engine.
Thank you for the video 😊😊, Hello I’ve been trying to look for another 300 to install in my 95 f150 which I believe has the same engine but mine is failing but I’m not sure what it is, if someone has one or might have some more information on the engine I would take any help I can take.
Yea I think he might have misunderstood. To my knowledge, the 240 and 300 engine block share bore spacing, bore size, and possibly deck height but I don’t want to lie to you there. I’d have to go back to my old books to confirm the deck heights. My guess is he read about using a 300 rotating assembly in a 240 block, which would still be a 300. However, I would have to look at different combinations of rod length and pistons that were available to see what could maybe be done. ( Think Jeep 258 crank in a 4.0 block ) My guess is Ford would have done this though if a viable engine displacement would have resulted. A 240 head will fit onto a 300 as well, but 240 heads are almost non-existent now. The 240 had a combustion chamber of 68cc vs the 76cc of the 300. Otherwise, the heads were almost identical. Also, some industrial and heavy truck variants of the 300 had a forged crankshaft rather than cast steel.
All the inline 6 cylinder engines of Ford, GM, and Chrysler are long lasting and bullet proof. Life long Ford guy here, but learned my lesson on the new or newer Ford junk. I have a few newer ones and they are garbage. I've learned that 1995 is the cutoff for my liking. Good Ford vehicles 1995 or earlier. The newer they get from there the more problems and recalls. A big problem I've had is the Ford techs don't fix the recall correctly and I have to keep taking it back because of it. I don't even take in my vehicles for a recall anymore because I don't need the added problems the techs create. It's too bad that the auto industry has gone to shit. All makes have gone to shit not just Ford. When my 2014 Escape trans (6f35 is loaded with problems and Ford knows it but will not recall the junk because they can't fix the crap engineering) finally craps out, I have a 1989 Bronco 2 to replace it. Good ol dependable but gutless 2.9L. The old Fords are what you want. Can't beat em and you can work on em.
Don't let no haters bother ya bud I had a sweet 79 Ford with a 300 six in it I loved it but I was young the truck was show truck good looking jacked up on 40 in monster murders bud I wanted that V8 sound with chrome tips coming out in fron of the tires so 351 Windsor build we go It had a granny 4 speed in it so I just went with the Windsor so it would bolt up to bell housing easy swap and I might say it got the ladies attention I was 16 worked on it from 12 years old with dad working to make it the baddest truck in school and it was me and my pap was awful proud
I've heard someone say that their industrials were 4 bolt , but that is the only reference. Given I've have wrote a lot of cheques for our repair shop, and given we had at least a dozen 300/6 motors on the payroll, nothing rings a bell..
I see that you have the same crappy red paint that my 85 F150, 300 six 4x4 has. At least we have the greatest gasoline in line 6 ever produced. I've modified my with a DUI electronic ignition, Offy 4bbl intake and Headman headers. I also replace the exhaust to 2 1/2 inch tail pipes. Vast improvement over stock. Out pulls and gets much better gas mileage than my son's 94 F150 with the 351.
It won’t be tougher than the mopar leaning tower of power 6 or the La 318. Sorry those were the toughest engines ever built. The ford is a great motor…
I'm building turbo kits for the 300s, will blow away any v8 smaller than a 460 while sipping fuel and unparalleled powered Should look into the boss 300 from 1970, made about 625hp which the small blocks of the time could not do
Tough engine. One of the reasons they last so long, yhey don't have enough power to break anything. The carburetor on mine.looked like it was borrowed from a lawnmower
Àll you need to know about them is they made millions of them and stuffed it in everything and they were underpowered gas guzzling pigs no topend power
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Friends not liking my '87 F250 4x4 with a 6 cylinder joked saying, "I could of had a V8.
That was then. Friends are gone. Truck is still here
You have your priorities straight.
Not quite 50 years ago as a 16 or 17 year old, I was driving my Dad's F100 with the 240 and "three on a tree". Had gone to town, was still in town but heading back home to the farm. Turned onto a one way street. Custom Chevy van with fancy mags, and a v8 with glass packs is sitting side by side with me at a stop light. I pulled out the manual choke a little to make it run a bit rough, as if I had a cam. Might have revved it a little once or twice just for fun. The light turned green..... Choke back in I started out normally. Not the van. And what he didn't know is that a cop who was a block behind me on the other street turned the corner at the right time to see this guy smoke his tires and really take off. Yes, in a van. I was very rarely a naughty teen, believe it or not. But that day, I confess I was bad. Cold blooded even. Hope he just got a warning.
I miss that old truck. Have a hankering for a 4wd (for snow) F100 or 150, or maybe even 250 with a f.i. 300 and a 5 speed manual. Might put carbs and a points distributor in it for ease of maintenance, even if a bit more frequent.
@@stubryant9145 same looking to trade my new truck for old and reliable only thins a must is ps pb heat a/c 4x4 a bench seat and the work truck rubber mat
While all other engines in the 80s had rod knock and blowby, the Ford 300 straight 6 lived.
They need to bring it back !
They won't: they "can't" make any money on parts and repairs for this engine, if you catch my drift.
I had a 250 I6 in a 70 Maverick when I was a stupid 80's kid. As a stupid kid, I used liquid drano to clean out the cooling system one time. Ran for several years after, was later rebuilt and ran for more years after that. Could still be running to this day, for all I know. I loved the sound of it at idle. I can't imagine how long it would've run if I wasn't an idiot.
Vinegar did wonders for me on the radiator...it looked like milk come out
I just got 1973 forklift that has this motor, it needs a little love, I figured I’d start here. I’m a mopar guy, I got a slant 6 in my ‘67 Power Wagon…
Ed, have you seen the turbocharged 300 Big Six built by youtube's Power Nation? It produced 517 hoursepower & over 600 lb/ft of torque !! on the dyno! They detuned it some & installed it in an old 1966 1 ton dually as I recall. Rethink the engine swap. A matched turbocharger could be a gamechanger. It will make your engine more of what it now is, a torque beast, but with with more grunt!
After seeing that episode, I would love to build that turbo 300 Inline 6 and put it in something
Have you seen newcomer racing Jeep 4.0 motor builds.
They had the industrial version of the 300, so it was a no-brainer to turbo it.
@claytonhess5512 . I understood "Industrial version" to be a low compression with a smaller cam. Excellent candidate for a turbo of course.
@@ebinmaine Industrial 300's came stock with all-steel cam timing gears and a forged crank. Who WOULDN'T spin that up!?
Have a 96 CCSB 4x4 7.3 with the ZF5 manual transmission, and a 91 SCSB 4x4 4.9 with the 5 speed. I use the little F150 for weekend trips to the dump and just to cruise around in. Truck rides great, easy to drive and my wife loves it too. The 7.3 does the heavy lifting, and is great when we need to tow and haul the whole family around too. Haven’t had much trouble with either.
The 300 and the 7.3 PowerStroke, Ford's best of the auto industry.
Rolling 92 ford 4.9 4x4 5 speed short bed extended cab , cruises the high way just fine
My 72 has a 68 300 swapped into it when the 360 blew up by the old man who owned it. It doesn't burn oil, barely leaks oil, never rebuilt. The truck it came out of rusted apart and was scrap.
Funny story, the old man died because he was around 200yrs old and his neighbor sold it to me because he had no living family.
I would park it illegally and get tickets all the time when I lived in Everett and laughed when I balled them up and tossed them in the bed stake hole.
Fun fact: most cargo tugs at the airport have 300s in them. I got introduced to them when a rug came in with a horrible metal banging noise from the engine, we were really busy and it ran well enough if you were deaf. When it came in for repairs 2 weeks later the noise was gone and I realized it had a miss.
Found no compression on cylinder 1, pulled the head and found the exhaust valve dropped and flipped upside down shoved steam first through the piston.
I found a spare piston and valve, put it all back together and it went back to hauling baggage
got over 50000miles and still going strong.
What year is it ?
I just purchased a Mitts and Merrill wood chipper that has this engine. Runs very well!
I'm a ford man love the 300 6 but it's a tuff fight between the big 3 i6s the slant dodge was a very close competitor than the 250 chevy in my opinion
Agreed
The 300 was my favorite pickup engine. I always got 450 to 500 thousand miles before rebuild. And that's under heavy construction conditions.
I had one of these back in 1992, a '77 Ford Econoline base model (with the hinged cargo doors, not the sliding one) that spent most of its life as a patrol van at a mental institution and therefore only had 76,000 miles on it. This beast was dead reliable, had decent pickup and returned about 20 miles per (Imperial) gallon hwy. Only thing I hated was the small gas tank.
Had one and a Chevy 250 str 6, both were outstanding great torque at low rpm better overall than any V8 ever made
The 240/300 series are the “big blocks” for the Ford six cylinder. To my knowledge, the 144/170/200/250 don’t share any commonality. The 240 was a good motor also.
There's also a 250 i6 unrelated to the 240/300
The 144/170/200 were an economy series meant for cars. The intake is cast as one with the head. The 250 is a loner using a separate intake, again meant for cars and economy. The 240/300 are a series meant for trucks and heavy duty usage and are by far the best of the bunch.
I had about a dozen various F250- 450s 4x4 bush trucks in our fleet in the early - mid 80s .. everything from 77 to 85 .. some were close to 600k miles.. without doubt the 300-6 and and 460s pre efi were outstanding . a couple of 400m' s all did wel too. Most of our gensets were 300-6 powered, as were our on truck welders, pumps and compressors..
Were i to turñ n the clock back to early mid 80s , with todays knowledge, i wouuld still have no hesitation in bùying same again ..
I won't say you are ruining anything but as far as high performance I do want to point out Scott Donohue won the Baja 1000 3 times with this mill in his rally truck.
I got an 85 F-250 with the 351W, and a 1992 F-150 with the 300. I absolutely love both trucks. My 1992 is currently being a turd with the alternator, it is the original Alternator from 1992.
297g miles on my 300 6 not drop of consumption. The best motor ever made ❤
Subbed because its your vision. Build it your way, what brings you happiness.
Friend went through couple of fuel injected heads pulling horse trailers up grades. Switched to carburetor head no more problems.
Wonder why they ever quit making this. If they wanted this eco boost mess, they could’ve done it with the 300!
Oh man, that would be a great engine. I've got an EcoBoost in my 2015 and it's pretty fun. Maybe I should keep the 300 once I pull it and build an "Old School EcoBoost" for another Bullnose.
Emissions might have cancelled the 300 - but the tooling was also likely getting worn out. And the 300 wasn't powerful
@@timothykeith1367 spacing was a problem too. Straight engines occupy more space.
I wanna stick a turbo on my 300 i6
I don't think I would buy a Ford truck that doesn't have the 300 6
Are they that reliable?
@@josechimal1358With maintenance, yes, they are.
Great video.. thank u..
Thanks Ed, appreciate the info.
You rarely have to fix a 300 six.
Had 89 85. the 85 carb model had more power. both were in F150s 4 speeds.
Had an F 100 only issue was intake ehaust manifold warpage. 300,000 miles once that was fixed
I like my 83 f150 4x4 with the old i6 and np435
I daily drive a 1996 f150 4x4 5 speed 300 inline, yes no replacement for displacement. Hinse my bbf 429, 460, an 400. I can't say enough about a 300.
Beautiful motor . Love Tham ❤️ to bad my 67 hi boy 3/4 was stolen. But I still own a 300 6 in a 95 e150 van that I've completely rebuilt . 297g miles no oil consumption running today & forever providing it's not outlawed by government. No more 1 tons or larger gas or diesel pickups or motor homes A or B models can be sold in Washington state. Dictatorship
Yes it's dependable unless you have the 96 with 0bd 2I have one it's not dependable at all it's been nothing but trouble.Even when it did work they are completely gutless uphill towing a load or boat.I had a 94 as well (both F150s) same problem,slow and gutless You're right buddy and I was about to swap in a 351w into my 96 Eddie Bauer F150 reg cab short bed 4x4 as well.Wanted to swap in the 7.5 460 big block but my truck only has the rear single tank not the dual tank bed, imagine how long that lil tiny 12 gallon tank would last with the 7.5 in it at 8 mpg lol
I know someone has one has oil pressure issue what could it be
Thank you
Oil pump to block gasket
Other than the fiber timing gear, they were very durable
Everyone says the metal aftermarket gears are noisier but I couldn't hear any difference. The fiber gear is the achille's heel of the 240/300. The oil pumps also sometimes die in the 300's.
@ we had them go out as low as 20k miles
Don't need you to try to sell me on an engine swap.,👎👎
I'm not trying to sell anyone on an engine swap. I'm simply explaining why I'm swapping mine. The swap will be a big part of my channel and telling everyone how great the 300 is without explaining why I'm dumping it isn't fair to either engine.
He was just joking with you
Dry humour or satire flew over my head too , untill slowed down and redigested
where did you find a stroker kit at? cause from what i understand they dont exist.
Thank you for the video 😊😊, Hello I’ve been trying to look for another 300 to install in my 95 f150 which I believe has the same engine but mine is failing but I’m not sure what it is, if someone has one or might have some more information on the engine I would take any help I can take.
What is it doing
Is there a split exhaust manlfol like dutra duals fo
r slant six?
Hold up…..stroker kits for a 300? I can’t find one. I’m building a 300 with an intake/carb/cam upgrade and would have LOVED to stroke it.
Yea I think he might have misunderstood. To my knowledge, the 240 and 300 engine block share bore spacing, bore size, and possibly deck height but I don’t want to lie to you there. I’d have to go back to my old books to confirm the deck heights.
My guess is he read about using a 300 rotating assembly in a 240 block, which would still be a 300.
However, I would have to look at different combinations of rod length and pistons that were available to see what could maybe be done. ( Think Jeep 258 crank in a 4.0 block ) My guess is Ford would have done this though if a viable engine displacement would have resulted.
A 240 head will fit onto a 300 as well, but 240 heads are almost non-existent now. The 240 had a combustion chamber of 68cc vs the 76cc of the 300. Otherwise, the heads were almost identical.
Also, some industrial and heavy truck variants of the 300 had a forged crankshaft rather than cast steel.
One of these with *three* IDF40 Weber carbs? Headers? Lots of internal work to make it run *especially* well?
All the inline 6 cylinder engines of Ford, GM, and Chrysler are long lasting and bullet proof. Life long Ford guy here, but learned my lesson on the new or newer Ford junk. I have a few newer ones and they are garbage. I've learned that 1995 is the cutoff for my liking. Good Ford vehicles 1995 or earlier. The newer they get from there the more problems and recalls. A big problem I've had is the Ford techs don't fix the recall correctly and I have to keep taking it back because of it. I don't even take in my vehicles for a recall anymore because I don't need the added problems the techs create. It's too bad that the auto industry has gone to shit. All makes have gone to shit not just Ford. When my 2014 Escape trans (6f35 is loaded with problems and Ford knows it but will not recall the junk because they can't fix the crap engineering) finally craps out, I have a 1989 Bronco 2 to replace it. Good ol dependable but gutless 2.9L. The old Fords are what you want. Can't beat em and you can work on em.
Don't let no haters bother ya bud I had a sweet 79 Ford with a 300 six in it I loved it but I was young the truck was show truck good looking jacked up on 40 in monster murders bud I wanted that V8 sound with chrome tips coming out in fron of the tires so 351 Windsor build we go It had a granny 4 speed in it so I just went with the Windsor so it would bolt up to bell housing easy swap and I might say it got the ladies attention I was 16 worked on it from 12 years old with dad working to make it the baddest truck in school and it was me and my pap was awful proud
What ford 300’s came with a 4 bolt main?
Is there a cross flow head available? Without having to buy 3 heads and cut/weld?
I haven't seen one yet. I'd be interested too.
Id like to here about the 460 and the c6
Thanks for the feedback!
Ive never seen a 300 with a 4 bolt main only 2 bolt mains but crankshaft in other versions can be forged.
I've heard someone say that their industrials were 4 bolt , but that is the only reference. Given I've have wrote a lot of cheques for our repair shop, and given we had at least a dozen 300/6 motors on the payroll, nothing rings a bell..
By the way, did you know that the Ford 300 six is a direct clone of the Rolls Royce 1954 straight six?
If you do in fact pull the 300 six, can I buy it? I have one in my ford F150.
I have over 300,000 on a short wheelbase F-150
You can make over 500 HP and 600 + pounds torque with simple bolt together parts for the 300 six. Dyno proven.
I see that you have the same crappy red paint that my 85 F150, 300 six 4x4 has. At least we have the greatest gasoline in line 6 ever produced. I've modified my with a DUI electronic ignition, Offy 4bbl intake and Headman headers. I also replace the exhaust to 2 1/2 inch tail pipes. Vast improvement over stock. Out pulls and gets much better gas mileage than my son's 94 F150 with the 351.
Do a Cleveland video.
The Cleveland is definitely on the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
Those AI pics are giving me the creeps.
I can't stand the AI crap, it's nonsensical. There's plenty of good artists or just photographs out there.
Fix the sound
It won’t be tougher than the mopar leaning tower of power 6 or the La 318. Sorry those were the toughest engines ever built. The ford is a great motor…
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Fits with the amount of AI drivel in this video...
The AI images in this video are crazy!
love the video, except for the ai
If you can get traction yes you probably could pull a house or even tree stumps, I know it's been done before
I'm building turbo kits for the 300s, will blow away any v8 smaller than a 460 while sipping fuel and unparalleled powered
Should look into the boss 300 from 1970, made about 625hp which the small blocks of the time could not do
Awful AI images.
Tough engine. One of the reasons they last so long, yhey don't have enough power to break anything. The carburetor on mine.looked like it was borrowed from a lawnmower
They're reliable because they're a solid, simple design. Horsepower has no factor. You can raise the power on these and they'll still be reliable.
Àll you need to know about them is they made millions of them and stuffed it in everything and they were underpowered gas guzzling pigs no topend power
I had one in my 1989 F150. Sucking through a single barrel carb, it got 26 mpg. Better still if I stayed out of it. Wish I'd kept that ol beast.