What Will A New Top End Do For Our Old School Inline 6 On The Dyno? - Engine Power S1, E4
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- Team hops up, assembles and dyno tests Ford 's venerable straight 6 with a cam, intake and carb.
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How bout you guys put that 300 I-6 in a 77 F-100 and give that away?
Could you do the same upgrades to a industrial 300 ford in a brush chipper? It would be nice to have more power !
What are some cheap easy power upgrades for more towing power in a 302 V8 in a late 80's Ford Econoline Van
Try a 426 hemi and get it to 650 hp with a budget.
how about u guys use that motor and try using a EFI on it to gain HP and maybe a super charger or a turbo
A nice straight 6, no crazyness, no computers - just a good solid engine doing solid work!
That was really fun! Thanks a bunch!
I like how they say “budget” and proceed to show $5000+ in new parts.
Considering engine builds can easily exceed 10-15 grand, I would argue it’s pretty budget oriented. There are no custom parts, and for as much as the engine made, 5 grand isn’t bad.
5k ain’t bad tbh
Not to mention you could build a thirty over 302 that'd make even tq or more and 80 more hp for 2800 bucks. That's budget but some people like to try reinventing the wheel, 2 V-8s for the price of 1 I-6 sounds like a bargain to me. Hell, you can buy a dyno'd 340 horse 306 from Blueprint w/ a warranty for under 5K.
Those piston rings is what made it budget.😂
Agree with you, tricks of the trade, you can save a ton of money I know people pay more for an engine, but it’s all in who you know that’s forsure, I still agree with you no matter what, it’s surely not budget when it’s literally a quarter of some people’s annual income, on a budget ass my ass
It's nice to see such an iconic engine like the 300 straight 6 get some love. Ford made those for ages. They weren't the most powerful, but their simplicity made them indestructable.
I owned a lot of these and and built a few of back in the day. It was fun watching them be so precise. I used to set point gap with a dime and time it by ear - don't think I ever used a torque wrench! :) They would still just run and run! A great engine!
When i paint my engines black i always leave the freeze plugs till after paint so the brass will pop with the black and give it that extra bling factor. Looks good
its really cool until you get the valve covers on,the intake on,the carb,linkage,air cleaner,the exhaust manifolds on,the fuel lines on,the alternator,water pump,oil pump,power steering pump and all the bracketry .\. then you see nothing anyway.....ask me how i know this intimately
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Is it damn near impossible to spot oil leaks from failed gaskets with a black block?
@@hairyparatestes1183 you’ll see the shiny fluid running down the block..
@@hairyparatestes1183
Some oils are florescent under black light - you can buy cheap B-L light torches from most hardware sores, then just need it to be dark.
Can also work for coolants.
Failing that dust the suspect areas with talcum powder, it'll stick to the oil and blow away from clean paint.
I like this new guy- he is more natural talking to the camera and a nice guy.
Hahaha I would just talk to the "camera guy" like I was talking to just him about it hahahaha
He’s absolutely annoying.
Yeah he was gone fast
agreed
this is an old episode for the new guys , and I believe EFI was not available back then. Got you to look.
Nice 300 Big 6 refresh with a little extra muscle! Now, I am eagerly anticipating a serious Turbocharged effort with port & polish, bigger cam, twin carb manifold (or single port) from Clifford/Summit & Fitech central EFI unit(s) & Boooost! Out perform the turbo's 292. Thanks for the love on Ford's Big 6! I love the Power nation show!
Try the Clifford open plenum intake vs. the Offy dual-port. Then using the Clifford, install a plenum divider under the Holley 390 cfm carb. Seperate the back half of the intake from the front half, using a 1/4" aluminum plate. The firing order of the 300 makes a pulse wave develop under the carb unless the plenum is divided front from rear. This makes a 'wafting' current right under the throttle butterflys. They say you can generate a little more torque if the air stream doesn't waft back and forth. Makes the engine idle and maybe run smoother as well. The Clifford intake allows a divider to be installed, because the carb base plate is removeable.
I'm using 500 cfm 2 barrel Holley on the open plenum. I have a 2 hole heat insulating spacer under carb and then the adaptor plate. This puts carb up away from manifold quite a bit.
Hopefully this negates the waft some.
@@deadcarnahans1932 You ought to get a scrap of 1/4" aluminum plate and JB Weld it to the 2 barrel adaptor. The carb has to sit with the barrels parallel to engine block. The plate doesn't have to seal on the sides or bottom of the plenum, a small gap is okay. An old school dude told me about this in the 1990s. He said he could feel the difference coming off idle. I have the pieces to do it, but never got around to it.
I think I'll do it but don't have the time now. Truck is running great now as is. Will update you with results if it gets done.
Thanks.
Makes me miss my first truck. It was simple and didn’t cost a small fortune. Hey Ford bring back the bread and butter lol
Sadly, I think the days of a no-frills truck that will work, and thats it, are done. The prices of everything, much less new vehicles, has gotten insane. My old '94 F-150 with the 300 is paid for, and will be rebuilt when needed.
My first truck was 1992 f-150 6 inline 5 speed fresh burgundy paint job and three spoke aluminum wheels with 50 series cooper cobra tires
Agreed, back to when it was simple. Electronic equipment takes away from the mechanical devices diagnosis. AIR,FUEL,SPARK, and the road was more reliable and maintainable then this modern day headache of transportation.
Right on Tony!!!! This straight 6 was what I had in my '84 F-150..... Tons of room under the hood for ANY repairs.... not like today where it takes double jointed arms and 2 hours to change the battery or replace a headlight bulb. Last repair I did was change out the full pump that ran off the cam ( as you probably already know) in a Canadian Tire parking lot in the Annapolis Valley in NS. Good times👍
Ford, Chev, Dodge will never do that. they want these trucks to die just before you make your last payment.
Then you have to go buy a new truck and start again. there is a reason why the Square body era trucks are getting hard to find and if you find them the owner will NOT part with it.
Good to see a straight 6 video but this ain’t the one that pat was working on. Hoping to see the turbocharged straight 6 video soon!!!
This one is an old video from the show about 7 years ago... they got another inline 300 from an agricultural pump which should have a forged crank and they teased about building for force induction... on the second episode they worked on it they said parts are taking a while to come in so hopefully this new season we will be able to see it with a turbo... they also did a chevy 292 early in the last season that they did turbo charge and got some massive numbers
@@bigboreracing356 And?
The new 300 that was painted white is from a sewer Jetter trailer.
@@87FoRunner 🤷🏽♂️ whatever it was... it just looked like it ran a pump to me
Here in Norway we had an insane slant 6 turbo giving everything V8 in it's class either a damn good run for their money, if it didn't beat them outright, and that was 30 years ago!
I run one of these in my 1976 Ford f-100. Love it!!!!!!
Glad to see more inline 6 content! Keep it coming.
I love my 93 F-150 4x2, 4.9 L6 (300 cu. in.), with an M5OD 5 speed manual. It's a truck that's fun to drive while rowing the gears. A nostalgic blast from the past.
I really like the short to the point explanations for everything you guys are doing in the machine shop. This ford 300 is a true work horse. It has to be right there or ahead of the 302 in history. New subscriber and will be binge watching you guys.
I miss my 300 cubic inch straight 6 in my 96 F150 . It had 330,000 Mi on it and the frame rotted on the truck. I sold the truck for parts and that engine continues to live on to this day. One of the best engines ever made!
The Ford 300 is the best engine ever produced hands down.
I would like to see a 318 V8 (Dodge, Plymouth, etc...) build. I think they are a underrated and underappreciated engine. They were a real workhorse!
One of my favoríte engines! Way underated & wrongly underappreciated..
I agree!!
@@richardsargent113 Had one in a plymouth valient I think it was a 65
I had a Barracuda with one and only realize in retrospect that it could have been a pretty hot motor.
Finally!!! Been missing the 4.9!!!
Great episode. I'm a huge fan of straight 6s. Us aussies grew up with them. Nice job.
Loving this. I had a straight six in a 91 F-150, that thing was a bullet proof torque monster.
The base 3.3 v6 puts out more torque
@@jasonlarsen3515 those 3.3 are crap. Unreliable and weak mains and weak engines. The 300 is a workhouse made to last
@@eddiespagetti8395 the 3.3 still puts out more torque.
@@jasonlarsen3515it don't matter , the 300 6 has proven to be most reliable engine 3.3 lame weak.
@@jasonlarsen3515 no modern engine can stand up to the longevity durability and low rpm power that is the 300 6 Ford even Chevy guys respect that engine pure and simple
Oh how I wish I could still do stuff like that.
I built a 2L Ford Pinto engine years ago, it was a lot of fun and the end results were awesome, it produced around 250hp and loved to run!!
I must have blinked when the EFI was tested.
EFI. Eye fooling injection you blinked it’s gone Dunno
Click Bait :o
Ya for real. Wtf?
I blame the annoying new guy. 😂
@@TsunauticusIV That strategy never fails, lol.
Your right! If that was a chevy you would of just thrown it away instead of fixing it.
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they are alive in the imagination of children.you ever thought about why they call the bible "the adult comic book" ? it has something to do with what i just said
I had a old Chevy that had 800000 plus on it
@Poor Touring Hot Wire Garage
I absolutely hate hei! Give me an external coil any day! Not to mention they are ugly as sin!
@Poor Touring Hot Wire Garage
I've never had a coil wire go bad. I have seen bad hei dizzy's though so your point is?
Had a 300 / 6 .that was almost indestructible. Same as the old slant 6's.
In high school I had a 240, that failed the rod bearings. Glad to hear that most of them are strong. Sad that I got a lemon. Maybe someday I'll build one.
Had a friend who had a straight 6 in his Ford F-150 work truck in HS and I've owned or known many a Slant Six!
@@bigboreracing356 comparing apples to oranges with those engines.
In line 6 isn't about power...its an engine designed for reliability over long term.
Hence why most industrial and commercial power generators, semis, freight ships...etc... All run a straight block.
Less vibration and stress on an in inline over a v block
@Donald Lewis they stopped makeing them because desiel engines gained popularity
@Donald Lewis
Well....and cars don't have 10 foot long hood lines any more..
20+ year Journeyman Welder/Fitter here.
That's the first time I've heard "it'll hold it till it breaks".
I love it!
Really cool, I'm not much into Ford but I always liked the way the 300 ran in half ton pickups
It runs pretty amazingly in 3/4 tons, too! Can't say about the 1 tons with 'em as I've just got experience with my F250, but.... Slow and strong is the name of the game.
I've known them to twist the axle splines in a F-350 welding rig
@@bigboreracing356
The 9 inch rear was a good rear end
I think y'all's new mechanic is a good addition to the show. Dropping the block, well, as Forest Gump would say, "stuff happens". It's a human thing. Anyway I learned something about welding cast iron and the block was repaired so it's not so bad after all. I like the idea of putting those 35's on my 96 4x4 F-150 but I'm wanting to put a turbo on it's 300. Really enjoyed the show and am super glad y'all are doing a wide variety of engine's. I'm not bias and like 4, 6, 8 gas and diesel engines. There will never be a better sound than a V8 though in my humble opinion. Thanks and keep up the good work.
If you ever heard an inline six revving to 7500 RPM you might change your favorite.
Looks like they milled the head with an angle grinder lmao
They said that the welding process hardened that section of the block.
Should they have soften it back with a blow torch or by some other method?
Savagenoob: Look's like Stevie Wonder did it ...with his feet!
@powernation this 300 has a lot more to give, but those numbers are respectable for a streetable 300! You could gain some NA HP by zero decking the block and possibly popping the pistons .005" out of the holes. The felpro head gaskets available for these are pretty tall (.045 crush give or take) so getting your block at zero or above will help with quench tremendously. Take a bit off the head and CC it so you get to around 9:1 or 9.5:1 compression and she will probably give you 225-250hp or better with a good improvement in torque. These are all things that, to save money, you can have done in lieu of just a basic head and block surface. Also, if you can find a 2x4bbl intake from off or clifford, you can use 2 smaller 2bbls for equal CFM but better fuel distribution and possibly be able to give her more timing with a better mixture. HUGE NOTE that people need to be aware of here for a street driven 300!! You MUST have a water heated intake! If you don't, you will get fuel icing conditions on the street and it will stumble and run like crap until the engine is up to temp....and forget driving it on a cold day without a water heated intake. Because 6's don't have the manifold directly over the block like a V8, they utilized exhaust heat in stock form to keep the fuel atomized in the long runners of the intake. With headers you can't do this, so the non-heated intake and a set of headers should be considered a race only application.
Definitely need to Turbo this 300! If I can ever find the time and money I plan on doing it to my 300.
Please do. You will love it
@The Gundam fighter from Neo Texas I actually almost think it might be easier to do it with a carburetor setup. I have EFI and 2 Turbo it I will have to do an megasquirt piggyback system.
@The Gundam fighter from Neo Texas you bet!!!
My brother has an Turbo In-line 6 Ford (Australia) Barra motor than we worked ourselves (mostly) in his Ford Falcon, and were able to get over 1300ph out of. And a friend of a friend got over 2000hp out of a R43 in his Nissan Patrol (as seen on the Fullboost channel). Much love to my US cousins from Australia.
"That'll hold it till it breaks" dang straight Tommy! Bit harder on a part that big but preheat + putting it into a warm oven to let it cool slowly, helps too.
Right? I was cringing as they started welding on cast iron with no pre or post heat happening. At least they used the correct filler.
mmarchmonte88 Yes and l also noticed as he was dressing up the weld a porosity hole , would not pass a weld inspection x-ray
What he say?,... This would not happened wit a chevy engine, but then he tests his welder current on a decommissioned GM scrapped piece?...By the way, CRAPPIEST stick cast iron welding job! ... no pre-heat, no clue, and not enough time under the belt!, I would'nt encourage leaning how to weld from this video, ....Regards.
When l was learning to weld l asked my weld instructor “How to weld cast iron “. He said to heat it to where you can barley hang onto it & then immediately peen it , with my chipping hammer , NOT a 16oz ball peen , but no matter how hard l tried it just kept breaking , & l could hear it pop! This went on until until it got real hot ! In additional schooling l found out , the preheat temp should be about 600* F ,chip of the slag & post heat , drawing the temp down slowly . Subsequently l been able to weld cast . I don’t know how they managed for it even to stay together .
What I like about many Ford engines, is that they typically use the crank front lob for the fuel pump diaphragm mechanism. That was a brilliant idea, because it is so easy to get to that way!
"If it was a Chevy that wouldn't have happened"
I got news for you bud, if you didn't drop it, it wouldn't have happened.
Exactly, clumsy Chevy guys, he would be stronger and not drop it if he was used to pushing his Ford.
@@StreetTruckGarage duh
If it was a chev He couldn't have carried it by Himself
@@johnhoward7298 if it was a chevy, who would want the shit to begin with?
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YOU took out that one nite , You know the One , the One You don't
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95% of Us have been there done that
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Hey! They got the carby faced the right way this time, not like they did on the Slant Six build.
That 300ft/lb should give more then enough push for a stripped down 2wd F100
@@bigboreracing356 Depends on vehicle mass. 300lb/ft (around 390Nm for us Metrics) in a chassis massing over 2000kilos, is better performing then most stock midrange minivans and SUV's.
390nm in a 1000 to 1200 kilo stripped down Rat Rod or Pickup, is a rocketship on the street, and with all that low end torque, could handle a taller diff and wide ratio gearbox, using the gears to get off the line, and the diff for highway cruise economy.
You guys should turbo charge it😎I’ve been wanting to see a turbo on these for a long time, might put a turbo on mine, who know
Or a Procharger!
Come to Australia. Ford Australia offered factory turbo straight sixes. “Barra” is the local name for this motor and they can either have factory or aftermarket turbo. Search TH-cam for Barra. You’ll love it!
I like the new guys idea of what to do with this motor....make sure that 77 F250 has a manual with a creeper and you can pull a building off it's foundation!
With the right sticky tires, climb a vertical rock face
My 2wd 88 out pulled a 94 4wd big block dodge I was laughing when I was told I didn't have a chance since I was only 2wd
Offenhauser was the real front runner in straight six intakes. Classic manifolds!
Excellent video, thanks! This is exactly the build I was waiting for :) I'll definitely be rewatching this one a few times.
Are you guys planning on doing a ford 200 ci inline six??? That would be a nice challenge. And I would like to see some dyno figures on the baseline, and with mods!!
Keep up the excellent series!!
Thank you for installing the carb correctly. The other six this channel built installed it the wrong direction.
The cylinder head “top end” was sourced from an efi engine and fitted with the offy intake and holley carb. I think they had a tad higher compression and flowed a bit better than the smog era head.
That's not an EFI head, and the efi heads flowed less than the carb heads
Have a '96 f250 with a straight six. 350,000 miles. Still runs strong and doesnt use a drop of oil. Long after all these fancy V8s are scrapped , there will still be 300 in lines going down the road.
Last time I repaired a broken cast iron part I used a nickel bronze rod, proper flux and an oxy acytelene torch. Preheat the area until the flux glows and brazed away.
nickle is stronger than brass
@@scottgoforth7227 True but that part in not highly stressed so a bronze weld will work.
my trans is bolted up to that part and mounted off the tail shaft to the chassis, and what about lateral twist when in a heavy pull?. I've welded up engine blocks with brass when have lean missfire aka "detonation" more of a bush fix at the racetrack butt at 300 horses i dont think brass would hold up to the weight of the engine and with stand the lateral twist to many times not to mention the viberation that occurs.
especially on take off auto or stick
@@scottgoforth7227 Given the expected use I agree with the welding so long as the weld is Annealed.
@@gregwarner3753 yes we do the same aircraft aka crop dusters the old dogs call it normalizing lol
This guy Tommy Boshers sure knows a lot. He is very knowledgeable and proficient on real time tips and tricks one uses on the field (even though he does somewhat of a comedy relief joke here or there) I bet my bottom dollar he has 15-20 plus experience. Much respect from sunny Puerto Rico. Big Fan!!
That accident down the stairs actually made for some great content on the repair! 👍
Man this was cool to see. I hear stories from older guys about building 300’s. Awesome to see them on a dyno.
Now...to build the 300 in my bullnose Bronco.
I have not seen one on the dyno. I've seen enough high horsepower / high RPM engines on the dyno. The 300 will get you there and back all day long everyday - smooth reliable power........
I've got a old 77 f-100 with the 300 in it and that one would look nice in my old truck.
I like straight 6 engines. I hear where they are making a comeback in today's engine offering as the v8's are fading away. I came up in the 60's with the Ford 170 and 200 inline 6's.
Be awesome if you could do a 4.0 barra Ford straight 6 and make a 2000hp.
My papa had a 86 f150 4x4 with the big 6 growing up, learned how to drive stick with that thing, so much torque, you could just let off the clutch in 2nd at idle and she would crawl
I would love to see them do a Dodge 8L V10 Ram truck engine and do a budget build.
Thanks! I'm thinking of a 300 for my next rat rod, and this video will certainly help!
When they put the main caps on i cringed when they used a steel faced hammer to tap em on lmao
i was screaming at my phone, noooo when i saw that.
Experience stops a good builder from over tapping.
I also cringed when they didn’t use a ring spreader to put the rings on the pistons
@@MedicatedOMO good builders dont use hammers.
@@bigboreracing356 go back and look at it he smacks it pretty good. i start them by hand then draw them down evenly with bolts. if you set them down and hit them with a hammer you risk the chance of rolling the edge of the block or cap. if you insist on using a hammer at least make it a dead blow or a mallet. and tap on the bolt seat NOT the center of the cap. common sense speaks volumes.
Back when I had my 66 Falcon van, and working at an auto parts store, i remember seeing that Offy intake and setting my sights on putting a Holly double pumper on that old 240.
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For your broken block there I would recommend preheating the whole block and grind it out like you’re talking and Tigue welder and I would use a filler rod from muggy welds that you have really good stuff and I think you’d be better off that way and also by preheating the block you’re also stress relieving it this is Jim mungai from Pennsylvania and yeah though for 306 is the only engine that won the Baja 1000 3 times
You guys dont have the footage off the stairs incid3nt ? Must be gold to see
Hopefully that weld holds. Tommy - "Well that'll hold it till it breaks that's for sure!" 😂😂 I'm using that line 🤣
I just rebuilt a 1960 Ford 223 inline 6. It would be interesting to see power difference in a 223 vs a 300.
I was just thinking this, my dad has a 223 in our 58 ford that will need rebuilding and I'm would love to build it a bit get a bit more power out of it.
@@Papa7Bravo I rebuilt my grandfathers using mostly original parts in his 1960 F-100 on a budget of one grand.
@@jamesarmstrong1641 I've been toying the idea of building a v8 and maybe putting that into it. And I have a ford sierra saphire project which I'm thinking of doing a cosworth engine and turbo twin carbs. But then I've also just been looking at getting a 4.6 2v and running it on carbs, that way I can get experience of them engines as my daily crown vic has one so absolute worst case if I need to do any work on it, I'd at least have a clue.
@@Papa7Bravo see I’m only into like the big three (Ford, Chevy, Dodge(Ram)). I got a 1970 C-10 I’m looking at getting and getting me a crate 350 in it. But it would have to be after college. I’m only 18 and trying to rebuild my grandpas 60 F-100 is a lot simpler compared to anything newer.
On those wrist pin fits, you could just heat the part up to 450 degrees in an old pan on a hot plate or in an oven and cool the wrist pins in the fridge, I did this method with countless Harleys and put on the ring gear on my 92 Dodge rams flywheel..Works like a charm..
Best way to weld cast iron is to use a nickel rod with the flux removed and tig weld it.
Preheat and insulate and let cool by itself is usually recommended.
You can weld cast iron and after cool it with a blowtorch, increasing the distance of the weld over a couple of minutes.
I have a stock F150 1993 300 engine. I didn't know anything about it when I bought it. I got lucky. Engine still runs beautifully. I drive the truck back and forth to Sturgis SD each year from North Jersey. Runs like a Swiss watch. Love my 300!
26👍's up guys thanks again for taking your time for us all to be with you
Best part about that build will be longevity. Good blend of power, torque and reliability. So, the money spent up front will likely be almost all you will ever need to put in it outside of regular maintenance. That could well be a " lifetime"engine. Well done!
Best part about longevity would of been for the presenters to tell the viewers hey if you bust the ears off your block get another one an start again cause money spent up front saves a lot later.
"gently drop the crank into place"... I think he did enough dropping for this engine.
Hehe. Ur rite. Glad he don't work for the bomb squad.
WOW I DID JUST WHAT GUYS DID TO MY 1981 FORD P/U ,THE ONLY PROBLEM IN RUNNING WAS IN WINTER BEING THERE ON HEAT COMING OFF THE HEADERS TO UNDER THE CARB .RUNNING AROUND IN SINGLE DIGIT TEMPTURE WAS INETESTING .AND YOUR RIGHT ON NOT TO REV THE ENGINE PASS 5 GAND .I DID THAT COUPLE OF TIME ,THE WHOLE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING
Am I the only one who would like to see a 4.2 Atlas build?
Yes.
Most awesome motors they ever built . Not fast but very dependable , very cheap on gas and with right gears very powerful !
I've owned both the 300 and 302 V8s in pickups. I found the 302 to be better on gas mileage, lower on low end torque but higher horsepower when wound up. The 300 lasted longer hands down.
Boutta start on a 300 rebuild out of a 90’ F150, getting some devious ideas from this one
Compression is your friend. A custom piston with a taller compression height to get the compression ratio up will pay dividends on the dyno and in the truck.
I did this about 15 years ago, rebuilt 300, offy intake, split headers, Edelbrock 4bbl, in a Full Size Bronco on 38s. There's some low res videos on my page of us playing in the snow with it, I was a good old truck and a lot of fun... Just not fast on the highway 🤣🤦
The EFI looked alot like a Holley 4 barrel... Did i miss something?
My thoughts exactly!
My guess is they meant the ignition system and typoed.
Fwiw, Ford made an efi 300 6 in the early 90s. Same motor, different manifold.
@@mostlycensored7668 EEC4 or EEC5?
They were used on 250's and 3.9/4.0 (pre-Barra) here in Oz, and there were penty of workshops that could reprogram them.
The Falcon XE with EEC5 on the 250 crossflow with 5-speed, is pretty much a Mad Max hoon car back in the '80's.
Watched this earlier, it said its a Holley 390cfm
@@mostlycensored7668,I know about those. I worked for almost 20 years in Ford dealership parts rooms. I just thought they were going to show the results with a modern day EFI set up used on that 4bbl intake. You know the one that they say is "affordable" yet cost a couple of grand!
One of Ford's best designs. Excellent engine
Anyone notice that on the cylinder wall @ 6:18 ?
Edward Myers what you saw light showing through from the other side
@@robertmintz63 nah I saw a small pit in the wall
@@edwardmyers1746 I see pitting at about the 3 & 4 o’clock position
Yup it's there
That 300 sounded pretty sweet! If you want other non V8 engines to build, here are two I like. I want to see a cammed, mildly-built 4.0 cologne V6, and a built 22R. I want to retain low-end power and torque, but also increase power throughout the RPM range.
They make an aluminum head for this motor that works with fuel injection... id love to see that with maybe a 100 shot or a single turbo 🔥👌🏽
@truth Lives Here What?! Who makes an aluminum head?
@@jacobhammond5432 vintage inlines out of Detroit makes a set, their orders have backed up to the point they won’t add to their orders list but I’ve heard their head is the best on the market, they even make a kit that comes with an intake manifold and everything for just over $2000
@@truthliveshere831 pretty sure that's for the 200/250 blocks not the 240/300.
@@WhoThisGuy515 you might be right it’s been a while since I’ve looked.
www.mustangandfords.com/how-to/engine/1804-finally-a-performance-cylinder-head-for-ford-six-cylinders
I remember when one of the car mags did this to a 300 back in the 1960s and they ported and polished the head too. They got 300 bhp out of it and it could still be used every day.
10:27 me when I played Red Dead Redemption for the first time
Had a 300 in line 6 years ago you couldn't beat it with any thing
Is there a parts list somewhere for this build?
Did my 300cid I6 just like that many years ago. Only complaint was the Holley carb warped badly causing a major vacuum leak. Replaced it with a Edelbrock 500, no problems.
Upgrading to a dry sump system would be interesting to see.
🤣🤣🤣 why?
and only cost a couple grand to make 10 more horsepower,definitely worth it,not
All our school busses had that engine back in the 70s. Good reliable engine.
“Off the shelf” doesn’t necessarily equate to budget.
Had three Ford 300 six cylinder trucks in the eighties. Best and most durable trucks i ever owned. 👍
When are they going to finish the 300 from a couple months ago??
still waiting
Same here..waiting.
My Dad only bought cars or trucks with a straight six w/ 3 on the tree. I always thought he was strange because he wouldn't buy a v8, but the 6s always proved their worth.
This is an old episode. I hope they do the one that pat was working on.
I got an EFI 4.9L 1994 F-150. I plan on building it up and turning 6700 RPMs with it.
I need a fun work truck. Not a boring work truck.
WHERE is the EFI clip ?? What time stamp ?? Can't find it, this is the previous episodes.
There... isnt one...
This title is totally misleading
love it. big fan of the old ford I6's. daily drive a 93 f150 xlt 2x4 300I6 zf-5. Would drive these till the end. lol extremely versatile.
I love the professionalism of these guys and the clean orderly work shop.
Tv only not in real world where you have to produce and independent mechanics working with customers with few dollars
I've seen so many comments on other videos asking for this
As a retired IMSA tech it always amazes me how many mechanics add an unneeded extra letter S after RPM.
He's right if that would of been a chevy the whole block would of fell apart
Very glad to see a video on 300 six! Good job!
If it was a chevy you'd be looking for a new block
...my kinda engine ...had two straight 6’s ...couple hundred thousand miles on both... two 300 cubes and a 200 in my first Ford van ... so ... really three straight 6’s... yeah ... I like the Ford truck ...thanks for sharing guys ...
They really need to lose the goofy sales pitch type dialogue and just talk like they're not cornballs.. These shows would be so much more watchable.
Dont know how far yous are willing to go but do or see if you can find the old skool the Cleveland head chop up that the old boys did back in the day, blow my mind when I first seen it.