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Old 08-17-2013, 08:20 PM
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And look at today's motors, just about 1Hp per cubic inch......
 
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Old 08-17-2013, 08:25 PM
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The hemi is over that ain't it?

They aren't really truck engines though. At least not to me. They pull real hard but only when you get the revs up and drive It more like a sports car.

They also got torque converters so much Better now that it killed the manual transsmission. They're simply not needed anymore. The autos outperform them in every way

Idk, there's just something about raw, low down torque
 
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Old 08-17-2013, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ham Bone
Oh lol.

But remember, the VAST majority of those trucks was the little 306 inline 6

Dodge used to out a 440 in some of there 1500s
do you mean 300 inline 6? if so you should not bad mouth them. they seem to have a fair bit of torque and get fairly good gas mileage. my dads 95 f150 has 300 with 5 speed transmission and 3.07 gears and it averages 16-20mpg with me driving.

dodge hasn't put big blocks in they 1/2 ton trucks since the 70's
 
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Old 08-17-2013, 08:36 PM
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I'm not bad mouthing them. They're great little engiens. They last forever. They're just big 460s lol. Or even 351s.

I Drive one at work everyday, it has good enough torque for a six cylinder. Pulls the mowing trailer well enough,

A lot of people thought ford was gonna fail when they discontinued that little engine
 
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Old 08-17-2013, 09:21 PM
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Verdict seems to be in on the carb, stuck needle valve and it seems bent....
 
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Old 08-17-2013, 09:24 PM
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at least that should be a cheap fix.
Originally Posted by Ham Bone
I'm not bad mouthing them. They're great little engiens. They last forever. They're just big 460s lol. Or even 351s.

I Drive one at work everyday, it has good enough torque for a six cylinder. Pulls the mowing trailer well enough,

A lot of people thought ford was gonna fail when they discontinued that little engine
no. they never failed when they discontinued the engine but they started screwing over there loyal customers big time with engines that would fail and then not be willing to fix it under warranty.

i think i got a bit to much sun at Moparfest. neck is very red. took 514 pictures and i didn't even get to see all the cars. was only there for 4 hours and was pretty sore by the time i left. lots of very nice cars.
 
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Originally Posted by crazzywolfie
at least that should be a cheap fix.

no. they never failed when they discontinued the engine but they started screwing over there loyal customers big time with engines that would fail and then not be willing to fix it under warranty.

i think i got a bit to much sun at Moparfest. neck is very red. took 514 pictures and i didn't even get to see all the cars. was only there for 4 hours and was pretty sore by the time i left. lots of very nice cars.
Hopefully!

They're gonna tear into it tomorrow and we'll know for sure....
 
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Originally Posted by stewie01
Verdict seems to be in on the carb, stuck needle valve and it seems bent....
That seems right, but a bent main needle thats odd! They're so small it would be hard to bend. Factory F up maybe.
 
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Originally Posted by beginningjockey
IIRC it is based on the bullet proof NP204 used on Ford trucks, and yes they are bullet proof, rumour has it Dodge was going to introduce a two speed rear axle to match but never did.
Umm, NP204 is a gear driven transfer case. And an oddball at that.



Ford used NP435 4spd's, so did dodge. they are very hard to hurt.
 
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Originally Posted by Ham Bone
Trucks are for hauling cargo, not hauling ***.

Torque is the name of the game

. The 360 had what? 345 torque? The ford with 100 more cubes should have more than 55 more ft/lbs

And Stewie I'm talking about sheer cubes haha
335 at most, but keep in mind Ford's ratings of the 460 were always very conservative, and their exhaust was extremely restrictive, just deleting the cat or muffler will bring leaps and bounds.
 


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