Correct me if I am wrong, but Ford no longer uses the 300 straight six anymore. What was the last year that you could get an F150 4x4 with the 4.9L inline six in it?

Thanks!

 

1996 was the last year of the 300 in the F-150. The 300 was used in a few F-250 HD's, so it's possible they were in a few of the '97 HD's.

 

they didnt get any of them in the newer looking model because the hood is shorter..wont fit...mighta fit in the superdutys. And with it being a low end torque motor it is getting away from the new trend of a truck being half car..and needing to be fast.

 

>they didnt get any of them in the newer looking model
>because the hood is shorter..wont fit...mighta fit in the
>superdutys. And with it being a low end torque motor it is
>getting away from the new trend of a truck being half
>car..and needing to be fast.

Once upon a time the only folks who bought pickup trucks were workmen and real sportsmen. Back then pickups were practical, hard working machines, with a lot of guts. Popularity killed the pickup truck! No longer are thy made for the select few, now they are made for them asses (oops, I got the "m" in the wrong place, I meant "the masses")!

 

The last year Ford ever made the 300cid was 2000 iirc. It was continued on in the industrial marketplace but has since been tossed in favor of the V6. As said above 96 (and rumors of 97 F250+) is(are) the last year(s) of the 300 in a pickup.


-=Whittey=-

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 13-Dec-01 AT 12:42 PM (EST)]I'm pretty dissapointed about that. My F150 is the first 4.9 that I have owned and I absolutly love it. If they made the fronts of the newer F150s the same as the 250s and 350s then maybe it would still fit. I have thought of writing a letter to ford about bringing it back, but I don't think it would help.

 

I think the final death knell was when I saw it was dropped from the engine liste at Pitt Electric to be replaced with the 4.2 liter bent six ).

 

Oh yeah, I don't think the curving hood on the late 90s F150 is the only problem (and yes a superduty type hood on the F150 would make it look a lot better--that and a more aggressive grille), but I suspect also that the engine bay is too short for the straight six.

And Pitt Electric had the 300 up until at least sometime last year.

 

"to be replaced with the 4.2 liter bent six"

What is a 4.2 liter bent six? Does anyone make an inline six anymore?

 

I saw the term bent applied to V engines on the Clifford Performance bulletin board. But the other day I saw a reference that indicated way back before there were many V engines, the days of straight eights, where they would refer to a V-8 as a bent 8. I don't know if it was meant to be disparaging or not back then, but thats how I use it! But don't get me wrong, I really think V-8's are great. It's just that I also think inline sixes are greater!

I bet Chrysler has or soon will abandon their inline six from the Cherokee and go with a bent six. Some foreign sports cars have inline sixes and the new GM inline six, but I wouldn't trade a Ford inline six for any of them.

TallPaul
460 cid bent eight Motorhome (wife's)
183 cid bent six Aerostar (wife's)
300 cid inline six (mine )

 

When i said that the hood was shorter so the engine wouldn't fit, i meant that the engine bay was too short too since the two are proportional in a way....just wanted to clear that up.

 

Wow! I'm new here and also new to messing around with my truck. I bought my 1994 F-150 4.9 six in 1997. It has run great and strong so I didn't notice what I had. I bought the 4.9 for better gas mileage. Also heard that it runs forever. Now reading your stories I see I made the right chose. Ohhh yeah!!! I definitely got more than I ever knew.

 

>Wow! I'm new here and also new to messing around with my
>truck. I bought my 1994 F-150 4.9 six in 1997. It has run
>great and strong so I didn't notice what I had. I bought
>the 4.9 for better gas mileage. Also heard that it runs
>forever. Now reading your stories I see I made the right
>chose. Ohhh yeah!!! I definitely got more than I ever
>knew.

Congratulations! I just love driving my '95 300 I6, expecially since I opened up the exhaust for that "truck sound." Remember, "Time spent driving a Ford truck is not deducted from ones lifespan."

 

Chevy has plans for a new inline 5 and 6 cyl eng. in the colorado, but regardless, it'll still be a chevy.
Cummins diesels are still L6's, all the way to the 11 liter ISM

 

Inline 5? Is that going to be in a truck?