ya thas about wat my 300 puts out but it can still pull some ***** i think 250 hp would be plenty of hp for any truck today
the reason your 300 pull so well is the way it delivers that 260 ft/lbs odd. agree 250 hp in a (diesel) "halfton" is plenty. Guess 420 trq should be good to.
I’m going to get flamed on this, but I really feel this has to be one the lamest things that Ford have come up with in sometime. Why in the world would you choose a displacement 4.4L in a V8 format? What is the bore and stroke going to be, little and a little less? This is a recipe for a motor that has to be spun up to make any torque. Could they not go with V6 or dare I say an I6?
I will gladly fry with ya on that point, but for my money they should built something like 4.5 I6. Always felt V8's should be 5L or more, although i am not clever enough to give you a decent reason.
Most likely they did this so they could engineer one engine in the 6.7L and then scale it down to the 4.4L. A V6 would have been a better design in my mind, but that involves a complete redesign of V angle and engine balancing. Also, probably not enough room in the engine compartment for an I6.
The Brazilian built (righthand drive) F250 has an 4.2 i6 Tdi. nothing high tech but it moves the truck. your propably rite on the 4.4 / 6.7 theory.
Funny, the latest Defenders actually use a Ford diesel (from a Transit van, I believe).
You are absolutely right, it uses an 2.4l crd I4 making 121hp and 266ft/lbs. The Range Rover 3.8 V8 crd is to high tech for a truck engine for my likikng... Does the fact that Land Rover now belongs to the Indian Tata automaker affect Ford ror using that desighn you think?
I highly doubt that 150hp would please anyone in a 1/2 ton.
Mike
The 300 I put in my Bronco with a 5 speed only has 140hp but a decent 285 ft/lbs of torque at 1800 rpm. It averages 22 mpg, has enough acceleration to pull out onto high speed roads without getting rear ended, and it pulls a 2000 lb trailer nicely, even on hills. A little more torque wouldnt hurt, but the truck runs great the way it is. The 300 is as close to a diesel as you can get without actually burning #2 oil.The '91 5.9L Cummins swap in the '78 Bronco I'm building will have 215hp and a nasty 440 ft/lbs of torque at 1600 rpm on the stock engine, and guys I've spoken with at fordcummins.com as well as Cummins reps have agreed with me that the mpg should be 25-30 highway. With that much torque, you can gear the truck high, and run the engine at a very low rpm, while still easily maintaining speed on hills.The thing is, there's no emissions on my diesel Bronco, that's what's dropping the fuel mileage of these new diesel trucks. They make them run cleaner, but then make them burn twice as much fuel in the process. heh
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