Why did they stop?
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Why did they stop?
The 300 seems never to lose speed on hills, however it is slower on excel, It has a very flat torque curve. The 300, no matter how hard you run them they always run cool. The 460 is a big heat box in my opinion. Did you know ford originaly designed the 300 to be a desiel. The kept everything the same and made it a gasser.
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Why did they stop?
At work I drive a company owned 1998 F-250 with a 460 engine. It runs hot, burns oil and sucks the gas!
I'll take my little cool running, stump pulling, bullet proof, "50's model Ford tractor" 4.9 gas miser any day over that truck!
I'll take my little cool running, stump pulling, bullet proof, "50's model Ford tractor" 4.9 gas miser any day over that truck!
Lets see, it lasts too long, makes better torque than the car motors in trucks now, too easy to fix yourself, and wont fit under that ugly sloped hood.
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From: Muskegon, MI (home)
Why did they stop?
A guy I worked with a couple years ago felt Ford was loosing money on the 300. Because they hardly ever need any work whether you treat em good or beat up on em. And they last forever, I have to agree with this to an extent. I think it could be fit into any of the new pickups. Ford produced that fine engine for 30 years, the tooling probably was getting pretty worn out. Also I think they felt the consumer wanted a new line of truck engines so they dropped all the "good ones":300, 302, 351, 460 and so forth. Also they needed to stay within federal regulations for pollution and fuel economy. I miss the ol 300 just as much as you all do, just hope I can grab another before they're all gone!
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Why did they stop?
i guess that the dealerships needed a higher maintnence and more technoligical 6 so us good ol boys would have to take it to them to pay an arm an'a leg to fix instead of letting a good thing be. three cheers for planned obsolesance.
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From: Muskegon, MI (home)
Why did they stop?
Like I said I hope I can grab a couple more of those six poppers before they go exstinct! A sad case indeed, I guess nobody thinks a six cylinder engine in a full size truck will get it done anymore.
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