Wierd new engine from chevy
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Wierd new engine from chevy
I know that this is a ford forum but i'm gonna post this anyways. This is probably old news to a lot of you, but chevy came out with an inline 5-cylinder engine. I don't know about you guys, but i have never heard of an engine like this before. From their description of it, its sounds like a good engine, but this is what they are going to make it sound like, of course. Tell me what you guys think of it. Here's the link:
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From: Wesley Chapel, FLA
My 84 Mercedes Benz 300-D Turbo (3.0L) is an inline five cylinder, I'm pretty sure they started making them in 1976-77. The only thing I might be wrong about is that they could have been making them before that. Other than the facts that neither are Fords and they both have 5 cylinders of course the similarities stop right there. I did a valve job on it last year at 250,000 miles. I'm shooting for 500,000 on the bottom end. Time will tell. Heckuva motor.
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Sorry, you guy's will have to excuse my ignorance.
Sorry, you guy's will have to excuse my ignorance.
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Yea, Chevy is famous for its odd engineering. My wife had a Blazer s-10 with that Vortec engine. Thx to the Central port injector that was buried under the fricking intake manifold, I often found that the truck was running on 3, 4 or 5 cylinders instaed of six. We traded that truck in so fast the second time the CPI crashed, that it made the Guiness World book of records. I got the news from Chevy that the CPI was bad again( in less than a year) I immediately told the service manager to replace the manifold and button it up. We paid 75 dollars to chevy, and ran right to the Honda dealer( My wife wanted an Accord) We had a new Accord Later that night. From Chevy to Honda 1;30PM to 6:30 PM It took us 5 hours to unload that piece of junk Chevy. Guys... the Honda runs good.
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I think that ford needs to bring the 300 back, or at least a straight 6. The 300 was ford's best motor, and the EPA made them get rid of it. Inline motors will always be tougher, and have more torque. In a truck you do not need horsepower, you need torque at a resonable RPM. I have a 97 chevy 2500 with a 350. You have to wind it up like a toy, 3000 RPM until you start making some torque. I bet if a hooked my 78 f250 up to it, it would out pull it, because of the low end torque. Thats why i purchased a diesel, tough with a lot of low end torque. I hate those vortecs which require winding before you can really use them.
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Originally posted by 78fordman
I think that ford needs to bring the 300 back, or at least a straight 6. The 300 was ford's best motor, and the EPA made them get rid of it. Inline motors will always be tougher, and have more torque.
I think that ford needs to bring the 300 back, or at least a straight 6. The 300 was ford's best motor, and the EPA made them get rid of it. Inline motors will always be tougher, and have more torque.
I'm sure that enough people tell Ford that the 4.2 V-6 is a piece and they'll get smart. Of course it doesn't make good business since to have a smaller displacement engine (300/4.9) outwork the largest (330/5.4) gas engine you offer in your 1/2 ton truck line. People are all about numbers... but I'd be impressed enough to buy if that were the case.
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Originally posted by 78fordman
In a truck you do not need horsepower, you need torque at a resonable RPM.
In a truck you do not need horsepower, you need torque at a resonable RPM.