are the 3.0, 2.9, and 2.8 all from the same engine family?
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02-04-2002, 09:05 PM
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02-04-2002, 10:43 PM
are the 3.0, 2.9, and 2.8 all from the same engine family?
I know the 4.0 was built off the 2.9, and I believe the 3.0 also - don't know about the 2.8. I haven't dealt with a 4.0 in a while, but am beginning to on my father's Ranger. Will be doing some research on it and will keep you informed. I don't believe the heads will be interchangeable though - I may be wrong. What type of mods are you looking to do?
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02-05-2002, 06:54 AM
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are the 3.0, 2.9, and 2.8 all from the same engine family?
They are different engine families. The 3.0L is a Vulcan design that has nothing in common with the 2.6/2.8/2.9 or 4.0L OHV or 4.0L SOHC German engine. 3.0L comes from Lima, Ohio and has been used in Ranger, Aerostar, Probe, Taurus, Sable,Tempo, Tolpaz and other vehicles over the years.
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02-05-2002, 09:07 AM
are the 3.0, 2.9, and 2.8 all from the same engine family?
people to buy it. Drove a rent-a-car with the 2800 in it. Watch the gas gauge move as it drove. Less than 100 miles on a tankful.
Had plastic rimmed timing gears. The plastic got hard and brittle when it got old. Tended to break at all the wrong times. Didn't run very well then...
Sure were peppy in the old mustangs. That 4.0 has WAAAY lots of torque.
I couldn't believe that Ford was still using that design. Much less importing the engines from Germany when they had the 3.0 Vulcan available locally built. Seems like some engineer at Ford likes the Cologne engine, and keeps adding S**t to it. Bore it, stroke it, change the valve timing gears to regular gear/chain combo, punch it out from 2.6 to 2.8 to 2.9, add hydraulic valve lifters, punch it out to 4.0, throw away the heads and go for SOHC. Still on the same basic design from 1974. And still a gas hog for what power it put out. At least until recently.
tom
Had plastic rimmed timing gears. The plastic got hard and brittle when it got old. Tended to break at all the wrong times. Didn't run very well then...
Sure were peppy in the old mustangs. That 4.0 has WAAAY lots of torque.
I couldn't believe that Ford was still using that design. Much less importing the engines from Germany when they had the 3.0 Vulcan available locally built. Seems like some engineer at Ford likes the Cologne engine, and keeps adding S**t to it. Bore it, stroke it, change the valve timing gears to regular gear/chain combo, punch it out from 2.6 to 2.8 to 2.9, add hydraulic valve lifters, punch it out to 4.0, throw away the heads and go for SOHC. Still on the same basic design from 1974. And still a gas hog for what power it put out. At least until recently.
tom
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