On Sixes, i had a friend with like a 1960 Rambler with a straight 6. may have been even older. you literally, i am not kidding, could not tell if the engine was running by the sound in an average environment. As far as the 292 chevy ... Drove one of about 70's vintage. Lived at that time in Appalachia. Had a problem with the motor and no money. Appalachian mechanic took out one piston and the rod. Ran fine. I also remember rebuilding the carburator on the road at night. Haha. We all know these new cars and trucks are history in the near future as the supply chain breaks down. best.

 

Monsters, those 6's. The v-8s were not real farm truck engines. They were sold on advertising and b.s.. The trucks with the 6's ... that engine block had enuf metal to survive the apocalypse. These trucks were designed for work and driving maybe 120 miles comfortably. That was a lot. Take as much technology away as possible and you have a great vehicle. The old mechanics would do everything without electronics. Simple enuf to figure out, get running and get repair parts. That was America - like it or not.

 

I had hoped ford would bring back the 300, with all the modern tech, FI, modern ignition etc., mate them with an American made 5 or 6 speed manual (one gear super low, granny) and a manual transfer case, and put them in the new Bronco. Keep it simple, the machine should have been able to go 400,000 miles and go anywhere. If they wanted Huge power, the 300 can put out Big numbers with a turbo (but as with all mills the life expectancy drops with FI, it just depends), no mill runs as smooooth, or as a well as an Inline 6, maybe that is why they seem to last forever.

 

I loved my 2nd I6 -- mainly because of the fuel injection, but they were good motors -- used a lot for industrial things like pumps as well. I read somewhere ( maybe here) that they were designed by White Motors. As far as bringing it back -- I don''t think that there's a chance that they could get it past emissions these days.

Don't know much about the 292 -- except that it was supposed to be pretty good engine. My cousin used to race dirt track and he said that some guy ran one against the V8s. Did all right because he apparently had some special head. He said that it had a very distinct sound

As for the 225 -- the old slant 6's were pretty good -- and they used to hot them up once in a while. I don't think that they were quite big enough to go with the other 2.

Now, how about that Jeep 6? A 4 liter if I remember right. My daughter had a Jeep that got totaled, and she got good $$ for that engine.

I do like sixes -- turns out that they;re naturally smoother than most other engines. Only issue is the long crankshaft -- can apparently get whippy.

hj

 

the ford I6 also came in 240 cubic inches and 250 cubic inch. ( commercial engines ) we had a 240 in a New Holland roadsider and a 250 is in the new Holland swatther, still running.
the roadsider was replaced with a 300 I6 many years ago. same block, everything changed over direct fit. also had 3 Gleaner combines with 300 I6 engines as they were cheaper and easier to get parts for than the Allis Chalmers engines which I believe were built by Continental

 

I owned 2 300 Ford inline 6. They were a great motor, lots of torque. In fact they would out tow the old 302 v8. the 2nd one I owned I bought new in a 95 half ton with the 5 speed manual on the floor. Loved that truck, (was my first new truck) but in my opinion Ford ruined the setup but putting low speed gears in the rear end. I can only think they did that trying to make the truck major responsive like the vortex v-6 Chevy had come out with. Like I say in my mind Ford shot themselves in the foot, truck got terrible fuel mileage.

 

My dad and brother had Aspens with slant sixes. I don't remember the details, just their struggles to keep their piles running.

 

Wow, just goes to show different folks have different experiences with the same engine.Late 60.2early 70'2 I had 2-3 slant 6's in Dodge Darts in Maine.-20 degrees common in the winter as low as -30, hard on engines with the oils available in those days. I had fantastic luck with them. In fact they kind of were known as the better 6 cylinder engine at the time.