I'd like to get my hands on a Australian Dodge 265 Hemi inline 6.


How much did that cost for the pipe? I am doing that for sure. I wonder if I could just use a standard exhaust from a 91 dodge with a Cummins, and delete the muffler.

 

Called the local Exhaust shop, Got 7.5' of 3" for $35 they let me put a couple of bends in it. I came off down pipe right before the original cat would of gone but it was history 2 days after the truck was bought by the original owner. I did it this way so i wouldn't have to hack it up when i put EFI manifolds on it and a Walker DP or hedders not sure yet.

It was 2.25" there. so i bought a 2.25"-2.5" adapter had to make a 2.5"-3" adapter using a Hedder reducer welded a 3"-3" to the horn end where it would meet the collector if it was on a set of hedders and the other end was 2.5" and it plugged in to the other adapter.

Got 2 hangers.

total cost is about $65

I just have to get a good 5" tip now.

you probally could use the pipe from the Dodge. but i don't know if the TP would be in the right place. I just have mine coming out infront of the pass rear tire for simplicity.

there are pictures of the adapter in my gallery.


DT

 

It's funny when people attempt to make fun of I6's. especially truck guys, because thats when you know they know nothing about trucks. A buddy of mine attempted to make fun of my I6 at a local truck pulling contest. I laughed and pointed around. we were in dodge heaven, and they ripped him pretty good for trying to make fun of the inline 6. at any truck pull contest, youre probobly in dodge land. tell them you have A I6 under the hood and they will like your ford.

Ford does need to bring back the I6. It could out pull the 5.4 if built a little bit. easily out pull the 4.6. They wont put a I6 in a truck ever again because the average drive wants horse power and acceleration. horsepower sells i guess.

 

Hey now there once was a hell of an engine that was the straight eight. If you like the inline six you will LOVE the straight eight. I think they stopped producing them in the mid 50s. At least for automobiles.

I had the pleasure of driving my Grandpa's 47 Pontiac Super Chief all over the mountain towns of northern PA at the impressionable age of 15. He didnt care about a license. Most people really didnt then. I did a lot of driving before the age of 16. No this is not a story from 1963. More like 1983. Grandpa had bought the very low mileage firestation Pontiac. That car was showroom clean as anyone would imagine coming from the firestation. I felt like I had all the power I could ever need shifting through the 3 speeds. I remember the sound of the engine being very quiet from the exahaust but there was still a mighty sound that emitted from under the hood on a good long pull up a hill. That car was great to drive and I sure wish I had it around now. In a way this is what makes me enjoy my 65 Ford 300 3spd OD. The setup is basically the same and it takes me back in a way.

I don't know if Ford ever did a straight eight. Maybe in a Lincoln or something.

 

its great to see so many who love the ol 300 as much as i do. i own 3 ford trucks all with inline 6's. I got my 1982 f100 brand new in early 83 as a gift from my grandpa. my 82 is pushing 250,000 miles it survived me threw my late teen and twenty someting years the truck has takin every thing thrown at it and it still runs. I have a 78 f250 4x4 4speed with a mildly built 300, 2 bbl carb, efi manifolds. no clue how many miles. its stoped on 00127 its gone around at least once, and i have a 89 f150 my daily driver, efi and almost 22 mpg,154,000 miles on her. I dont think ford will ever bring back our beloved six. people just are not in the market for a engine thats simple to fix and last forever. atleast half of the truck market now days are people who bought the truck becouse theres an image problem with driving a wagon or minivan. we like to call them wussy mans trucks, the perfect vehicle for some who does not know how to work their hood latch or would rather pay somene else to fix the truck. most of these new fangled v6's are straight out of passenger cars or minivans. high reving motors that are simply to small and to under powered [at low rpms] to do anything. try pulling a trailer or even a big load in the back with your fancy new v6 and watch it downshft like crazy and scream at 6 grand and then watch my beatup old 300 do it everyday and last for fifty years. i am a little upset with the way the auto industry has gone. the fact that if i want a brand new[real]truck i have to pay close to 40,000 dollers for a diesle. i would love to see ford bring back a truck inline 6 but sadly it'll probly never happen or if it some how does see the light of day just imagine what wierd stuff they'ed do to it to make it modern. i must say though i love the cummins diesle just watching a flash back to the good old days of a inline 6 walking all over every one elses v8s. im waiting to see how the cummins stands the test of time if 25 years and 250000 miles for now it still runs. i have nothing against v8s but like people have said before if its a v its not for me.i must say i know of no other motor as deserving of the title built ford tough as the the good old 300 inline 6

 

cummins 5.9's are great, but it is so hard to find the older non-computerized ones.
when I went hunting for my diesel a 6.9 or 7.3 was my only option.
I would have prefered an inline like my 4.9

and don't glamourize the simplicity of recent 5.9's a friend recently had to replace an injector pump which cost $1,800.... mine costs $250

all cars are more 'computerized' and aren't much better for the adjustment.

dp

 

There are lots of 5.9's for cheap around here, in school busses. the school system is stupid, they sell their busses every 5 years, usually to smaller counties that runthem into the ground. Well around here you can get your hands on a mid 90's bluebird for less than 1500 running and driving.

Here is my thing with new trucks.

Today to do the work that an old 1/2ton would do you need a 3/4ton.
you need a 1ton to do the work of an old 3/4 ton, and you need a DRW to do the work of an old DRW.

The 1/2 tons have really gone down hill latley, but the SD's are still tough it's mostly factory ratings that hold them back from their actual capabilities.

1/2tons these days can't even be ordered with HD components any more or a real tranny or engine.

DT

 

i wouldn't say that. chevy offer some pretty nice motors and trannys in there new trucks. You can get a new avalanche with the 8.1 litre vortec motor and a allison tranny. You can also get a minimum of a 6.0 in a 1500.

Although my dad has the 6.0 in his truck and you still have to wind it out to feel the power. They say the motor should last for a long time though and i agree. the bottom end of the 6.0 is bulletproof and good for about 600hp stock is what i've been told.

 

New 1/2 ton trucks are just heavy cars.

as far as engine choice goes, read the sig

The bronco had a 302, the 87 F250 had a 460.

 

So that's why you just put them in your sig.. they are now 300 powered. I thought you could only get the 6.0 in the 1500HD?

But the springs on those trucks suck. We had 3000lbs in my F150 and it sat level, while my dad's 00'F150 had mabey 2k in it and it was on the bumpstops. Atleast he's getting a F250KR, if he can make them order him one with a 6spd, he has his connections.

Nothing special about the 6.0 it's just an LS1, same motor in the camaro's. Just longer crank. So it's really a car motor. the 8.1 is nice but it sucks on gas loaded but it has power. The 6.6 the japtrap wouldn't even consiter japanese.

Don't get me started on the Plasticlanche

Ford's 5.4 3Valve, winds up kinda high for my taste,
the 6.8 has some ***** but again fuel economy. I don't trust the new powerstroke yet. Keep it 7.3 or an IDI for me.

Dodge, dropped the only good gas motors they had in HD pickups, the 360, gutless but lasted, the 8.0 had ***** but dropped it. the 5.7 is a joke. the 5.9 is awsome if they only made a truck around it. I love dodges as long as they are 1st or 2nd gen and handshaker.

But that's just my opinion.

DT

 

i'm not sure if you can get anything bigger than a 6.0 in a 1500 either that's why i said at least lol. AS for the springs i don't know about that. The truck with the 6.0 of ours is a 2500 hd and the suspension barely moves on it. I do know that his truck with a 6.0 can pull 5,000lbs like it's not even there though.

The 8.1s aren't that bad on gas...... 12 mpg is dang good imo for a 495 cubic in motor.

BTw i didn't know that the 6.0 was about the same as the ls1 t/y for the info. Also i'm with you on the avalanche i think that's the ugliest automobile made right now other than the pontiac aztec and scion (xb?) the box mobile.

 

It's all in the gearing.

We went to the international auto show and we got to sit in every car available to the amerian public. Me and my friend were over at the Scion area. They had the radio wired on. so we were cranking Mud on the tires in that POS. All the japanese people were looking at us funny. I asked if you can get a lift kit for it. He said "NO". It was brand new and the headliner was already falling down. It was built really cheaply.

I've only been around a few bowties. Looks like your an outkast. Only ford around??
A farmer i know has a 2500HD 4x4 crewcab with the 6.0 and we rolled across the scales with tobacco slabs for smoking the tobacco and the scale was 30,186lbs. with w 30' Deck over Gooseneck. It will move the weight, but so will my truck.
DT

 

Yah my dad's truck is what i call a sissy truck lol....... It can't realy spin it's tires. No torque off the line you have to rev it to feel it.

The difference in a v8 and our sixes is they can pull with speed we can't lol.

The part that realy matters though is when you get down to it we can pull more weight .

 

lets not forget our aussie cousin, the 4.0 (250?) inline 6. or the awsome pontiac OHC I6 from the 60s in the tempest sprints.

funny how benzo and bmw still use inlines, and they're luxury/high end cars. not to mention the supra 3.0L...

 

I thought the 8.1's were 502 c.i., but im prolly wrong. My grandpartents have a 2500hd with a 8.1 im pretty sure. hopefully I'll get that bad boy sometime. It has no miles on it, they drive it to kentucky twice a year and thats it. It's a chevy but O well, atleast it looks nice. more chicks will want to ride in it than my ford. I bet that 8.1 screams with flowmasters or straight pipes!