Aluminum Engine
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Well Ford endorses them LOL.. they're called Mazdas. Grab a ranger, focus, etc.. and walla.. pretty sure they must have an all aluminum setup in one of these by now. My 02 Ram is a aluminum gig I think. But the local machinists don't speak to highly of these things. Great when new, but once the taper starts the rest of it just follows suit. Hearsay ? dunno, but he has his hands full with them.......
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Had all 3 engine in one vehicle or another over the years. 2.3, several in mustangs and the 3.0 and 4.0 in Rangers and all have iron blocks.
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The V6 is an aluminum block and head engine read it.
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The V6 is an aluminum block and head engine read it.
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He asked for a Ford, 4cyl or V6 aluminum block engine.. there you go.
Edit: in reading some of the other Google links there is mention of a Mercruiser engine(aluminum) that utilized a 460 head
470 ENGINE BLOCK & INTERNALS I think there are options out there. There is another thread on the same topic that is a forum thread link. 3.7 230 Cubic inch 4 Cylinder Mercury IMPORT SLAYER! - FordMuscle.com Forums
Edit: in reading some of the other Google links there is mention of a Mercruiser engine(aluminum) that utilized a 460 head
470 ENGINE BLOCK & INTERNALS I think there are options out there. There is another thread on the same topic that is a forum thread link. 3.7 230 Cubic inch 4 Cylinder Mercury IMPORT SLAYER! - FordMuscle.com Forums
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The neighbor has a 4 seat sand rail built off a VW, that he cruises in. He said that he would feel better on long trips if he had a better engine. Heck, the one on it is new rebuilt. His brother is talking about using a crate V6 Vortech on a new rail. He thinks that engine is alum, but he would prefer to have a Ford engine if the weight could be managed.
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The neighbor has a 4 seat sand rail built off a VW, that he cruises in. He said that he would feel better on long trips if he had a better engine. Heck, the one on it is new rebuilt. His brother is talking about using a crate V6 Vortech on a new rail. He thinks that engine is alum, but he would prefer to have a Ford engine if the weight could be managed.
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If he wants a more powerful reliable light engine, tell him to throw a Subaru engine on it. The EJ22 and EJ25 come in SOHC and DOHC version, there are bell housing adaptors to bolt them to the VW transaxle, and they fit in just a slightly larger space than a VW engine.
Either that or he should be unique and put a Deutz air cooled diesel on it.
Either that or he should be unique and put a Deutz air cooled diesel on it.
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The only Mercruiser engine I know of that has an aluminum block is the 470 series of engine. Mercruiser designed a 4 cylinder using 460 rods and pistons with no offset wrist pins and an aluminum block with sleeves and a 460 cylinder head. But then an aluminum block requires a fresh water cooling system, antifreeze in the engine with a heat exchanger (water cooled radiator).
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The vortech V6 is a iron block with iron heads setup.
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