Originally Posted by The_SnowMan710

my favorite part about those engines is that the trucks that they put them it, have radio's...but it's like wat's the point, b/c u can't hear them anyway lol...

Originally Posted by 1979 Ford

The best advise I was given when driving them was drive it like your mad at it.

Originally Posted by Dean88

The 300 is like the engergizer bunny on speed. Mine has so much blow by, it looks like a mini diesel stack if you take off the oil cap and rev the motor, the head gasket is blown, it has over 350,000 miles and it spent 7 years forgotten in a field. But, she just don't give up.

One of my buddies burried his 99 Dodge 4wd 33's in a bar ditch and sunk it to the frame. I came out there with my 200 ft long chain (it is out of a industrial chainfall). I parked my truck on the pavement for good traction gaver that dodge a half dozen tugs, then let her ripped and that big boat of a dodge came out as if the hand of God was pushing it.

Originally Posted by UTfball68

I use a body bag.

Originally Posted by 5.0Torx

gotta love it. chevy guy gives a ford guy crap for not owning a chevy, even though his ford is pulling his dead chevy...

Originally Posted by 5.0Torx

i dont think the average joe would choose a new 300 over a 4.6 or 5.4 in an F150. And ford would undoubtedly make the 300 the base engine anyway, as they did before.

Even if they did, so few of us on this board would be able to afford one anyway. I for one wouldnt want to even if i did have the money, because i use my truck as a truck. I have my dd for going to and from a to b. I wouldnt drop 50k on a new truck with a modern 300 in it because i wouldnt want to get a nick or scratch on the truck itself, regardless of the engiens ability to take abuse. Thats why its best stuck in the 80s anyway. trucks were trucks then. Nowadays a truck has to be a 500 hp, 40 mpg mobile living room. Its stupid, but its just a sign of changed times. Im just happy knowing that everytime i fire the engine in my truck, im going to do somethign no other vehicle in my family can do, but thats more a compliment to the 8 foot bed than the engine. You all should be happy with the 300s long life (from 54? to 96) and that you have one or more. Let the pansy asses run around in their plastic trucks with "5.7L iForce V8" badges on the side, racing a truck rather than doing any work or offroading whatsoever. Its the perfect truck for their needs, and you have the perfect truck for yours.

Originally Posted by 6CylBill

Very well said.

Edit:

I know you guys must be getting sick of me telling the following story, but it's the only real 300 story I have, and I feel this is a proper thread to do so!

Originally Posted by 6CylBill

Very well said.

Edit:

I know you guys must be getting sick of me telling the following story, but it's the only real 300 story I have, and I feel this is a proper thread to do so!


My dad's boss was backing his 33'' camper trailer into our yard when the trailer sunk into the mud. The truck backing the trailer up was a four-door F250 Diesel. The F250's tires were in slick mud, and couldn't go forward or reverse. My little rig backed up to the truck and yanked both the truck and trailer out at the same time!


Didn't even break a tire loose!

Originally Posted by Ed_B

Not me, either. That's a good one.


My daughter had a 18" diameter stump in her yard next to a very steep driveway. She wanted it gone, so I offered to get rid of it for her. My son joined me and we dug down about a foot, chopping all the roots we could find. All this took about an hour of pick, ax, and shovel work. By then we both wanted a faster solution to this, so I put one of those tow hooks that fit into the 2" Class IV receiver hitch on my '84 F250 4x4 with NP435 tranny and 300 I6. We hooked up a tow strap to the stump and to the tow hook. I rolled the truck down the driveway, letting the "******" strap do its thing. The stump held but it did move some when the slack came out. I shifted into granny gear, pulled all of the slack out of the line, and gave the 300 some gas. POP! That stump came out like a loose tooth. We cleaned the dirt off of the stump and rolled it up the tail gate and into the bed. I bet that sucker weighed 300 lbs. if it weighed an ounce. Anyway, this is an example of using Ford muscle instead of blood, sweat, and tears.

Ed

Originally Posted by Milwaukee1979F150

Where that pic I do want see.

wow did driveshaft bent now? or broke diff carrier?

My 79 F150 broke 2 diff carrier because pull too much by try pull big trailer that suppose for F350 but it pull no problem

Then try pull stump it did pull but next day couldn't drive due diff carrier crack.

It seem that F150 are not for that due rear axle are not strong for 4.9L

I been think put 4.9L in 93 F350.