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holy crap
Just took the ole truck for a drive........I never realized how much power the ole bugger had lol. Guess all it took for me to notice was driving the V6 for a couple weeks lol........good inspiration
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yea that stupid 4.2 takes forever to get up to speed lol. Gotta rev the crap out of it to see any power, and you can forget about spinning the tires on pavement lol. Dumb thing is only getting 16mpg too, the ole heavy diesel got 21!
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OMG that F150 is a V6? What were you thinking! LOL
But John, don't you know anything? the specs clearly state that the V6 has more hauwss powaa! LMAO
Ford Essex V6 engine (Canadian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But John, don't you know anything? the specs clearly state that the V6 has more hauwss powaa! LMAO
Ford Essex V6 engine (Canadian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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OMG that F150 is a V6? What were you thinking! LOL
But John, don't you know anything? the specs clearly state that the V6 has more hauwss powaa! LMAO
Ford Essex V6 engine (Canadian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But John, don't you know anything? the specs clearly state that the V6 has more hauwss powaa! LMAO
Ford Essex V6 engine (Canadian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
yeah but its also missing about 250 ft lbs of torque lol
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no the difference is that with a couch and a 2wd 250CC ATV in the back of the 4.3 it got 14 mpg... whis is what mine would have got with a cord of wet larch in the back... oh and 4th gear pulls up 4% grades are fun.... NOT
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Torque? whats that?
In my opinion most of the V6 experiments of the 80s and 90s were essentially failures. The idea I suppose was fewer cylinders resulting in more less fuel consumption than a V8 but more power than a four popper (and a little smoother).
The only V6 powered light vehicle I ever saw that delivered reasonable MPGs was my sister's 2.9L EFI before it was converted to diesel but that was a non EGR engine from factory so that helped (ran well without the cat too!). On a good day it would stay consistently above 20 MPG on the highway. For a compact 4x4 that was pretty decent considering it still had enough grunt to squeal the tires. Although Mine will deliver similar MPGs while moving nearly twice as much iron. Never had a chance to test a 55 MPH run with the ranger as a diesel though.........I do remember it came close to 30 while pushing 80 MPH once on one of the few long haul trips we ever took it on.
Anyone remember the V6 powered F100 from the early 80s?
In my opinion most of the V6 experiments of the 80s and 90s were essentially failures. The idea I suppose was fewer cylinders resulting in more less fuel consumption than a V8 but more power than a four popper (and a little smoother).
The only V6 powered light vehicle I ever saw that delivered reasonable MPGs was my sister's 2.9L EFI before it was converted to diesel but that was a non EGR engine from factory so that helped (ran well without the cat too!). On a good day it would stay consistently above 20 MPG on the highway. For a compact 4x4 that was pretty decent considering it still had enough grunt to squeal the tires. Although Mine will deliver similar MPGs while moving nearly twice as much iron. Never had a chance to test a 55 MPH run with the ranger as a diesel though.........I do remember it came close to 30 while pushing 80 MPH once on one of the few long haul trips we ever took it on.
Anyone remember the V6 powered F100 from the early 80s?
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I towed my 3500 lb boat once with my old 94 Ranger with the big 4.0 V6. It towed it ok but the damn thing could barely get the boat out of the water. I had to put her in 4 low 3rd gear and even then I could smell the clutch burning as I was climbing the boat ramp. V6's just are not made to work like our diesels.
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OMG that F150 is a V6? What were you thinking! LOL
But John, don't you know anything? the specs clearly state that the V6 has more hauwss powaa! LMAO
Ford Essex V6 engine (Canadian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But John, don't you know anything? the specs clearly state that the V6 has more hauwss powaa! LMAO
Ford Essex V6 engine (Canadian) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
look how high ya gotta rev the damn thing to get anywhere. I aint used to revving that high lol.
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I towed my 3500 lb boat once with my old 94 Ranger with the big 4.0 V6. It towed it ok but the damn thing could barely get the boat out of the water. I had to put her in 4 low 3rd gear and even then I could smell the clutch burning as I was climbing the boat ramp. V6's just are not made to work like our diesels.
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Yeah. I always feel that my truck is sooo slow until i get in my dad's 97 F150. Gotta really get the gassers revved up to do any good. Diesel have very usable horsepower. If I would get rid of the 38.5" mudders and get the donut tires my truck would probably feel like even more of a beast.
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