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Detroit, 3:30 AM
Thu Dec 10
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Murilee, if you check the bore centres on the aussie I6, they match up with the original Thriftpower.
12/07/09
It's not uncommon for 'unopened' (i.e. bolt on accessories without changing internal parts) turbo Falcons to do 9 second quarter mile times.
Some guys get these Falcons to do 10 second quarters with just an air filter and a change of fuel mapping in the ECU.
12/07/09
Then in '89 they went overhead cam and down to 3.9 litre. In '92 they went to 4.0 litre.
In '02 they went to double overhead cam with variable valve timing and lift with turbo charging as an option.
It's been a very good engine.
12/06/09
So in that case, Ford's good old I6 really lasted (at least in spirit) until 1994.
12/06/09
"made it fuel injection ready"
But they still stuck a carburetor on it for a year or two.
12/06/09
Obviously, there was something right about that car. That carburetor equipped car.
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Ok, a year. My mother had one. It was a nice little thing.
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Never owned one, and I don't have any immediate plan to, preferring the later 4.9 "big six" (yes, I'm aware that term should be reserved for the Hudson 308, but I don't care). Got quite a bit of respect for 'em though.
12/06/09
Still though, there's not a better vehicle for hanging your elbow out of on a warm Midwestern summer's eve, chewing sunflower seeds, and listening to the Cubs game on the single-speaker AM-only radio. Ah, to be 18 again.
12/06/09
And, yes, I'm going to do an EOTD post on the Ford 240/300, and probably another one on the Australian SOHC sixes as well.
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The 2.5L 1JZ even served to be part of the Toyota's 5.0L V-12 (the 1GZ & 2GZ). Toyota combined two JZs at the crank to make the V-12 and stuck it in its Century Limousine.
The V-12 was famously used in Top Secret's 222mph 1000hp+ Supra.
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@FrankGrimes: Can't believe I found this old video. #i6engine
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10/25/09
I had a G series as well, the 1GGTE. Put a whole in the radiator and didn't realise until the engine had burnt all the oil overheating. BUT no gasket gone or anything like what happened with my Nissan RB engine, just a plug popped out of the manifold. Bit of tar and a new plug and away we went.
They say that hooked up to an engine dino the G series will take 50,000 rpm before shooting pistons out. For how long who knows... #i6engine
10/25/09
In its more famous applications, the engine makes one JZ. #i6engine
10/25/09
@Mobius: Camry V6 engines are borderline supercar engines. el oh el.
Lotus has great sense of humor imo they could have always get a partnership for Audi/BMW crate engines, but instead they went with Toyota years ago for the cup cars. #i6engine
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Ih, I always dreamed of a Toyota Chaser with the Twin Turbo'd JZ. Just so cool and Q-shippy, especially in white. #i6engine
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