My grandfather used a 250cu id to power a hydraulic blockbuster for splitting wood for his slow combustion stove. Perhaps a little overkill but if you've ever split wooden blocks with the old axe style blockbuster you'd think it's the guts of dux.
A friend had a convertible Mustang with this engine about ten years ago. What little power the engine still made was swallowed by the automatic transmission making going on highway on-ramps "interesting". Ridding around with the top down listening to a ball game (AM only, in-dash factory radio) was the coolest thing for this pair of fresh immigrants!
Ford Australia still make that engine. Albeit now a 4.0L twin overhead cam alloy headed grandfather's axe. Some come with up to 400 turbo-charged horsepowers.
@smokyburnout: I'd say it's an aftermarket battery. The car seems to be modified.
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.
@Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans: The engine went to cross-flow head in the late 70's and to alloy head in the 80's, both either 3.3 or 4.1 litre (4.1 more common).
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.
Little known fact, but the Fair Fairmont's 200cid. I6 (of Thriftpower heritage) was the basis for the successful 2.3L I4 used in Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz. Most people assume Ford just modified the coarse OHC 2.3 used in Pinto and Mustang for Tempo use. Not so. Ford engineers simply removed the castings for cylinders 5 and 6, made it fuel injection ready, and there you have the early version of the High Swirl Combustion 2.3L I4 used in early model Tempos.
So in that case, Ford's good old I6 really lasted (at least in spirit) until 1994.
@Infinitrium: A year. Get the facts bro. Another fact is, those carburetor'ed 1984 models rocketed the Tempo up to the top five best sellers list in the U.S. as well as the Big #1 in Canada. Over half a million in one model year.
Obviously, there was something right about that car. That carburetor equipped car.
My old man's work Econoline had this, plus 3 on tree. No idea how many miles it covered, some days easily a couple hundred. Reliable beyond belief--it got some regular maintenance (oil change, pretty much)--and a new batter but that was about it. Truly bullet proof. There's a reason every freak and musician had Econolines. Well, ok, minus the Chevy, VW and MoPar subsets. Which didn't seem to make much of a dent in my neighborhoods.
@Novaload: I had to reweld the front shock mounts and put on some large load distribution plates, once they rusted through and the shock started hitting the underside of my seat. And the foam carb float disintegrated and caused all kinds of problems. Other than regular maintenance, and the disintegration of the shift linkage, it was dead nits reliable.
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.
@MushyHeirloom: I had the 300 in my '77 F250. The thimble-sized carb on it and the slushy 3-speed sapped any and all power from it, not to mention the Midwest rust cancer that claimed the balancing weights off the driveshaft, limiting the top speed to a blistering 55mph lest the truck shake itself to death.
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.
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All my vans and pickups had either the 170 or 240. It is possible to kill them, but it's an awful effort. Never really needed any more power, even when spectacularly overloaded. And they were pretty economical, for the day.
@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Yeah, my F100 has the 240, and it's a great engine. Doesn't use much gas, I mean look at the little teeny carburetor. As far as power is concerned, it does fine. It lugs way low in first gear, hauls my truck around in some pretty nasty terrain on a daily basis. Good engines. Simple, too. Rebuilt mine about ten years ago from a short block in my back yard. Runs great to this day.
It's amazing to think that variants of this engine was in service for close to 17 years. In Japan, it was used in Mark IIs until they updated the car to the Mark X in 2007.
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.
The I6 is a victim of a world obsessed with FWD packaging. As the volume car platforms progress inexorably towards complete FWD domination, so goes the I6 blocks. Even the mighty GTR has to make do with a bent-6. Pretty soon the BMW I6 will be the lone soldier battling on, bravely resisting the need to turn engines around and destroy driving dynamics and pure, inline-6 smoothness. Next time you see a 130i burbling past on the street, raise a little salute for the last small car with a big 'ol straight six pointing forwards, just the way the car gods intended. #i6engine
Metal head gasket and a bunch of bolt ons and your JZ will reliably deliver 600+ at the rears with a good tune.
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
@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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Murilee, if you check the bore centres on the aussie I6, they match up with the original Thriftpower.
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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.
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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.
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So in that case, Ford's good old I6 really lasted (at least in spirit) until 1994.
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"made it fuel injection ready"
But they still stuck a carburetor on it for a year or two.
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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.
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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.
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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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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
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In its more famous applications, the engine makes one JZ. #i6engine
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@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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