Thread: Straight six in a 28 Ford PU

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So, put in a 6 and have everything crowded, limit the resale to people who like underpowered cars or use a V-8, installs easier and goes faster, open your resale market to probably about 10 times as many people..... I guess it wouldn't take me long to decide.....

Thanks for the info.
I have no intention of selling the truck so resale is a moot point.
I actually plan on using it to haul a bale or two of hay or horse tack etc around my place.
It will likely never see a public road.
I just want to build a neat old truck to light duty haul stuff around my little ranch.
The truck was pulled out of the woods and cost zero so any amount of resale would be substantial.
Thanks for the input though.

Didn't we have this very discussion on here a couple of months ago? I remember the same question, and the same outcome..........he was going to use it to drive around the horse farm. If I remember correctly, he was hell bent on using it, regardless of what we suggested.

I still think you will be sharing a lot of leg room with that long 6, though.


Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Didn't we have this very discussion on here a couple of months ago? I remember the same question, and the same outcome..........he was going to use it to drive around the horse farm. If I remember correctly, he was hell bent on using it, regardless of what we suggested.
Don

There must be another nut out there :}
I haven't posted this before and I even checked my archived posts in case I am going senile.
My computer crashed in September and I just got back online so I was beginning to doubt myself.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

So, put in a 6 and have everything crowded, limit the resale to people who like underpowered cars or use a V-8, installs easier and goes faster, open your resale market to probably about 10 times as many people..... I guess it wouldn't take me long to decide.....

not all 200's are underpowered, yes Ford lied when they gave them a 120 HP @ 4k rating, they barly breathe at 4k because of the crappy flowing log head and won't rev past 4k stock, they actully dyno around 80 RWHP. anyway, 150 HP is not uncommon, can be easially obtained with some port work done to the head, and 9:1 or higher comp, with good quench and squish values figured in. 250-300 is easy to obtain with a turbo, and 500 HP is in the picture also, using the new aluminum cyl head and turbo, on a 250 I6 which has a longer stroke only, same 3.680 bore, HP with that combo on a 200 would be around 450 HP, this is assuming the engines are buit for power and not torque.

Maby I just look at things diffrently than everybody else.