Re: Ranger next engine a threat?

From: BeasTboyz (beastboyz@home.com)
Date: Thu Feb 24 2000 - 01:13:35 EST


i get pissed off when u guys fight, so lets not start a great big gay
thread. I know you're all so loyal to ma mopar, but don't let it blur the
truth, ford by far has the best diesel engine out there, bar none!

Matt
(BeasTboyz)

----- Original Message -----
From: jimm <jmiller@texnet.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Ranger next engine a threat?

> >
>
> I personally don't find inline engines good for anything but torque. They
> pull stumps good but are worthless above 3,000 rpm. I don't see a
straight 6
> fitting under the hood of an s10 or Ferd ranger unless major redesign
takes
> place. Ford and gm did away with their straight 6s years ago. Only Dodge
> truck offers one in the form of the Cummins Diesel and it is by far the
best
> light truck diesel on the road.
>
> > >PS I wish Dodge would make an Inline 8!
> > >Guess you never had the opportunity to drive a Packard...they had
straight
> > 8's..
> > So did Buick until 1954. However Packards were flathead and Buicks were
OHV
> > snd Roadmasters had dual 2 bbl carbs in some years. Anybody who ever
heard
> > the exhaust of a straight 8 could tell it from blocks away. they had a
> > strange sound. As for Chrysler products, I think There were some
flathead
> > straignt 8s in some of them as wellin the late 30s and maybe early 40s.
> > Plymouths and Dodge cars had flathead 6s until 1955.
>



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