Straight 6 Bronco? Huh?

[Guest]

Okay, here goes. I'm looking at buying a mate's full-size '89 Bronco thinking I was going to get a V-8. Turns out it's got a straight six, which he insists is 'old skool'. As far as I knew Ford didn't go into 6-pot kettles. I thought it went, 4-pot kettle, V-4, V-6, V-8, V-10 big-rigs and V-12.<br><br>I know the Bronco II (Downsized) ran off a V-6 and the rule of thumb goes V-anything have more ponies-per-litre than their kettle-counterpart. So the way I see it a straight six isn't enough to pull a Bronco II far less a full-sized one.<br><br>I'm hoping that this Bronco is something I can take to a Ford dealership to have inspected and serviced before I go working on it and I'm not sure if Ford will inspect something that has a GMC or Dodge engine in it.<br><br>Your opinions please.<br><br>Are my fears unfounded, or is my mate full of shizzie?

 

[bpassmore]

Hes probably right!<br>the 4.9L I6 is probably one of the most popular 6 cyl engines ford ever made. Very strong, very tough, and very common.<br><br>Apart from having to check and adjust the valve train fairly often, they rock. (If you dont have a 302/351)<br><br>good luck~

 

[Guest]

So it is strictly Ford? Cool

 

[Rustytruck]

The inline 6 is a good motor and produces alot of torque good for pulling or real get down grunt work. They are laking in freeway finness and high RPM sand running but are a great work horse. They last forever due to no cooling issues and extra main bearing support. This is a truck motor and acts as such. They were used in alot of fleet vechicles. Ill bet the truck is a stick? Check the body tag on the truck and the under hood sticker it will tell you if it is the right motor or not.

 

[truemouse]

Okay, so what should the body tag and the hood sticker say? Is there any weird American code I should be aware of?<br><br>And yes it's a stick. I'm Euro-trash, so I'm used to stick shift. I mean I learned to drive in a Citroen 2cv, and that didn't even have a synchro in 1st.

 

[6677ebman]

I'm sure it's legit, I'd just as soon have a 300/6 w/ a 5 speed, they will run forever. This is no BS, I once saw one with 700,000 miles on it!! They have tons of torque, and willl get about 20 mpg. I know some people who quit buying Fords when they stopped producing the 4.9 (300 CID) in '94.

 

[truemouse]

Uhm, my old '96 Citroen AX had 640,000 miles on it when I left it behind in Germany (I commuted between Germany and Scotland many a time.) and that's after it had a slammed SUV (Hairdressers, why?) drive through the passenger door and when I flew off a 90 deg corner in the middle of the night, through a fence and up-rooting a tree stump, (was left there on top of the up-rooted stump, all four wheels off the grounds, and no discernable damage to my car) all on the original engine with no overhaul.