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The bottom ends will cop anything, but head work is absolutely necessary if you are venturing beyond stock outputs though. I've seen and...

No I missed it.... I re-read this and found another fellow said he could not think of to many inline sixes that were bad and I must...

++OM648 and OM606 (over 345k miles when my donated to nephew traded it off)

Was gonna rebuild this old I6 Ford until I found they’d been using 5w20

I knew it existed and never tried it until the other day, but the autos are designed to set off in second gear to avoid creeping and...

Cheers! And yes they are sheepskin covers. Cost the previous owners around $2k to have them custom made! I let her keep one for her...

Congratulations on one of the great road cars of all time. I had its immediate predecessor, the W126, with the smaller (4.2L) V8...

Absolutely. In their final turbo form the XR6 Sprint was nudging 500hp + 480ft/lbs from factory

My previous and current daily driver have been I6s, it's one of my favourite layouts. I'm surprised the Mercedes M104 only got...

Saw the 603 mentioned, but this wasn't. The MB OM606 has to be up there. Not just great reliability-wise, but it could also hold some...

Ford 300 AMC/Jeep 4.0 Mercedes M104 Toyota 2JZ I'll throw this one out there for good measure: The Volvo B6294/B6304. Not the easiest...

Mercedes M103 was a smooth, reliable performer.

GM bought them out. Daewoo is now GM Korea. They make a lot of cars now, actually, like the Spark, Trax, and Encore. The Sonic and Cruze...

I was waiting for someone to mention this one :D Yeah, the Daewoo transverse I6! Yeah it gives you the benefits of FWD and I6 but...

I know most of you have probably never heard of, let alone seen one, but I'd submit the humble Barra 4.0 designed and produced by Ford...