Where would you source an inline six these days?
The old Chevy, Ford, Plymouth and Dodge inline sixes have long been consigned to history.
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The old Chevy, Ford, Plymouth and Dodge inline sixes have long been consigned to history.
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I had a chance to drive the old version one once. I floored it to the max red line of, IIRC 4500RPM, in neutral and placed it into gear. It took off like it normally would from a stop. Super slow, shakey, and lots of rattles!
80hp of ground pounding Iron Duke power!
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I can’t place it but I think I’ve seen a truck like this in a cartoon movie.
Don’t quite understand why delivery vehicles need something different than normal vehicles. Like a regular van, a four wheel van with box on back, and a six wheel U-Haul style.
Don’t quite understand why delivery vehicles need something different than normal vehicles. Like a regular van, a four wheel van with box on back, and a six wheel U-Haul style.
Correct, that's why I wrote: "I can dream." Actually there are two versions of a Turbo I6 being used in RAM pickups, and the Jeep Grand Cherokee. A single and twin turbo 3.0L I6 but it's way too much engine for that application.
It looks like a duck on wheels! But-this is the operation that thinks tons of (Fiat Ducato) Ram Promaster and MB Metris vans were good ideas too… Wonder what a replacement windshield costs?
The first work truck I ever drove professionally was an ‘86 S-10 with an Iron Duke, 4 speed manual & a service truck cap. I can’t even imagine how slow it would have been with an automatic!
Haha ! As soon as you said it, I pictured a cartoon version too. Now I need to figure it out !
Ram gets the single while the GC gets the twin? You've seen where they bump the power in less stressed vehicles.
I don't follow them closely enough to know. I would imagine you can get both the single and twin in the RAM, but I'm not sure. I do like the idea of an I6 gas turbo engine. However I would prefer an EFI cast iron sleeved engine vs a DI spray coated cylinder engine like Jeep/RAM is using. I can't have everything I guess, flame suit on.
