Originally Posted By: cb_13
The carbureted straight 6 is dead and not coming back. Get over it!
just too bad one of the OEM's doesn't do a turbo straight 6 gasser for use in full size pickups. They sure have the compartment space to do that.. Inline 6's generally have great reliability. Freshen up the design and slap a turbo on it, and I would bet it would be a pretty good motor with fantastic low end torque. Simpler and probably less costly to build in full production. Though the length would be longer than a V motor, the overall real estate that the motor would consume under the hood would be less. A single turbo would suffice instead of having to do two of them like on many V motors.
The carbureted straight 6 is dead and not coming back. Get over it!
just too bad one of the OEM's doesn't do a turbo straight 6 gasser for use in full size pickups. They sure have the compartment space to do that.. Inline 6's generally have great reliability. Freshen up the design and slap a turbo on it, and I would bet it would be a pretty good motor with fantastic low end torque. Simpler and probably less costly to build in full production. Though the length would be longer than a V motor, the overall real estate that the motor would consume under the hood would be less. A single turbo would suffice instead of having to do two of them like on many V motors.