4.0L V6 being replaced
08-01-2006, 07:57 PM
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RE: 4.0L V6 being replaced
i will quit my job, if all their motors become duratecs.. reason i like ford at all is because of the current motor variety.. those 3.5's area bitch to work on.. ill quit if they all become 3.5's!!!!!!!!!!!!
08-02-2006, 01:22 AM
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RE: 4.0L V6 being replaced
ORIGINAL: will_c
guys we've gotta think about this logically....
ford just spent QUADRILLIONS redesigning the Mustang and they completely changed the V6's reputation with the upgrades they've made to it.
I SERIOUSLY doubt that they would use the brand new 4.0 L block for 2-3 release years and then out of nowhere drop back down to a 3.5, even if its a better built engine with higher output...
lets face it, Ford can sometimes be pretty cheap... (interior plastics, other materials used, etc.), so i dont think they would waste the money to drop these new blocks in a car that is already selling like WEED AT A RAP CONCERT...
if it aint broke dont fix it... in a nutshell, Ford wont spend more money if they dont have to, period.
i see them tweaking the 4.0 for a few years to get more and more power out of it just to keep them selling, and then maybe down the road changing to a different engine, but not NEXT year.
i could be completely off base here, but that's just how i think about it.
guys we've gotta think about this logically....
ford just spent QUADRILLIONS redesigning the Mustang and they completely changed the V6's reputation with the upgrades they've made to it.
I SERIOUSLY doubt that they would use the brand new 4.0 L block for 2-3 release years and then out of nowhere drop back down to a 3.5, even if its a better built engine with higher output...
lets face it, Ford can sometimes be pretty cheap... (interior plastics, other materials used, etc.), so i dont think they would waste the money to drop these new blocks in a car that is already selling like WEED AT A RAP CONCERT...
if it aint broke dont fix it... in a nutshell, Ford wont spend more money if they dont have to, period.
i see them tweaking the 4.0 for a few years to get more and more power out of it just to keep them selling, and then maybe down the road changing to a different engine, but not NEXT year.
i could be completely off base here, but that's just how i think about it.
08-02-2006, 01:45 AM
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RE: 4.0L V6 being replaced
ummm how was a 2.0 4cyl pinto engine the same as a 4.0 v6? it may be the same kind of design (I dont know if it is or not) but a completely different block. also I owned a 94 and the 3.8 ummm it sucked... they kept that thing around for 10 years... why would they get a different engine after only 2-3 year run. one engine I would like to see as an option on the mustang is the 3.9L V8 that they use in the Lincolin's 
08-02-2006, 02:59 AM
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RE: 4.0L V6 being replaced
I was just talking about mustangman02232's post. He said that it started out as a 2.0 in a pinto... I said it may be the same design (meaning still a calogne) but there was no way a 2.0 4-cyl has been bored out to a 4.0 V-6
08-02-2006, 03:52 AM
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RE: 4.0L V6 being replaced
thats cool... I can belive a motor that was already a V6, but that is still pretty crazy that the displacement was originally a 2.6... that is a hellacious amount of boreing and strokeing, almost 100 cubic inches.
08-02-2006, 01:15 PM
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RE: 4.0L V6 being replaced
my bad, there were two motors made in calogne germany, one of which was the 4, 6er started as a 2.8 and was used in the 75-80 pinto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto
