That's what it's for; the apocalypse.

@@xenophone2317 that's what she said

I mean, with the exception of that damned duraspark system. Put a 1 wire HEI dizzy on it, a nuke could go off next door, and you wouldn't be late for work. =)

it'll still be running even when the flying cars are everywhere

Yes, and it has its grunting, too.

@BL Dontmatter damn, that pretty good for that time

Best damn truck engine Ford has ever sold. Trucks ain't supposed to be fast, they're supposed to be torquey, smooth, reliable, and bulletproof. 300 six fits the bill PERFECTLY. I would take a 300 over a Coyote, an Ecoboost, a Powerjoke, Windsor smallblock, 385-series big block, FE big block, doesn't matter. Best damn engine Ford's ever put in a truck.

@@TestECull yeah im good any other of those mentioned engines would outpull this thing with ease

@@rock-uu7qr I dont see any coyotes in airport tugs or school buses or dump trucks. 300s got put in all of the above, though.

@@TestECull doesnt really matter they used to put sbc is topkicks. what they were put in means nothing because in the end that little 300 is only good as a stationary water pump engine

And the 302

Wouldn’t say massive, they seem that way, but on dynos they have less power and torque everywhere than a low end 302. I still owned many and still love them for simplicity and reliability, but without heavy mods the power is lacking.

​@@_..-.._..-.._what kind of mods

@@_..-.._..-.._ I have been driving a 300 powered F150 since 2007 and I have never once found the 300 to be wanting in power or torque. Then again I don't drive around like my taint is on fire all the time...

Don't think there are many I6 engines that are downright terrible. GM made good ones, Ford made good ones, Chrysler/Dodge made good ones, even the Germans and Japanese got in on making good I6 engines.

Yes sir!

Iv noticed that too, iv had some people ask me if its for sale when they saw it at my work. But it looks a lot better than it did in that video.

if there was no video it sounds a lot like an 8n haha

Thank you! I've had similar ideas. It would be something unique since most people dont mess with souping up a 6 cyclinder because it is unfortunatly more expensive

You can go up to 800+HP with this engine with little effort Edit: hp...

Powernation has a good video of a turbo setup that they put together. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icCfiZl2mqqoiH0.html

Have you since put a turbo on it? I'd love to see the video if so!

Yeah, if I could buy a brand new 1984 F150 4x4 with the 300, I'd never have to buy another vehicle. Too bad the trucks themselves didn't last as good as those 300s did.

​@@eyellgeteven9928The almighty ecoboost is here for the save😂

@@RohanSanjith That remains to be seen...I've heard they've had problems with Ecoboosts. They'll never be as reliable as the 300 though, no way. Plenty of power though.

Thats sick man! Id love to find me an f100 from that era, a 67-72 shortbed single cab is my dream truck.

Thank you! I agree, and with the right cam it just gets better

it has 9.4k now lmaoo

@@colehelmich 9.5k now LMAOO. Wish my videos grew that fast lol

@@GasGuzler 23.6k now lol. And I agree with you, wish my videos grew fast too lol.

@@Tylnorton oh come on you got almost a thousand subscribers 😂

@@GasGuzler My channel is over 12 years old and many of my subscribers are from a copyrighted video I uploaded in 2011 lol. The videos I do film don't get as many views and it can take years for a few to pop up lol.

lol mine sounds like a deuce and a half multi fuel too. just doesn't role the coal like one.

Yea the V8's are great too, Ford had a pretty solid engine lineup up until they phased out the 300 and replaced the 302 and 351 with the Triton.

Nah they break trust me I know

Thats sick, im hoping to put a turbo on mine someday

right i just watched a video of that first and it definitely sounds just like it

Go for it!

Actually i grabbed 3rd at the end. At that speed 4th wouldnt get me anywhere, its more of a highway gear.

@@rollingcoal8412 sorry, I consider a granny gear 4spd to be a 3+low. Either way, I was just talking sound. With the engines low end you did right.

@@kellyh4035 Nothing to be sorry about man, i say the same thing with the 4 speeds that have a granny gear. This truck actually deosnt have one, 1st gear will get you around 20 to 30 mph tops. Before it revs high enough its starts to fall on its face.

@@rollingcoal8412 oh? Is it a rare 3+od?

@@kellyh4035 Yes it has the 3+od out of an 86, this truck had actually been through a lot of "surgery" with an 86 parts truck. Before i got it my dad and brother swapped some of the drive train, the cab, and a front fender from that 86. From the factory it was an 83 f100 with a 3 on the tree. The only thing thats really left of the 83 is the inline 6, the frame, the bed, a couple body panels, and most of the interior.

Just a little bit of oil burn.

Yea I hear ya on that, I'm in the same boat. I would love to see what it do with a bunch of tweaking but I can invest that same amount money into a V8 and get more horsepower. So I just can't justify it, there's a reason not many people build on these, It would be cool and unique but maybe when I have more money down the road.

I would love to have a T-18 transmission in my truck. It is a '03 F150 W/ a 4.2 L V6 4X4 long bed. Having that deep low would make up for the absolutely UNBELIEVABLE LACK of LOW END TORQUE this engine has!! It can't even turn into a parking stall w/ out stalling out @ idle. AND the 3.75:1 first gear ratio doesn't help at all. And yes it has 3.55 rear gears. I have a 95 Dakota sport Magnum V6 5spd 2wd that is MUCH BETTER!! was planning to replace the dakota w/the F150 but I am SO DISAPPOINTED w/ f150 that I am keeping the Dakota. it is much more fun to drive. Combined w/ the cheap plastic 3 piece intake manifold ( the mid piece would cost $1600 to replace from Ford, I bought a Dorman alum piece for $600) I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH FORD. My dad loved Fords ( we had a 62 Galaxie) and I had an 86 Mustang but Ford has gone to shit. all in an effort to save money.

@@glennredwine289 that Dakota probably can tow pretty good. I think ours was a 95 and my parents towed a 24 foot inboard cabin cruiser boat up and down the mountains.

@BL Dontmatter I know that the 4.2 is a pushrod engine but so is my Dodge Magnum 3.9. But the smaller Dodge feels like a much more powerful engine even though it is shorter stroke engine. 3.31 vs 3.78 in for the Ford. overall, the Ford produces more total torque 260 ft-lbs for the Ford vs 225 for the Dodge; the Ford feels like all that extra torque just seems like it exists only on paper. The Ford does feel like it doesn't any power below 3000 (i would have to guess because it doesn't have a tach, an XL trim model) but the Dakota does and the torque comes in quite low 800-1200, it does have a tach. The 2 trucks even idle differently, the Ford much smoother but the Dodge has a little bit of a lumpy idle like a Harley. Yes, there is a weight difference between the 2 trucks, The Dakota is a short bed 4x2 midsize truck and the Ford a long bed 4x4, weighing 1500 lbs more. But just driving the 2 trucks you can feel the difference in the engines. I have driven manual transmission vehicles all my life, from a '73 K5 Blazer to a 1.8L chevy Luv truck to a 2.3L I-4 1986 Mustang to the 95 Dodge Dakota 3.9 v6 5spd to the 4.2L F-150 v6 5 spd. I originally bought the F150 to replace the Dakota but now, I so much prefer the Dakota that I am going to keep it (I custom ordered the Dakota after a thorough reading of the brochure: 3.9V6, 5 spd bucket seats, 3.55 anti-spin differential, cruise control & AC) but the F150 I purchased used from the CarGurus website

Yeah they just gave the 300 inline the same transmissions that the V8s got with little consideration for the much different torque and HP curve of the 300. The automatics are the worst because they shift at the right time for the v8 which happens to be about the worst time to shift the i6.

Just a simple straight pipe is all it takes

Yes, or a Dee-troit, too.

Yep, just a single side pipe about 2 3/4 inches. No headers though, just stock manifold.

@@rollingcoal8412 where and how does it dump, is it dumped before the passenger wheel? I'm asking because I'm thinking about straight piping my 81 f100 and I want it to sound like this.

Yea it dumps right in front of the passenger wheel, if you want that raspy sound effect when you let off the gas at higher rpm's Id suggest a curved exhaust tip, and running the piping is pretty simple, just a few curved pieces and some straight pieces along with clamps and hangers should get you what you want. If you want a visual representation I made a cold start video of the truck and the camera is right on the exhaust tip.

@@rollingcoal8412 Thanks, I was thinking about running hedmen headers and running true duals with 8" glasspacks, so when I let off the gas it crackles, but I think this will work just fine.

@@lewisriverkid9929 No problem man, have fun with the build!

Yes its an 86, the last year before the redesign to the bricknose.

Yea im right there with you, but defiently not the slowest out there. If you remeber the ford courier it struggled just to hold at 55 to 60 mph.

Thank you! Its about 2 1/2 diameter

If money was no object that would be awesome, but why stop at 1 turbo?

@@rollingcoal8412 I know that engine like it is can handle 20 pounds of boost. Not sure how long you can hold 20 pounds of boost before the head has issues.

@@2ndspingarage There was a story of a guy that took the heads off of a couple ford small blocks and retrofitted them together to put on a 300. Not sure if its true, but if you know what your doing i bet it could be done.

@@rollingcoal8412 you're talking about the boss 300

@@2ndspingarage Yea thats what it was

Im pretty sure its a T18, but havent confirmed yet by taking a closer look at the trans. If not then its a T19

Yes, no bolt ons or upgraded internals. Bone stock

@@rollingcoal8412 I meant stock but you got it! Thank you. I want mine to sound like that, I’m not sure if it’s worn cams or what but I want it.

No i havent gotten to drive a semi yet, but its high on my bucket list. And no i didnt gear skip, i dont in that truck. But if you wanted to yea, i belive you could.

You hit the nail on the head, i need to do an update video on the truck. This was way before the carb rebuild, it burns much cleaner now and has much more power.

@@rollingcoal8412 unfortunately, I never had a Ford (of any kind.) Seems I really missed out, even if I did have *long* motors in competing brands, and found them much to my liking. My suspicion would have been that having one of *these* would have been preferable, especially if I could have gotten a mid-sixties van with an “engine room” between and behind the two front seats. Those are made for *long* motors, and one of this kind would have made for a long *Nantucket Sleighride* - or whatever one calls a lengthy excursion involving many ghostly nighttime drives up winding hilly roads while attempting to see the corners of one’s state.

She has seen a lot of years, but shows no sign of quittin anytime soon

Yea i agree, I hate that they can make money off my content but i cant because my "channel is to small"