Straight Six
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Ok regardless of brand affilation who's got the best straight six/auto trans combo in the industry--from 1964-2007??
The best straight six?
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well, jeez. Talk about crippling perameters. post 64 leaves out the seriously high zoot (but 4 mained) GMC 228-248-270-302 family Venolia forged T slot pistons, Stellite valve seats...- 300hp on magnesium Man A Fre FI heads , alky w/ stock bottom ends @ Bonneville, and ummmmmmmmmmmZenith carbsummmmmmm....automatic tranies??
Folks whove lost thier left legs excluded, here, but why should such a useless device burden the question??
Best as in......?
Folks whove lost thier left legs excluded, here, but why should such a useless device burden the question??
Best as in......?
BMW
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My first vote goes to the BMW M54 inline six engine. It made 332hp at 7900rpm and 262 ft lbs of torque at 4500rpm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M54#S54B32
Second vote goes to the Oz Chrysler Hemi Six.
My first vote goes to the BMW M54 inline six engine. It made 332hp at 7900rpm and 262 ft lbs of torque at 4500rpm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M54#S54B32
Second vote goes to the Oz Chrysler Hemi Six.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_A ... _potential
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Anonymous
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Like someone mentioned earlier it all depends what "best" means, but for me, Id definitely say the cummins(with the banks turbo kit of course...hehe)
strech4020
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I'd have to agree with Lazy JW and go with the Cummins as well.
Marc
Marc
For me it would not be just one in particular.For reliability,performance possibilities,economy and long life ect,and not necessarily
in the following order,are:
300 ci Ford
225 slant 6 Chrysler Corp
292 6 GM
Leo
Well I'd have to say the RB series Nissan engines with their L series pedigree. The RB26DETT in the Godzilla was a great engine and along with the RB30ET found in the Holdens put the auto industry on notice of what engine design was all about. The GTR had a driveline that had ATESSA ET-S on demand 4 wheel drive, abs, g force sensing, lateral sensing, and torque split control. Nice combo in my books.
The Ford Falcon 4.0 is a great workhorse too and if reliability, grunt and relative economy are the main criteria then it has to be up there in contention.
The Ford Falcon 4.0 is a great workhorse too and if reliability, grunt and relative economy are the main criteria then it has to be up there in contention.
I think "best" needs to be defined. If best means reliability then Ford/GM/Chrysler sixes score pretty well in my book. All the domestics will pretty much run trouble free for well up to 200,000 miles.
Diesels are an unfair comparison in my opinion. You can't get a Cummins in anything other than a heavy truck (3/4 ton or above).
Diesels are an unfair comparison in my opinion. You can't get a Cummins in anything other than a heavy truck (3/4 ton or above).
Those are the same vehicle. Leo
I KNOW.Just being a "hair shirt".Hehehehehehe.Leo
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Anonymous
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I'll be a patriot: Ford Big Six, precisely because it doesn't have overhead cams, mile-long timing belts or chains (or any chain at all), or more than two valves. You want to race, you need all that s##t; me, I like simple for the street. Combine the Big Six with a Lentech-modified Ford AOD or AODE trans. A tough overdrive slushbox with as many gears as you really need.
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