What I6's came in the 79' mustangs?

[Anonymous]

Can some one tell the 6 cylinder options that came in the 79' Pony's? any help would be great. I'm new to the whole I6 thing except for the fact that i had a 72 valiant with a slant six. Thanks in advance!

 

[CZLN6]

Howdy SvtCobra r:

I don't think an inline six was an option in '79. There may have been a V6.

The 200 aka 3.3 was an available option in '80 - '82.

Adios, David

 

[xctasy]

Ford Germany had a huge rush on 2.8 V6's when the new European Granada got the 2.8 Injection.

America recieved the imported 2.8 carby V-six for the Pinto, and new Mustang. The old German import Capri was on its last legs, and got the 2.3 Lima I4 or 2.8 V6. Cars with the 2.8 got rationalised in early 1979 because of supply, then got replaced mid season by the Fairmonts 200 engine and subframe. The German Cologne plant was over commited, and the new stringent Cali emission regs demanded a replacement engine with some torque.

Solution was to shove the Fairmont 200 (3.3) into the Fox Stang as soon as the imported German engine supplies ran out. Ford had a new step-up option via using the Fairmont crossmember and 3.3 engine. There was no wide ratio four speed SROD for California becasue of smog tests. From what I can tell, all Mustang 3.3 sales seamed to be automatics. Big Alhas seen a few T4 or SROD 4speed stick Fairmonts from 1978 to 1980, but I don't think the gearbox followed over when the stricter Federal Vehicle Emissions regs hit home in 1980.

The 2.8 Mustang was the first to go, and the I think this happened mid 1979 according to my Consumer Guide History of the Ford Motor Company, 1903-1983.


Sometime in 1983, the engine was then made in America with chain drive cam, reversed distributor, hydralic cam conversion, and better 3 port head castings and returned in the Bronco II, Ranger etc.

 

[XFlow_Fairlane]

so the 2.9 ranger motor is based on the 2.8? I know they are both 60 motors but thought the heads were different?

 

[Anonymous]

so are you saying that there could be either a 2.8 or a 200 I6 in '79?
The only thing i know about the car is that it is a 6 cylinder, i haven't gotten to look over the car yet but the lady said it was a 6 cylinder. It is automatic though.

 

[xctasy]

so are you saying that there could be either a 2.8 or a 200 I6 in '79?
The only thing i know about the car is that it is a 6 cylinder, i haven't gotten to look over the car yet but the lady said it was a 6 cylinder. It is automatic though.

That's right. The 2.8 or (less likely for a 79) the 3.3.

There were no external differences, and no manual I6's as far as I'm aware.

so the 2.9 ranger motor is based on the 2.8? I know they are both 60 motors but thought the heads were different?

The Cologne built, German import Merkur Scorpio 2.9 may have run the earlier 2 port heads, but the US market Ranger/Bronco 2.9 is a variant on the earlier 2.8. Look at the offset block, which it has had since the 1963 Cardinal V-4. It has been made as 1.5 or 1.7 V4'S, 2.0, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.9 V-6's in Germany. The 4.0 was a fully re-engineered US version of the Cologne V6.

The 4.0 is a tall deck, large bore version of the 2.9, but few bits interchange. There were quad cam 2.9 Cosworths in England.

The narrow bore space 3.0 60 degree V-6 was released in the 1986 Taurus, and was reported to be a heavily regiged Essex 60 degree V-six with a different distributor possition. I don't know where it sits in the family of Vulcan or Duratech V-6's.

Ford's range of engines is amazing because, when you trace it back, the latests Mustang 4.0 V-6 is based on the German V-4 of the early sixtees.