Ford 300 Inline Six Gets Eye-Popping Off-The-Shelf Power - Engine Power S7, E17

Doing a dyno after each part installed "separately" to see the gains is much more intriguing than doing one pull and then swapping HCI all at once. More videos should be done this way,its more "real world" since allot of enthusiasts mod their vehicles in stages.

Those old 300ci inline 6s were bulletproof.

Years ago back in the early 90's. The drag strip I often went to, a guy had an inline 6 cylinder in a short dragster, like a slingshot. The way it ran, you would of thought it was a V8, until you heard it. It was fast. We went to the pits and got a closer look at it.

Definitely one of the best engines Ford ever designed and built.

I'm liking the inline 6 builds. Keep them coming.

I find this more interesting than another small block anything.

Coming from someone who has owned several 4.9s, those things would pull whatever you put behind em, and you couldn't kill em!

I built a 300 in line six in 1976 to go in my 61 falcon dirt short track car. It would blow some of the V8 engines on the track away. That engine made a ton of torque. I wish I had a list of the things I did to it. I was 17 years old at the time. Thanks for pushing my way back button.

Pat's childlike wonder at this engine gives me hope for humanity

Can't wait to see more of this 300!!!

Finally people are starting to showoff all the perks of the ford 300 inline 6. The cummins of gas motors... Also inspired cummins 12 valve.

I learned to drive in my grandpas 88 F150 with a manual trans. Had the 4.9L 300ci in it. He gave it to me when he replaced it with a newer pickup. I was young, teenager, 14 or 15. It was running rough and I vividly remember looking around under the hood in our East Texas field in the summer, wind blowing the leaves like crazy through the trees that had been there long before us, fresh air. That truck was special. Wish it was still around. A shame a lot of people don't get our obsession....man and machine. All I can say.

legend has it dude is still jamming pens and skrewdrivers into that pocket

I've got such a soft spot for these motors... so many good memories, mine was the most reliable thing I've ever had

I love those inline sixes. Naturally balanced by design with the ability to run smooth as silk. I've got the 4.9 liter/300cu.in. inline six in my 93 F-150 with the M5OD 5 speed manual behind it. This is the factory fuel injected version with the old OBD 1 management system. OBD 2 didn't get installed on this engine until 1996, the last year Ford offered the engine in it's pickup line. I've done a few mods by adding a K&N air induction kit, an MSD-6A spark box with an MSD high output coil. I made a custom set of ignition wires by using MSD's 8mm low resistance wire wound ignition wire and wire terminals. I looked for a pre-made set, but it appears that no wire sets of this caliber are available. FlowMaster's single outlet muffler and pipe kit finishes off my daily driver. These few mods have given the old truck what I feel is a seat of the pants increase in power. Let's say a few horses above the factory 175 HP rating and a sound out of the back that tends to turn some heads. The FlowMaster system gives the old six a nostalgic sound similar to that of an old Jaguar XKE... at least to me. While what I have isn't a sleeper, it's still fun as hell to drive with the manual transmission. Unfortunately the factory fuel injection system doesn't allow me to get too radical, so I can't use a more aggressive camshaft, at least for now. There's one thing that I know for sure, though, this engine will outlast the truck itself. It can be said, that this engine is definitely one of Ford's better ideas.

One of my favorite all time engines. Extremely reliable with a long stroke for lots of torque.

Starts up after looking like that and sitting for that long, because that’s what 300s do! Easily top 5 favorite ford engines of all time

Almost doubling horsepower and torque, without tearing anything apart. Definitely looking forward to more of this build

The issues with the 300s was ability to flow. The heads weren't made for flowing well, and if you fixed that, they made power even with no turbo

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