Thread: New model Ford Ranger has 3litre V6

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Much easier for commercial engines to work on and maintain heads, manifolds etc vs a V engine duplication

V just makes it easier to shrink the size for a given cc. I’m thinking the engine bay of a car or we’d still be enjoying Straight 8s.

My dad told me if you open the bonnet and cant see the ground , dont buy it as you wont be able to work on it.. why the hell did I buy a 2.7 tdv6.. I realize now how true those words really are.
Bulletman

Pretty sure Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, VW are all using pretty successful diesel V6's

one of the truck engines used to be a "screaming jimmy" V6 diesel.

Straight sixes might be back in vogue now but they were discontinued for some time & reason.

Ingenium 4's are already experiencing failures & given the Ingenium motors are supposed to be modular are we sure the straight six is going to be better?

The new LC 300 is also V6,it will be quite a few years,i suppose,until we find out if its any good.
The Japs dont usually have too many engine issues.

Originally Posted by scarry

The new LC 300 is also V6,it will be quite a few years,i suppose,until we find out if its any good.
The Japs dont usually have too many engine issues.

Agree , I've seen many over the last 2 weeks and I actually like them, all reports from the LC faithful they are awesome.

Seriously would consider 1 when I need to replace the D3 as the 3.0 d4 scares the hell outta me ,and I'm not a fan of anything else in the LR stable including the ugly new defender.
Cheers Bulletman

Originally Posted by chuck

Pretty sure Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, VW are all using pretty successful diesel V6's

one of the truck engines used to be a "screaming jimmy" V6 diesel.

Straight sixes might be back in vogue now but they were discontinued for some time & reason.

Ingenium 4's are already experiencing failures & given the Ingenium motors are supposed to be modular are we sure the straight six is going to be better?

Detroit did the Screamer two strokes probably one of the largest production run of any engine of all time and largely bulletproof (excepting small Honda motorbike engines) and Cat did the 3208 V8 awesome 10 litre engine but all gone to straight engines because that’s what commercial customers want. Simples

Originally Posted by Bulletman

My dad told me if you open the bonnet and cant see the ground , dont buy it as you wont be able to work on it.. why the hell did I buy a 2.7 tdv6.. I realize now how true those words really are.
Bulletman

That's why I love working on my 4 pot Volvo, or Dads old Triumph. You can get in there with the motor and stand next to it.

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Detroit did the Screamer two strokes probably one of the largest production run of any engine of all time and largely bulletproof (excepting small Honda motorbike engines) and Cat did the 3208 V8 awesome 10 litre engine but all gone to straight engines because that’s what commercial customers want. Simples

I've seen both of those break cranks in school buses.

In farming circles, 3 of the most despised engines over the last 50 years would be:
Cat 3208
JD 8955
Dv 550

Once again I point out that not all V diesels are bad, just that by their very design, they are more prone to crank problems than a straight 6.

I'm not letting LR off the hook, just explaining why V's on average have more failures.

The 300 series engine will probably be fine, but a lot of time and money would have been spent on R and D to make it's as reliable as a straight.

Cheers
James