Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "I Do Cars" channel.

  1. No, it just looks like it. No sane mechanic who wants to make money and avoid comebacks would touch that thing. Parting it out makes far more sense so parts can go to deep pocketed rebuilders who can afford the risk. There is nothing to admire about that engine. German engineering ceased being elegant decades ago, now it's just bizarre.
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  2. The Ford 300 was magnificent and used in industry (aircraft tugs, generators, pumps) long after it left truck use. The 4.2 that replaced it is a piece of shit due to hydrolock (never truly fixed!).
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  3.  @michaeltarno2979  The first "stovebolt sixes" were in the 1930s and certainly not turds for their era. (I had a '37 Chevy pickup with a 216. ) They were good for the thirties and forties but there is no reason to confuse the great inline stovebolt engines with anything earlier or later. The 292 was as rugged as the 300 Ford and torquey enough that my bro towed a 40 pax International Loadstar schoolbus with his C-30 rocking a four speed and 292 over 150 miles on the interstate. Dangerous but the engine didn't care.
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  4. I like my Fords for the rest of the truck but I'd like them better with an LS 5.3 and a 4L80e (the 4L60 of course is a POS). My 4.6 is utterly reliable but too small. I like my Silverado for the drivetrain (AFTER beefing the 4L60 but I buy trucks cheap with either bad trans or engine expecting to sort them rather than buying optimistically and waiting for the first major failure). Truck engines do not benefit from overhead camshafts because it's trivial to control valves at street RPM. Trucks are not F1 cars and should be SIMPLE and easily maintained with the most basic equipment.
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  5. Yet another pointlessly complex turd from a company which hates mechanics but a nice opportunity to make $$ parting it out.
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  6. I threw mine together from multiple wrecks, a rollover for the chassis and running gear and a front end hit for the cab and bed. So long as they're not rusted it's worth doing and we did many before mine at the shop where I learned to build truck and SUVs from wrecks. If no key it's easy to delete ATS using free software, a power supply and a bench harness you can easily make.
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