I'm still waiting for someone, somewhere, to point out a
non-boosted Ford V6 that puts out anything north of 330hp, particularly one that "gets 30mpg around town."
If Ford (or anyone else) were able to do that for $30K, my SS would be traded in tomorrow. (Ok, Not.
)
So far, all of the V6's mentioned in this thread that make 350+ horses have turbo or SC help.
Remember what the OP said: there was no lung on the motor (which would have been painfully obvious even to an untrained eye). It has everything to do with going too far over the 100hp/liter general rule for non-boosted factory motors that has been in existence for over 20 years: reliability.
You could likely put cams with lots of timing into a 3.7L Ford 6 and run premium fuel, but it probably wouldn't be very "streetable" from the factory, and likely wouldn't meet emissions. And it
certainly would not get 30mpg.
Ok, think I'm done with this thread...
