Indmar teaming with Ford

[H20SKIER14]

Wicked I just spoke to a Ford Mechanic who you know as well (Randy A) and he noted in the last couple years working for large Ford dealerships in Colorado he hasn't seen any failures of the 6.2. I'd like to know what dealer the guy that has the facts works at. I personally don't know a lot about the Ford 6.2 but I'd imagine a long time company such as Indmar knows what they are doing.

[jwanck11]

Ur not comparing like vehicles. What's a explorer get compared to the jeep? Dodges turbo ed v6 will out tow and out perform the eco boost all day long

hahaha. There is no EB in the explorer. Seriously dude - get off this forum and go out into the real world. Do some actual research. The only production gasser v6s at the moment that compare to the EB are in supercars. BTW, the EB just ate the Daytona track record for lunch and then took a nap before #2 had the time to finish.

[Wickedcummins]

Incorrect the v6 turbo diesel ram is available smart guy and will tear ur blue oval apart. No **** be is not in the Explorer berry was comparing a jeep to a f150.. Not a comparison compare v6 to v6 fords silly gas turbo ed v6 vs rams 1500 turbo diesel v6. If you where local I'd challenge ur modd3d Ford up against this truck bone stock.. sell ur boat and order urs with the 6.2 and tell us how great they are

[Wickedcummins]

Worked at omera quick recently and went to elite diesel bad choice imo

[Wickedcummins]

Ya dodge trucks are such a pos lol.. being the have no issues lol other than ever hack on the planet thinking a ball joint that moves unloaded it bad. When the ball joint was made to move up to .090 lol.. seen maybe three bad on well over the 1,000's of rams I have performed work on.

[H20SKIER14]

Where can I go buy the new Dodge V6 Diesel. I went to the dealer two weeks ago and they said mid January at the earliest and didn't even have a jeep with the V6 diesel?

[Wickedcummins]

We have one right now. Good friend runs the Chrysler training center. Has the jeep and ram there I've driven both... very impressive and I hate jeeps and little wannabe truck 1500s

[Wickedcummins]

Jeeps where for sale but pulled the order form due to the scan tool system crashing. They won't release a vehicle till repair software is available. And as for the 1500s we had three come through as fleet demos they where given to a drilling company

[wils1092]

It's to bad this thread got derailed so badly. Should keep this bashing to the truck forums. The good thing about the free market is you can choose to continue to own a boat that has a ford motor in it or a gm motor in it. No one is forcing anyone to buy a boat or a motor that's 100% your decision. Indmar sure won't be going out of business just because they switch to ford and Tige isn't going to go out of business cause they switch to Indmar. There are still many consumers that are level headed and look at the facts that will chose to own these boats with a ford motor in it. If your not happy with this decision go buy a natique or a mastercraft.

[Wickedcummins]

Or like I already said buy one before it happens

[dom w. forte]

Wicked you started the bashing no one else, if you had just come in and said I think its a bad move by Indmar I prefer the current power , there would have been no problem, nobody wants you to leave the thread , just dont make statements of no value, as to your drag racing comments the current copo camaro with a 6.2l turns in a 9.5 quarter mile run, the challenger with hemi 6.1l the same, the ford 5.0l cobrajet is turnning in the 8.2 second range, its been so dominate that NHRA is requireing ford to add 800lbs to the cars to slow them down.
Now I guess you think im a ford guy , and yes i own my share of fords, and corvettes and dodges, also I worked for my brother in R&D at Turbo Action racing automatic transmissions, I was part of the developement of the chrysler torqueflight racing units, if you have any of your Mopar performance parts cataloges you will see we were a major player with them, so ive seen powerful engines in everybodys brand, and durability in everybodys brand, nobody holds the title as best engine out there .
Now back to subject 6.2l chevy has 3.62 stroke with 4.06 bore, 6.2l ford has 3.7 stroke with 4.00 bore the ford has the potential ive makeing more torque because of increased leverage at crank, it will also benefit from overhead cams, you have also a lot of high tech swirl combustion , ford invested a lot in developement because they werent money strapped like GM and Chrysler, the same was true when the GT40 PCM came out , the Excalber 350 was tuned port injected , the GT40 was sequecial tuned port injected more precise system and it showed in performance GM eventially followed SEFI.
When fords modular motors came out they dropped the marine industry, now they are looking at it again , thats all plane and simple.

[SBM1234]

I've got a 4WD GMC Denali crew cab with the 6.2L motor, I will smoke a Raptor any day of the week. From a dead standstill or rolling at 65.

The torque curve for the 6.2L Ford looks like a 2 year old trying to draw a mountain.

When Ford went to the dual overhead cams they created a zero tolerance engine. In that one slip up in the timing or one overstretch of the belt that turns the cam gears results in a bent valve. When a motor is marinized, typically the tolerances are opened up a bit making it more forgiving, be it main/rod bearings, cylinder walls, etc. So what Indmar is doing is going the opposite direction of what has been learned over the years.

I just don't trust the 6.2L Ford in a marine application. Remember it is like driving up a steep grade hill at 80 mph - this is an extreme service application for a motor. Rather than singing the praises of the Raptor, we should be asking if there is any evidence of failures on a 6.2L Ford used in an F250 that pulled trailers nonstop. Of course, we won't find much of this evidence because you would be crazy to do this when you could have purchased the diesel upgrade.

So, in terms of risk, I see this as a bad move on Indmar's part. You have an unproven motor, a zero tolerance engine, and an engine manufacture who changes parts on a yearly basis - can you imagine the inventory that boat shops are going to have to carry in order to repair these things?

[91Terminator]

You guys hear the new 1500 RAM Cummings comes with a heated tailgate....that way when your pushing it your hands stay nice and warm.

[barry1me]

You guys hear the new 1500 RAM Cummings comes with a heated tailgate....that way when your pushing it your hands stay nice and warm.

They used to have that option on the rear bumper but had to move it to the tailgate as the bumpers rusted out to quick.

[jslayde1]

Glad you guys love your fords. Who cares about sales..

I had to laugh at that one...