The 300 is ded. 25psi and lots of abuse did it.

"More Power!!and also some brakes." (MorePower)
10/24/2018 at 14:45 • Filed to: None

2JZ here we come.

DISCUSSION (18)

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 15:00

dang, how much power was that making at 25psi? What gave way? Head gasket?

I’ve always wanted to do a turbo i6 build with a 300. I imagine i’d keep the psi’s down a bit or longevity though...

More Power!!and also some brakes. > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
10/24/2018 at 15:04

Felt ~400hp to me and twist.

I think it finally squeezed a ring into a piston. I'll have it apart this week.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 15:04

The best way to send off an engine - cranking as much power out of it as you can.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 15:11

So now we finally have the answer to what will kill a 300, haha. It seems I only ever read stories about how unkillable they are.

More Power!!and also some brakes. > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
10/24/2018 at 15:13

Pretty unkillable. I pulled this one out of a dumptruck with 300,000+ miles. I didn’t touch the bottom end when I started throwing boost at it. Also in the 5 years that I have owned it I only changed the oil once and that was when I first turbo’d it...........2 years ago.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 15:17

What size turbocharger were you using? Hopefully by next year my truck will be retired from daily duties and then I can start doing stupid stuff like this too.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 15:18

and this now sounds like all the other 300 stories I hear. Wow!

More Power!!and also some brakes. > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
10/24/2018 at 15:26

A super cheap ebay 67/ 67 mm

Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 15:27

I’ve been thinking about this with one of my Slant 6's. I would also convert to MegaSquirt at the same time. I’m thinking of a 16G for the turbo and use some of my old LS parts for the injectors and coils. Converting my distributor for the cam position and using the balancer and a pickup for the crank position. The only thing I don’t have worked out is the throttle body. I have a plethora of intakes in various carb patterns, but the only think I can find will be way too big for the engine. I don’t really want on/off throttle.

More Power!!and also some brakes. > Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
10/24/2018 at 15:58

My very first truck was a ‘65 D100 with a slant 6. Loved it.

I went super easy on the 300. FiTech 600hp Power Adder and a MSD 6AL-2 Programmable. Those two made tuning super easy.

Pickup_man > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 15:59

Please update with carnage. A turbo 300 is at the top of my list for engine choices once I get started on my F3, would be interesting to know where the first weak point is on a turbo build.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 17:22

So did you open ring gaps before boosting the hell out of it?

More Power!!and also some brakes. > Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!
10/24/2018 at 17:26

Who............... WHO in the hell has time for that?!
Nope, figured the rings were worn out enough for me on a 300, 000+ mile engine.

They were. I only wanted 15psi out of it before it died but it gave me 10 more out of the goodness of its heart.

Zaxbys > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 17:30

As someone that’s seriously considering turboing his ‘90 300 , I both do and don’t want to know what you aren’t reusing...

Also, how many miles did the 300 survive being forced fed?

More Power!!and also some brakes. > Zaxbys
10/24/2018 at 18:34

Nothing is going to be staying with me. I am getting ready to put a 2J in my F100 in place of this.

As two how many miles. It lasted 2 year and ~10000 miles. All of them brutal, 2-step launches, burnouts, no oil changes, 6700rpm 90% of them time. It was a ton of fun!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/24/2018 at 19:07

Why not Barra :(?

More Power!!and also some brakes. > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/24/2018 at 21:46

Because expensive and hard to get parts for. And it would make all the Ford purist happy.

But mostly expensive and parts.

Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW! > More Power!!and also some brakes.
10/25/2018 at 08:43

I’m just still shocked you killed a 300.