What engine is this?

[glenrobbo]

Can anyone please tell.me what engine is pictured in this image?



It is taken from one of those Outbrain click bait things at the bottom of a PH page: "Can you name 35 engine parts in 7 minutes?"
Easy peasy, but I have no idea what engine is depicted.

The rocker cover looks very "Ford", but it looks to be a straight 6.
Datsun 240Z?
Something European?

Please help put me out of my misery.

[xtruss]

Looks like it is a Ford Falcon engine https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_170_S...

[bogoatv8]

The clue is in the 170 special on the air filter - straight 6 Ford engine - google is my friend!

[bogoatv8]

Wow - made in US, as well as other places, from 1941 -1996...

[glenrobbo]

Wow! Thanks for the quick responses gents.

I had no idea that Ford ever made a straight six.

[markymarkthree]

They also made a straight 6 in the UK and stuck it in the MK 1/2/3 Zephyr Zodiacs from 1951 to 1966 ish.

[glenrobbo]

markymarkthree said:

They also made a straight 6 in the UK and stuck it in the MK 1/2/3 Zephyr Zodiacs from 1951 to 1966 ish.

Yes, of course they did!
I remember now....

DOH!

[Sardonicus]

markymarkthree said:

They also made a straight 6 in the UK and stuck it in the MK 1/2/3 Zephyr Zodiacs from 1951 to 1966 ish.

And the mid 60's Reliant Scimitar too

[gareth_r]

Ford Australia made a 4-litre DOHC straight six until 2016 - the "Barra" (Barramundi... is there another engine named after a fish? ).

In turbo form, the later versions are the Aussie equivalent of Toyota's 2JZ-GTE, capable of huge power with no internal mods.

[gooner1]

gareth_r said:

Ford Australia made a 4-litre DOHC straight six until 2016 - the "Barra" (Barramundi... is there another engine named after a fish? ).

In turbo form, the later versions are the Aussie equivalent of Toyota's 2JZ-GTE, capable of huge power with no internal mods.

Rs Turbot?

[glenrobbo]

gooner1 said:

gareth_r said:

Ford Australia made a 4-litre DOHC straight six until 2016 - the "Barra" (Barramundi... is there another engine named after a fish? ).

In turbo form, the later versions are the Aussie equivalent of Toyota's 2JZ-GTE, capable of huge power with no internal mods.

Rs Turbot?

Ha ha!

I know of a good engine tuna.