On mine I do have the rad sitting on the stock mounts. I know there is no way a 300 could live like that, a lot of guys move it into the core support... so that frees up maybe 3-4". Enough to free up room for two more 4" cylinders? Probably not. Then consider Ford never tried to cram a 300 in into a tight engine bay like a Mustang or an Explorer to shorten up the belt system.
So you have the WP pulley up against the grille (might as well put a cool spiral effect on it like a BF-109) and throw the rad in the bed... that is a lot of work IMO for 100-150hp.
are you serious?
if you are i guess you must have missed a few posts back there.
there were/
are many operational 300 six trucks, not cut at all on the firewall side. and that was pushing nearly 2 decades before gouky tried it that i had personally seen, that was the reason gouky was scolded because it was known that the 300 was fitable without the butchery out back...of course the core side was gonna be replaced and all custom....but you can still make it look rangerish and run the radiator very very far forward. but who wants a nutless wheezer leaking ass 2bbl 300?
to be fair though, most of those were older plain jane 1-2 lungers and no air conditioning or smog pumps etc with modded 230 accessories from the fox platforms. there were some 4 bbl trucks out there as well i seen at some mud bogs and truck pulls that had the eb axles etc. sure they are rare but at one time not quite as rare depending on what your type of motorsport activity tended to be.
unfortunately as gouky found out, the efi version simply dont fit in the tib/ttb platform without some cutting of something...be it the intake or the hood or...or.... the efi in stock form is big. but shitcan that intake and its very doable..
and even more unfortunate, seems like that is all that is remembered...its like the zimmerman explorer and wristed radius arms with rotating axle housings...the internet being what it is...just overshadows the previous 15 years pretty deeply when it comes to vehicles. there was a world of pushing the envelope before the internet...i know some find it hard to believe but i digress...and for those people
the truck the op linked was also an old build...and it was a complete running i6 in a ttb platform and still looked like a ranger and no firewall mods save for the normal bfh methodology generally done with swaps..i never wheeled with that truck but i had seen it before in person. it was the first ttb 4x4 version i had seen in person, all of the others were sas or 2wd. but we did have another rrorc member do it as well...in a 91 or 92. not for me, in any case as i am a v8 guy by nature. and i guess that is the case for most people because seems like i am the only guy that remembers
if i were to do a 300, that nice offy induction is probably the way i would go with it...drill, fit, and glue some injector seats in it and adapt the ford efi rail and a tb adapter and let er eat. there is no doubt they will fit like that in a gen 1 equipped with a 3 in body lift and still close the stock hood..it has been done many times.
no doubts with the 4.0 jeep...i know it will fit, and one of the guys here did try to fit it up and it was not worth the effort because it will be tight as fawk. for sure it is tight...just look at it in a cherokee
the gen 1 is the smallest...by far and a 2wd is an easy fit with no pan mods iirc...the ttb took same serious pan work iirc. the sas trucks are stupid easy with the custom k member. one of the 2wd truck had a hood scoop...but i dont remember if it was needed or not. but it may have been a fox engine and not a 300 in a few of those.
i guess i simply see the platform differently. i dont think twice about clearing out the front of these. i am guessing that is why i am confused by what people think is fit-able.
your application is likely typical, trying to fit it all with no cutting of anything...framerails oil pans or core supports etc...even the c series trans to retain the rbv t case... i literally hold it as classic in every regard..
and not my preferred situation with the 302, my preference requires oil pan mods on stock 4x4 chassis usually eliminated with a lift kit, core support clearing..and frame rail work, but nets 5-7 inches between the waterpump and radiator with normal 302 front accesories and water pump. i also prefer od trans and fullsize t cases for ease of parts sourcing.
at that point i would still have 3 inches a 300 six could go back and 1-2 inches for the radiator to go forward from the typical sbf application. sure it would be tight but a 300 will fit.
my current personal setup, has a 30.5 in engine in a 34 in envelope between the radiator and firewall. if i had an inline i would have 4 inches it could go back from what my v engine has now towards the firewall due to firewall setback in the center. the 300 6 with serpentine is 33.5 inches and about 37 in with mechanical fan. so i could set it in there with a mechanical fan as my truck is configured at this moment and bump the radiator an additional inch, or skip the mechanical fan with two offset electric fans.
with the same gen 1 truck platform you have
the gen 3 and beyond i can move from stock the cooling systems 6 to 8 inches forward....well...not the stock systems, but an ac capable system. that gives you 42 inches. the 300 six is 33.5....and i am guessing the average guy can install a cooling system in the 8 inches that is available.
or maybe not i guess.
so a sla 2wd would be cake to drop a 300 into. bbc fit awesome in them. that was back in 98-99...
of course between the various 4x4 2wd and explorer-ranger chassis theres a wide variance on the front frame horns and bumper mounting section. i see some crazy shit post 97. but 40-42 iinches is the envelope fore to aft with my tape measure. and 39 ish for a 1st gen.
so either i am i crazy and full of shit...or just dont know how to read a tape?
well i am crazy and full of shit....but i can read a tape...more importantly..i have put the square pegs in the round holes.