That's good Dan.

Kudos John!

I've got a buddy who has a six with manual tranny in a 68 that gets 30 mpg on the highway. I'd love to do one.

Way to go John.

I bet someone will be willing to take that 351 off your hands.

A 6 banger, SWEET!
 

The Ford 200 and 250 were a pretty good engine. I am curious though, did you remove a 351 from the car and swap it for a 6?
If it were me, I would absolutely fit one of these heads to it -

http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-to/engine/1804-finally-a-performance-cylinder-head-for-ford-six-cylinders/

https://fordsix.com/archive/www.classicinlines.com/OZ250-2v.html

I think you can really work a Ford six cylinder.

Growing up all my grandfather would buy for the farm or his construction business was in-line six ford F100’s, He gave me a 67 with a 240 and 3-speed when I started driving and I hated that truck at the time because all my buddies had V8’s. Then my firs car was a Maverick with a 250 and 3-speed, it looked cool but I had no love for the mother.
Now at 54, I would love to build a Mustang / Falcon with a 250 and T-5, or even better a F100 with a 300 and T-5.
At all the local cruise ins and cars and coffees when all you see is Coyote and LS transplants, I would love to pop the hood with a in-line with three carbs hanging off the side.

Stevo wrote:

The Ford 200 and 250 were a pretty good engine. I am curious though, did you remove a 351 from the car and swap it for a 6?
If it were me, I would absolutely fit one of these heads to it -

http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-to/engine/1804-finally-a-performance-cylinder-head-for-ford-six-cylinders/

https://fordsix.com/archive/www.classicinlines.com/OZ250-2v.html

I think you can really work a Ford six cylinder.

Yes, I did pull the 351 and replace it with a 6.  The 351 was fun but I never really used it and it was a huge pain to work on it.  My car was originally a 6 with 3-speed from the factory.  It came to me with a 289 and 4-speed and converted to the V-8 suspension, 71 disc brakes, ...

I've always liked the 6 cylinders.  I learned to drive in a 58 Ford with the 223 and a 3 on the tree.  That engine sounded awesome when it was wound up a bit.  I still prefer the sound of a 6 over that of a V8 - love hearing the Porsches on the tv race broadcasts.

As for the Mustang, I wanted to return it to a more original state and have something with more room to work on, even though it's still heavily modified.  I kept the T5 but have not driven it too much - still working on getting the front end aligned.

I have one of the aluminum heads on a shelf in the garage.  I chose not to install it because I wanted something original looking and because I was not sure I'd be able to fit a carb and air cleaner under the stock hood and because the headers I've seen don't appear to be made to clear the AC compressor up front or my starter in the rear.  Maybe at some point I'll put that on.

Sorry - probably TMI.
 

Last edited by John Ha (6/21/2020 9:16 AM)

Engine size and number of cylinders is basically meaningless once you leave atmospheric pressure behind.  They say there's no replacement for displacement.  Sure there is: its called forced induction.  My WRX only has a 4 in it, but its one of the most fun cars I think I've ever driven.  A bigger engine would just screw up the front/rear weight bias, which as it sits is almost perfect.  This reminds me, I need to bolt that blower onto my FJ...

MS wrote:

Something for everyone.

Exactly!  :-)

TKOPerformance wrote:

Engine size and number of cylinders is basically meaningless once you leave atmospheric pressure behind.  They say there's no replacement for displacement.  Sure there is: its called forced induction.  My WRX only has a 4 in it, but its one of the most fun cars I think I've ever driven.  A bigger engine would just screw up the front/rear weight bias, which as it sits is almost perfect.  This reminds me, I need to bolt that blower onto my FJ...

Here you go TKO

 

TKOPerformance wrote:

That's a pretty good sized huffer Stevo.  I'll bet that thing screams!

I bet it would too... I would love to know what the dyno results say...