Decent cylinder head, 7 main bearings, and the same bellhousing pattern as a windsor ford small block a mustang t5 bolts right up. Give them an italian opera tenor voice with the right induction, cam profile, cylinder head, and exhaust tuning. Ford 240 300 6 cylinder compupro hydraulic camshaft 260hdp. The dual port offenhauser design provides increases of 50 horsepower over stock, or by using with headers and cam can produce up to 115 horsepower over stock. High airflow within cylinder heads is all about getting air around corners.
For the record, pocket porting heads reworking and blending the seats into the first 2 or so inches of the port is all about focusing on rule number1, to the exclusion of almost all else. We want to be your onestop source for all ford inline performance parts for 60s and 70s six cylinder engines. How do you tell your ford 300 cylinder head from a ford csg 6491 when. Forum member six gun has a production cylinder headed ported by the.
Howards, hydraulic flat tappet cam, ford straight 6 140250, howards, camshaft, ford 144250 straight six, 6383. The porting in our performance versions provide the increased airflow you need. I am not experienced with a dial bore gauge or anything to make sure the oil clearances. At the end of the day, pocket porting may not produce the fastestlooking set of heads or the most photogenic, but the results can be very satisfying. Due to covid19 restrictions, orders will not be shipped on a daily basis. Distributors free delivery possible on eligible purchases. This ford inline 6 engine was introduced in the mid80s for use in broncos, f series pickup trucks and econoline vans to name a few. First gear is about useless and the gear split is slightly odd from a performance standpoint. Unfollow ford 300 engine 6 cylinder to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. We have seen ford 300s running airport tugs for as long as 6 months with. My goal is to increase the air flow of the overall engine, not so much for mass airflow. They wont add horsepower there stronger to handle more horse power. Comparing ford 240 cylinder heads to ford 300 heads is a matter of looking at their combustion chambers. The 300 head needs a ton of work to get it to flow well enough to take full advantage of a big single plane intake.
I spent a month reading, copying and pasting parts numbers, reading whether i needed a heat plate for my intake manifold, what type of pistons to use, the best head gasket, and every other aspect of the build. Removal and instillation of a head on a 6 cylinder ford engine. With the classic poppetvalve style engine, air cannot make a straight shot into the. That is the same bore size as standard ford fe series 360, 390, and 410 engines. When it comes to amateur porting, smokey yunick put it best in one of his books. Ford 300 inline 6 cylinder engine the ford 300 inline six cylinder engine was first introduced for the 1965 model year to be used in the popular f series pickup truck. By the way, inline ford sixes dont have to sound buzzy. Ron bohn invites us into his home garage to discuss what it takes to put together a 10,000 rpmcapable inline six cylinder engine to make over 500 hp.
There has to be a bend in the port to accommodate the valve stem. Ford 300 head share the same port and valve sizes, the ford 240 head. I spent a month reading, copying and pasting parts numbers, reading whether i needed a heat plate for my intake manifold, what type of pistons to use, the best head. The five golden rules of porting cylinder heads part 7. The exhaust manifold bolts will back out and cause leaks, as will the distributor roll pins. Read online ford 300 cid 6 cylinder engine ford 300 cid 6 cylinder engine why a 300 ford inline 6 cylinder is a gas hog i like when people comment on my videos but im not going to read a bunch of bull u got from the web. Youll have a hard time finding a more reliable, longer lasting gas engine on the planet, and thats what makes the workhorse a legend in our book. The single head was then bolted on a 300ci inline six ford engine that powers a drag car. Autoparts new carburetor fit for ford yf carter 240250 300 6 cylinder cil 197582 d5tz9510ag. Ford inline 6 300 rebuild, and cam upgrade come on people subscribe. Build a 300 with the hp of 360 fe fordsix performance. The ford 300 cubic inch straightsix is a staple of american truck culture, having literally helped build this nation as we know it. Use with standard manual transmission or automatic with high stall torque converter.
This is a description of the buildup of my ford 300 engine. I am still trying to figure out about porting the head. My 1927 ford 300 i6 hot rod build first day fire up. The mseries engine produced 115 hp 86 kw and 212 lb. The ford 240 also known industrially as the csg639i engine has a kidney bean shaped combustion chamber. With the classic poppetvalvestyle engine, air cannot make a straight shot into the cylinder. Ford 300 engine build performance reccomendations the h. Specialized in remanufacturing of diesel and gas cylinder heads. The ford 300 i6 isnt perfect, of course, as the rear main seals tend to leak over time.
Should i expect that they will size the rod and main bearings by cylinder for me. The lost art and business of head porting engine builder magazine. This head has the heart shapped combustion chambers. Con rod and crank clearances on ford 3006 adventure rider. First 300 6 ford ive ever owned,but lots of others.
Restrictive cylinder heads can be the obstacle to more power from your ford 300. Discussion in the garage started by texasyeti, may 6, 2010. You can if you want to have a lil porting done to improve air flow. I wanted to give my ford 300 the horse power of 360 fe v8 215 hp, but needed 50% better mpg. New set 6 ford 300 bronco f150 f250 exhaust manifold mount washers 8186 emw300. Great engines, and actually a decent base to hot rod. Ford straight 6 240 300, 64 96 camshafts at competition products. How to increase reliability on a ford 300 inline 6. Ford big 6 owners now have a new manifold option when it comes to upgrades on there 240. Im scratch building a 300 efi right now,im going to port my head,either by hand,or send it out,great looking head. Inline straight i2 i3 i4 i5 i6 i7 i8 i9 i10 i12 i14. Or go with a 5 or 6 speed stick shift but all of the truck specific sticks have really odd gear ratios which are set up for pulling. Ford 240 300 6 cylinder offenhauser c series 4 bbl intake. A buildup of ford s classic inline six after rescuing a 300 inline from the boneyard, the horsepower guys will show how to completely prep and machine the block and assemble the cylinder head.
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The finished product will take 68 more months of due diligence to complete. Guide to ford sixcylinder performance mustang monthly. Permanent 300 six cyl head cfm solutions a work in progress. Cylinder head has air smog holes drilled in the head. Heres why the ford 300 inlinesix is one of the greatest. Ford cylinder head search american cylinder head inc.
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