the old 70s f100 my brother had was slower then a snail. it was the 300 i think but it had high miles beat on and still ran good the engine outlived 2 engines and a rear end.after seeing all the parts for the old inline 6s if i do another mustang im using a 300 to be different

 

ya the 300 is freakin awesome get the offy 4bbl intake for it and a cam and the ford racing head(if they still make) with a turbo and you will be a fast one

 

andrew that would be unique but you wouldnt be the first check out this thread

http://fordsix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27410

 

Versus 200 hp and 282 ft-lbs of torque in a stock 289. That's 67% more hp and 46% more torque. Sorry that my guess at the torque was so far off, but I stand by my assertion that it would take some serious mods for a six to approach a stock basic 289.And, I doubt that there is anything you could do toa I6, 200, to approach the power ofthe hipo 289, whichhas approximately 25% more power than the base 289.

 

i dont know what you would call serious mods but i have a cam, roller rockers, oversized valves, a header and a holley 2brl carb

and i have a buddy with a similar setup up who put a turbo on his car and it only cost him like $500 and he can whoop up on any stock 289 or 302 like it is nothing

 

^ that is wat id like to do eventually. Have the best of both worlds. Both a decent gas mileage car and a little punch in the gas when you need it!

 

Yea I can see that it would be kinda easy to put a turbo on a six, everything ison one side and all. Plenty of room too.

 

yeeeah. Maybe pride wasn't the good choice of words. Let's put it this way, I'd pay more for a original V8 car, then some I6 car that someone threw a V8 in there. Thats just how I am. I like my cars with their original engines, and i dont like I6's so thats why i take "pride" in owning a original V8.

 

Well, I could have told you that. Those old 6's didn't have to much power.

 

We have put 4.10 gears in my son's I-6 Mustang in preparation for a V-8 swap. We drove the car for a while after the rear end swap. These gears really woke up the I-6, it was like daylight and dark. The car was fun to drive and the engine really liked the increased revs that the axle provided.

I highly recomend that the final ratio be raised to at least 4.10, if not 4.56 on all I-6 Mustangs. Like I said above the little 6 loves the revs. I would expect a reduction in fuel mileage, but we did not check for this.

I think that the old gears were 3.02 to 1.