Re: [Amc-list] modern six in an old-six hole

[Jim Blair <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The 250 weighs slightly less than the Binder "1/2 of a V8 with everything else except the 1 head, pistons and block height". I told my buddy that if the 250 croaks, we can put in a real IH 6 like his BG241 and he went all quiet till I pointed out it was WAAAAY too big and heavy!

   The 240 and 300s I saw in the junkyard had the intake and exhaust on the same side, but at some point, they switched from RH to LH before fuel injection on the 4.9L. Tempted to score the head from the 200 in the yard and drilling the integral intake for injectors!  (probably some Mustang guys have done it already)

When I did the '71 Comet 170 into my '75 E150 van (in place of the dead 300) I used an '80 or so Fairmont 200 6 C4 bell, converter, and flexplate for the swap. I scored the PS brackets off a 250 (I had to modify it slightly but it worked) onto the 300's PS pump. It was decent for power and the only time I had trouble was driving head on into a windstorm (gusts over 70 mph) on icy roads, but I made it by driving with both passenger's side tires on the shoulder except when going around someone blown off the highway.
   I got off the highway just after they closed it to through traffic ( a couple semis blew over) and the wind settled down enough I cruised on home near Cultus Lake, BC (I lived in a little town called Yarrow at the time)

Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10

From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] modern six in an old-six hole
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" From: Jim Blair 
"
"
" Speaking of the Ford six, today while junkyarding for minor accessories
" for my buddy's '63 Scout with Ford 250 transplant,

just occurs to me - that 250 probably weighs a ton less than the old
cornbinder slant-4...

" I found a collection of motors to check out.
" Ford 300/240 with the carb/intake on either side of the head

huh?  you mean crossflow?

" and a 250 with non-integral head (1975 Mustang II)

wow, i thought they weren't used here.  the only ones i knew of are
the aussie/argentina 12-port and the aussie crossflow redesign.  the
12-ports are a straight swap for the integral head and much in demand
amongst ford six hotrodders.

" and another integral head one ('7? Comet)
" plus a 200 (we have to score the passing gear assembly from that one)
" in an '82 Mustang.
" I discovered that the 250 has the starter mounted below the crankshaft line
" while the 200/170 has it above (mounted into the bellhousing between the
" crankshaft line and the vertical block)

the 250 always had a sbf bellhousing pattern while the 144/170/200 had
a couple of unique small ones, but that late 200 should have most of
a sbf pattern also, though it's so low it's missing the top 2 bolts
iirc.
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