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Basement rat

Basement rat

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1966 Ford Falcon Futura. 6cyl, 3 Speed. Very Rare, Run's & Drive's. 100% Complete car, Need's Restoration. $1400 obo


I cant hide it in the grage like I do with new bike parts, the wife would know...
 
I was going to see it today but um having him send me some more pictures first. He also has the kit to convert it to a 5l. I would want to keep the 6 tho.
 
Thats my car. Well, the car I wish I had. I looooove Falcons. Really want to build one as a 60s NASCAR race rep (yes I know they didnt race Falcons in NASCAR) with a full cage, steel wheels, full graphics, etc...
 
my father owned a falcon when he lived in australia... wish he had more pics...
 
Garage Rat said:
I cant hide it in the grage like I do with new bike parts, the wife would know...
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Sounds like a bigger Garage would cure that problem :D
 
Love those little cars.302 would be neat but if u could find one, a 289 Hypo would be even neater.bj
 
That is a keeper! Grew up around a gazillion Falcons and love'm.That is a rare bird you have there.Always wanted to drop a Fuel Injected 300 inline 6 from the fullsize vans/pickups in one of those.
 
I would stick with an inline 6 in my opininion anything else would ruin the original charateristic of the car. Now dropping in something like the aussie Barra motor, that would be something special and crazy fast ride also.
 
Theres an engine builder that can turn those 200 6s into firebreathers. My stepdads 66 Mustang has the 200. With a little work, a new head, a BEAUTIFUL 6-1 header and a proper carb hes gained a solid 50hp. He did the work under the guidance of the guy I mentioned (Ill get his name and info...) and was told that if he built the motor fully, 350hp was easily attainable. Thats for a streetable engine. Now in modern terms that doesnt seem like much, but if ya wanna keep it all old school its a neat option. Big problem with the inline 6s, is weight. An inline 6 weighs as much as a 289 from the same time and the 289 is much more powerful. Unless torque is your game. Cant beat the I6 for torque.
 
I'll agree with you on the torque, but the 350hp is a bit optimistic maybe closer to 300hp, but thats a fully built inline 6 with an aussie crossflow head adapted and a full race port and polish with high compression pistons and a high lift race cam and triple weber race carb setup. As for being fully streetable i supposed so if you like struggling to drive it. Sorry, not trying to cut you down but I'm a huge ford six fan and work with them often. With a setup like that your not going to have an engine that lasts long. You gotta remember that the ford 200 is only like 3.3L and a modern bmw s54 3.2L engine in the 2001-2007 bmw M3 only made 333hp and that was a quite a feat. Granted the csl version was able to pump out like 380hp but you looking at modern fuel injection, variable valve timing, dual overhead cams, and 4 valves per cylinder. No where near the same engines nor capabilities. The best i have ever Seen on an old ford small inline six was a 250 that made like 295 hp at the flywheel and 320 lb-ft in a ford maverick. Trust me a maverick of the same hp V8 would get ate alive by this maverick because the torque came in low and strong. People make claims that the old ford six could make a good bit of hp, but they were using butt dynos and couldn't make the difference between torque and hp. I'm not saying 350hp isn't possible, just not really streetable for your avg joe.
 
All true. It takes a massive amount of work to pull 350hp from an I6. A massive amount. But it is possible. And as you said, the torque is where the inlines really win out every time. As far as being streetable, in the 300hp range, you can do it. Sure it wont be a Honda Civic, but it will be a driver. As far as the longevity of these built motors, well... It aint fun is it aint dangerous right? ;) Theres a guy who has an aircooled 250hp H4 VW near me. Mind you, ver little of the engine is actually VW, but its damn close. Haha.
 
In all honesty though as much as i love the 6 for the amount it would cost to get it to those power levels i would just rather build a modern v8 for much less cost and better reliability. I mean it really pains me to say that, but the only way i could build a six like that is if i had that kind of disposable income. On my ford six forum i have seen quite a few guys building them up like that cause there are very few real performace 6 companies out there anymore. About the only trusted one is classic inlines, cause ever since the original clifford of clifford inline sixes died the son-n-law took over and all he cares about is putting a product out there that is expensive and will make him money regardless on how well it works. So alot of these guys that are building up these engines are doing alot of experimenting and r&d work on there on time and penny which cost them quite a bit. I actually envy our fellows from down under because their ford sixes have a much larger support base than the american ford six.
 
My dd is a 97 V6 Mustang. Its become bland. Ive considered building a wide body kit for it and a buncha stuff just 'cuz.

Most of you wouldent like to hear this, but it would be a year round simple daily driver.
 
Actually thats what the ford L6 was best at and a fulley tuned up one wasn't unheard of to give 25mpg. I have heard with some lower gearing a few guys hitting the 30mpg mark quite a few times. Not hard considering how little there is to the cars. Hell even with my 93 f150 with a 300 L6 in it i have hit the 20mpg mark. Considering how large an engine that is and the brick of truck that it hauls around thats damn good numbers.
 
my 76 318 D100 gets me about 5km per 1L.

I had a 82 Ford Granada with a straight 6. It was a 2 dr baby LTD built on a Fox frame. I miss that car. Im trying to find something like it.
 
The best thing is though, completely stock they are dead reliable. The only way to kill one is the basics for any car engine, no oil, no water, and over rev it.
 
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