Any tips on who the "Patrick Dykes" of Ford 200's is? Son #2 has a 66 mustang with a 6 in it and we need to hop it up.

Help me help him

Tom, what do you need to know....

headers? Intakes? where do you go to get the parts? this is just a mild entry level deal for a 17 year old who wants to fix up is old car.

then if anyone really wants to help, what overdrive trans will work in this car?

To get more Ford ideas & parts I think the Ford six forum would be helpful. Lots of good info, well organized website.
http://www.fordsix.com/

http://www.fordsix.com/V8Bell.php

http://classicinlines.com/products.asp?cat=53

Thats part of the reason not much of a Ford fan.
They had BB engine mounts,sb mounts, FE block mounts, ,6 cyl,trans,bb trans,sb trans,,Mopar sorta of the same ,but not as bad. SB,BB trans,etc.
Chevy,pretty much all bolts right on,4 cyl to BBC as far as the trannys.

Maybe an AOD trans will work?

MBHD

When you visit classic inlines (ford six) take the time to look over the entire web site and you will discover that the sky is the limit. You can buy anything from an alum head to a carb. There seems to be be by far more things available for the 200/250 Ford six than there is for GM engines. Also check out the quarter mile times/speed being accomplished with Mustangs & Falcons.

#1: if the engine isn't tight, high compression, uses no oil, low mileage - get a 250.

I would recomend the Falcon performance manual. Though some of the tech stuff has changed over the years, still a good starting point to get info.

Thanks all for the tips.

I got the falcon manual and it helps. fordsix.com is unbelievable. Lots of stuff there.

We got the dual outlet header on it and it sounds great. I have never seen a car that is so poorly maintained that still runs. The PO must have not known a wrench from a watermelon. But it has such a nice interior and no rust, its still a good car.

We are finding out that something internally is wrong. The little car fouls 2 or 3 plugs every 500 miles or so. Might be a winter project to see if its in the head or lower end.

Back in about '71, I had a '65 Mustang 200/3-spd. Hot Rod magazine had a couple of articles about making these suckers run. I think the articles were published in '69.

I followed their recommendations to the "T" and the difference was amazing! I wish I still had that series of instructions, as I now have a '65 Falcon Ranchero. I'd like to do the same thing to it.

The modifications I did were:

1. Installed an Offenhauser intake that mounted 3 Holley single barrel carbs.

2. Headers with dual outlets and a cast separator, that went into the Siamesed center exhaust ports.

3. Installed the Hot Rod Magazine recommended Isky cam, lifters, springs, and retainers, after doing a mild pocket porting. (Polished the exhaust ports, left intakes rough.

4. Up-graded the ignition with an advance curve kit, good coil, wires and plugs.

With the Smitty mufflers mounted as close to the front as I could get them, that little engine had a nasty growl to it! Nothing sounds better than a nice six, with dual exhausts, does it?

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I guess the Aussie alloy crossflow head bolts up? You might have to put in the cam that goes with it as well...

But if you wanted to simply buy in a box-stock Aussie SOHC 3.9 litre version of the Falcon engine, they are dirt cheap in good running order, 3.9s actually run as well as the 4.0s that followed, I'm told.

As I'm on the threshold of shipping some Mopar engines to the US (maybe about the end of the year), maybe we could pack one of these in with them to make the shipping more viable? Or two?

I'm game for the Aussie 6

I'll see what I can find out in the next few days...

The crossflow head will bolt up with some modding of the US block and Oz head. It will require a crossflow cam as the valve order is different, along with other crossflow / 351C bits.

'How To' found here--> http://fordsix.com/XF200ci.php

One of these days I'll put mine together.