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Mike Winterboer #5716
I would like to renominate Mike for the Inliners Hall of Fame.Mike Was on the old Clifford Performance Bulletin Board and thats where I met him and another local inline six guy. IIRC a few people had disagreements with those running the BB and decided to start thier own BB. Mike had just had 200 rebuilt and had a cam gear leterally come apart in pieces during break-in. He asked on the BB if there were others having the same issue and if there was a better alternative. Someone had posted about the double roller timing chains they had down in Austrailia. Mike started a group buy and he then started asking about other parts shortly afterward he was importing headers, timing chains,balancers 250 -2V heads and things took off from there and FordSix performance was born. MIke strived to learn all he could about cams, carbs etc. had multiple chassis dyno sessions with customers cars and various set ups and documented the information to share with others. His biggest accomplishments had to be developing a new cylinderhead based off the Aussie 250-2V head and intake for the small sixes, and showing people that having a six wasn't a bad thing He also eventually took over Fordsix.com when the original owner stepped down. Mikes' hard work was appreciatted by many and he was making a name for himself in the Aftermarket Industry as he would have people referred to him by other companies when they were asked about parts for the Ford six. In one magazine article about performance mods for the small six he ws even refered to as "Thee GodFather of the Ford Six." Mike had and still has a following of Ford Inliners and thru him have made some great friends and we are still "Keepin' it Inline"
Last edited by nln6pinto; 05/04/18 12:25 PM.
