whats my Horsepower gain with these mods?
Thank you Bill, I need to know these things so I can spread the word if I ever need to and not stick my foot in my mouth (witch I have dun many time in life) as I learn more about the engineering that went into these /6 engines and there capabilities
I don't see me doing a build like yours anytime soon, But!! I will be building a 225/6 and put my new head that Frank built for me, shaved just .050 on the head and I will most likely have the block shaved the same amount and (like you said) enjoy more displacement and just add my parts I have been running onto it.
Again thank you so much for your input and write up's I always take the time to read.
It sure would be nice if they made roller lifters and roller rockers for the 225/6 engines or would it really help considering the light spring load ?
This site is blest to have you here with us, and I mean this , not kissing up!! Just plain fact :happy1:
That means a lot to me, Mike. I am no expert on these motors, but with all the stuff I have been able to glean from the writings of Slant Six Dan, Shaker 223 (Tom Wolfe) and others who really DO know what they are talking about, I have managed to learn a few things.
Glad to share what little I know.
As far as your '66 goes, (I LOVE that little car!!!,) I think you will be VERY happy with the mods you've described.
Back in 1963, I had a friend who owned a nearly new '62 Lancer/904. He did a very FEW modifications to it.... I said a FEW, and I mean it.
Here's all he did:
4bbl carb on a Hyperpack intake manifold
Hyperpack cam and valve springs
Milled head (no porting, but milled .100")
HIGH LIFT ROCKERS!!! These were never meant to be used with a Hyper Pak cam... but, he forgot that they were already on the motor, when he had the cam installed... duh!
That's ALL... NO headers or other exhaust modifications...
To reiterate: 1 4bbl, cam, milled head.... that's IT.
That car ran 15.88 @ 88 mph!!!
I know, because I drove it at the strip.
They were having the Arkansas State Champpionships and at that time, the Lancer owner was a pharmacy-intern-apprentice and had to work Sundays. He gave me the keys and said, "Go see how she runs!"
I did...
There was this guy competing there who had bought a new '63 Falcon Sprint 260 V8, 4-speed, and a mutual buddy told me he had helped him put a 289 hi-performance solid lifter cam in it the week before the race. Sure enough, you could hear the ticking solid lifters and it had a decidedly ragged idle. Since he was claiming it was "stock" (I was the stocker tech guy at that strip) I classified the Lancer in as a 170 Hyper Pak, instead of a 225; that put me in the class with the cheating Falcon.
The best that Ford could do was a 16-flat (no cheater slicks back then)... and the Lancer had that covered by over e tenth (a car-length.)
He was steaming mad at having gotten outrun by a 6-cylinder Mopar, and an automatic, at that... but he wasn't about to protest, lest we look at HIS car... LOL!
I think that's the day I fell in love with slant six's!!! Broke two (2) rocker arms on the drive home from the strip... but, they waited to break until the drag racing was done...
Oh; one more thing: Because there was no header (the automatic starter solenoid was in the way of the Hyper Pak headers.... no way would the header fit, so he left the stock exhaust manifold on there, and I just removed the muffler for the race.
Mike, your car should be quicker and faster than that with a swapped-in 225, cam, headers and a ported/milled head. You should be running probably 15.50s at 90mph with that stuff.
Fun to drive!!! :hello1:
