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70s were pathetic, 7.5 liter engine making only 220 hp. My 3 liter Audi engine makes 450 hp. 😞

18 hours ago, VFR800 said:

 

I'd guess that if a F250 owner was inclined they could change out the engine and other such to make more power. 

Maybe but bigger engines were factory here because the power was needed for heavy loads back then but now most opt for the diesel in F250 and F350s.

I guess there are no steep grades or big camper trailers in the land down under if the biggest engine for a F250 was a 302. A friend of mine has the F250 that his grandfather bought new to haul a cabin cruiser to Grand Lake with a large camper on it. It has a 460 in it that came with a 4 barrel and factory dual 2.5 inch exhaust system. It still hauls ass when empty. 😎

14 hours ago, VFR800 said:

That is a BIG ASS TURBO!

3 hours ago, datzenmike said:

Kewle.

What would be Kewle is finding someone that wants to give it the love it deserves and finish the car and get it back on the road where it belongs since I'm getting too old to get it done.

These were what I was trying to imitate.

15 hours ago, Stinky said:

It was america's #2 selling import in the 70's.  I believe it was called the Escort in Britain....dif name here, of course, sold as a Mercury.

 

The 2,000cc Ford motor....durable, available, heavy (all cast-iron).  I had one in a sand-rail.  It had an Autolite carb that I found on a 390 in a Ford pick-em-up.  The butterflies were the size of silver dollars.  It ran better all the way through the power band and it didn't have the problem w/the throttle sticking, like Holley Webers do.

 

Those motors would run a Holley 500 for the guys that ran the mini-stock cars.

 

I am working on a rail now.  I am gonna run a Z24 motor, and the only reason is the Aluminum head (a tad lighter).   I ran that motor once, for a 3 year span and all I did was change the oil.  At the end, I changed the plugs, and they looked perfect.

 

What sort of carb is under dat chrome?

 

 

That is a Holley 4 barrel. That engine has 10 to one forged pistons, ported and cced head, balanced, Offy dual port intake, and a Racer Walsh cam. That is not chrome though, that is polished aluminum. I spent too many hours making the custom cam cover. That was originally a finned cover that was painted wrinkle black. I filed and sanded the fins off then polished it and payed a guy to do the engraving to make them look like the covers that Ford's performance division had at the time before they changed from Ford Motorsports to Ford Racing.

9 hours ago, angliagt said:

      What's it in?

It is in a 72 Pinto wagon. It was supposed to be my wife's hot rod but due to financial set backs it stalled out.

3 hours ago, Mattndew76 said:

Ford 2.0 is a strong beast.

Yep, here is the one I have,

17 hours ago, MikeRL411 said:

 

Corvair step side pickup.

No it is a ramp side.

Time to get to work! 😉

On 1/22/2022 at 8:57 PM, a.d._510_n_ok said:

Always good to see some nice rear-ends. 🤣