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From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: Ford Sixes
> In a message dated 5/25/2001 4:54:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> saltrunner@montana.com writes:
>
>
> > > EVERY BODY MUST BE RACIN. WISH I WAS! DOES ANY BODY KNOW OF ANY ONE
WHO
> > HAS RACE BUILT A FORD FLATHEAD 6 CYL ? DOES ANY ONE MAKE SPEED PARTS? I
HAVE
> > 3 OF EM, AND WAS WONDERIN IF THEY'RE GOOD FOR ANYTHING BESIDES BOAT
ANCHORS!
> >
>
> Scott,
> My experience was that they were only marginal for boat anchors.
The
> 3.3 X 4.4 B/S ratio with 3 mains didn't exactly lend itself readily to
> anything beyond "stump-pulling".
> I had a 49 Ford 6 cyl. coupe that could beat most of the stock
Flatty
> V/8's, as well as a 51 Ford 6 cyl. pickup. They wouldn't last as long as
the
> Flatty V/8's and had no personality (narrow power band, no top end, etc.).
> The later 240/300 series 7-main bearing OHV Ford 6's run much
better
> and I'm told have more potential than the 7-Main bearing GM 6's.....Ardun
> Doug King
>
>THANKS FOR THE REPLY.....I CANT REMEMBER EVER SEEIN ONE IN A RACE CAR, THE
(GOOD) ONE I HAVE IS ACTUALLY A 254 CU IN 53 TRUCK ENGINE. KINDA RARE I
THINK....ANY WAY ID HAFTA GET A BOAT TO THROW IT OUT OF........ I ALSO HAVE
A 62 VINTAGE 262 CU IN TRUCK ENG.(FORD).....TALK ABOUT ODDBALLS!
THANKS SCOTT
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