Building a Ford straight-six engine
by: Cobalt327, Crosley, Jon
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[edit] Details on building a Ford straight-six engine.
For a performance build on the small Ford inline 6, it is a good idea to use a block that has 7 mains on the crank shaft. A 200 CID engine will have 5 frost plugs on the side of the block as shown in the photo.
Ford 200-CID inline engine. 1978 engine, fresh rebuild
Photo of crank and rods Ford inline 200cid engine. ARP bolts used on rods, studs on mains.
Ford 6 inline oil pump and double row camshaft timing chain and gears
[edit] Modifying the log intake
Cylinder head off Ford 6 for modifications for Holley 2 barrel carb.
Ford 6 inline log head on mill. Milling the log head section flat to add a direct 2 barrel carb adapter to the head
Hole in log intake section for 2 barrel conversion.
Aluminum block of material bolted to log intake to finish milling for Holley 2 barrel carb conversion.
Beginning of adapting Holley 2 barrel linkage onto the Ford inline 6
