Ford 144-250 inline 6 high performance building
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==Heads== | ==Heads== | ||
| + | When working on the cylinder heads on the older engines (1960-'68) the 1960-'68 heads do not flow well. Replacement 1969-up heads are better, particularly casting numbers D8 and E0 heads, which would come in 1979-'83 model years. These heads have 1.75" intake/1.36" exhaust valve sizes. The exhaust valve seat can be machined to 1.5". The drawback to these heads is the chamber size is 62cc, 1960-'68 heads are 52cc, so compression drops approximately 1 point. There are also Australian cylinder heads with removable intake manifolds, but they are expensive. There is an aftermarket aluminum head developed from the Australian head available from classicinlines.com | ||
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| + | Originally, Ford used a steel shim head gasket that was 0.025" compressed, these are no longer available. What is available today are composite head gaskets that range from 0.045"-0.055" compressed, so the cylinder head must be machined at least 0.025" to make up the difference. If you use the larger 62cc chamber, it would need to be machined out a bit more depending on the desired compression ratio. These heads can be milled 0.090" maximum. | ||
==Cams== | ==Cams== | ||
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