yep that's the one !!!! i like big a-- blowers poking through the hood myself , although on a six might look a lil' odd .... the black one is way cool too ! are those webers , delortos what ? they look cool on that 300 . you know that green bomb has got to freak some people out . quite , no lumpy cam , and open the hood and ............

 

The big 6-71 or 8-71 blowers are a little on the big side for a 300!

Yea I believe the carbs on the black one are Weber IDA's. I use to have a brand new set of triple side draft Weber DCOE's for a 300 a few years back. But I never got to run them.

Being a little bit of a sleeper is cool. But I still prefer the nasty sounding lumpy cam! This vid is my favorite.

68 ford 240 300 6 cylinder clay smith cam - YouTube

 

dude that thing sounds freaking NASTY !!!!!!!!!! oh i loved that !!!!!!!!! coulda sworn i was listening to a v-8 !!!!! da--it i think im gonna be looking for a 300 again and find a project beater truck for it !!!!!!!! sheezuz that thing is NASTY !!!!!!!!!!!

 

I love the sound of it too. Which kind of bums me out. I wanted to run a similar cam. But I have to run a different cam profile then that with the supercharger. I guess I'll just have to live with the blower whine instead.

 

aww poor you !!!!!!! a blower whine to replace the lumpy cam ........ LUCKY SO'N'SO !!!!!!!!! you know what the cure is doncha ???????? buy a beater old ford 1/2 ton from the late 60's to late 70's and build one like that then you got the best of both worlds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wish my flattie's or my 4.6 could sound like that , or be fortunate enough too build a supercharged anything now !!!!!!! { i'm too "tight" to spend the money !!!! LOL !!!!!!! }

 

I've got too many vehicles the way it is!! I really don't need more projects.

I'm so broke that supercharged engine will probably take me 5 years if not longer to get built.

 

i ain't broke , but in these times it's so hard to convince myself to let go of the cash , and in the case of the engines i have available , 3 flatheads , a y block , and a 4.6 , i seem to have chosen the most expensive starting points ford has in the case of prices . i still cant get that 68 you posted outta my head ...

 

Hey I dumped a good running 400 and then a strong running modified 351W to run a big 6 in my 54!!

I'm also considering building a 240 instead of the 300! That would be even more embarrassing for the poor sap with a V8. Not only did he get whooped by a inline 6 but it was a little 240!!

The 240 is basically the same engine as the 300 just different rotating assembly and the head has 68cc combustion chambers instead of the carbed 300's 76cc chambers. Because of the 240's shorter stroke it has a stronger crank. And with just some good rod bolts the 240 can easily handle 7,000 rpms!

 

i would love to see it embarass some late model sheopl-mobile !!!!!!!!!

 

Hello, i have a 223 inline 6 in a 56 f100. I am currently looking for a harmonic balancer for it, since mine is shot. I dont know if the 215 and 223 are similar but would you be interested in letting your harmonic balancer go if it were the same ?

 

I might have a whole 223 if you're interested. Good runner. I just got a sm 465 tranny for my cummins and am getting ready for the swap. Of course it depends where you are located...

 

I just rebuilt my 223. What year is the engine you are talking about. Just out of curiosity, does it run one or two belts. I am located in Louisiana.

 

search out the 56 panel with Punctual Plumber on the side.....was in Classic Trucks magazine a few years back and had a 300 six in it and some pics in the article..

only 300 six pics I know about....

 

Did you have any clearance issues I plan to eventually put one in my 55 f350 that I am getting next week. As of right now it has the 223, figured I would step it up a little and put a 300 in it?

 

In a 53-56 the only real clearance issue with a 300 6cyl is an engine driven cooling fan will hit the front frame crossmember under the radiator/core support. So to get around that requires an electric cooling fan. Unless you've got access to a high mount industrial 240/300 cooling fan set up. This set up actually has a fan mount on the thermostat housing. I have one of these fan set ups in my storage unit but am missing the water pump pulley.

Here's a picture of my 54 when I started to tear it down. It had a 300 swapped into it when I bought it.