Finding an EFI 300-6?
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Finding an EFI 300-6?
How hard would it be to find an EFI 300-6, for my '66 Falcon Club Wagon? Would I have better luck in Indy, than in Connersville or Richmond? I was almost considering donating the EFI 302 V-8 from my '91 F-150 to the Club Wagon, until I found out that it's not an easy swap, especially when it comes to cooling. I'll continue with my original idea to modernize an early to mid 60s F-100, using my '91 F-150 as the donor.
Matt
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I've decided to broaden my search for a 300-6 to include carbureted versions, since it's possible to build my own EFI using parts from various sources. I haven't yet ruled out keeping the 240-6, but I'm waiting to find out (from a query in the Inline Six forums) if a 300 head will work on the 240 block. I'll be rebuilding something, either way, but it'd be a bit easier if I don't first have to find something to rebuild.
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I found out, from my query at the Inline Six forum, that swapping a 240 head onto a 300 will raise the compression, but swapping a 300 head onto a 240 will lower compression. Not such a bad thing, if I was wanting to use some sort of forced induction on the 240. I'm planning to use the 240, in the future, to power a front engined nostalgia slingshot dragster (like the Mooneyes dragster), so this might not be such a bad swap after all. There has to be some sort of interchangeability, as far as parts between the two heads, or people wouldn't be swapping a 240 head to a 300, so I can see me eventually rebuilding a 300-6 with my 240 head, and my 240-6 with the 300 head and forced induction. I am planning some hot rodding to the van, anyway, so all of this seems like a feasible idea.
The only thing I'm not sure of, currently, is just how much the 300 head on a 240-6 will lower the compression, so I'll need to find that out before I go slapping some sort of forced induction on the 240. I wouldn't want my first nostalgia dragster 1/4 mile pass to be my last one with Ford 240-6 power, then end up having to (gasp!) go to SBC power to keep racing beyond that.
Matt
The only thing I'm not sure of, currently, is just how much the 300 head on a 240-6 will lower the compression, so I'll need to find that out before I go slapping some sort of forced induction on the 240. I wouldn't want my first nostalgia dragster 1/4 mile pass to be my last one with Ford 240-6 power, then end up having to (gasp!) go to SBC power to keep racing beyond that.
Matt
