I'm going to be rebuilding my 223 cid soon and need some online places for parts.I'm not going radical just looking for intake,exhaust,and carburation help.

 

I've not had Net access for over a month or I'd have gotten back to you sooner.
e-Bay is the best place to find such things unfortunately, that's where I've found all of the parts for my 223c.i.er.

 

Thanks!Flashman

 

Flashman I am not building a 223 but it's an inline six nonetheless. I have read on the forum about adjustable timing gears and "straight up" cam timing. It is my understanding that it boosts low end torque. I have been thinking about installing a Cloyes adjustable timing set on my 300. It's sitting in an 84 F150 4wd, I have this truck set up for work and play (lift, tires, gears, lockers, etc). I am currently running the stock carbed intake with a Holley 2bbl via cliffords adapter...want to go to the Offy DP later on. I have a Hedman Hedder, Crane Blueracer RV cam, .040 over, and pretty much stock internals. The engine has approximately 65-70k miles of "spirited" driving on it. My question is will this hurt my upper rpm power if I install this timing set with "straight up" cam timing. And could it potentially shorten the life of the engine? Obviously I use the engine's down low grunt, but it has been known to see the 4000 rpm range a time or two...especially when mud bogging and in the sand dunes. It would be nice if it helped the higher end power for hill climbing. My question is would "straight up" cam timing be good for what I use my truck for? Towing, hauling, 4 wheeling is pretty much what I use it for, I am not overly concerned about mileage or being able to go fast. Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.

 

Did you try LMC Truck or Nat'l Parts Depot? They have a great deal of parts for the older trucks and Catalogs you can get besides on line service.

 

Got a kit from Kanter which worked.

Dr. Don

 

Pkupman82, installing the cam straight up will help your engine everywhere in the rpm range and will not cause any additional wear and tear on parts. One thing to be aware of is that many aftermarket cams are ground to compensate for the retard built into the timing gears. If yours is like that and you advance it more it will be like running it 4 degrees advanced and that woudl be silly. Unfortunately, then only way to tell is to break out the dial indicator and measure it.

 

Thank'ee S.S., I don't have this Intel memorised as I've it all written down for reference reason. All of my books are still packed from the move & I'm unable to get @ them. So I can't just recall it off the top of my head & I prefer not to give out faulty intel due to confusing facts from the different I-6's I've built (144/170 Special/200/150, 215/223/262, 240/300's).

 

Col I sent you a pm but for some reason I can't access my inbox, sorry.

 

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