Excuse me but Archie got me thinking and I gotta drift off subject a little and may start a new thead.

First of all the Armorer did your dad ever find out what you did to the 240? I love to hear stories like that. I am sure we could fill a website with stories of the crazy stuff we did when we were kids.

Now to drift a little. Archie...ya got way tooooooo much time on your hands. After thinking about it you are 100% correct about the two engine concept. Darn You.

O.K. If I remember correctly Ponitac did the two carburetor thing in the sixties with their OHC I6. I remember that to be a real hot 6 cylinder. I also remember Allis Chalmers made a I6 that was an engine and a compressor. One half was an internal combustion engine the other half compressor. If one were to split the engine intakes and exhaust and went a couple of steps further you could add a fuel cut off and a compression release and run on 3 cylinders while going odwn the highway or with a little plumbing modification have both a engine and an on demand compressor.

I am sure there are about a hundred more industrial applications for I6. Archie ya gotta quit bringing stuff up that makes my head hurt.

 

Definition of retirement: too much time on one's hands.

Hope I didn't do any damage to your head.

Do not read any further until your head has recovered.

P.S.: I do like the idea of the cut-out. GM (Cadillac) made a (fuel-injected) engine that stopped opening both the valves on cylinders on a rotating basis to get economy, but I don't think it went any-where. Cutting fuel to one carb would be easy. You are on track thinking that something had to be done about compression. Actually one needs to stop the other half of the engine from being a compressor, which would mean that it used up energy from the operating half by moving air. GM (& others before found that the easiest way is to stop opening BOTH intake & exhaust vavles. Then the air in the cylinder is a spring that gives the energy used on each up-stroke back on the down-stroke. GM used a solenoid on the stud & ball pivot of the rocker arms. This concept might be adaptible to a 240/300. (I appreciate your comments & my head does not hurt at all.)

During WWII gas rationing, Popular Science Magazine had an in-depth article on the theory & practice of converting I6's & V-8's to run on half their cylinders to save gasoline for the duration of the war.

 

LOL! No, my dad never found out, but I ended up telling him a few years later, he laughed, and said it served me right for trying to pull one over on him! As far as other applications for the 240/300 inline, I have seen them used as stationary water pump engines. Also, a buddy of mine from college built an airboat out of an 18 foot flat bottom jon boat. He used a Ford 300 inline six and a prop from an old piper cub. It didn't work so hot, the 300 was just too heavy for the boat, even with the modifications he'd made. He ended up using a toyota 4 banger out of an old pickup.

 

Hi Guys,
I've still got the 240 in my 66. I know she has over 100,000, just don't know how much over, LOL. She still runs pretty good but starting to slow down going up the hills in 3rd. Carb is starting to give me a fit every now and again so I'm thinking it's about overhaul time for both. Yea, I'm keeping my 240. She's been a kicky little motor & I like her. My "hot rodding" days are behind me (thankfully) and I'm more interested in just tooling along now and this engine is just perfect for that....

 

I had a `74, f100 custom, long bed, auto (i think c4), 240, 1 bbl carter, no power anything, am 5 button radio. timing gear stripped at the end of `96. sold it because I had no time or place for it.

First new vehicle I ever had, body still original, no wrecks, original paint still "thick" and shiny. Only a couple of new seat covers.

Can someone tell me what the hp and torque was for that set-up.

thanks,

 

If you want to check out multiple carb setups,check out www.fordsix.com

Leo

 

I still run my 240 in a 68 and it runs good but i am disappointed in low end torque, it does good on the interstate and it will hold 70 mph all day long with pedal left over, i have three on tree and 3:70 gears, it seems to have more pep in third even with a load, i think it may be carb or dizzy.
It has been a very dependable engine the last six years always starts runs fine, i installed a pertronix ignition when i bought it 6 years ago but could not tell any difference in performance, i have an old 300 out of a 78 that i am going to swap carbs and see if that will help with its performance.
I would like more down low. Thanks for letting me ramble

 

hey I enjoyed my 240 for 10 years in the 66f-250 including hauling 8 ft. beds full of wet oak, pallets of sod weighing in at 2000 lbs, and many loads of dirt. I had a 76 f150 w a 300 in it and never could tell the difference when I made the move into the 66. can you tell me how the eng/trans looked like from the factory? I'm trying to figure out colors on the parts under the hood. Have a great day G