300 6cyl ?
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300 6cyl ?
Nice site, have a question regaurding the 300 6cyl in my 66 f100. Want to keep it a 6, and was curious how new I can go in terms of the 6cyl. Wasn't sure if there are any bell housing pattern changes to prevent using a later model 6. I would like to use the orig 4spd too. The reason I'm looking to change is the 300 sounds like a howitzer.
Thanks in advance
Yeah I know its a ford site with Novalicious as a sign on. But I'm heavily weighted to Ford
Collection includes:
31 Model A
55 f100 panel
56 f100
66 f100
71 Nova
71 Vega
83 Camaro
04 f250 sd
Thanks in advance
Yeah I know its a ford site with Novalicious as a sign on. But I'm heavily weighted to Ford
Collection includes:
31 Model A
55 f100 panel
56 f100
66 f100
71 Nova
71 Vega
83 Camaro
04 f250 sd
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Hmm, Thanks for clearing up the handle you have attached to yourself. Most of us here don't think in bowtie jargon.
I think most of us would have thought you were an astronomer with a liking of super novas and other stars!
I think most of us would have thought you were an astronomer with a liking of super novas and other stars!
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IF you swap motors, you will need to retain your oil pan and dipstick out of the block. The newer ones are different and the stick is in the pan. I put an 1980 in my 1965 15 years ago and I swaped all of my 65 external parts to the 1980 engine, but I only needed to change the pan and dipstick.
Dan
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Last year for the 300 Six in Fseries pickups any way is 1996. Ford fuel injected them in 1987 so any thing from that point forward you need the computer and related parts, best to get whole donor truck if you want factory fuel injection.
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Originally Posted by 99F150
IF you swap motors, you will need to retain your oil pan and dipstick out of the block. The newer ones are different and the stick is in the pan. I put an 1980 in my 1965 15 years ago and I swaped all of my 65 external parts to the 1980 engine, but I only needed to change the pan and dipstick.
Dan
Dan
My 66 has a later year motor, and I do have the pan mount dipstick, which was a real PITA when I needed to replace the pan, because there are very few aftermarket options.
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Originally Posted by discochris
Any idea what year they changed to the dipstick in the pan?
My 66 has a later year motor, and I do have the pan mount dipstick, which was a real PITA when I needed to replace the pan, because there are very few aftermarket options.
My 66 has a later year motor, and I do have the pan mount dipstick, which was a real PITA when I needed to replace the pan, because there are very few aftermarket options.
Dan
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