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Im getting an old XC falcon with the 250 x flow (cast iron) and am looking to put another 6 in it, but am trying to steer away from injected. any suggestions on alternate engines? or is it best to just try and rebuild this one?? Edited by user Wednesday, 20 February 2008 9:56:01 PM(UTC)
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Well if you want to stay away from injection (why?) then the best 6 cylinder engine to use would be an unleaded 4.1 crossflow out of an XF.
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didnt those unleaded ones lose some power compared to the leaded?? but if that engine, what do you reckon some good simple kinda modifications would be? extractors and exhaust.. what else?? cheers for the help
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well.. not too much money. its fair expensive to do isnt it?? but its still a possibility.. any ideas for good modification either way??
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XF injected engine and computer would cost buffer all. If you get bored? Turbo it aftwards. XB Fairmont sedan : [email protected] |
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yeah that'd be alright ey? One of my mates reckons the XF 250 with triple webers on it.. is that just too mental in terms of a lot of fuel for not that much power?? and costly??
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Mate, forget the webbers and go the XF with fuel injection.
Ford built that motor to try and help compensate for the lack of a V8 in the range. It's designed to run on unleaded fuel so there is no worries in that regard. If I had the money I'd ditch th
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yeah true.. Arent most of the drag cars you see carby anyway tho?? coz isnt there a point you get with injection were you cant keep tuning it?? I mean im definitely no expert, but I always thought there was more oppurtunity for mods with carby???
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XF EFI is a better option without any doubts. There's plenty running XF 4.1 turbo engines too. XB Fairmont sedan : [email protected] |
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Hi Folks. Just as a suggestion, what about finding a bent EB Falcon and transplating the 4 litre OHC motor? Would it fit?
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It fits, it's been done before. A little mucking around I read somewhere but was simple enough. XB Fairmont sedan : [email protected] |
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The boy was wanting to change to Xr6 turbo for his XC but it looks very costly for engine etc.
If you hook up a turbo to a XF motor do you have to do many mods to make it work?
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