SixFoFalcon
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I've touched on this before, but now that the new house (and GARAGE) are just 9 days away from being MINE, I can start planning work for the Crossflow project again... at least in theory.
Here's what I have:
US 200 block (stock)
Alloy Crossflow head (stock)
Redline 4V intake w/ Holley 650 DP (may go w/ a smaller carb like a 2V 390)
Genie headers
Roller tip rockers
Here's what I'm getting, hopefully before springtime:
C4 auto trans w/ 2000 rpm stall TC (Stall speed is subject to change)
8" rear w/ 3.50 gears (and some form of locking action, TBD. Ratio subject to change)
I'm going to be shooting for about 10:1 CR during the machining stage. I don't plan on having too much done to the head... just the usual valve job, some better springs, etc. I think I want most of the power to be coming in from about 2K-4Krpm even though I'll be building the bottom-end of the engine to handle 5500rpm. The head is going to flow plenty and w/ those big ports and the auto trans, I know I need to be careful about over-camming and fubar-ing the idle and low-end performance.
My gut is telling me the Crow 14776 is a good choice. http://www.crowcams.com.au/templates/Catalogue-Falcon6Xflow.shtml
Am I in the right ballpark? I thought I had this stuff all figured out last year, but I've gotten rusty since my employer blocks access to fordsix.com and I haven't been able to make any car part purchases while saving for the house.
Here's what I have:
US 200 block (stock)
Alloy Crossflow head (stock)
Redline 4V intake w/ Holley 650 DP (may go w/ a smaller carb like a 2V 390)
Genie headers
Roller tip rockers
Here's what I'm getting, hopefully before springtime:
C4 auto trans w/ 2000 rpm stall TC (Stall speed is subject to change)
8" rear w/ 3.50 gears (and some form of locking action, TBD. Ratio subject to change)
I'm going to be shooting for about 10:1 CR during the machining stage. I don't plan on having too much done to the head... just the usual valve job, some better springs, etc. I think I want most of the power to be coming in from about 2K-4Krpm even though I'll be building the bottom-end of the engine to handle 5500rpm. The head is going to flow plenty and w/ those big ports and the auto trans, I know I need to be careful about over-camming and fubar-ing the idle and low-end performance.
My gut is telling me the Crow 14776 is a good choice. http://www.crowcams.com.au/templates/Catalogue-Falcon6Xflow.shtml
Am I in the right ballpark? I thought I had this stuff all figured out last year, but I've gotten rusty since my employer blocks access to fordsix.com and I haven't been able to make any car part purchases while saving for the house.