144

Hey everyone, I’ve posted before about this Ford 144 I got for free—literally found it lying in the dirt. It was in rough shape, with water in the cylinders and all, but I figured since it was free, I’d just clean it up, hone it with a drill, and reuse the old pistons to keep it cheap. Well… I...

Specifically modifications done to it that give it the RPM or power? Some of it is visible. I.e. multiple carbs, looks like different exhaust, etc... but anyone have any details on what else they did? Best guesses? How would they rev so high?

I'm sure some of the veterans on here have seen this before, but I stumbled across this article on the internet and thought it was great: https://www.suicideslabs.com/dw/engine/fordv8/smallsix/smallsix.htm With probably my favorite little snippet:

Beginner question for everyone: I've posted elsewhere on here about how I'm rebuilding a 144. Well, I had dual action fuel pump (pictured): And while disassembling it to clean it I found some crushed up springs and valves inside of it and figured it was time to rebuild it. Rebuild kits...

Question from a beginner (be gentle haha). I have a 1961 Falcon 144 engine that I got for free off craigslist. Posted briefly last year about beginning to tear it down here. Well, as you can see from this photo, once i got the head off, it was in pretty rough shape inside. Standing water...

Hello! Second post on here (after my introduction post). So I got a 1961 144 for the low-low price of free about a week ago. It was lying in the dirt outside and about to be taken to the scrap pile. I'm a total beginner to Ford six's, my only experience with engines at all was when I...