My wagon came with a 302 CID V8. It was tired, so I asked around at my favourite Ford dealership if he had anyone who wanted to trade in a Fairmont or Zephyr? That was in 2006. He gave me a lead. I called up the fellow, and he was kind of cool about selling, because he just had the dealership do a full rebuild on the engine and transmission. I was sort of cool about it too, because it was a 200 Six and C4. A week later, he called me. Some drunk lady ran into the back end of it in a parking lot. Crunched the trunk almost to the rear window. The warranties on the engine and tranny were transferable. He got a settlement from the insurance, and I got his car for $350.
It only had 3,000 miles on both. I've only added another 5,000 miles. 1978 block and head.
I can have 2 other cylinder heads, from a 1981 Cougar sedan or a 1982 Zephyr sedan, for $75 each. The Zephyr runs, the Cougar might run.
And I needed another donor for a 2011 fender bender to mine. And that's also a 1978 Zephyr 200. I'm making a set of headers for mine, using the Zephyr as a mockup. No idea if it ran, but I think I did.
I want to make my own tri-power set up. From what I've seen, the intake logs on the 1981 and 1982 heads are identical on the surface except for the additional bungs for emission devices. I never took pictures of the engines of the 1981 or 1982 cars, because my digital camera froze up in -40 temperatures back in March, and the area roads are currently flooded out there, although the cars are high and dry.
Is the 1978 intake log the same externally? If so, I'll take it off and send it off for machining and any finer tweaks. I just can't find any pics here of the later heads.
Thanks.
It only had 3,000 miles on both. I've only added another 5,000 miles. 1978 block and head.
I can have 2 other cylinder heads, from a 1981 Cougar sedan or a 1982 Zephyr sedan, for $75 each. The Zephyr runs, the Cougar might run.
And I needed another donor for a 2011 fender bender to mine. And that's also a 1978 Zephyr 200. I'm making a set of headers for mine, using the Zephyr as a mockup. No idea if it ran, but I think I did.
I want to make my own tri-power set up. From what I've seen, the intake logs on the 1981 and 1982 heads are identical on the surface except for the additional bungs for emission devices. I never took pictures of the engines of the 1981 or 1982 cars, because my digital camera froze up in -40 temperatures back in March, and the area roads are currently flooded out there, although the cars are high and dry.
Is the 1978 intake log the same externally? If so, I'll take it off and send it off for machining and any finer tweaks. I just can't find any pics here of the later heads.
Thanks.
