300 FOXY CUBES

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ya know, i been thinkin(dangerous i know). i know id have to cut a hole in the hood for the motor to stick out and i dont mind that (think it would be kinda cool actually) but i was wondering if anyone knows the overall length of the 300 from the back of the block to the water pump pulley (i dont have one to measure). i think it would be kinda cool to have a 300 in the zephy. i know---- im weird. so lemme have it yall, im dyin to hear your thoughts. if i do itll be a daily driver 1/8th mile car.
 
thanx guys. i know id make custom mounts tall enough to clear the oilpan which would prolly put the engine thru the hood, but i think it would be really awesome to see a wagon with a huge honkin six pokin up thru the sheetmetal lmao talk about easy carb ajustment---ya wouldnt even have to pull the hoodlatch! i know youve probably seen me asking about other options as well, but what it comes down to is bottom line. i have very few dead presidents (laid up from on the job injury ya know---workmans comp pays squat) and i wanna get the absolute most bang fer my buck (on motor alone---i.e. no nitrous or blowers) and if it happens to look really wild too so much the better. and we all know pound for pound the 300 makes as much torque or more in many cases than a 302. besides couldnt ya just see the look on the camaro guys face when he gets his butt kicked by STRAIGHT SIX WAGON? LMAO id almost pay money to see it.
 
btw, wacha think---shorty dual "streetrod"" headers from clifford be my best bet?
 
:D ROFLMAO im one step ahead of ya on the zoomies. :x small town cops ya know---they gotta take all the fun out. but im thinkin if i go this route to build my exhaust for a quick take down where i could put zoomies on at the track or car show. after all with the head pokin thru through the hood (if in fact i even bother to run one) getting to the header bolts would be a cinch. but damn brutha can you imagine the sweet cackling of a zoomie 6? would take me back to my youth where i inhaled way too much nitromethane lmao. i can almost hear the sweet noises now. oh ya might wanna check out my post "PREGNANT STATIONWAGON?"
 
okay thats a thought too. that kinda says GASSER to me hmmmmmm. i see you have twins on your ride---id love to see some pics of the linkage
 
id have to make sure and have some kinda airbox/air cleaner that wouldnt allow water in---i dunno maybe a mushroom type like the old dodges had.
 
:D Hi DCW,wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy back when there was a guy out of Melbourne Fl that ran a Chebby 6 in a gasser type set up.Talk about the snap,crackle and pop.Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Leo
 
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IIRC the biggest problem was length and height.

Plenty of cowl induction hoods to vcover heingt problem but not sure on length. Even with the 200 I6 my fan blade is right against the radiator and its a single core. Not lots of forward room there.

I think the car would handle as bad as a big block too. The 200 I6 causes a 58/42 weight distribution in my Fox Stang and the 300 I6 IIRC is much heavier.

Im guessing a V8 1.31" swaybar, and about 750 lb in springs would be needed.

I think a better option would be to pursue the line Mike was on with bored and stroked 250 to make 285cid.

Last I heard Mike's line of research on that motor was still under research.
 
woodbutcher":2cvs4t8d said:
:D Hi DCW,wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy back when there was a guy out of Melbourne Fl that ran a Chebby 6 in a gasser type set up.Talk about the snap,crackle and pop.Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Leo
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i bet that was a SWEEET racket. thing is im old enuff to remember the (tail end of) the gasser era. guys like 'wild willie' borsh and the other altered and gasser guys were my driving heroes groin up. (betcha aint heard that name in bout a hundred years have ya?)
 
well Anlushac, i dont know for sure ill do it. im exploring all the options first from loggerhead to aussie AND argie and even the 250/fox swap in spite of the oil sump relocation problems. i want to get as much as i can with as few ben franklins as possible (laid up from on the job injury ya know---comp dont pay s***). it needs to be really cheap but most of all in a sea of ricers and smallblocks around here it needs to be unique. so there ya have why i look at it the way i do--when you combine cheap, tolerable gas mileage with punchy street power you can wind up with a wild assortment sometimes. and you are positively right about the weight bias it would pretty well suck. however being a wagon i have a little bit of junk in the trunk so to speak that may (or may not) help there. theres no way however it could handle any worse than my wifes 85 e150 conversion/custom van lmao. handling however is a secondary issue to me; its great if i can get it handling well, but its gonna be a DD/eighth mile ride
 
:D Hi DCW.Actually,I was talking to a friend in Fl last night,and he mentioned him.Along with Vic Edelbrock Sr.His uncle raced with those guys.By the way,I`m 61.
Leo
 
well at 61 you have a few years on me. (im in my 40s) but i grew up around racing (dirty track and street/stip mostly) but im old enough to remember from my youth the glory days when bob glidden was still racing his plymouth arrow and shirley muldowney was tearing up the strip. i remember johnny rutherford smokin it at indy and a cocky kid by the name of kenny bernstein was just makin a name for himself. i guess the point im driving at, and im sure you remember it well, was i loved the days back when ---ya know---no "catalog race cars"or crate motors---the days when people had to BUILD what they wanted. now before i start getting hate mail, im not trying to take away from newer builders at all---lotta the newer guys are fabulous. im simply sayin i miss the old days when engine-uity (lmao ok that was bad) and passions for racing was burned into people and those hardnose racers like my uncle tricycling round the track in his sprint car were bringing us to where we are now. i loved the uniqness (spelling) that was so ever present----i was truly blessed to grow up in a really rich time and environment of racing that will always have a special place in my heart.
 
Up here we had no tracks, but I had a subscription to Hot Rod.
Big Daddy Don Garlits was my hero at the time. The first guy to decide he'd rather sit in front of the motor. :P
 
JackFish":32pnt7vp said:
Up here we had no tracks, but I had a subscription to Hot Rod.
Big Daddy Don Garlits was my hero at the time. The first guy to decide he'd rather sit in front of the motor. :P
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Well, only after he got a few toes blown off from sitting behind the motor. :wink:

I wasn't around back then, but a visit to his museum should be a pilgrimage every gearhead makes in his life.
 
maybe one day i can make that pilgramage---ive always wanted to go. even early on big daddy showed a lotta talent and a lotta balls---he really advanced us from the dark ages.
btw jack, tracks are really nice and all ( i do treasure the memories) but ya know i think ya either bleed 10w40 or you dont. sounds to me like even without the tracks you got bit by the bug hard lol
 
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