'64 Ford 262 I-6 Performance Package?

[Colonel Flashman]

Fellow Inliners;

I have some basic knowledge on this subject, but I really could use some input from others that are not as close to my 262 I-6 project as I am.
It's been a while since I was able to do any tinkering, & if you don't use it, you lose it, knowledge that is.

Ballancing
Blue Printing
Porting
Polishing
3 angle valve job
Dual header
2 bbl Clifford intake or Duce single bbl. Fenton intake
1958 223 head
Mallory or Pertronix ignition
Methonal/water injection system; passive/on demand set-up


262 to 277 c.i.?
292 +60 Pistons?
300 Rods?
Offset grind crank .040?
300 c.i. distributor?
ARP rod bolts & caps?
Gapless Molly rings?
Cast piston?
Performance valve springs?
Roller rocker?
Synthetic oil?
Oil cooler?


Anything else I might be forgetting?

Thank'ee
Colonel Flashman

 

[277 I6]

The 223-262 have a crank throw of 2.298. The 300 has a crank throw of 2.123. subtract 2.298 from 2.123=.175 times 2=.350+4.030=4.380 stroke. You would have to cut the cam just about in two. My crank has a stroke of 4.112. I center #1&#6 crank throws in the crank grinder then raised both ends .048 to have a stroke of 4.125. Well I got close. This is to grind more off the inside of the crank. Both 223-262 have deck height of 10 in. The 300 rod is 6.200 long center to center The 292&312 piston have a 1.765 comp. dist. Add 6.200&1.765=7.965 Subtract 7.965 from 10.000= 2.035 x2 =4.070 stroke. I cut .030 off the top of the piston for my 4.112 stroke. The first engine I did cut .050 of the top & it ran 40000 miles before a cylinder wall split. It was bored .080.292 pistons stander are .030 262, 312 stander are .080 over 262.
To use late 300 rods you have to put 262 pin bushing in &drill a hole in the top of the rod for oil to the pin. The rods will hit the cam. The 262 cam has flats for rod clearance. I ground them deeper also ground some of the side of the rod at the bolt head. This is what I did. Look at it and see if this is what you would want to do. Now the dist! I had my 262 dist. out also a 300 dist. The base looks alike so I measured them and the are. I took the gear of the 262 & put it on the 300 dist. this will only work with a 64 oil pump with a 3/16 drive. I will try to post some pictures. As you know now the 262&300 cams are gear driven. The 223 has a chain driven cam. The 61-63 oil pumps have 1/4 drive shaft. Also the dist. has a smaller shaft. The hole in the gear can be enlarged to fit the 300 dist. shaft. I was going to use about ½ in. of a screwdriver bit holder and put in the 300 shaft by reaming it out. I would tig weld it in and drill it for a small roll pin.

 

[Colonel Flashman]

Thank'ee E.D.

I passed this info on to the guys at Johnson Machine Service that will be doing my 262 I-6 for me.

The 223-262 have a crank throw of 2.298. The 300 has a crank throw of 2.123. subtract 2.298 from 2.123=.175 times 2=.350+4.030=4.380 stroke. You would have to cut the cam just about in two. My crank has a stroke of 4.112. I center #1 crank throws in the crank grinder then raised both ends .048 to have a stroke of 4.125. Well I got close. This is to grind more off the inside of the crank. Both 223-262 have deck height of 10 in. The 300 rod is 6.200 long center to center The 292&312 piston have a 1.765 comp. dist. Add 6.200&1.765=7.965 Subtract 7.965 from 10.000= 2.035 x2 =4.070 stroke. I cut .030 off the top of the piston for my 4.112 stroke. The first engine I did cut .050 of the top & it ran 40000 miles before a cylinder wall split. It was bored .080.292 pistons stander are .030 262, 312 stander are .080 over 262.
To use late 300 rods you have to put 262 pin bushing in &drill a hole in the top of the rod for oil to the pin. The rods will hit the cam. The 262 cam has flats for rod clearance. I ground them deeper also ground some of the side of the rod at the bolt head. This is what I did. Look at it and see if this is what you would want to do. Now the dist! I had my 262 dist. out also a 300 dist. The base looks alike so I measured them and the are. I took the gear of the 262 & put it on the 300 dist. this will only work with a 64 oil pump with a 3/16 drive. I will try to post some pictures. As you know now the 262&300 cams are gear driven. The 223 has a chain driven cam. The 61-63 oil pumps have 1/4 drive shaft. Also the dist. has a smaller shaft. The hole in the gear can be enlarged to fit the 300 dist. shaft. I was going to use about ½ in. of a screwdriver bit holder and put in the 300 shaft by reaming it out. I would tig weld it in and drill it for a small roll pin.