Aussie SOHC head to US 6 cyl block question

[Anonymous]

In my humble opinion, the US/early Aussie 200 block is head and shoulders above the OHC block because its light, and with a little work, it will take the OHC or DOHC Ford head. And offcourse, the DOHC runs a simplex chain, not duplex, and this is even easier to fit up to the earlier 200 engines.

Tell me more about this. This is what I'm looking for. Is this early 200 block the same thing that was sold in the US. Would the block have to be widened to accept an OHC head?

 

[MustangSix]

Ok Adam now we're getting closer to the answer I'm looking for. Let me rephrase the question. Does anybody know for sure if there is ANY australian OHC head setup, that is readily available in australia (readily available meaning available at pretty much any salvage yard in australia), that will directly bolt onto ANY US inline 6 ford motor (they are all readily available here). If the answer is yes, is there any modification required and if so, what is it.

A simple yes or no is what I'm looking for with an explaination of required modifications if any and only if the answer is yes.

The guy that's going to get me this stuff if it can be done easily is in Bundaburg, Queensland if that matters about parts availability.

Aside from the bespoke Krogdahl DOHC head, the answer on the OHC is "no". :thumbdown: Unfortunately, Even if the the bore spacing and bolt pattern were spot on, you have to deal with water passages, oiling, oil return, and cam drive. There is no easy, practical way to make all that work.

The Crossflow head is relatively easy to adapt, but for the OHC, the changes required make it infeasible.

 

[Anonymous]

Aside from the bespoke Krogdahl DOHC head, the answer on the OHC is "no". :thumbdown: Unfortunately, Even if the the bore spacing and bolt pattern were spot on, you have to deal with water passages, oiling, oil return, and cam drive. There is no easy, practical way to make all that work.

The Crossflow head is relatively easy to adapt, but for the OHC, the changes required make it infeasible.

This is what I'm slowly but surely finding out. Actually I'm asking about this swap for a friend of mine that's not too good with the internet. I'm going to email him a link to the tech article that talks about this swap and let him read about it himself and see if he wants to tackle the job. Thanks to everyone here. You've been very helpful and pleasant to talk to.

Thanks again Allen