strange idea

[Anonymous]

Well, Here goes.... I am going to need a lot of questions answered to pull this off but I will explain. I have owned 3 straight 6's in my life, but have always been a major fan of drag racing, and have participated with several vehicles, and am nearing completion on my current project...

this brings my next project to light. My plan is to build a custom car. From the ground up. My father ran a street rod shop for several years, and I want to merge his talents with mine, and then do a very strange power plant.

Here are my thoughs for the motor and where you assistance comes in....

I want to build a small ford 6, but my idea is to use 2 factory turbos off of the Neon SRT4 cars.... as they are readily available to me, and build a very wild turboed ( efi if possible) probably set up with a MAF-t Pro system, and put it in a custom built race chassis coupe built out of a turtle deck "t"...

First questions are on the dimensions of the factory 6's from ford so that I can try to get chassis design finished...... What is the over all height from bottom of the oil pan the the top of the valve cover, also the width and the legenth from the back of the block to the tip of the water pump? I appreciate all of your help, and I will keep you all posted as this project progresses. Also what crankshaft and rods are used for high performance in these engines?

 

[Anonymous]

If you're building a chassis from the ground up, I strongly suggest you have an engine on hand for mock-up purposes. You should be able to find an old 144 or 170 for next to nothing. It will be much easier to fabricate a chassis if you have the major drivetrain compoments on hand.

 

[wallaka]

There aren't any aftermarket cranks available. All are cast iron, but I've never heard of problems with any. The 7 main bearings help with durability. As for rods, the factory are forged until '73. Then they are cast and in '80 they were nodular iron. In '82 (the last year) they were back to forged. As long as you get a block post 65, one isn't better than the other. The later heads have bigger intake logs, bigger carb holes and bigger valves. The combustion chambers are bigger though, and should be milled to bring the compression higher if building N/A. They would be good for turbocharging though.

I thought that the SRT turbo's exhaust housings were cast on to the exhaust manifolds? How is that gonna work, just buy normal exhaust housings and put the turbines in them?

 

[Anonymous]

If you're building a chassis from the ground up, I strongly suggest you have an engine on hand for mock-up purposes. You should be able to find an old 144 or 170 for next to nothing. It will be much easier to fabricate a chassis if you have the major drivetrain compoments on hand.

Agreed, but the rough sketches of the design for wheel base and suspension design are going to be greatly improved with the addition of dimensions to help determine required hood length body height, and grill size.

With the turbos, you are correct, but you can cut and mill the manifold, and build a custom flange, and DC arc weld it into place.... Then build custom manifolds, and determine proper monuting position of the turbos to fit with in the design of the car for the desired look.....

Thanks for the info about the different heads and crankshaft options....

It will be of great help to me...