The anticipation is simply Killing me, do u remember ur 1st

[falconcritter]

t-minus ..2 weeks and 2 days... it draws near, coming closer and closer into port. i am so jazzed ! beware all of you rice-burners in my town, australian power by ford is just over the horizon. i thought i was eaten up with six fever...after seeing all of the different kinds of sixes (supercharged, webber down draft, turbo,ect) some of you are down right critical !!! i am glad to be in so sick company ! please right me a line or two about your first 250 2V. what was your first impression of the ride when you first turned key? what problems did you have too work out? i am bouncing off the walls

 

[addo]

I'd never done a head swap before... Didn't think to drain the coolant first. So I mopped it off the pistons with a rag.

With the steering box in the way, the headers need to go on before the head if you drive a RHD car. So the Pacemakers were slotted in and waiting. A lot of fiddling and some Permatex on the exhaust gasket, nearly crossed a couple of the header bolts (who was rushing?); used my swivel-head 3/8" Blackhawk ratchet for most of the 11 bolts.

Permatex on the intake as well, bolted that all up and put on the Stromberg. Dropped the contaminated oil (had half a pint of coolant in it) and refilled. Primed the carb, adjusted the rockers and fitted the cover. A few cranks and off she went. Turned it off again and installed the (ready made) Y-pipe to hook into the original exhaust run.

Car had no shortage of power but was thirsty. It made a nice sound, similar to SU carbs. That head setup eventually went to Alabama.

That the kind of story you want?

 

[falconcritter]

that sounds like me all the way. just too have the 2V set-up right in front of my face, instead of on the computer screen, i can just imagine all of the mistakes i will be making did you have to fabricate the throtttle cable set up?

 

[addo]

It's different to begin with on a right-hand drive car. Tried bending it cold and it broke. Got her welded for $5 down the road and used a strip of aluminium with two holes in it, to extend solid linkage to the new carby. The Aussie "Cortina" models used a cable setup.

For some reason, I have no pictures of the car. It split a shock tower and was sold for $400, less the head. Funny how much people pay for a 2V now. I have the GM equivalent manifolds including cast shorties, and can't sell it for about USD$120...