62Cometman, you are concerned by many things, but only One thing is important.
62Cometman":185weh4o said:
As always X i appreciate your honesty and info, though i don't fully agree with you its nice to see a varying perspective, if i knew anyone in the area that would take on the project of chopping off the log intake and welding a plate on in its place i would jump on the opportunity and i feel most of my issue would become second thought, such isn't the case here in my little slice of the country.
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In that, I've suggested YFA Carter carbs, a turbo, and a long under pipe
Coupeboy style.
FalconSedanDelivery just took a reed of all the old Ak Miller atricles, and used the same kind of Ak Miller 270 intake and 290 degree exhaust cam, the right radically planed down 120 thou 170 large log head, the right Offy intake, and the right mixture of Holley 1908 and Autolite 1101 carbs, put it all on a 120 thou decked 250 engine, and got what I estimate to be 220 flywheel hp out of it.
The Nott 1961 Falcon makes 280 flywheel hp with triple DCOE 45's.
Just use an Offy intake, and some nice ICT Webers or whatever 1-bbl carbs, and add a T3 60 series turbo to it, . Renault made some Solex carbs for turbo R5's, R18'S, Feguo's and they are around and bolt on to the old Offy intake.
Phone Matt Cox.
Order up a triple Offy.
Phone Bill the Distributor man, and get a Duraspark II hooked up to a Yelloow Strain Relief DSII box, and you can control your peak advance with factory parts, better than an aftermarket MSD 6A.
Then buy a TO3 60 turbo, and order a nice big duration cam from whomsover to fit your 170.
If you really want to, buy a minimum of 90 x 109 x 630 mm or 3.5 by 4-1/4 by 25 inch intercooler and mount it ahead of the radiator.
Boost it with a pipe under the engine from the stock iron header, and mount the turbo where the oil pressure sender is, like the old 2.3 Carb turbo Mustangs from 1979-1980. The fule pump to use is the aftermarket Summit Strip Dominator Chevy fuel, pump, and it will allow you to go up to about 12 psi if its boost referenced.
On a turbo engine(1, stock compression ratio, stock iron exhaust header), the triple carbs (2) , 270/290 cam (3) will take your best stock 45 to 47 rwhp 170 engine up to 270 flywheel hp and about 295 lb-ft of torque. Rev ranges of where that horspower and torque comes in is set by the port size, and if you use the head you have, the six 1.125" ports will pring peak power to about 4800 rpm, and peak torque at about 3200 rpm.
If you had that cam (3) , those carbs ( 2) and a set of good headers and a 9.3:1 compression ratio, you could expect 150 flywheel hp or 120 rwhp.
Adding just the cam, carbs, and an exhaust will add 75 hp to the rear wheels of a 170.
Turbo's don't need a really good exhaust header, Ak Miller used some of the most low rent turbo headers known to mankind, but really, any 2" pipe from any iron exhaust will provide a way to make the turbo spin. IMHO The best iron header for Fords is the old later model 4-1/4" Foot ball cat header from 1980 onwards 250's and 200's.
Coupe Boy even has a proper V8 transmission adaptor if you think you might beat up that old gearbox.
I've given you some info on the strength of the 7-1/4" axle, they'll cope with 240 rwhp and 300 flywheel horspower 289's in 3000 pound 67 Ford Falcons.
Anyway
Be done with all this measuring of proof
An Eye for an Eye and a tooth for a tooth
and any way way, I told the truth....