Ok gang! Took me most of the morning to figure out how to scan stuff with the new 'puter, but got the deal done! Over the course of this four year old thread, some one has posted a picture of a couple of covers of old Hot Rods with Falcon info, but not any of the articles. Tease! I have every Hot Rod in print, so I took the liberty of scan the articles them selves. I don't know about the potetial of the 144, i am doing a 170 and 200 myself, but if I had a good running 144, I'd hop it! A five speed will work lots of magic, that's my first mod with anything... Great now my attachments won't load! AAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGG!!!! Why do compu-geeks feel the need to change everything!!!! I'll try later when i have some more time...
Since this thread has been resurrected...good luck finding 144 pistons. Egge made a run a few years ago but most places laughed when I called. Kanter was the only place that even carried them last year. I rebuilt my 144 just because I wanted it to be original. Its not a highway cruiser but its fun around town.
Some of you guys aren't looking very hard. If anyone's serious about rebuilding one of these toads, you can take your choice on Ebay right now---a n.o.s. set of .040 over cast pistons for $30.00, or a set of n.o.s. TRW .060 over forged pistons for $99.00.
Hey guys, My scans of the early hot rod articles won't load. I think the files are too big. Not a clue how to reduce they're size, so I will have to wait until I can find someone under the age of twenty five to help me... Sorry, I'll get it figured out as quick as I can! It will be worth it too, 'cause all of these articles are not only 144, (that was all there was in '60) but the info is basically the same for 170, 200, and 250 as well. I will add some of my own stuff here pretty quick too... How 'bout a weber DGV 36/38 two barrel switch over? Should be doing one tomorrow, I'll shoot it.
Its hard to believe Hot Rod's March 1960 article, Making the Falcon Fly is celebrating its 50th birthday. The article was the impetus for locating and purchasing the Edelbrock 6-3-1 tripower adapter, Edelbrock finned valve cover and three NOS gl*** bowled Holleys pictured in my avatar.
Hey Guys i know its an older post and this may not be about the 200, but i have a 200, cruise-o-matic 3speed automatic, the stock autolite 1100 and i know a Holley 5200 2bbl would wake it up a bit... but what else could i do to make cream a chevy 216? or at least gitty up when i flore it?? Boy i do love Ford's and Straight 6's
Love inlines, this will look and sound cool, but will be a slug at a cost of a stock 300 ci ford overhead inline. Your car, go for it. As you said you are long on stupid, show your colors. ~sololobo~
Bringing this post back from the dead. I recommend doing a weber 32/36 on the 200. Plus having HEI. It helps a lot, plus I made a video on the installation of the weber 32/36 called Weber Conversion for Ford 200 on YouTube
144,S ONLY HAVE 4 MAIN CAPS. VERY WEAK BOTTOM END. GO WITH A 250. SAME ENGINE FAMILY, TONS BETTER. ITS WHAT I,AM DOING IN MY 63 S22 COMET ALONG WITH A C4 TRANS
Chaz, I am so proud that you introduced this topic way back in 2006 and resisted all these good forum posters urging you to dump the 144. I love the 144 and I really love that you had decided to modify that engine. Even if you bored it or whatever, sticking with the 144 base is a brilliant and innovative idea IMO. Now, I am from Australia. We had a 144 in a Falcon wagon from 1966 to 1973. (The Falcons we had followed a different course than the US models, generally older looking designs but with bits and pieces from different models thrown in, and a heavier ch***is) Did 100K miles in our Falcon. Falcons, by the way, were full-size family cars to us, not shopping carts as they were in the US. From Victoria, at the bottom of Australia, we would load that up with a family of six, loads of suit cases on the full length roof rack that overhung both ends, and drive up to the north of Australia mid summer, and back. The only thing that ever went wrong was a broken windscreen. Bravo to you!
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