I don't really know what else to do (aside from dropping in a flathead). I want to give my 2.3 4 cylinder a little more traditional look. I've also been looking for Weber Sidedraft carbs and I have a header for it waiting to get ceramic coated. anything else aside from cleaning up the wiring I can do to give my hampster cage a more taditional look? thanks.
Late 40's era kick-ass on the flatheads chopped Model A high school coupe with built banger The coupe. Banger in a roadster being built today - with old parts for old farts....
make some headers...that would help alot i think. do they make any finned valve covers for these? go with the weber it would help. then like you said, make it less busy if possible.
Or you can fab your own intake like "Bondoboy" suggests and run a Weber as mentioned by "122wagon". That's what I did on my Iron Duke. The Offy-style header is going together now.
Back in the first gas crisis I built a 26 full fendered roadster. 2000 Pinto motor. I built a log style header that was popular in the 40's before they knew about the scavenging effect. I built a tubular intake using 2 single barrel Corvair carbs. One for the front 2 cyls and another for the rear 2 cyls. with a balance tube in between. I used a repro aluminum Rajo valve cover with an adapter that a machinist friend made. We got used to 70 cents a gallon gas so I sold it and built a V8 P/U before I got it running.
First thing, move your alternator so it sits down low next to the engine rather than "pow" right there on top. The 2.0 Pinto motor in my Model T has a finned aluminum valve cover and a finned aluminum timing cover both made by Speerco, kinda hard to find these days but the look great. Also, the stock manifold has been cleaned up and modified to mount a Stromberg 97.
The plate under the carb that you blocked off the EGR port. Remove that and a 350 CFM Holley or stock Motorcraft 2-barrel carb will bolt to the intake. It will give better preformance and look better. You running a fuel pump or are you using gravity feed off the stock tank?
2.3 from a 1990 Mustang. Running an electric pump. run a 350cfm Holly sideways? will that acually work?
Not sideways, your going to have change the cable to the left side of the carb, and if it's auto come with some kickdown linkage. Been using one on a '74 motor in my roadster.
www.quad4rods.com makes cool stuff for the GM 2.4 DOHC Quad 4 and the Ford focus engine. Here's their catalog, the have better pics in there, http://www.quad4rods.com/Catalougue.pdf
Keep the cast iron exhaust, it's tuned for that motor and won't leak like headers ( if you install all the bolts ) with a little work that motor will give most flatheads a run for the money and give better MPG!!
Damn. Good eye Tom! It's actually broken off in the head...It's currently not leaking so I'd rather not molest it until I actually have the header ready to go. The header I have is a factory Ford Ranger piece. I want to cut it up and make a lake pipe using a speedway kit.
Take anything that is aluminum, and hit the buffing wheel with it. My 1600 Pinto engine now features a polished intake, timing cover, and fuel pump if my memory serves me correctly (it's been stored for a while since I did it up). also a polished alternator, with the stator painted red where it sticks out. find some stainless bolts for stuff that shows at your local hardware store, and polish those too. We also removed all the hoses and garbage involved with the stock auto choke and cold start, and I'll use a good old fashioned choke knob. Just the stock valve cover on mine, painted nicely, and I have the Cortina GT header (stock piece from some other application of this engine).
why not build a single carb intake to put dual 94's on a Y-manifold or something on it w/ scoops...a mallory distributor (seems most popular type), headers and then throw in a late 60's mustang style 12v gen on it. BTW: those motors are cool...what do they come out of? years and type? I might have to get one and tuck it away for a later project.
That's what I though. To get back to your question " traditional looking banger " that's why I run a hood. It's tuff to make a new motor look old.
This might be a stupid idea, but Ford Y block steel valve covers have a cool pattern stamped into the sides of them. Maybe cut up a set of them and weld the stamped portion into each side of your stock valve cover, and eliminate the Ford oval. Would make your valve cover look like a two sided Y block cover, and add a bit of 50's flash to it. Or maybe that idea is stupid. I don't know.
Think i have some weber side draughts and Dell's tucked away in the garage... what size you want... think these are 32's
1990 Ford Mustang 2.3 long block with 1986 mustang Intake. Carb is from a Pinto (don't know year) as is the points style distributer. Headers can be found on early 90s Ford Rangers with the 2.3. 90 was an odd year for the 2.3, some late production years got a 2 plug head ; 2.3s virtually grow on trees at the bone yard BTW.
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