I've got a chance to buy a ford inline 6 out of a boat. I believe its a 240. Aluminum head and fuel injection. I don't know if its reverse rotation or not. Would it be worth investing in? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
If you want a potentially good running 6 cylinder, sure. If it is reverse rotation, it can be changed with a camshaft, starter, etc. The fuel injection and aluminum head sounds interesting.
Ford never made any aluminum 240 or 300 aluminum heads. Please post pics of this engine. I don't think it's a Ford engine.
Sure its a Ford? Never heard of a factory made production type head for A 240 or 300 [except for one and it maybe billet] so maybe its an Aussie six as they did/do some evolution and have some runners with OHC and twin turbos and over 400hp if I remember right...Can you make a pic? Sounds interesting..
OP must be old school..Ya know like the old for sale car ads, **X invested, sell for **x...Hell of a profit margin!
I would like to see some pics of that motor and the 240 is a decent motor,had a 66 240 in a 77 F150 and really liked the motor as it seemed to rev quickly and got decent gas mileage. It was removed due to a crack in the block from the PO letting it freeze but drove it for two years.
That thing seems to run pretty damn good. Dude should even need a car to ride it around the garage. Lol
Or you could just turn the rear end upside down. I would invest in it just because it is an oddity and it should have good potential, a boat motor usually wants a cam change anyway, they don't fare well on the street, power band too narrow and low.
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