Good afternoon all,
I joined the other day and need your wisdom. The wisest old ford man in town past a couple years back so I'm going to lean on all of you. The falcon I picked up a few years back, link to article about it in my intro post, is going to need some work and without guidance I'm going to end up confused.
It has a 200 with broken intake bosses and a destroyed exhaust manifold. I have acquired a C4, will need gone through, to replace the cruiseomatic and have a solid source for a 75 250 head. An older hot rodder pal told me I could have the 5 lug setup and 8" rear end under his 63-1/2 falcon.
Ideally I want a modest build for better performance and reliability that won't require I sell the house.
So far the biggest challenge I am having is sifting through all the information on the forums here and trying to keep track of what is relevant to my searching. Think young dog and a squirrel. The other big challenge is that I am not well versed on automotive tech, like cam degrees and squish etc. I have read many posts on the forums and understand the basics of what needs to happen with a 250 head for example but none of the particulars. Heck I'm not even sure how to word the questions let alone what order they oughta be in.
Thanks in advance to any and all responses.
I joined the other day and need your wisdom. The wisest old ford man in town past a couple years back so I'm going to lean on all of you. The falcon I picked up a few years back, link to article about it in my intro post, is going to need some work and without guidance I'm going to end up confused.
It has a 200 with broken intake bosses and a destroyed exhaust manifold. I have acquired a C4, will need gone through, to replace the cruiseomatic and have a solid source for a 75 250 head. An older hot rodder pal told me I could have the 5 lug setup and 8" rear end under his 63-1/2 falcon.
Ideally I want a modest build for better performance and reliability that won't require I sell the house.
So far the biggest challenge I am having is sifting through all the information on the forums here and trying to keep track of what is relevant to my searching. Think young dog and a squirrel. The other big challenge is that I am not well versed on automotive tech, like cam degrees and squish etc. I have read many posts on the forums and understand the basics of what needs to happen with a 250 head for example but none of the particulars. Heck I'm not even sure how to word the questions let alone what order they oughta be in.
Thanks in advance to any and all responses.