Could a 300 i6 fit into the Mav/Comet?

crazy!!!!!

 

my Maverick

This 303 cubic inch motor makes 460 horsepower. It will run 10.60 at 125mph. Its very much fun to drive. Just proof that it can be done this motor is a lot faster than a 302" v8. The previous picture that was posted was from an old race, one of my slower ones.

 

Which Transmission are you useing?

 

How far can a 250 I-6 be stroked? That way, you get the x-tra cubes with a block that's factory fit.

As for Mopar motors, a big block B or RB (383-440) would be just as hard to fit as a big block Ford, so why not just do a BB Ford if you're going to the trouble.......but.....

I remember a friend in high school with a near bone-stock 70 Dart Swinger with a 340, 4-speed and a 3:50-ish posi rear. The only mods the car had was a mild cam, aftermarket intake and 4-bbl and headers. With a set of sticky compound M/T street tires and a pair of cheapo traction bars, he could consistantly pull the front wheels 4"-8" at launch, and was a nightmare at the weekend street drags. He could trash my 440 6-pack Challenger R/T off the line and put a couple of car lenths on me, but with 111 more cubes, 500 more cfm and 3:23 gears, I'd catch up and start pulling ahead about the halfway mark, I'd win if I hit my shifts right, but it'd be scary close.

I know a few die-hard Ford and Chevy dedicated racers and mechanics, and they all admit a small block Mopar is a killer motor to contend with. I've never run a performance SB Mopar, just had a few in trucks and vans, but I wonder what a well-built 340/360 could do in a Mav....especially with Dodge still building Performance engines based on that same small block

 

sounds like every body is turring up ideas about what to turn there cars into now haha. how about a big turboed deisel to black smoke the trucks and move the pipe to the fuel neck area and move your filler neck to the side of you car haha. not saying ive been blacked smoked yet cuz those deisel trucks arent quick enough to catch my car ha i think it would just be funny and fun to turn the joke back.ha

 

i think tht instead of comparing engines and worrying about tque and hp numbers we should look at this as a "could it be done?" and i would say tht if you wanted to put money into a slimmer performance radiator, electric fans, and prolly a top loader 4-speed it could be done with eithr no mods or possibly just engine mont mods to move it down and back towards the firewall. width shouldnt be a factor, its a straight 6 for crying out loud and if so, plasma cutter and welder willd do just fine on the coilover mounts. but hey, im just a 17 year old tennesseean wanting to go to wyotech to become a fab/bodyman. no biggie.

 

Anything can be done. Do it all. Like i said in the other thread. You can look at 100 mustangs and see 3 cars.... This thread proves you can look at 100 mavs and see 300 cars, or more. It's your car, if you have the cahones to do it and think you want to. Then do it. Personally since my brother started his rat-rod bug, i've been fartin around with the idea of chopped and chanelled... I know it has nothin to do with the motor. but YOUR mav is YOUR mav is YOUR mav... I almost did 300 instead of 302... but 302 was easier to get and had more info and aftermarket.

 

My hat's offf to you for doing it, only I take issue with the part about it being faster than a 302. And besides, being as it's got six cylinders, it'll still sound like crap when you romp on it.

 

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Welcome to the forum from Northeastern Illinois.
Nice setup Frenchman! I like it. Hats off to you.
Might want to give some details on what the mechanicals are about.
Been quite-a-bit of discussion abt the 300 in our cars. I suppose to those who may be interested in going that route you wud be the man to consult.
As far as sounding like crap - I disagree. Sound is like beauty - it's in the eye/ear of the beholder. It just may be different than what they consider normal.

 

How come nobody has mentioned the very recent car craft feature of a Mav with a turbo 300?

 

This is an old thread but I will answer the question that has been ask several times. YES!!!!!!!!!!! a C4 will bolt up to a 300 I6. It has the same bolt pattern as a 302. The only problem is a big flywheel/flex plate. You have to use a 164 tooth bell housing. I suppose you could get a neutral balanced 157 and us it also.
Every engine has it design purpose. The 300 I6 was designed for a work horse in a truck. I have one in my 72 F100 4X4 with a granny low 4 speed trans behind it. The thing will idle through stuff that most trucks have to get all up in the 5000 RPM range to get through. Monster low end torque and power. Best 4X4 engine ever built IMO.

 

If it were a diesel, it wouldn't sound bad. There's just something about hopped up 6 cylinder gas motors that's not kosher in the sound of the exhaust. Could be the split headers doing it.

 

i dont no about u guys but i own a mav with a stock 250 straight 6 runnin a 4-into-1 single out the back and it sounds better than most new mustangs. and when its idling u could easly mistake it for a 289