Who is familiar with the 240 I6?

I still have 2 feet of snow in the back yard but when it gets down a bit I can send photos...

 

Hey Alan, are you sure they are the same height?

I have yet to see one (300) in a Maverick that didn't need the hood cut for carb clearance.
They sure look taller too in the pics.

I guess I need to see one in person to get the right perspective.

 

I don't have all the 6 cylinder engines any more to go and measure them again side by side but when I was racing them I had both 240 and 300's in my Maverick. I still have a 240 in it now, although my son had it almost ready to come out last fall so he can put in his 302. I will take a picture before its out though. I'm pretty confident on the measurements I gave earlier. If I am out it would be in the height of the 240/300 vs 144/250 and it would only be 1 inch max caused by where I had measured on the oil pan and valve cover. I didn't cut the hood to make them fit. I used an edelbrock manifold and edelbrock four barrel carb before switching to the turbocharger. The hood did require a scoop to allow the turbo to fit because I needed a 2 inch riser and a 1/2 inch thick adapter plate to mount everything, clear the waste gate and get a big enough oil return line to fit. I had a 5/16 oil pressure line but ended up needing a 3/4 drain return line or else the oil just seemed to back up. I would get blue smoke poring out of it and I cooked two turbos before believing it needed such a big return.

 

One more go at this. I"m not going to be offended if I'm wrong! So could someone go and measure their 144/250 sitting on the shop floor or hanging from their engine hoist and compare their numbers to mine and could someone else go and measure their 240/300 and compare their numbers to mine. I only gave my measurements to try and help someone answer their question.

 

HI Alan With ! ACMAN CALLING WAY DOWN IN FLORIDA YOUR POSTING IN 08 ABOUT YOUR 300 MAVERICK SOUNDED LIKE YOU HAD THE ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BEFORE I START MY PROJECT,AM RETIRED NOW WHICH MEANS HAVE MORE TIME THAN MONEY AND LIKE TRY AND GET IT AS CLOSE TO RIGHT THE FIRST TIME NOT LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID AND KEEP CHANGING THINGS TILL THEY WORKED DID SOME NICE PROJECTS IN THE PAST BUT LOOKING BACK FIND WITH MORE FORTHOUGHT, QUESTIONS AND PLANNING, COULD HAVE DONE THEM A LOT QUICKER, EASER AND CHEAPER WITH AGE COMES WISDOM???(STILL MESSEN WITH CARS) THANKS FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE, COULD POSSIBLY GET TOGETHER BY PHONE

 

HEY ericglo!! ACMAN CALLIN BACK SEEM TO HAVE LOST THE PAGE YOU HAD THE GREAT PICTURES ON (300 TURBO-6) MY PRINTER WAS DOWN, OUT OF INK COULDNT GET COPY FOR REFERENCE. THEY ARE THE BEST I HAVE FOUND YET.WITH ALL THE INTEREST OUT THERE I CANT BELIEVE NO ONE HAS POSTED A STEP BY STEP HOW TO. WOULD PROBABLY START A TREND, SHAKE UP A LOT OF V8 PEOPLE

 

check out this place, you'll love it.

http://fordsix.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=4d4294e9dbee226cb1ba3878c756bb57

 

It's on the 3rd page in the general section!!!By the way I'm getting ready to start a build on a 71 i just bought today, it will be a BAD 300 strait six and i will post all the pic's of build!!!

 

240/300 in cars

I know the the mid '60 Ford Galaxie's and Customs had a 240 six for a base engine.