1970 Ford Maverick I6

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1970 Ford Maverick I6

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The six has a LOT of potential!!!

 

Gregmaverick, I like it! What mods have you done to the 200? Eager to follow the progress. Ur upscaling of the inline will surely stand out any where you go.

 

Head: 1976 with 1 3/4" carburetor hole. I brought to a machine shop to have 0.060 milled off, larger stainless steel intake & exhaust valves & double valve springs. I installed 1.6:1 rocker arms (used in the 6 cylinder jeep engines) from Rocker Arms Unlimited.
Carburetor: using a carburetor adapter from "Stovebolt" (but can be purchased from Summit Racing), to adapt a 36/32 Weber. For the hood scoop, I used a Torino "shaker" that was butchered. But, fine for me, because I mounted directly to the hood. I used "cold air" plumbing and an in-line airbox air filter.
Distributor: 1978 (Fairmont six) Ford Duraspark. But, I "gutted" the control module, and using a GM HEI control module.
Timing Chain: Full roller timing chain.
Exhaust: Stainless steel headers, Jones Exhaust "X-pipe", straight-through 18" glass packs, mandrel bent 45 degree 2" pipes that exit just ahead of the passenger side rear tires, And, chrome resonator tips. (Really lost the 6 cylinder "whizzy" sound, to a mellow one.
Fan: Aluminum light weight fan. (And, aluminum radiator. Modified a Mustang radiator shroud.)
Fuel Pump: took off the mechanical, and installed an Airtex electric near the fuel tank.

The car had a three-on-the-tree. I removed the manual, and installed a C4, with a Transgo shift kit and a "C" code shift servo. (used on the Shelbys and K code Mustangs). It was a tight fit, but I installed a "T-handle" '70 Mustang floor shifter, and designed my own linkage. I replaced the 7 1/2" rear-end with an 8" with five lugs, and replaced the front spindles with 5-lug 10" breaks.
Found a used "belly-bar" AKA: cross member brace from a Maverick V8. And, a 1" front sway bar. For the rear, I'm using an old set of "slapper" traction bars that I modified to fit.

 

Here is a newer picture showing the exhaust. The tail lights are from a 1970 Torino.

 

U got nice build going Greg, just wondering why exhaust is coming out right at pass door? No concern abt getting c-monoxide in the pass compartment?

 

No, I never smell exhaust (And yes, carbon monoxide is odorless & colorless).
1) It sounds great
2) Less restrictive.
3) This summer (or spring...rains a lot in Oregon), I may run two pipes back to the rear on the passenger side - following the original exhaust route. Or, use a "Y" pipe, and run a single 2 1/2". The "Y" pipes you generally find, are used to split a single exhaust. But, they don't work backwards! If you notice that the 2 ended side are facing each other.