Lessmore wrote:
K Charles wrote:
My parents pulled a pop-up with a falcon. In '62 they traded in the falcon for a falcon wagon and went from a 144 cu in to a 170 cu in. Dad said that was a power house and pulled the pop-up much better.
I remember the 144. A GF had one in her '62 Mercury Comet. Not enough power to pull off the skin of a tapioca pudding. Your dad was right, the 170 inline Ford six was a powerhouse compared to the 144 cube. I think your dad would of been very impressed with the Ford 300 cube inline six. :)
They took what was the US Ford Six, built a totally different engine around it in Australia Last development was the turbo 4 Litre Barra engine with 420hp and 430-470lbs ft ( 470lbs ft for a minute)of torque at 1800 rpm. Dead flat torque curve from 1800rpm. Used in the Falcon Ute and some versions of the Territory SUV.
Tuners were getting 1000hp as a " streetable" engine. Straight six made it easy to extract horsepower
