Aussie Hemi 6's
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I remember a couple of things about the "leaning tower of power".
I remember the military used them a lot, on generators, power plants, pumps, cement mixers, etc.
They referred to it as a class "D" engine, noted for reliability and long life.
On aussie sixes, if I remember right, the aussie Ford 250 straight six head has a better combustion chamber,(hemi?), and uses a separate intake manifold instead of the one piece design of the US made head.
Those heads were sought after on this side of the pond, I am not clear as to what changes have to be made to make the change, but I am pretty sure there is some machining involved.
I am a big fan of sixes, and have owned Many in the past, and own a few now.
All of my 57' through 60' pick ups & panels have had a six in them.
It's a small medium duty but hard to kill 223 ci straight six.
If you would like to learn about sixes, and how to make them develop a lot of power, there are a couple of books that are must reads.
The first only cost a few dollars, it's an old fashioned book that explains clearly what the pioneers of six cylinder performance found out by trial & error.(you can only mill so much off a head...LOL)
The first is the California Bill's Chevrolet GMC & Buick "Speed Manual" .
These books are cheap, one is 5 to 15 dollars, the other about $20.
For just a few dollars you get a ton of information on what works & what what doesn't.
I searched for a long time for a Ford six cylinder performance book and never found one, maybe a bit the same when it comes to one for a Mopar six.
A couple of old guys here in the Valley, years ago, had a six cylinder engine building service, these guys really knew their stuff.
My bad luck that I was not ready to build a engine when I met them, two years later they moved away and retired.
Last I talked to them I said, "what do I do?" , he said to buy the GMC book. He said what works on one six, works on all sixes.
They're all the same.
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This is the modern book on six cylinder performance.
It contains interviews with several of the six gurus
Including Bill Fisher
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I remember a couple of things about the "leaning tower of power".
I remember the military used them a lot, on generators, power plants, pumps, cement mixers, etc.
They referred to it as a class "D" engine, noted for reliability and long life.
On aussie sixes, if I remember right, the aussie Ford 250 straight six head has a better combustion chamber,(hemi?), and uses a separate intake manifold instead of the one piece design of the US made head.
Those heads were sought after on this side of the pond, I am not clear as to what changes have to be made to make the change, but I am pretty sure there is some machining involved.
I am a big fan of sixes, and have owned Many in the past, and own a few now.
All of my 57' through 60' pick ups & panels have had a six in them.
It's a small medium duty but hard to kill 223 ci straight six.
If you would like to learn about sixes, and how to make them develop a lot of power, there are a couple of books that are must reads.
The first only cost a few dollars, it's an old fashioned book that explains clearly what the pioneers of six cylinder performance found out by trial & error.(you can only mill so much off a head...LOL)
The first is the California Bill's Chevrolet GMC & Buick "Speed Manual" .
These books are cheap, one is 5 to 15 dollars, the other about $20.
For just a few dollars you get a ton of information on what works & what what doesn't.
I searched for a long time for a Ford six cylinder performance book and never found one, maybe a bit the same when it comes to one for a Mopar six.
A couple of old guys here in the Valley, years ago, had a six cylinder engine building service, these guys really knew their stuff.
My bad luck that I was not ready to build a engine when I met them, two years later they moved away and retired.
Last I talked to them I said, "what do I do?" , he said to buy the GMC book. He said what works on one six, works on all sixes.
They're all the same.
***************************************
This is the modern book on six cylinder performance.
It contains interviews with several of the six gurus
Including Bill Fisher
You can build a six so that when you romp on it, it tears down the street with the front tires lofted.
I've seen it,.... I love it.
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I've seen it,.... I love it.
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