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Reply #90 –
I really oughta mesure that i6 one of these days.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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Reply #92 –
Yes, a 300 will fit in a Fox - an old friend of mine had one in an '81 Mustang. The hood closed fine except he had a Capri hood, which was about 3" too long and stuck out over the grille. He didn't put the engine in there (it was there when he bought the car) but whoever did hacked it together.

I'm not sure what engine weighs what, but I'd bet the 300 outweighs the 200 by a considerable margin. The 300 is the "big block" of Ford sixes
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Reply #93 –
yeah I guess. Half of a v-12. I would still go after it. It would still be way lighter and more balanced then most 5.0's. I'll see if I can pull some numbers.
Quote from: jcassity
I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
Hooligans! 
1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

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Reply #94 –
Engine Weights
 

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Reply #95 –
Ford 170-250 L6        385        (except Australian w/aluminum head)
Ford 5.0 V8              450        (109)

If the 300 is significantly heavier than the 250, then it doesn't have much wiggle room to be "way lighter" than a 5.0.

My desire for the 300 stems from a quirky liking of I6s. I'd want to use a 250 if they were common enough and if many of the decent parts didn't have to come in from Australia. Someday I may just go out looking for some 80s F150 for sale with the I6 in it.. take out the I6 and rebuild it, and stuff my 351 under the hood of the truck. Kill two birds with one stone. (I really could use a truck, but only if I ever got rid of one or two of these cars)

Honestly, I wouldn't even mind it if the 300 project ended up in my '89 Mark.. as much as I am liking the HO under the hood now.

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Reply #96 –
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I really could use a truck, but only if I ever got rid of one or two of these cars)


If you really want I could come down there and one night, while you sleep, I could "get rid" of one or two of those cars :giggle:

I didn't realize you were still hot on the 300 inline six.  I thought you had put it on the to do in 5 years list or something like that.
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Reply #97 –
Quote from: Paul Flockhart
If you really want I could come down there and one night, while you sleep, I could "get rid" of one or two of those cars :giggle:

I didn't realize you were still hot on the 300 inline six.  I thought you had put it on the to do in 5 years list or something like that.


My house is NOT labelled "Midnight Auto Parts". :p

Yeah, I still want to do something around a 300. I'd like to try and pick up a 300 someday soon, even if it didn't go into a car for a long time.. but my 351 will soon be moved over to my house and I can't really spare the space to store two (maybe three, if I pulled the HO out of the '88 LSC) engines.

If my uncle didn't make such a stink over Fords, (much of it jokingly, at least) I'd give him my '88 T-bird and get his Dodge pickup off of him. Then that just leaves the problem of dealing with the '88 LSC.