Posted by JimG
on 2/11/2009, 3:39 am, in reply to "Re: Jim & Amelia's junkyard adventure 2/9/09"
70.110.121.222
Hi Kurt:
To answer your questions about the expected horsepower and the rear end, I must first say that this is my first Falcon project, and indeed the first Ford I've worked on so extensively. All I know is what I've read and what I've been told by folks who've been there before me. The consensus is the rearend will be fine (I suspected as much, especially since we're running an automatic and skinny tires) and the horsepower will be noticeably more, but no specific numbers have been discussed. It still won't be a race car, but at least it won't be so underpowered when compared with other cars on the road.
Regarding the transmission swap, if you have not yet checked out redfalken's site, I think you'll find that he's done a good job of documenting the C4 swap.
http://www.redfalken.com/pages/c4.html
Jim
--Previous Message--
: Hey,
: If you take any pictures of your
: progress as you go along would love
: to see them. falconebayer@yahoo.com
: Do you know how much more horsepower
: a 200 should have? No problem with
: rear end right? I'm fortunate that
: even though I have the little 144 I
: have the better rear end that
: cruises nice on a highway. I drove
: to Miami Beach today and have no
: problem on the fast highways here in
: Florida. Wish I saw more Falcons on
: the road.
: Good Luck with the swap
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hey everyone. We had a good weekend
: junkyarding and I thought I'd share.
: As some of you know, we plan to
: replace our 170/FM2 with a 200/C4.
:
: Yesterday (Sunday) we went to the
: junkyard to pull the C4 out of a '65
: Falcon that I'd found the previous
: week. It turned out to be a later
: model C5 that someone had just
: "rigged" into the car. It
: had no rear mount, and the tailshaft
: was just sitting on the original
: crossmember! Bummer. The yard owner
: said he had an identical
: transmission already removed that
: was much cleaner. He was right - it
: had a new torque converter and a new
: front pump, and appears to be
: recently rebuilt. So, I'll need to
: fabricate a rear mount, but I have
: high hopes the tranny can be used
: without the cost of a rebuild and a
: new converter.
:
: Today, my friend Brandon calls to
: tell me he found me a rebuildable
: 200 for $50. It's in a '68 Mustang
: (we assume it's original to the car)
: and is complete except for the carb,
: starter, alternator, etc. It's close
: to home too. It has 5 freeze plugs,
: so I guess all we have to do now is
: make sure it's not a 250.
:
: So far (fingers crossed) it was a
: productive weekend.
:
: Jim
:
: PS - Amelia promises to update her
: website with pics of the Falcon at
: some cruise-ins this past summer, so
: check back from time to time.
:
:
: http://home.earthlink.net/~jimg185/
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