And if we're counting motorcycles, had a Honda CBX with SIX carbs on it. Synching that bad boy was an all day project.
You could definitely get PS and PB with a Z code/4-gear. R and Q codes with their higher RPM capability may have been another can of worms. I'll have to check that out ...1963 Mercury Monterey S55 factory 4spd. Z code 390, 406 heads, short cast iron headers, 427 crank, 3 Holley 2 barrel carbs on factory aluminum manifold.
BTW these early big block Fords and Mercs with original 4 spd transimissions only came with manual steering and brakes, quite the handful with 400 plus HP and 4000 lbs.
Too cool. My first car was a '73 V6 2600cc Capri. I ended up lowering it, but never modded the engine other than using an MSD ignition. Moved the battery to the trunk and usually had the back seat out to save some weight. The rear wheel wells had the upper lip pulled out for wider tires. I ended up molding in a rear spoiler and had a front spoiler too. It went through a couple of repaints, two of them I did. I'll have to scan a picture of it. Great car! Sold it to finance finishing the 240Z.I had a 1970 Ford Capri, they were sold as Fords everywhere apart from the US. It was a lowly 1300GT when I bought it, but I did a bunch of upgrades to it, including the engine. I built a hot "Pinto" motor with my own two hands. It used a 205 block and steel crank from a Sierra Cosworth, overbored to 2.1 litres, big valve ported head, 285 degree Piper camshaft, dual Dellorto 45 DHLA carbs on HiFlow intake manifold, a tubular exhaust manifold with wrap, and a two box exhaust system. It would idle kind of roughly, banging and popping, but once the revs went up, it used to fly. It would rev off the tacho at 7000rpm. As well as the engine modifications, I added a five speed gearbox, and had the interior re-trimmed in blue leather, fitting Recaro seats instead of the standard ones.
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I had a 1970 Ford Capri, they were sold as Fords everywhere apart from the US. It was a lowly 1300GT when I bought it, but I did a bunch of upgrades to it, including the engine. I built a hot "Pinto" motor with my own two hands. It used a 205 block and steel crank from a Sierra Cosworth, overbored to 2.1 litres, big valve ported head, 285 degree Piper camshaft, dual Dellorto 45 DHLA carbs on HiFlow intake manifold, a tubular exhaust manifold with wrap, and a two box exhaust system. It would idle kind of roughly, banging and popping, but once the revs went up, it used to fly. It would rev off the tacho at 7000rpm. As well as the engine modifications, I added a five speed gearbox, and had the interior re-trimmed in blue leather, fitting Recaro seats instead of the standard ones.
Complete with Fuzzy Dice!
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Not on early cars like the 63, it wasn't until the C6 Auto trans came out that you could get HP motors with a auto trans. 1966 and that's the alphanumerical designation, C= the 60s decade 6=the year. So by the time Ford put out the 7 liter engine 66 Galaxy & GT/ GTA Fairlane's you could get it both in auto or 4speed. In 67 the mustangs got a bigger engine compartment and GT 390s with the C6 as well as the FairlanesYou could definitely get PS and PB with a Z code/4-gear. R and Q codes with their higher RPM capability may have been another can of worms. I'll have to check that out ...
BTW, in 66 the 428 was born and came in the Tunderbird with the C6 and Police Interceptor also had the C6. Q code. by the time Ford made their own 428 CJ it was 1968, they got rid of the 427 R code and transferred that designation to the Supper Cobra Jet as the R code = Race. In 68 there was one more 427 and the only one with a hydraulic lifter block W code = weak assR and Q codes with their higher RPM capability may have been another can of worms.
And a baby, with only 4x2 (two DCNF).
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225would that be a dod
Would that be a dodge with a 231 CI? That was one of the best motors built