Hey guys... I recently purchased a four door 1976 Maverick. It doesn't have much power, it's only a 200 i-6. I was wondering if there are any cheap mods I can do with this to make it go! Everyone is always like "Burn Em" and I'm like " I can't" Please help. Oh by the way, I eventually want to drop in a 302 V-8 but that's not going to happen anytime soon. Is that even a good idea? Please help me out, thanks!
to the board, so is your car an automatic? and define cheap, cheap as in flippen your aircleaner lid over for more air or spending a few hundred bucks on rear end zoom gears and before anyone else ask do you have any pics ??
Welcome! Rear gears are probably the most bang for the bucks. I dunno how to make the 200 do much more than cruise. A couple of degrees of ignition timing might squeeze out a 1/2 hp. I don't know about your emmisions laws but in Texas you could lose the converter. My car was a 250 ci to begin with and it was SLOW. The 2.70something:1 Gears really hurt it.
Yeah it's an automatic, I'm new to restoring old cars, which is what I want to do with this one, but I'm afraid I have to wait until I get back from England next winter to do so. Thanks for the tips and I will try to get some pics up asap.
