I have an inline 6 250. I was wondering how many liters it is, and how much horse power it should have. My car's a 1970 Maverick Grabber but if I remember correctly the stock engine for the year was a 6 200 so I'm not sure if that would help or not.
Specifications on an L code 250-6 HP - 155 @ 4000 RPM Torque - 240 @ 1600 RPM CR - 9.0:1 *************************** Interesting tidbit about the 200 CID for 1970 - only the Maverick came with a 9.2:1 compression ratio - all others in that year including the Mustang were 8.7:1 Enjoy, Eric J
Where the did you get 155 horse power? No way in heck. There's guys on that Ford Six site spending thousands trying to get that much out of one.
thats the old hp rating system before it was changed in 71? was it? brake hp not net,...or something like that.
155hp actually sounds more accurate in comparison to how much power it feels like it has. But I really don't know too much about them so don't trust me.
feeling hp is not really accurate either ditto.. it is the older hp rating system... the car really has less then 90hp period! stock 250s are dogs i can contest to that! but still cool to have!
They have alot of torque, but not much get up and go. Around town they will spin tires and give Honda Civic's a run for their money, but the first time you take it on the interstate and stomp it to try and pass someone, you'll see what I mean.
yeah it will give a civic a run for its money only across the intersection.. yep your right i have the same book... BUT that hp rating is b4 SAE changed its rating system... i belive its changed again as the SAE states themselfs: (you can look that one up) "The Society of Automotive Engineers has tightened standards for measuring horsepower, and the results are now showing up on spec charts across America. That’s good if you’re building Corvette Z06s, which went from 500 hp to 505, but it could be bad if you end up with a 197-hp (vs. a nice, round 200-hp) Civic. SAE periodically revises the thousands of standards it certifies; horsepower was revised in August 2004 to close loopholes for things like backpressure from exhaust systems, the use of super-lubricity oil in the engine, the number of accessories that must be hooked up during a test—all the things dynamometer monkeys think of to get a better power rating. SAE also added a requirement for an independent witness to certify the horsepower testing" so if anything even if it was 155 its also about 90 or the other way around either way you look at it.. so whatever your comparing it with its all realvant i guess. however to today standards its more like 90 and under make sense?
