Fastest six you guys have seen

What is the fastest or most powerful maverick you guys have seen with a six cylinder?

 

I seen a local guy about 8 years ago running a 300 truck six on alcohol in a maverick. Ran high 10s if I remember right. Never seen it since.

 

it will prolly be mine once I get done with her it will be ~300 hp @ the wheels

 

lol how in the heck are u going to pull off 300 hp in a 6 w/o spending over a few thousand........

 

you guys are making me want to go find a Mav with a 6 and turbocharge it!

I bet 300 HP would be easy with a 250. Probably wouldn't take more than $1000 total to make it all work.

 

I used to race a '77 Mav in Va. Beach, back in the early 80's. A guy there had a '62 Chevy ll with a 250 6cyl that was in the high 10's low 11's. Really a neat car. Sounded like a bunch of bees when it was under power.

Earl

 

Yeah, to be honest I think you guys are underestimating the I6. I mean if a honda civic with a 1.6L I4 can push 350hp with some extensive work I'm sure that a 3.3L or 4.0L I6 would have little trouble doing the same. State of the art internals, good exhaust system, turbo or supercharger, and a nitrous kit, I see no reason you couldn't get AT LEAST 300HP.

I mean I got into older cars because they should be easier to supe up (and because I know a good bit about RWD carburated cars and nothing about FWD fuel injected cars). I have confidence that I can make a mean street machine out of my car by going to the junkyard and buying an old 200 or 250 and slowly rebuliding it with performance components.

I don't even care too much about track racing.........although I wouldn't mind......but as long as my car can haul some ass that's all that matters.

Btw, I have a t3 turbo right now........I'd love to mount it to my maverick.........but I can't even figure out how a turbo works on a carburated engine. If anyone has a diagram to clear it up that would be nice.

 

sumopatrol I looked every thing up one time and it came to around 2 grand I know I could get alot more power alot cheaper with a 302 but thats not the point

 

hey more power to you =) I just have no money for anything =P

 

What could you do with a 250? If you can get 300 with it i might go that way unstead of getting one of the new 375 hp 302 engines my friend has been trying to sell me from his shop. To tell u the truth i think he is full of it. Ive heard of 345 but never a 375 from ford racing products...........

 

Ever heard of the phrase "polishing a turd"........?

 

If my memory is right, the Aussi 250 is rated up to over 200 hp in stock street trim. The Aussi head will bolt up to a U.S. 250. Add a good cam, carb, header, do a little head work and look out V8's. The 6 weighs about 100 lbs. less then a 302 and in-lines will pull well. I had a Falcon in high school with all the trick stuff on a 170 and it would stay with a V8 on the street till about 50mph. Just put a 200 together for my '63 Ranchero and 175 HP was the goal. I think we hit it. Still got to install it and get a time slip, but the guys on the fordsix.com board seem to agree with the estimate. I plan to do the same to the 250 in my Mav. May add a T-5 for fun.

Not a Ford, but there are a few guys in So.Cal. with Chevy 6's running low teens in door slammers and as quick as mid 7's, 8's & 9's in T-buckets and dragsters. Mike Kirby has the old Kay Sissle twin 250 Chebby 6 dragster running in the low 7's and Kays old NHRA record holding roadsters are in the 8's and 9's. No blowers, on gas, No NOS, all motor. These are 1/4 mile times. They will be running these cars at the Goodguys March meet in Bakersfield next month.

 

Just goes to show with enough time, money and work you can make anything fast!!!!

 

I wouldn't know but,

I know that the straight sixes have a lot of torque for their size. And more torque = faster, I think. At least it helps off the line anyways. I will one day build my old 200 for a car. I'd be happy with 250 horses........ Country

 

No doubt you can definitely make good horsepower with the straight six motors, whether it's GM, Ford, Dodge, Toyota, whatever.....

The fact is that if you take a straight 6 and a 302 and do the same work to them, ie. headwork, high flow intake, good camshaft, blah blah blah...in the end the v8 will be faster if it's built comparably.

Yes, you can make a straight 6 fast..... the pro compact guys are getting like 1,600 horsepower out of a 4-cylinder, so it's definitely possible with a straight 6. Heck, look at those guys that race there lawn mowers, they must know how to make a small motor fast!!