Ford 300, open header, 274 cam lope

Open header and choppy idle. The cam specs: 274*advertised duration, 224 at .050 lift, 110 lobe separation, and .518 lift with the GM 292 rockers. Everything else is stock on the inside.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• ford
• 300
• cam
• lope
• lopey
• choppy
• six
• header

[clemm17]

Im running 9.2 comp and a comp cam custom cam. Fueled by the toilet sinker eldebrock thunder 500 cfm. The only problem I have had is the eldebrock boat anchor.

The engine itself is awesome. Except for the eldebock fuel/air farts, it will sit you back in the seat and pull like hell.

[nevrenufhp]

@clemm17

I would like to have my compression up where yours is. The overlap on this cam just bleeds off a lot of it at low rpm. For tuning an Edelbrock carb, I'd suggest an oxygen sensor with an attached gauge.

[MrGeraldericksonjr]

i have built and mean 225 slant 6 before it had 13to1 copression inow have a ford 300 inline 6 i dont think any body has pushed the limit of said ford engine i pl could use more workan on using a good sized turbo and better fuel injection plus i think rotating assembly

[nevrenufhp]

@MrGeraldericksonjr

True, not enuf has been done with the 300. Either a turbo for the stock head, or weld up 351C, or LS1 heads for natural aspiration. There has been a little more in the cam selection of the past couple years. Mine sure needs more compression, to say the least.

[tgilliland4841]

hey nice lopey idle....Where did you get that bracket for a saginaw ps?

[nevrenufhp]

@tgilliland4841

Thanks. It's off of an Econoline van. This one is from an 84 E150. Still have yet to get a PS box & column.

[redneckboyd1]

I could listen to that all day...

[gkkocel1]

In the 70's and 80's a dirt track modified in PA ran a 300 6 laid on it's left side. They said he just did it for vision and lower center of gravity but this car was a rocket ship. They tried to slow him down with ''''rule changes" but each time he came back faster. Three Weber carbs did the trick and yes valve adjusting was a little messy at first but better draining to the pan took care of that.They would make him start on the pole 1 lap down and he would still win 25 lap features!

[mattdudley13]

Dodge slant engines allowed a lower hood line and a better intake manifold. They were also shorter than others because they were designed with shorter accessories. water pump is actually mounted on the side.. they were designed like that. realisticly a better design than any other American inline engine of the time, but there is no replacement for displacement. 300 was much more popular in Fords than 225 powered trucks were in the Dodges. The slant is far superior to the Small ford sixes.

[seapeddler]

@hendo337 A conundrum indeed. Ford 300-6 would need modified oilpan/pickup and pressurized shaft rocker system to run on a slant. The pedestal rockers may not hold their vital reservoir of oil at a slant. Shaft rockers iz superior, but getting at one means dismantling entire shaftism. Everything is the same, but making money is immiscible with logic at times.