Ford Inline 6 - Choosing, Installing and Tuning the Right Carburetor and Spacer
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2021
- Choose the right carburetor and spacer for your Ford inline 6. The carburetors are very easy to tune.
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Great video very well done and professional I'm installing the exact same carbby my 67 Ford Econoline thank you
Dang Pete one of your vids helped me convert an old AC system to R134 like a year ago and now here you pop up again trying to figure out a carb for my Falcon
That's awesome!
I can always click like on your videos before watching them, this is another great video 👍👍
Thanks my friend!
Great video !!
This is so informative!!
Thanks Michael
Very helpful Pete! I wasn't sure about gaskets vs the idle control configuration. I am using the Motocraft 1940 replacement so now it is clear!
Excellent!
Thanks, best video I have seen on yt yet, going to give it a try, wouldnt have tried done it with out your video, thanks again. (65 mustang 200 ci barn find, )
That was excelent info. Thank you.
You're welcome
Amazing, Cape Shank along with its Light House is just around the corner from where I live in Australia.
Awesome
Great video!
Thanks!
The 240 and 300 ford inline six engines were a completely different block. They also have removable intake manifolds. The Ford family of engines including the 144/170/200/250 all share the same block with slight differences. All of their cylinder heads can be swapped. After a certain year, 68 I believe maybe later, the ford 200 and 250 shared the same large log cylinder head. The biggest difference between the 170/200 and 250 block was the deck height to get the increased stroke for 250 cubic inches. The earlier blocks had a small log head on them. The small 144/170/200 engine family is also referred to as the “Falcon Six”. This engine family is easiest noted by the intake log being cast into the cylinder head. This makes the engine very very different from the 240/300 inline six that ford used in their van and truck lines....
That's awesome! Thanks Nicolas
Amazing knowledge
If one is going to swap heads on a 200 6 it's best to go with one off a 250 6 made after 75 as it flows The best of the small 6 heads and has hardened valve seats so there's no need for lead additive but I believe it would have to be decked to maintain proper compression ratio.
First and foremost great addition to the family. Second an interesting video. Pete haven’t seen videos lately Hope I haven’t missed any. Will checkout the play list. I hope all is good. Stay safe and well from Artie out on eastern Long Island. 👍🇺🇸 gosh you brought me back to the days of the carburetor 👍
Thanks Artie, I have been killing myself on a huge home project since April...I'll explain in my next video.
Can see where this would puzzle many since so many people have done swaps beforehand. Research will be king when starting anything approaching a rebuild as I've seen lots of substitutions made for the proper item. Thank you.
Good point
Good video!
Thanks!
Thank you for the video, Glad you have Pearl on Security, dogs keep us human. God Bless and be Safe
Frank is on security, Pearl is the nice young lady in Australia
Nice I'm changing a carburetor on my 62 old falcon I 6 your video allot off help
👍
Glad I could help
thanks Pete! I'm in the UK and I have a 53 F100 with all Bronco drivetrain and 170/6 motor with a yf carb which is missing the linkage between throttle and choke. Choke doesn't open much, going to get a replacement carb sent over - this video was crucial info, thanks mate!!!
I have a YF carb if you'd like it. Pay or shipping and it's all yours
@@PetesGarage wow Pete, you're a legend! If only I knew a few days ago, ordered one up. If I have any trouble I'll be in touch, you're a star!
Good luck my friend
My 72 Comet w/ 250 came with a Carter 1bbl. Suffers from vapor lock here in Texas.
You can fix that by putting a large plastic bowl type filter just before the carburetor
Fantastic
@PetesGarage At about 9:05 you mentioned connecting the EGR hose. Isn’t that the PCV hose. Great video over all.
Yes, great catch
Good video sir. I have a question I have a 1965 mercury comet straight six. I installed a new fuel pump, new carb 1100, water pump, wires spark plugs correct gapping timing etc. I start the vehicle after pumping the gas pedal several times. Vehicle starts I wait until it gets warmed and when I put it in drive the vehicle dies? Can you help me if possible don’t know the cause of the vehicle dying
Can you make a video of you connecting the vacuum lines from the carburetor to your vacuum advance? As well as any other hoses that need to be connected. I have an inline 6 240 with the YF carb.
I will try
Having trouble with 76 ford 300 how would i remove smog to make it work
I been seeing plenty of people using the 1100 autolite because of the 3/16 smaller diameter it increases velocity and low end torque.H.P. decreases only moderately on rhe high end where you don't use these engines anyhow.Best it increases mpg.
Awesome video. I just replaced my carter 1bbl on an f-150, but I feel like my fast idle is way too high. How do I adjust that? Just put the screw lower on the gear?
Yes, that is on the choke bell crank for the idle control
Glad to see you sticking with the Straight Six and not installing a V8.
It makes the car really fun to drive
i think you may have the 250 cyl head from a mustang the 240 is the same engine family as the 300 with removable intake the 144/170/200&250 all have the manifold cast into the head my 79 granada has a head that looks identical from the outside but has larger valves than the previous years if you want a little better performance look for a 78,79or 80 granada 250 cyl head they also have hardened valve seats for unleaded gas
Thanks Mike
Sir excellent video. I have a question if you can please give me some guidance. I have a 65 Mercury comet 3.3 straight 6 cylinder. I installed a new carburetor, new alternator, new fan belt. Am able to start the vehicle let get warm up for 15 minutes maybe longer and it stays running on park when I put it on drive it will drive for about a half a block then it dies on me. Also while is idling I hear a metal knocking noise. I changed the oil filter air filter, set the distributor, plugs wires etc even set the timing and am still having a problem. I check the gas lines all of way to the gas tank no leaks as well. Can you help maybe I am doing something wrong. Not sure thanks 🙏
A metal knocking noise could be lots of things that would cause your problem
Question, do you have a video on the choke adjustment on both the spring and linkage side? Also where is the choke pulling the air from on the manifold.
I do not, but the choke should be hooked to a heat riser between the exhaust manifold and pipe
@@PetesGarage thank you!
Not sure if you still follow questions on this post but heres a shot.
I have a 1983 ford bronco with the 4.9 300 inline 6. The carb is nothing but hut problems for us at 9k feet elevation. Everyone says modify to a 2 or 4 barrel. Id rsther figure out a better carb than the original motocradt single on it.
Any suggestions on an upgraded carb and air cover? We are running high idle like screaming high and adjusting it can get us to a low scream. Still smells of fuel no matter what and at low idle scream it likes to die. So any suggestiins are greatly appreciated!
Putting on a 2 barrel would help as long as it fits your intake. You'll have to re-tune it.
Pete what was the The plate between the Carburetor and The head And where could I get one of them
Those plates are impossible to find, I've searched
Frank is telepathic.
That could be
Hey Pete my 1968 mustang with the 200 six with the 1100 carb has no spacer at all and doesn’t look as it ever did? When were these used?
They were used on most of them. I don't think your head is original if it doesn't have one
I have a 1971 Ford F100 with a 240 inline 6 and a 1 barrel carburetor. I have never been able to get the tuning quit right. It runs great but smokes all the time and I don’t know what I need to do to clean up the exhaust fumes.
Smoke may not be the carb
@@PetesGarage I appreciate you commenting back. It didn’t used to smoke at all but the fumes were smelly. I understand it’s an old truck so it’s gonna smell different than a new truck but since I’ve changed the carburetor to a reman carburetor a few years back it’s always been finicky I’d like to put a new carburetor on there an see how it would do
Hey Sir. I have a 80 f100 with a 300 inline 6 and it starts fine but it seems to lose power once you start driving. I have electric fuel pump and regulator with return line and wondering what cause it to lack gas after starting off. Any suggestions?
Float set wrong in the carb
I have a 1986 Ford 300 FI......I want to change it over to carburetion.....I would appreciate your suggestions and inputs....Thanks, La Grange, Texas
Change in the intake and put on a carb. You'll need a regulator for the fuel pressure.
Thanks, Pete....I appreciate it....
@@PetesGarage
Nice video pete. I received my yf carb thursday and installed it today. Great carb. Q; How is the choke operating. I didnt see you hook it up to anything.
I leave the choke all the way open since I only drive it in the summer. I have to find the correct tube to hook up the heat riser.
@@PetesGarage last question😊. Every carb I try, 3 to be exact, fuel seeps out the top gasket. Even on this one. I'm kinda lost as to why it's happening.
Wrong gasket or you're tightening too much
@@PetesGarage this carb is out the box. The same one you use in the video. Do the V6 and V8 fuel pump have the same psi output?
Yeah, the fuel pump is over powering the needle valve in the carburetor
Hi. I have almost the same problem, but I am looking for the spacer you have on your car, what is it so I can look it up? I don't need the spacer to fit the 100, I have the carb you have but need the spacer. Thank you!
That is a great question. I have not been able to find those anywhere
@@PetesGarage Do you think a larger carburetor, the 240, such as you show here can go onto a 200 6 cyl? We have had nothing but problems with her carburetor for years, preventing me from driving my sweet '66. We have replaced, and rebuilt, to no avail. I bought her in 1990 and have restored her with my Dad. He's been a mechanic for 50+ years ( a Studebaker lover), but even he is pulling out what's left of his hair and ready to think outside the box. Thanks again.
I've tried a few different carbs. Make sure you have the right gasket. A 200 doesn't need a big carb. You may have to play with the jets to get it right.
On Carter YFA, how to adjust high idle? Thanks
There's only 1 screw
Hey, do you know where you can get that gas pedal linkage? I’ve been looking for one of those and they are hard to find
For reference I have a 65 falcon with the stock linkage
I don't have a source. You're right, they are hard to find
@@PetesGarage dang, I’ll figure something out
Id like to know how to get 25mpg out of my 81 e100 van.. i was thinking of bumping up compression a tad in the overhaul but not to familiar with the dinky little carbs on these
Change the gears
@@PetesGarage it’s got 3:11’s if I remember correctly and 3 on the tree
@@mikecorleone6797 my dad had a 2:75 ratio on rear differential, three on tree and he'd get over 17 mpg. on his 65 f-100 swb and a 300 6 cyl. with a Carter. smallest carb. the yf. This carb can be found on 50s trucks and some cars too.
If it was out of a Falcon it was not a 240 which was the big block 6 in the 240/300 family used for full size cars and trucks. Probably a 250 which was same block as 170/200 with a slightly taller height.
Thanks
So when I tried using the vacuum gauge on mine, the gauge was jumping so bad I couldn't get a good reading. Is this caused by a vacuum leak?
That cold be a few things including a bad cam or loose timing chain
@PetesGarage 300 inline 6 doesn't have a timing chain. They are gear driven. I had to replace the cam already. Thanks for the advice.
Do you know where I can get a spacer for a 4.9L 300 1 bbl carb
A good web search is all I can say
Is a spacer mandatory, or can I do without? The carburetor I took off didn’t have a spacer, but I’m replacing with a new carburetor.. so not sure if I need a spacer or not?
What king of engine? This spacer is needed because the mounting holes would not match up. If you can mount the carb without a spacer, try it.
@@PetesGarage , I have the straight 6 240. The carb I took off didn't have a spacer, so when I put the new carb on.. I may not worry about the spacer.
@@arkstudios101 my 240 was the same. I didn't have a spacer when I took mine off as well.
How do I connect my vacuum hose from the carburetor to the vacuum advance?
That is most definitely a 250 cylinder head I have owned both small and large block ford 6 cylinders and its not hard to tell after you work with them for a while. You can actually remove the intake from 240 and 300 but not the small block
Thanks my friend
There are a couple 250 heads wich have a removable intake but most are not ford origonal heads but one sure way to tell is if the distributor is forward of center of engine from front to back its small block six and big six has the distributor pretty much in the center but always on drivers side
I put it in what looks like the same port on the manifold, but there is no pressure at all. the gauge is at zero. what am I doing wrong? I blew into the hose and the vacuum gauge is working.
Some of those ports are blocked
thank you! i’ll shine a light down there and see if i can find a way to unscrew whatever’s in there.
Hi, How many PSI vacuum for a Ford 250 ci six inline?
Around 30
Hi! Where do i get the same spacer/angle adaptor you installed? Can't seem to find it anywhere. Thanks!!!!
They are impossible to find
@@PetesGarage got it! Decided to build one Thanks a ton!
What vacuum gauge are u using there?
Harbor Freight
How much HP could you actually get out of a 300? I’m thinkin of doin an overhaul on my naturally aspirated 300/6
For a daily drive type, i would think about 200
@@PetesGarage not a daily more less a dirt car chassis tester
@@TheBordens222 How much money do you want to spend ?????
What a wonderful face Frank has ! Give him a pat for me. And an ear scratch.
You got it my friend
Why don’t you wanna tighten the gasket too much? I’ve got an ‘83 F250 that needs a tune and I wanna do it myself. Shops cost too much for my $10/hr wage 😂
You can bend or warp the bottom of the carb and it won't seal
@@PetesGarage ohhh that makes sense. Thank you!
Isn't that a 250 cylinder head? A 240 would have a bolt-on intake manifold (among other differences). Otherwise good info.
I'm going by the casting numbers
Better choice is a 4 barrel manifold 4 barrel carburetor and a header, you will have twice as much power and great gas mileage
Thanks
Not an option with the falcon six due to the non-removable intake manifold.
I think this is the Rochester 2 bbl → As he says these are ""easy to tune" and as well a complete rebuild which usually is the way to go in an era when "Stimmie" is leaves & stems and dot edu is selling S.T.E.M. 's ~ folks there is a metering rod which has to be set right - AW Hell he is just using a rebuild from the parts retailer →NY !
Thank Nicholas
NAw,don't do it.Cut the log,open up a hole.Use V.I.s adaptor to put on a Weber/Holley 5200 or an Autolite 2100/Holley 350.I've done 18.All will take either adaptor.All it takes is a grinder and time.
Hey Pete - fantastic video sir! I’m a new owner of a ‘65 Mustang with an inline 6, and I have no idea of the pedigree of my motor. Can you tell me where/how to identify my engine? I see various numbers stamped on the motor but don’t really know what’s what. Are there any websites or videos out there that walk through this process? Thank you again!
Just do a web search for 1965 inline 6 ford engine codes