my 223

motormount1 · Post by **motormount1** » September 22, 2009, 11:22 pm

i have had a stock rebuild happen to it. and i had a 2 bbl. intake made for it and split headders made for it. i had to replase the rocker arm assembely and get. new push rods and of corse new pistons, the block was bored out. and a new cranck and oil pump.the motor is almost brand new.and i already put electronic ignition in the distributor. a bigger radiator already found a home in my truck 4 years ago. as soon as i get it home im going to get tires put on the new rims and put the on the truck. ill post pictures of it when im finished.

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » September 22, 2009, 11:44 pm

would like to see the intake & exhaust manifolds....
who made them ? and how much ?

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » September 23, 2009, 7:59 am

Don't be so stingy with the Camera Jim! :lol:

motormount1 · Post by **motormount1** » September 23, 2009, 11:26 am

dont worry im gonna postso many pictures yall going to get sick of it

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » September 23, 2009, 2:31 pm

slick4x4 wrote:would like to see the intake & exhaust manifolds....
who made them ? and how much ?

just got a clifford aluminum intake for my 223.
still need to find or make headers

cliffords are $359

http://www.cliffordperformance.net/Merc ... _Code=F300

Truckrat · Post by **Truckrat** » September 23, 2009, 4:27 pm

Whew, dang proud of those puppies ain't they! I always wanted to build a 300 up with an aluminum 4 barrel intake, headers, 390 cfm holley carb, and a highlift cam. Also shave the head and port match the exhaust ports. Also balance the whole recipricating assembly. I think Dan has done a lot of that to his red bump. Would be fun in a short uni with a 5 speed behind it. TR

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » September 23, 2009, 4:41 pm

Whatever Dan/Max has done , it was sure a boatload of fun to watch him put an '06 Brand X truck into the weeds with his six cylinder bumpside :rotflmao:

at least from what we could see from behind that kid... :wink:

JFCDeuce · Post by **JFCDeuce** » September 23, 2009, 6:45 pm

I remember the guy at my local speed shop quoted me $165.00 for a set of 223 Headers From patriot, I ended up finding an original Fenton Split so I ran that instead.

Patriot Part # H8425

You can get them from Jegs $159.00

http://www.jegs.com/i/Patriot-Exhaust/7 ... 5/10002/-1

DukeRoche · Post by **DukeRoche** » September 23, 2009, 7:05 pm

Ive looked for headers for my 223 but can't find them. Do they not make them for the 64 anywhere with a 1bbl?

slick4x4 · Post by **slick4x4** » September 23, 2009, 7:27 pm

JFCDeuce wrote:I remember the guy at my local speed shop quoted me $165.00 for a set of 223 Headers From patriot, I ended up finding an original Fenton Split so I ran that instead.

Patriot Part # H8425

You can get them from Jegs $159.00

http://www.jegs.com/i/Patriot-Exhaust/7 ... 5/10002/-1

thats more my price range....
now a question....
i have seen the 4 bbl intakes / and the triple 1 bbl intakes... did they make a two single bbl intake ?.....

Post by **Greg D** » September 23, 2009, 7:53 pm

Pat, I was thinking of a multi carb setup for the 223 I had. I got to figuring you could make about anything you wanted, would be about the same as building a header just easier. I posted the thought on the inline board - the racing guys have done it for years.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » September 23, 2009, 8:37 pm

apples and oranges

the clifford headers are dual exhaist, the jegs are a 1 piece w single exhaust.

beagle · Post by **beagle** » September 23, 2009, 8:59 pm

I'm at a time when I am trying to decide whether to hang on to the Uni or not-- if I do I will keep the 223 in it; however, when Greg D took his unscheduled "vacation" here about a year ago, he pointed out my 223 is a blue block with a black valve cover -- the Uni is a '61, I thought the engine was too, but I guess its not the right color--- any one know what year blue block/black valve cover was the color scheme on the 223?

Rich
(now owning Sinc's '64, too)

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » September 23, 2009, 9:08 pm

never was.

61-64 they were all black with ford red valve cover.

JFCDeuce · Post by **JFCDeuce** » September 23, 2009, 9:44 pm

ICEMAN6166 wrote:apples and oranges

the clifford headers are dual exhaist, the jegs are a 1 piece w single exhaust.

If you enlare the photo I do believe the Patriot headers are dual exit, there are 2, 2" collectors.

Using a set of tube headers, you lose the heat transfer to the intake, so the Clifford 4bbl makes a lot of sense.

I did have an Offy 3x1 Intake, other than the fact that it was a pain in the A^% to make it with a progressive linkage (the 1904 carbs have butterfly shafts parallel to the block, there's a lot of linkages involved to get them to move separately unl ikle a set of rochesters or strombers with the perpendicular shafts.) The return spring to pull 3 carbs closed made it operate very tight (sort of All on All off kind of driving)

They do make a 2x1 as well. (www.offyparts.com) or if you have some Fabricarton skills you could make your own.

MadMaxetc · Post by **MadMaxetc** » September 23, 2009, 9:56 pm

Kepp the 6. I like the 300s for the big trucks but the 223 in a short slick and a T-5 would haul ass. A 390 Holley on a 223 would be plenty and would sip gas if you stayed out of the secondarys.

I like racing people off the light or giving rides, then telling them it's a 6.

They always say "Realy?!? It sure felt like an 8!"

Thats cuz 6's rule! (but there is no replacement for displacement!)

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » September 23, 2009, 11:20 pm

newest slick i got has a 240. going to put it in my 66 f250 4x4 later on.

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