CLASSIC ENGINE TUNING

Want more power from your Ford powerplant? Here’s the lowdown broken down into three handy tuning stages.

How much bang for your buck is the question on everyone’s lips — but in many cases it’s not as simple as pouring cash in and getting whopping horsepower figures out. In plenty of cases, it’s necessary to strengthen what you’ve got to release the potential the Ford Gods gave us in the first place. It’s also conjecture — where do you start? With a worn-out motor that needs a rebuild — or something that’s already got a bit of poke? What we need is to establish a bit of baseline first.In most cases we’ve assumed you’ve done the basics. Most 1600 Crossflows aren’t standard — it’s a common mod to start with a GT cam, twin-choke Weber carb and basic four-branch exhaust manifold. And with something like a Zetec,…

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Classic Ford (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2023

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