289 Ford + Stock Parts 294 HP

Save those Autolite box tops, listen to the Pico Rivera flash, and get ready to hang it on a small-block Ford

Text and photos by John Thawley

There’s a fellow down in the land of Yinga Yinga (Pico Rivera, California) who has figured out how to get an additional 133 horsepower from a stock 2V 289 Ford — and all of this increase in horsepower comes from stock Ford parts. Of course it should come as no surprise that the fellow in charge of the parts swapping is Ford Performance Advisor Ak Miller. But the horsepower is yours just for asking — the guy behind the parts counter. Ak started this test program by prying the nails out of the crate housing a dead-stock, 2V 289 Ford, factory-rated at 200 hp at 4400 rpm. After a run-in time of three hours, the Offenhauser dyno came up with a net corrected reading of 161 hp at 4500 rpm. Ak…

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Hot Rod (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 1969

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