6 to 8 engine swap

how hard would it be to install a v-8 in a 1962 falcon station bus it has the original 170 and the van is near perfect so i dont want to chop anything up also can a 170 be built better

You would at least have to upgrade the engine mounts... 65 started using a full crossmember where pre 65 used two seperate arms. Doghouse width may be an issue as well if you go bigger than a 302.

62 vanman wrote:how hard would it be to install a v-8 in a 1962 falcon station bus it has the original 170 and the van is near perfect so i dont want to chop anything up also can a 170 be built better

Yes you can build your 170. Go to cliffordperformance.com, they have everything you need to make that 170 run strong. Way easier and cheaper than swapping a V8.

do you have to build the mount arms strongert doesnt seem to be much to hold a v 8 or do you install a cross member from a later e van thanks

62 vanman wrote:do you have to build the mount arms strongert doesnt seem to be much to hold a v 8 or do you install a cross member from a later e van thanks

I'm not certain if it's a direct swap to use a later crossmember... but yeah, I'd be scared to put a V8 in my 62 without one!

You can get just as much HP out of the 170 for less money and headache by going to clifford and your local machine shop.

I only paid 75.00 for the van and its perfect i have rebuilt any and everything and have not touches the internal engine because the guy who owned it just had the engine rebuiltt it runs great kinda surprising how it does run but still want to hop it up some , I really have no idea where to start I can rebuild toyotas v-8 anything but have not done a inline and since this is all original i dont want to mess it up is there anyone who does this and about how much might i be looking at i would like to change the head so i can run a different carb, header,etc , can you ad such things without boring the block ,can you change solid lifters to hyd, thank you all for the help and i can get alot of e parts if anyone needs something let me know and we can arrange it

These guys have a lot of info to read up on.

http://www.fordsix.com/

I was more inclined to swap in a 200 or build the 170 than going V8

62 vanman wrote:I only paid 75.00 for the van and its perfect i have rebuilt any and everything and have not touches the internal engine because the guy who owned it just had the engine rebuiltt it runs great kinda surprising how it does run but still want to hop it up some , I really have no idea where to start I can rebuild toyotas v-8 anything but have not done a inline and since this is all original i dont want to mess it up is there anyone who does this and about how much might i be looking at i would like to change the head so i can run a different carb, header,etc , can you ad such things without boring the block ,can you change solid lifters to hyd, thank you all for the help and i can get alot of e parts if anyone needs something let me know and we can arrange it

You can get answers to all of your questions at http://www.cliffordperformance.net/ or got to http://www.classicinlines.com/default.asp . They have an aluminum head with separate aluminum intake manifold that can be had for a two or a four barrel carb. They have custom headers, and just about anything else you could want to build a 170 to over 240 HP, a 200 ci could get up to 300 HP and a 300 up to 400 HP with 450 pounds of torque.