[SEL] OT tractor engine question....

[Steve Gray]

The heads on the earlier Ford Power Stroke diesels (7.3 L) are similar 
to that, each head has a single large port plumbed to a common plenum in 
the valley. Manifolds are in the heads.

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Steve Gray
Member EDGE & TA, Br. 13 & 27
Sonora, California USA
e-mail:   segray at bigvalley.net
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John Culp wrote:

> I had a 1980 Mercury Capri ( = Ford Mustang) that had a Ford 200 
> c.i.d. straight six made with the intake manifold cast integrally with 
> the head.
>
> John
>
> On Oct 31, 2006, at 7:37 AM, bill at antique-engines.com wrote:
>
>> Odd question:
>> VERY old and very early tractor, or other engines for that matter - some
>> designs seemed to integrate the intake "system" into the head casting 
>> - ie
>> no seperate intake manifold to bolt on. The passages were cast into the
>> head.
>> Who used that, when, and why?
>> I know some cars in the 50's did that, early 60's too, I believe.
>
>
>
> John Culp
> Bristol, Tennessee, USA
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