Just curious on tips and tricks for hopping up an old 225 hp V6 (1986)

[cfauvel]

I've been talking to guy who hops up a FICHT 3.3L and converts them to carb... Stage 1 is just converting to carb, but stage 3 is taking the connecting rods and crank from the old V6 and new pistons, and old V6 heads and a bunch of porting...

I heard that taking a 1993 and newer v6 carbs to the older V6 will net you the ability to adjust the idle air thru mixture screws unlike my current carbs which have a static idle air bleed.

So just curious to hear what other performance enhancements can be done....such as Boysen reeds...

 

[Faztbullet]

You have the small bore 2.7....best hop up would be to get a 94 up finger ported 3.0 with adjustable idle screws,gets you away from the tea cup intake. You can make the 2.7 a hot rod as its a bridge ported motor but the money spent to hop it up would be better spent updating to newer year.

 

[cfauvel]

thanks Faz...

with the 94 + carbed motor...what next?

I think you mentioned the Finger Ported once before on another thread ...what exactly does that mean?..

ditto for Bridge Ported, what does that mean?

Do you know if a 2001-2005 ficht 225 (converted to carb) powerhead will fit on the 1986 midsection?....

 

[crazy charlie]

Off topic but I have had both motors you mentioned and I have never had more unreliable motors than those 2.Are u sure combining them is a good idea????

 

[cfauvel]

Off topic but I have had both motors you mentioned and I have never had more unreliable motors than those 2.Are u sure combining them is a good idea????

Which two are you talking about?

the 1986-1987 225 ?

the 1993+ carbed 225?

the 1999-2000 ficht (which I understand is the 3.0l) 225?

the 2001 + ficht 3.3L 225?

(so that makes 4 engines mentioned)


The ficht wouldn't stay as a DFI engine....it would be converted to carb setup ...and run-premixed...

I was just curious...but appears not worth trying to hot rod my classic engine...LOL

 

[Faztbullet]

It depends on how they converted the Ficht. I know some guys in Louisiana that do the conversion but its shadetree and runs ok.,but to do it right you could have a regular carbed powerhead.