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At last, the 242 is about to grow a pair...

Well, as if I need another project....

I have been thinking a lot lately about my 242 and how wonderful it is to have that sweet, sweet noise that comes from a 302. For a while there, I had this crazy thought about putting a B6304 in a '68 Valiant, but I have since come to my senses, decided to get that car back on the road and sell it. This would still leave me with a B6304 sitting there in the garage with a broken timing belt. I have yet to putll the head yet to see how bad the damage is, but the description I got of the breakdown leads me to believe it broke during a startup. This leaves me optimistic that the engine will be in good shape and can be a nice builder.
As I said before, the 302 is a great powerplant and I love the noise and brute power that it makes, but the car seemed to lose a little something when I did the swap. This could be due to the lack of a locking diff or the fact that I have a not-so-great transmission in it, but I don't ever feel inspired to take a road trip in it anymore.
Maybe it's the purist in me (I kind of hope this is the case) but I feel like the B6304 is a great candidate for this car to once again give it the refinement it deserves. And while I know it has been done somewhere, I can't recall a particular 240 that boasts the install of an inline 6. It seems that the 20 valve is the typical swap of choice these days but I can't help but to feel like the 24 valve has something to offer as well. Something about the thought of it makes me think of the term Grand Tourer.
It comes down to wiring. I don't care for the megasquirt option as much as I do a factory reliable tune, but I don't know if I want to use the 80+lb wiring harness from a 960 to make it run either.
Well, there are my thoughts out there 'on paper' so to speak. Man I really need to get this Valiant out of the way now....
 
Too bad your sold that whiteblock swap stuff you had a while ago unless you plan on stating autotragic
 
A 242 with a B6304 is my dream car. After riding in pete's wagon I decided it's the most magical noise ever. And I was not unimpressed with the power output either, it performed better with 4 people in the car and a whole bunch of camping gear in the trunk than my 242 did stripped out with just me in it. It'd be a step down in performance from the 302, but not as much as you may think. Totally worth it imo.
 
Still planning on getting into this project soon but I hit a roadblock when I dropped two valve seats in my Escort and killed the engine. I'm building a Zetec for it right now and hope to have it back on the road next week. Once the wagon is back up and running the B6304 goes up on the stand. I still need to help dmcgee build and install a 3.0 in his 4Runner, but after that I will be doing investigative work on the 24 valve and start getting ready to pull the V8 out. I'm really looking forward to the B6304!
 
Rectilinear said:
Still planning on getting into this project soon but I hit a roadblock when I dropped two valve seats in my Escort and killed the engine. I'm building a Zetec for it right now and hope to have it back on the road next week. Once the wagon is back up and running the B6304 goes up on the stand. I still need to help dmcgee build and install a 3.0 in his 4Runner, but after that I will be doing investigative work on the 24 valve and start getting ready to pull the V8 out. I'm really looking forward to the B6304!
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might be interested in the 5.0/T5 setup from you
 
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