Tough Decision

[SandraFofOregon]

So, I am going to be getting some money and naturally I want to put it into my car! I can either do the body and paint OR get a wiring harness and rewire, fix the tailgate and install some perfprmance parts on my puny engine. I am thinking an offy triple carb intake. (it's the 200 cid straight six) and an exhaust divider for better air flow. What do you think? what should I do? I am in love with the intake idea and my car isnt in danger of rust or anything. I guess I am generally confused on the order to do things.

Thanks!
Sandra

[65fastfalcon]

slow down there it sounds like you want to do too many things as once! It just depends on how much $ you want to put into it.....sounds like from my understanding you can hold off on the body/paint for a little while....if you want to do the intake do that first and exhaust

[yank with ute]

The exhaust divider is a "T" shaped peice that slips into the center exhaust port and divids the large single port into seperate passages.

Problem is the center of the stock exhaust manifold is shaped like the exhaust port on the head and the divider DOES NOT divide the manifold. In other words unless you go to headers, which have divided center ports, the addition of the divider serves little purpose without headers.

To be honest, #1 job is to fix the back window.

Instead of seeking more power I'd invest in better brakes. Your Falcon shares the chassis of the same year Fairlane and both (?) had disk brakes as an option. It is a DIRECT interchange as long as you use the correct master cylinder, brake system divider for disk brakes.

I'd next go into handling improvements such as gas shocks, bigger anti-roll/sway bars. Just invest enough in the engine at this time to get it running smooth and dependable, the current trend with car buffs is to keep the small six and clean up the rest of the car.

As for paint, I kid you not, Hot Rod magazine recently post an article on using , brace yourself, Rustolium applied with a foam roller. Takes some time as you have to wet sand every coat of paint (they applied six coats) because the roller leaves a pattern.

But they did a 61 Falcon sedan for less then $400. And a LOT of elbow grease! And no, I don't think zebra stipes are possible with this method, unless you can get the Portland Zoo to sponser you..

Again, this is one of the latest fads and it directly counters the fad of applying vinyl all over the car's body (same as the advertisements on buses, trucks, and company cars. About $5,000).

What do you mean the car isn't going to rust, are you saying the rain in OR does not promote rust like back here in the East??? Most be nice.

LOL!

[chukar]

that rustoleum paint option is quite popular with the guys over on pirate 4x4. i am using rustoleum professional on my new trail rig's frame and cab. outside of cab will be sprayed, not roller applied though. not sure how to tackle the aluminum hood and bed i am making, epoxy primer, top coated with the cheap stuff i guess. i have seen photos of rustoleum painted trucks and have been very surprised at how well they turned out. with good prep and technique i suppose anything could work.

[SandraFofOregon]

[quote=yank with ute;133201]

But they did a 61 Falcon sedan for less then $400. And a LOT of elbow grease! And no, I don't think zebra stipes are possible with this method, unless you can get the Portland Zoo to sponser you..

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Zebra seats are enough zebra for me! haha.

[SandraFofOregon]

I'm serious, the car has no rust. and I agree about the window. The tailgate window was electric and I am having a hard time finding the stuff to fix it, it was all torn out so there are no window components left. The exhaust and brakes have been done. The engine is very dependable, but the electrical system is not. I am going to try some tips I got from another post I did and see if that helps. Thanks alot!