Ford 300 LS Head First Start!

First start video
Special thanks to Brandon at Turbo_V6

[@Rob-fg6mu]

This is the kind of shit that people need to be doing with motors experimenting is what creates innovation

[@stevennagley3407]

Experimenting is a understatement it’s engineering, just adult Lego blocks

[@qoph1988]

I agree with you that more people need to be doing it, but all this kind of stuff was done every which way more than a hundred years ago. The cutting edge of experimentation isn't usually in the realm of the home garage (but there's always exceptions)

[@winstonpratt604]

True Story 🤣

[@Turbo4Joe363]

Making a low revving, bullet proof 'beast of burden' Ford 300 I6 into an aluminum headed turbo monster! I love it!!

[@saint-AU]

basically a barra

[@Turbo4Joe363]

@@saint-AU No, not really... Barra is a 24 valve DOHC with VCT. It's easy to make HP with a Barra. I'm talking about the OG 2 valve pushrod 4.9L inline 6. Heck it didn't even have a cross flow head.

[@saint-AU]

@@Turbo4Joe363 nah i get what you mean, but i was referencing the low revving & bulletproof part. as the barra makes all its torque/most of the torque at low rev's

[@dustinmoline3572]

The only thing I’m taking away from this is the possibility of a v12 LS

[@SlidewaysMotion]

V12 LS's are a thing you can buy, just so painfully expensive and bespoke.

[@Motor-City-Mike]

Just Golden! I grew up when Wally Booth was 'stacking' AMC head castings to get airflow and Bruce Sizemore was furnace brazing 351 Cleveland head segments together for his 300 Ford - I thought all of that became a lost art, thanks for bringing back REAL engine building skills!

[@RChero1010]

Check out another skilled KZbinr by the name of Allen Millyard. He's done a number of awesome motorcycle engine builds, like turning two kawi i6's into a v12, or two inline 3s into a 2 stroke i5

[@Motor-City-Mike]

@@RChero1010 I've seen them - they're impressive enough, - I have machined and built several inline four cylinder snowmobile engines over 1000CCs from two and three cylinder snowmobile engines - but the type of work required to develop both vertically and horizontally sectioned cylinder heads was just "magic" to watch, especially at that time (early '70s)

[@daledavies2334]

Don't forget about Pete Ardema and his creations.

[@firebug8460]

Yes this has been done before and gm 4200 stock ecu will work with that your doing .

[@TheMrDarius]

I’m not a ford or mopar guy. I’m a Chevy guy but whenever I see videos of people modifying ford blocks to run ls heads or full custom jobs making ls heads work for a six cylinder I absolutely am intrigued and wanna watch and see if it goes successfully and I also hope it does work successfully. I absolutely love these oddball, mixing of different automakers parts. I’m absolutely fascinated by it and will support you all the way through.

[@nohtgonahappen7314]

Not much to putting a LS head on a SBF or a 300 6 seeing the LS is basically a windsor and a Cleveland head mixed together.

[@Pistonranch]

It’s more work than you think

[@halseyknox]

​@@Pistonranchthen keep you LS heads on Chevy straight sixes....bow tie hacks

[@Pistonranch]

@robertsheppard3011 I’ll just keep doing what I want. My project my rules

[@xptics]

@@Pistonranch i think it’s blasphemy, but it’s fuckin awesome, this is coming from a ford guy though so 🤷‍♂️

[@danielcarroll5667]

One of the coolest things I've seen in over 60 years of Hot Rodding ! Happy Birthday Man , glad you have a patient Wife like I do !

[@katelyndomeier4682]

Thank you! 😊

[@midixiewrecked7011]

Can you explain what part of this was "so cool" ??

[@thinairdiesel3158]

@@midixiewrecked7011 the fact it’s a one off piece. No one makes a “conversion” kit to put Chevy LS heads on a 300 Ford. This is what true hot rodding is.

[@midixiewrecked7011]

@@thinairdiesel3158 but it's not a "chevy LS head" .

[@clydecraft5642]

@@midixiewrecked7011 do you know what a head is?

[@jaysgarage4802]

Man, I just have so much respect for your work and craft. It's incredible that you've made all these parts speak together. I mean I'm just doing an LS retrofit in my old Camaro and I find that difficult at times lol. But man great work and keep up the videos The fact that you made all that stuff work is just incredible. Tolerances and all You keep up the good work man

[@martinbeckmann9376]

Love it. Keep it up. Hopefully this becomes common as 383 stroker kits.

[@_..-.._..-.._]

I have a project truck sitting for 5 years, stock engine, stock truck and I STILL haven’t finished it 😂 no excuses on my end!

[@maxmorrel1820]

​@@martinbeckmann9376 i have an inline 6 292 waiting for these!

[@Pistonranch]

The 292 would have probably been a better candidate for this head, bore space is the same as ls

[@B0RN2RACE100]

That intake manifold is a work of art

[@frontspring1]

That's what your mom said

[@TrojanLube69]

John cena certified

[@38unknownhinson]

I love how you can still see the efi words on there

[@MechaniclifeJDM]

The whole project is art

[@Michael-cb1pr]

Don’t forget the Bluetooth charge pipes

[@zebdeming]

Awesome work! The world needs more inline 6's

[@Pistonranch]

Yes they do

[@ebinmaine]

YYYEEESSS

[@ajtoofly7315]

@Jasen Vernor i know man and the worse part is, it’s all a scam or gonna be

[@deckum23]

Well, dodge is ditching the v8 so you'll get more incline6's.

[@cautloa]

@deckum23 no you will get more terbo inline 4s and v6s

[@barryw5290]

I wish Edelbrock would make one of these for the good ol 300.

[@zapa47]

Dude. Congrats big time. Normally KZbin series like this just stop waaay before the project completes. This is pretty special in a lot of ways.

[@brianwills4398]

That 6 cylinder is an absolute beast. I had one in an old van and towed everything with it. Over 500k miles when I got rid of it.

[@robertwest3093]

When that thing fired off I was half expecting you to jump around the room like a kid at Christmas!

[@chrishansen7004]

I thought the day would never come, absolute genius my hat is off too you

[@stewpidaso7145]

Shouldn’t you be out catching predators? Lol

[@billswanson5708]

It's THE Chris Hansen I can't believe it

[@_..-.._..-.._]

@@stewpidaso7145why don’t you have a seat and tell me what you’re doing here? There’s lemonade and cookies if you’d like them.

[@austin2791]

That’s killer! That thing sounds amazing

[@Thelongmanable]

*_Dude get a Autocad blue print and mass produce them please this is SEMA worthy interesting..._*

[@MrMadkaw400]

I’m so impressed with this build and thank you for inspiring a old man that has lost touch with what it is to Hot Rod this build displays the true form of that This is Hot rodding at its finest

[@edups1]

the little 4 cyl with an ls head and now a 6 with a ls head, in the same year, that's crazy cool man

[@obssolutions]

Hell yes!!! I've been waiting for this video for a while, as a proud 4.9 owner trying to work out a turbo setup this is so exciting to watch! Great work brother 👍

[@dvldrvr420]

How is this monstrosity not sitting in a booth at sema? I've seen some interesting things before, but this is mind boggling. Keep it up please.

[@shannonsisk]

I thought the 351 with LS heads was cool. This is even cooler

[@cromBumny]

I'd love to see someone do this to the 4.0 Jeep engine

[@NightWrencher]

Ive been waiting for this video! This is awesome!

[@theguy9234]

This should make some great torque and hp

[@dtc2044]

heck ya! what you plan on putting it in?

[@Pistonranch]

The car right behind it

[@noahlyden17]

This has to be the coolest engine build I’ve seen on KZbin in a long time, awesome job man so cool what ur doing

[@bennyb.1742]

This is so exciting! I really want to do this on my '65 Econoline. Heaps of people just drop 302s into them, but I'm not into V8 swapping. I'm kind of thinking about doing a Barra, but they're HUGE and I'm not sure it would fit between the seats.

[@jacobgriffin2500]

Atlas 4200 swap? My coworker has a 302 swapped exonoline pickup there definetly narrow!

[@masjuggalo]

Is the barra wider then a 302/351? I think the v8 has a weight advantage but the Ford 300is fairly light for a us i6

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

Barra is really high from the DOHC setup. Look up skid factory barra powered Bedford. It can be done! Way more power and torque than a 302! I had/have both🇦🇺

[@myleftthumb2294]

WOW, runs really quiet. I had never thought of the muffler effect of a turbocharger before. Nice!

[@benpeirce2531]

I know I'm late to see your video, but I've been wishing someone would build a Cosworh style crossflow head for the 300. Thought they would machine it out of solid aluminum using a CAD. thing with some help from a AI. Dam, you had to cut up I bet 20 LS heads to make that thing. Great video, and I will subscribe to your channel just to watch you build a Valve cover to fit that thing that won't leak. Happy Trails

[@fugemlpriks1876]

Awesome stuff mate. Not a easy task to do what you have done. Looking forward to seeing it screaming and flying to bits.👌👍🇦🇺

[@supersportzcom]

LETS GO BRANDON!🤣

[@dantwaites7097]

Im a yr late but was hoping to see an update video. Huge fan of the ford 300, would love to know hp and torque numbers on it with that head configuration

[@Mike-xt2ot]

I hope this gets millions of views. . Your dedication and talent is amazing to me. I'm a builder/ fabricator myself. I know the incredible amount of thoughts and labor to result in this accomplishment.

[@Pistonranch]

Thank you!

[@robinwood4433]

This is hot rodding. Making things that weren’t meant for each other work. Good job!

[@Pistonranch]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@heathfiedler]

hey at least you got it running just needs a bit of tune work and it should run fine.

[@Scott-qf4dt]

Man I was doing a similar build on a 200 Inline I built a 66mm Garrett and have efi I'm going to modify Your build is badass

[@boosted0079]

That little jump scare you had at the end was priceless lol. I have been following this build, and I'm very excited that it finally fired. Can't wait to see what it'll do

[@MrHandyDad]

Very cool man, quite an accomplishment. Food for thought: he can do this in his garage why cant Detroit w/ 5000 engineers and billions dollars get us 500hp cars that get 50 MPG?

[@yodasbff3395]

For a little bit that thing was purring like a kitten. 👍

[@jb314stl]

It sounds like its dad was a LS and its mom was a 300😆I really can hear them both. Great job on something different 👍

[@levimosley]

oh man! sounds good!

[@freeaccepted703]

Use a starter from a 1993 ford mustang 4 cyl 5 speed. That year and combo for a fact has a gear reduction starter and will work perfect. plus it gets rid of that solenoid.

[@stevenlaws8239]

The pop at the end 😂 Congratulations with your success on a very unique build brother

[@jamesbennett5189]

Ford 300 6 is one of the alltime best motors ever built. Now its even better.

[@richardharrold9736]

Literally nothing about this project makes sense, and that's why I've been following avidly ever since I first found out about it! Glad to see it running! Congratulations from south-west England.

[@jimmyjimbo61]

Love it! Wish that I had your skills. I've been building engines for 40+ years and I wouldn't know where to start with the engineering, design and making the concept come together. You my friend are the man! Kudo's to you! ...and something tells me that you'll have customers wanting one of these builds. Kudo's again! Jim

[@poisonPpaully]

Super cool that 4.9 300 straight Six ford is the best gasoline motor ever built and I believe cord got rid of it because it was too good

[@kskip4242]

This thing sounds so damn good exactly what I thought it would sound like really close to an INLINE 8! 🎊 congrats it's ALIVE!

[@mikebeddingfield2144]

That's a splendid idea! I think ill measure a hanabara head and see how close it is to a 250 Chevy 6 that would be a fun build

[@mypony7310]

Man, if you sold this as a kit.... Very cool!

[@nofool3258]

That engine was too good. Considering the other crap ford was producing at the time. The inline 6 was the best engine I'd ever had.

[@Robrt32]

I like it, wish I had one in my old ford

[@pockit57d.a.d.68]

Best motor ford ever built was the 390 & the 300 6banger if your fuelish

[@hippiemiller]

well done 👍👍

[@diesellivesmatter]

Works on engine for months, during test start solenoid picks a fight with you. Very common, always a fight.

[@cbredneck1252]

So excited man I've been watching forever waiting for this. Extremely good job.

[@charleswaynewright2042]

Fantastic ; poor Ford starts like a Chevy though I want I want I want but you said you will you will sounds good Frankenstein is alive hope this turns into a mass production head

[@111000100101001]

True Hotrodding a one of a kind for yourself and the world to enjoy!

[@fordnut460]

Think i would love to have a carbonated version of your set up with a msd 6al and a msd distributor.

[@magicman_metal_fab]

Yesterday was mine. Excited to see this!!!! 😊🤙🏻 happy birthday bud

[@CloudHindlen]

It's Alive! 😂

[@louiewiessv5756]

Happy bday ! Thank you for your hard work!

[@trxtech3010]

Dude that thing sounds SICK for an inline 6! It has that LS Sound. I assume its the shape of the exhaust ports.

[@caseygentry698]

That thing sounds great.

[@hydrocarbon82]

Sounds like it could use increased idle airflow numbers and a lot more fuel at start-up. Great progress tho, the finer points of start-up fueling can be the hardest to work out - and it runs!

[@maxfastest]

Awesome ! Been watching for this .

[@iknowyourebrokeauto468]

This video is straight blasphemy!!!! it and the maker of this disaster should be banned from youtube!!

[@peterhatch1583]

Its a true credit to your skills just beautiful i want to build one for a 32 roadster

[@johnsteenland1292]

Couldnt you of just used a p01 ecu for a v6, instead of reprogramming the ecu?

[@Pistonranch]

The 4.3 ecus drove off a distributor and I was trying to do individual coils. But to answer your question yes

[@justin-sane713]

That’s the one big step every car guy looks forward too it the first time the engine comes to life! Pretty awesome accomplishment! Happy Birthday hope you have a good one!

[@msnapp169]

@stevemorris engines help this guy out get this thing on a engine Dyno and show us what it can do

[@iangordon2812]

You are awesome! I’ve been an in-line lover and racer for years. Edelbrock has a casting factory and all the design hardware needed to make the heads, cam, intake, exhaust, and control system. The 300 cu in Ford engine is so rad even with reworked stock heads. In the sixties, guys were chopping up ford Cleveland heads for drag racing.

[@_..-.._..-.._]

I wanted to do this for a long time, but I don’t think I could pull it off. I might go the GM Atlas 4200 route instead. You get kinda close to the same displacement (4.2 liters vs 4.9) and aluminum DOHC heads with vvt on the exhaust valves (kinda strange to start with vvt on just exhaust, right?)

[@_..-.._..-.._]

Wanted to say I’m not degrading what you made, I always like custom and unusual over generic LS swaps etc. I just realized I don’t have the skill for this, unless somebody FINALLY makes a cross-flow head for the 300, preferably aluminum!

[@katelyndomeier4682]

Way to go!!! Proud of your hard work!

[@blakecampbell54]

I mean, how tho?? How does a head off of an LS Chevy motor that is obviously a V8, fit an old 300 Straight Six Ford motor? Am I the only one realizing that there’s only 4 combustion chambers inside that LS Chevy head and there’s obviously 6 pistons that are coming up thru 6 individual cylinders inside the block of the 300?! How are those pistons not hitting the deck of the head or how are the valves even opening in the right place when there’s 2 more pistons to deal with?? I’m so confused lol.. This also is my first and only vide of this guy and this build that I’ve ever seen as well.. Is it awesome?? You’re doggone right it is!!! Is it clever?? You’re doggone right about that too!!! Does it make any lick of sense whatsoever to me?? You’re doggone right it sure as shit don’t but I’m 110% intrigued and wanna know more!! Awesome job man!

[@Pistonranch]

Check out previous videos on my channel for further explanation

[@smiller225]

Great job

[@joeschlotthauer840]

How difficult of a "bolt on" was this? Link to the video of the modifications? What are the advantages such as horsepower, torque, reliability, readiness of parts? Link to Brandon at turbo V6?

[@Pistonranch]

Check out other videos on my channel, as for link to Brandon at turbo v6 maybe try searching that on KZbin. Comes right up

[@TheAnimal191]

Since I saw the one in the Maverick, Ive always wanted to do this. You might have had a much easier time with a MegaSquirt computer or even a Micro to just get it going, but man I'm glad to see more people doing this. This is the American spirit; innovetion, perseverance, success. The greatest nation in the history of the world.

[@Terminxman]

There's a video on here from an engine builder of a 300 i6 from the 80s or something and it had a chopped up cleveland head on it. Supposedly made 500-600 HP or something NA.

[@Pistonranch]

I’ve seen it, it’s very cool!

[@justinanderson9126]

Glad to know someone actually tried to start the engine I heard bout like 8 years ago an even a 460. Big block head. Hopefully someone tries that one

[@squarefour1]

The 460 head was put on a 4 cyl. Mercrusier tried to make them run. Big Disaster

[@yosoyblackbunny6167]

What car you going to get to put this bad boy into.. you should do a 1986 ford truck single cab

[@Pistonranch]

It’s in my rat rod. 1936 Chevy there are some other videos about it on the channel

[@ShainAndrews]

That is always a great milestone. I never would have attempted it with any OEM ECM. Yeah it can be done... but I don't see an upside.

[@gonzogriff]

fuck yeah man! Incredible, thank you so much for sharing

[@rosskrause3926]

You did a great job on that cylinder head and intake manifold..its really sounds good as well.

[@Thomas-xl5ng]

Man... Please let someone make a complete LS 6cyl.head & ECM for that & there won't be a junk Ford 300 left! I started watching you awhile back & sorta lost track of your build... now you're on the home stretch of something awesome! I'm sure a good machine shop with the correct equipment could start the R&D for a full 6cyl head casting & intake instead of the cut & weld,but regardless I can't wait to see the bugs worked outta of it & on the dyno ! I see an easy 450- 500hp on 8lbs of boost...

[@dothethings]

Back fire scared me too 🤣 awesome work man . I have a huge appreciation for what it takes to mix n match and sort this stuff out . Keep up the good work

[@jpalm500]

Why doesn't anyone build a big inch dohc inline 6. The biggest is the tb 4.8 which you cannot get in the US

[@Pistonranch]

My guess is added complexity. Cost as well as custom cams would have to be made. Would be interesting for sure!

[@jodydewey3516]

THAT IS SUPER COOL! I think its really neat that you made an LS head for the 300. I think that is the best inline 6 ford ever made

[@skaldlouiscyphre2453]

Ford Barra has entered chat.

[@halseyknox]

The best inline six period....typical Chevy hacks

[@Landon-roling]

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453literally what I thought when I clicked on the video 😂

[@gregellerbe]

Can you please do a ford 250 next, l would love to buy one for my 68 falcon one day 🙏

[@nitrosport5]

So badass! It sound so mean too!

[@theautodidacticman_]

Damn that sounds good bro! Nice job!

[@andrewwasson6153]

Happy Birthday! What a great engine. I’ve been waiting to see it run and it was well worth the wait. That sounds just perfect once you got it fired up.

[@buildonemore]

This is so effing awesome. Great job. Happy b day!

[@tngtacticalmiata1219]

Happy Birthday, Bro! Absolutely cool project, man!

[@WorkableWax]

Happy birthday from a new subscriber!

[@ColbraBull]

This is awesome. Seeing all that wiring makes my brain hurt though, definitely took more patience than I have.

[@whathappened2230]

Awesome! Thank you for showing us this!

[@kolbyhoare8538]

She sounds so smooth, those components seem happy together 👌🏼

[@Thelongmanable]

*_Supra fans are going to be pissed lol 😆.._*

[@MikeOrkid]

Yessss! Stoked the concept is proven. Can wait to see it mounted and running