HP rating on a 6 cyl industrial engine

AL B · Jul 3, 2008

Would someone here know the HP rating on a linline 6 cyl. Ford industrial gasoline engine , the type you would find in a older portable welding machine ?. Thanks.

Bob · Jul 4, 2008

200 CID?

200 CID

Or WHAT???

Anonymous-0 · Jul 4, 2008

Some listed on link below but your actual HP will vary some depending on how engine is setup, what compression or pistons, and fuel type.
Ford industrial engines

AL B · Jul 4, 2008

Opps , I had it written down but forgot to type it in .. 170 CID . Thanks .

Anonymous-0 · Jul 5, 2008

Again depending on application and variations 82-105 hp.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Comet
Ford in line 6

AL B · Jul 5, 2008

Thanks Fixalinc , but I"ve checked those sites and one deals with the newer industrials and one discusses the normal car/truck gas installations , did not read anything about the 1960"s to to 70"s version of the 170 CID industrial gasoline HP rating.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 5, 2008

Are you sure it's a industrial engine and not just regular engine? I only remember seeing Ford 240, 300 and 390 V8 industrials here on irrigation engine pump stands but the 170 was probaby too small so never saw those here. Might find something in a old Motors Manual for trucks if you knew about what year it is. The 300 Ford industrial had different cam, gears, oil pump head and manifolds than later 300 used even in trucks. We bought a bunch of almost new take out 300s to use for irrigation but they wouldn't last or stand up having to replace the cam and crank gear sets and put in the HD oil pump and redo head with hard seats and new valves and guides.

noncompos · Jul 5, 2008

Can't help on HP, but, FWIW:
1: my 93/4 Clevite catalog, which has a list of Ford Ind'l engines, doesn't include the 170 as an "Industrial"; a Fed-Mog book says the 170 is an L-head.
2: Clevite does list the 170 under "Ford Products", and it was apparently used in Falcon, Mustang, and some trucks, up to the smallest option in 500 Series 11/2-2Tons in 1961-70...
Assuming you've found a 170 driving an older welder, does it look like a factory rig, or possibly something someone installed one of the car/truck units on?? (Parts catalogs are notoriously incomplete, and there may well have been an Industrial 170). With sympathy, Bud

AL B · Jul 7, 2008

Took a photo of the engine today... lets see if I can upload it.

AL B · Jul 7, 2008

Tried to upload photo of 1960's ? 170 CID Ford industrial gasoline engine , hope it uploads.

AL B · Jul 7, 2008

OK , photo is up . the tag is too small to read but it does read 170 cid ,you can see thats it's industrial and I'm learning it should put out about 100 to 105 HP at the flywheel at 4400 rpm which is cranking pretty good ,if all goes well we plan on adapting it to my 1000 gpm irrigation pump that I blew the old Ford (English) 220 cid diesel engine on but could not find a replacment for. From what I've been told diesel engines have more torque than gas engines so I hope it's worth the time/effort. Only plan on running it an hour or so at a time. Thanks for your input.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 10, 2008

1000 gpm pump? What is it just a surface lake pump? Should work for that if not trying to build lots of pressure just move water in volume and not going for full output of pump. Most pump companies can give you a specs sheet with curves of what hp is needed and what kind of volume and pressure can expect. Here we don't have the ground water like that for a pump that would put that out anymore but if we did a little Ford wouldn't pull a turbine pump 300-400 ft deep would take lots more hp and the correct gear ration gear head on the pump.

AL B · Jul 10, 2008

Fixalinc , my pump sets down at the shore of a lake it has a 20 ft. suction pipe with a screen on the end of it and sit in 3 feet of water . Pump discharge is 4 in. and travels up a slight hill ( maybe 20 foot lift by the time it reaches up to the fields ) while going 1700 to 2000 feet distance and then reduces from 4 to 2 in. six times to irrigate 2 acres of crops. Pressure at the sprinkler heads must run 30 or so psi.
The pump co. that built my pump is no longer in business. My old engine 220 cid. put out 50 to 60 HP but had lots of torque , something a 170 cid gasoline engine may lack.

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