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Originally Posted by GH427
In cleandan's first post he mentioned that the Tiger should have a 260 motor as original. Does anyone know what the specs were for these motors, i.e. block casting no'.s, head casting no.'s, cam specs, etc?
George H.
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George, I do not have casting numbers for the specific Tiger 260's but the blocks were
5-bolt style, the heads were all press in rocker studs style, and the cams were quite mild as the motors were basically limited to 5000 RPM and ran 2V carbs on cast iron intakes.
Ford sold, to the ROOTES GROUP, the remaining stock of 260's when the 289 became a regular production item and the 260 was basically just like the 260 run in Falcon Sprints.
There are a few websites that spell all this out in great detail as well as a few books dedicated to the Tiger.