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  "path": "/2026/02/i-had-no-idea-that-ford-made-63-hi-po.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-13T03:01:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://justacarguy.blogspot.com",
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    "https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week-1963-ford-fairlaine-hi-po-four-door"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Challenger 221-cid and 260-cid V-8s returned as options for 1963, the only news was the debut of the High Performance 289-4V engine (aka Hi-Po 289).\n\n\n\n\nThis engine was based up on the small-block V-8s that had debuted in the Fairlane line in 1962, but besides being punched out to a larger displacement, it also had **cast-iron headers** , **solid lifters** , a nodular iron crankshaft, high-performance connecting rods, a wider harmonic dampener, a dual-point ignition system, Autolite 4100 series four-barrel carburetor, a hot camshaft and screw-in rocker-arm studs, among other performance goodies. These tricks brought the Hi-Po 289-cid V-8’s performance potential to 271 hp\n\n\n\n\nonly one other four-door sedan with this engine had been produced in 1963, but it had been scrapped before it could be saved — likely for its valuable engine and drivetrain.\n\nThis leaves this Hi-Po 289 Fairlane 500 as the sole surviving K-code four-door.\n\n\n\n\nthe Hi-Po 289 was the same engine supplied to Carroll Shelby for use in Cobras\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.oldcarsweekly.com/car-of-the-week-1963-ford-fairlaine-hi-po-four-door\n\n\n\n\nI did NOT know the Hi Po 289 was a solid lifter cast iron header engine!",
  "title": "I had no idea that Ford made a ’63 Hi-Po Fairlane. A hi po 289  the 4 door... unusual combo, but, I guess you could order about any combo of trim lines and engines. If you'd buy it, they'd sell it. But only 2 were made. Only this one survived",
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