ford 352 engine specs

with all this chevy is best talk……bottom line …..Ford’s cost more to build , but will make more power …..they have equally spaced intake runners in the heads , (chevy has siamesed) which make for a cooler intake charge , and a more direct charge , and a all around better cylinder head……and….Ford’s two bolt main block castings are better webbed , and are made of better steel, and are stronger than a chevy four bolt main block……..I’ve run them both…let’s not forget mopar as well…….also strong motors………..don’t get me wrong , chevys are great for the layman who likes to go to the local cruise nights , and “get on it” every now and then, while keeping repair and replacement parts costs low…..chevy also enjoys a large aftermarket parts selection..there is a reason for this as well…..Great article! Ford books say little about F600-F700 truck engines. Truck transmissions had shorter gearing in first and second, but third gear always worked the same (unless an overdrive unit was in the drive train).The most powerful police interceptor 361cid FE’s were delivered in 1958 with Borg-Warner T-85 standard, the Borg-Warner T-85/R-11 stick overdrive, the medium case three-speed Ford-o, or the Cruise-o-matic. ?I see references to 330cid, 361cid and 391cid, but I don’t know what years those engines were available. I really couldn’t say.The 427 Mustang showed up in some Ford marketing material as a W engine code, but it is pretty well documented that there were no factory 427 Mustangs. The early 60's 352 heads (C0AE and C2AE) are really decent flow wise and will accept any aftermarket low riser intake. One thing I didn’t do at the time I saw it was look to see if it had a TASCA Ford logo attachedThe early mercury 410 was an MEL (Mercury, Edsel, Lincoln) not an FE (Ford, Edsel) engine. The flywheel on a 390 should not have a balance weight or part number on the transmission side whereas a 410 should have the balance weight and part number.The 427, introduced early in the 1963 model year, was more than a 406 that had been bored out to 4.23″ with the same 3.78″ stroke; it had cross bolted main bearing caps, aluminum pistons, and stouter connecting rods. It wasn’t until the Clevelands and the 429 came along that Ford could compete inch for inch.I’ll agree with you to a point. It’s pushing a little over 650 hp now and eats Chevy’s for breakfast… lol. Don’t have a reason more important than the sound. There may be errors and omissions in what I wrote above.Yes back in the day you could do actual special orders, ie something that wasn’t listed in the brochures, or was not an acceptable combination on the order sheet, if the dealer was willing to do the necessary paper work and get the district sales office to approve it.Indeed. Additionally, Chevy orange is more appealing than Ford blue any day.Sorry, but old feelings persist, even if they’re no longer relevant!Goodness gracious! Once the 385 series engine became available, this generally removed the FE engines from that car’s line-up (with exception of the full-size Ford that had the 390 and 429 available for a few years).Here are the external engine dimensions (Length x Width x Height):My point of posting the bore spacing numbers was to show how arbitrary the big and small block categorization really is. I always thought that the Ford FE had a lot of variations in displacement. William survived the crash, but the car was damaged almost beyond recognition, looking much like a crashed airplane. I’m out of my league now.You might look other places on the block for an engineering number . The 450hp M4A3 Sherman V8: allloy, gear-driven DOHC. The 427 had proven its mettle on the speedway and was doing so on the quarter-mile circuit.Talk about the Ford 427 is full of different descriptors, such as “top oiler”, “side oiler”, and “cammer”. That explains why the valve covers and bolt holes match up with the 1986 F-350 460 cu.in. I only ask because if what i saw was a “one of none” then I feel foolish buying it. If anything, songs like “GTO” and “Little Cobra” came along at the end of the musical arc – and The Beatles did “Rubber Soul”, the Beach Boys responded with “Pet Sounds” . That’s “GTO” (I believe, as I don’t speak or read German) exactly, translated into German. I never checked the numbers but he claimed it was the original engine although he got it used in around 67. If you can find a 360/390 block you will be better off for future rebuilds as the bore starts off larger. Whereas the 427 had a 4.23″ bore, prompting Ford to recommend against boring the block, the 428 had a 4.13″ bore combined with the 3.98″ stroke used in the Mercury 410.

For 1966, the 265 and 275 horsepower 390 in the Mercury (the lower output engine was mated to the three-speed manual transmission) both possessed a two-barrel carburetor. The european sports cars that americans loved were made primarily for export and were quite rare in their home marketsOne of the best car/driving songs IMO is “Radar Love” by Dutch band Golden Earring.“I’ve been driving all night, my hands wet on the wheelOh absolutely! I opened up the hood and noticed the plug wires were routed wrong. If you're talking about one of the Ford FE engine 352s (made from 1958 to 1976), then yes, it's a very good engine. There was also an FT version for medium-heavy duty use. With a four-barrel carburetor, it a was rated at 255 (gross) hp. not a 428 cu.in.

He bought the truck brand new from a local dealer to the Denver area and he had never messed around with the engine, including ever changing the original spark plugs until the engine had in excess of 120K on it – I should know as I maintained the truck for him starting around those miles before I acquired it. 352, 360, 390, 406, 427, 428. The 428 valve covers are not as tall as the 460 and I cannot tell if the will barely clear the rockers or if the 1st time I start it up after rebuilding the bottom end I’m going to regret it.Correction: My 1969 Mercury Marque had a (#’s matching) 429 cu in. Joined: If it was fake someone made a great effort to pull it off. Jun 16, 2011 FWIW, the main reason I started calling the FE a mid-block is because I used to call it a big-block, but so many folks repeatedly pointed out that it wasn’t.