360 FE good engine?
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The 360 is the last FE engine designed. There were darn few 390s ever installed in trucks although many are claimed to be since one can not tell any difference visually.
The 360 uses a 390 bore block with 352 rotating assembly. It was considered a dog when compared to the 390. It was an early attempt at the emissions world. While it aint a 390 it is still a pretty good truck engine. They are gas hogs, not fast revvers, but strong pullers. Aint no 302, or the like gonna pull what it will.
Don't be afraid to buy a truck with one in it.
John
The 360 uses a 390 bore block with 352 rotating assembly. It was considered a dog when compared to the 390. It was an early attempt at the emissions world. While it aint a 390 it is still a pretty good truck engine. They are gas hogs, not fast revvers, but strong pullers. Aint no 302, or the like gonna pull what it will.
Don't be afraid to buy a truck with one in it.
John
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The 360 didn't come along until later ('72 or so?), so someone put it in there. Nothing wrong with that, as, basically, the 360 is a 390 block with a 352 crank. Except, for emissions purposes (I guess ) Ford saw fit to lower the compression ratio to 8:1 or something equally useless, so the 360 never seemed to have the snort a 352, or, for sure, a 390 does. They're almost impossible to kill, tho.. I've seen a few with 200K on them, still chugging along.
Ford did some really strange things over the years, for reasons that don't seem to make much sense. We had a '76 F250 4wd/360 we bought new, and, naturally, decided to stick headers on it. When we took off the factory exhaust manifolds, I about passed out - the front and rear of each manifold pipe (#'s 1, 4, 5, & 8) were halfway blocked off. At first I thought it was just a bunch of carbon buildup, but, that's the way the manifolds were made.
Ford did some really strange things over the years, for reasons that don't seem to make much sense. We had a '76 F250 4wd/360 we bought new, and, naturally, decided to stick headers on it. When we took off the factory exhaust manifolds, I about passed out - the front and rear of each manifold pipe (#'s 1, 4, 5, & 8) were halfway blocked off. At first I thought it was just a bunch of carbon buildup, but, that's the way the manifolds were made.
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