last week I went into a proformance store in nixa(5 miles from springfield west) the salesman told me they work with fe's al the time so i asked him to get me a price on a crank kit to make my 360 a 410 this guy had no clue as to the language i was speaking he said he had never herd of that combo and that he would have to make some calls. My question is how can he not know if they work on them all the time???
then he started to ask me about what pistons I wanted and rods stuff of that nature. I told him that I wanted to run Nos possibly later down the road and I wanted about 9-1 compression this whole time he just looked at me funny. did I say something wrong or did he just not understand me? I wont to run pump gas but want to be able to run Nos latter without a hole new rebuild.

just thought i would share and ask for advise

 

Stay away from him. If he works with FE engines all the time the 410 should be common knowledge. Let the FE forum here help you with figuring the parts thing out. I'm sure the guy can work wonders with a small block chevy.

 

I have to agree with Ratsmoker, as usual. I have not been involved with the FE for long (385 man all my life because I didn't know any better).

I have come to find in the last 8 months that the FE and knowledge of it is quite unique. Whoever this person is probably would like to give you good customer service, but it is clear he does not understand FE's (nor do I totally). Most things in this Y-block are so interchangeable it's not funny.

I have a guy rebuilding a 390 for me shortly hear and he does about 20 chevy engines to ever 1 ford engine. He builds race engines for a living. I said to him one day (the first day I met him actually), what do you know about FE engines? He said to me, well let me see, then he went through the list, one engine at a time, from the 332-428. He was tring to convince me to build a 427, but of course I have enough problem with parts for a 390.

He then looked at the parts list I ordered (actually the list was created here on the forum), and he said it seems you have everything you need to get for now, the rest is up to me, I will tell you what to go get when I need it. Three weeks is his turn around on every engine (at the most). He does everthing in house and I mean everything. OK, my response is getting long so I will stop. LEAVE THAT ONE GUY ALONE, THERE MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE STORE, BUT HE IS NOT THE ONE, IF A PERSON DOESN'T KNOW THEY SHOULD JUST SAY SO, THEN THEY MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING. DOC.

 

I was thinking the samething myself kinda it just didnt seem right that he works on them but doesnt know anything about them. anyway I just wonted to have my thoughts confermed. I sure did like being able to go and touch all that crome (even if most of it was for SBC) and it did give me dress up ideas for my motor and engine compartment.

THANKS GUYS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AS ALWAY YOU KNOW BETTER THAN I

 

Wait till you ask one of them about a 400, they will insist you are talking about a cheby400, then they will tell you Ford does not make a 400, only cheby does. This can go on for half an hour. Even the guys at the cam tech lines are the same way. Then they will recommend some single pattern cam...

Just don't let them sell you one of those "trailer queen" chrome open air cleaners... Those things are a street engine's worst enemy.