I have a 1975 f150 with a 360 in it thats in need of a rebuild. Should I rebuild the 360 or find a 390 in throw in it, or i have a 352 police interceptor. Witch would be the best and most powerfullest engine to put in it, does nayone know the hp and torque for a 360/390 and a 352 police interceptor enine??? thanks

 

What is a 352pi? You mean a 361 available in the 1958-59 Edsel and the 1958 Police Interceptors?

 

no it is a 1965 352 police interceptor

 

How do you know it is a police interceptor motor? Ive heard that california cop cars had those in 65 and I have a 352 supposedly out of a cop car (65)thanks for the help

 

I'm new to this, but all my info, (which you guys probably have also) says the P motor in '65 was a 390 / 330 horse, silver valve covers. In '64 a 250 horse 352 was available with an "X" engine code. However as I have learned from relatives who work at the Atlanta assembly plant, & true blue Ford guys, ANYTHING can come off that line.

 

All the specs aside, the solid lifters in those old P motors was awsome. I put a 64 P code 390 in a 76 F-250 4x4 and it was a screamer. I pulled the engine out of a complete cop car and junked it out, boy do I wish I had that car now.
Just remember to have the heads done with hard valve seats on any of those old engines

 

Hi, im new here, but i hope i can be of help. The 352 itercepter was just a 4 barrel version of the truck motor... and if im not mistaken, its pushin 325 hp with the 4 barrel. But, i could be wrong... do a yahoo search, you should find alot of info on it... As for what engine to put in id go with the 352. Its got butt loads of low end torque, and you already have it on hand. If you wanted to, you could easly make a 352 a 390. just bore it out, and stroke it. thats my two cents.

 

Of course the 360 only needs to be stroked to be a 390, which gives it one up on the 352. The 352 PI motor was only available in 1960 and 1961. From 1962 thru 1965 the PI motors were all 390s, in 1966 they changed to the 428. The 352 PI motor had a mechanical cam and a 4 barrel carb. The horsepower of the civilian version was 360. If it is a PI motor that mechanical cam mean the block is not drilled for a hydraulic cam and you will have to run a mechanical cam.

 

Which casting number does your 352 PI block have?

 

IDK what the casting numbers are... i think its pretty irelevent if you know its a 352, and it has a 4 barrel carb in, and year it was made... i'll try and find out for you though...

 

This is my 352 shown with an orginal 390 GT intake I swapped it to edelbrock.

There are very few fe motors with casting numbers all blocks are 352 blocks. Some were "special" and those have casting numbers.

I will warn you I just balanced and blueprinted a 352i and it was around 5k once complete(no labor in that other than machinist). That of course is redoing it right. Oil valleys redrilled to be straight (all were offset from the factory was a block defect that was never corrected at the factory). Blocking and resizing oil ports in the head to prevent hydro lock at higher rpms

putting adjustable rocker arms that won't break under load (common when adding power to fe's)

as for 390 versus 352. my 352 is 500hp 550ftlbs of torque with 600 cfm edelbrock carb and edelbrocks fe intake.

390's have a small tendancy to put rods out the side of the block when you power them up. So if yoru going to go 390 DON'T TAKE MONITARY SHORTCUTS ON YOUR PISTON'S RODS AND CRANK. If your parts say Eagle on them expect them to "fly" through your hood.

I was going to put this engine in my 66 390 gt fairlane but the price of collector cars has gone up so much so fast that I am not going to put the orginal parts back into the car. Since I have all the heads, intakes carb and exhausts. The 352 I built for it would be a better "street" engine better mpg and 50% power than the car had stock.

I keep saying I am going to sell the engine, but I also keep looking for an old f100 to hide it in.

 

Oh to identify the interceptor heads the exhaust ports on inceptors are huge, the valves are the same size, I know strange.

the various fe heads all had special deck heights and slight differences in where the exhaust mounted when you get into racing equipment that was sold as part of nascar qualifying.

The interceptor heads on the engine in my previous port are 1960 heads and the exhaust ports and intake are larger than my 1966 390 GT heads and I had the excess metal removed and the walls left rough on those since there was so much volume to increase turbulence and polished the exhausts to decrease turbulence.

 

Actually there was never a 352 PI as such. It was a 352 HP and was rated at 360 @6000 and 385 ft/lbs @ 3400 with a 10.6 to 1 CR with a solid lifter cam. As to port sizes, all the early FE engines had large port heads as the small port heads did not appear until 1966.

 

Is it my imagination ? Or is this guy using a open end wrench on a balancer bolt ?

 

He's a husky boy there Bobby! LOL








































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