Just registered on here. I live in Blount county Alabama and need to find a machine shop to bore my 390 and need assistence finding a radiator support and a crown Vic front ifs and rear axle assembly for my 66 f100 long bed stepside and I need to get I 66 column made too fit the crown Vic rack and pinion Oh and forgot I'm looking for the Crown Vic police interceptor ifs and rear

 

If anyone who pops up would like current pics let me know

 

Welcome to FTE

If your truck has a 390, it was swapped in. The only available V8 in 1965/67 F100/350's was the 352 2V

On sale day, 352's magically become 390's!

360 & 390 introduced in 1968 F100/350's, used thru 1976.

390's introduced initially in 1961 Galaxie & Thunderbird, use in myriad Passenger Cars thru 1971.

352 B&S: 4.00" x 3.50" / 360 B&S: 4.05" x 3.50" / 390 B&S: 4.05" x 3.78"

You shouldn't have any trouble locating a Crown Vic (Mercury Grand Marquis same), but...

If you want Rack & Pinion P/S, look for 2003/2010 Grand Marquis & 2003/2012 Crown Victoria's.

1979/2002's have worm & roller P/S.

Is your 1966 F100 2WD or 4WD?

 

The truck is 2wd and the motor was a 352 but had been rebuilt and clapped out again before I bought it

 

The motor was bored to a 390 by the local guy I bought it from but I plan to go .030 over to make way for a 390 stroker taking the stroke to a 4.125 in. stroke

 

Boring a 352 to 390 standard specs is .060" over. Now you are planning to bore it another .030" over?

Lotsa luck, because the .090" over engine will run extremely hot.

A pal of mine who was a Mercedes-Benz line mechanic did the same thing.

He wanted more power, so in the early 1970's...he bored the 352 in his 1967 F250 Camper Special to 390 standard, then added the 390's crank, rods and pistons.

In the 1980's, he did the same thing as you are planning to do, bored it another .030" over, the truck ran hotter than a popcorn fart. He asked me what he could do to "fix it."

He ended up installing a sprayer, as it was the only solution outside of replacing the engine.

 

I understand that but I have one of the 428 based 352 blocks it is a thicker block that can handle a max of .120 over in some occurances

 

All FE engines were cast as 352's. So my question is...how do you know it's a 428?

 

Hey Sage,
Post some pics
And welcome to FTE.

 

Motors can be re sleeved but you are talking Boo Koo $$$$$ if they are still even doing that. I would just find a dime a dozen 360 and turn it into the 390 you are looking for.

 

Sleeving wasn't all that bad on a '39 Packard I had done lately. In fact, sleeving all 6 cylinders, and a new set of stock bore pistons and rings was less than it would have been to custom make the one .080" over piston and ring set I really needed.
In fact, I had all the head bolt holes in the block Time-serted in addition, and it was STILL less than that one piston was going to be.

 

1939 Packard Eight & Super 8 have a 282 cid flathead. 1939 Packard V12 has a 473 cid flathead.

1935/37 Packard eight was called the 120, 1937 Packard six was called the 115-C. Renamed 1938/39 as the Six & Eight.

Renamed again in 1940/42: 110 (6), 120 (8), 160 (Super 8), 180 (Custom Super 8).

110 & 120 use the same engines (ditto 1941/47 Clipper). 160/180 had a new 356 cid flathead with 9 main bearings.

Packard slogan 1899-1956: Ask The Man Who Owns One.

 

Okay, okay, I'll bite. What in the world is a "428 based 352"
I've been messin' with FEs for a few years now and that's a new one on me!
Bored .120 over? Ohhh brother....
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Block is extremely thick. Means you can take the 352 and go stock 428 bore

 

Yeah pics and get to craigslist for the stuff your looking for, I know i see crown vic fronts all the time but maybe not the interceptor one