whats your oppinion on fords best engine ever???

 

300 straight six. Reliable, lasts forever, lots of torque, and cheap to run. The only drawback is that it is slow.

 

I've have to say the 302/5.0
Been around a long time and used in a lot of applications (very versatile)
Good for moderate to light loads.

300/4.9 is an industrial engine with a lot of low-end torque but not enough horse power. To top it off, a new 4.9 doesn't get that great of gas mileage compared to a 5.0.

351/5.7 is a damn good engine also if you need HP and torque. Great for those that typically use their trucks for hauling a lot.

460 is a stroker but a gas hog to the bone.

Ford in general makes good engines. Some are just better for what you plan to do with them. All of them have a few known problems, but at least they are not Bowtie powerplants.

 

i bet fords best engine is in a research center as we speak
you cant beat new technology as far as size/power and even though they are more complicated they are in truth reliable and efficient

only drawback is that modern day sound .... well lack off anyways

 

The new (2004/2005) 5.4L Triton V8 is definitely a good engine.
Good torque and HP. Don't know about reliability.
Previous versions have had some known problems and be a pain to do some of the simpler maintenance tasks (i.e. changing plugs or keeping them in the cylinder head)

I just thought he was asking about engines produced in the past.

 

well i dont know i assumed any because he said ever
my favorite engines are the older ones because of the raw sound of power not the whine heard today

 

The FE's are Fords best engine ever. They have more torqe then windsors. There blocks and cranks are among Fords strongest. They are indestrubile.

 

I had great luck with the 400M it has 240,000 miles and has never been rebuilt the only thing that has been replaced it the timing chain at 100,000 , 210,000 and still has ton of power yeh it uses a little oil but what engine wouldn't with 240,000 miles!

 

Yup, thats Ford quailty. They last. The chevy rocks start coming apart after 50K=) You still have good power with it?

 

ok ford engines ahhhhhhh
first best for what?
optimized from ford or in thine hands
first FEs are freakin huge
but best "stock" power the 427OHC dual carb option what was it 670HP?? hella-deadly
lower it into a 69 or 70 torina(or an fugly wagon) with dual 3 incher with GOOD muflers to keep it quick for the "you want to race me in that old heavy car/fugly wagon" and a reply "gee a honda do you want to put it in the trunk" hit the cut outs ..brake lock warm up the M/Ts and just try to keep the nose down
hey sorry i wondered off there for a sec now if shelby would reproduce this on his alloy block even tho the gov would not let it on the road

after that 351C 4v cc for the slightly smaller cars

now for the bottom end /truck motors

400 improved thanks to mr meyer to get rid of that **** pinging add a small 4bbl and intake dual pattern cam exaust well gotz some HP now too like ford shoulda done if emissions/low octaine gas was not a concern

then the 300 big six intake exaust cam(nothing nuts) the 400 2 barrel from the afore mentioned 400 310cfm should do wonders more power and bottom end alway prefer to a W in a truck unless its a"sport-truck"

even tho the 5.4/v10 shows promise too much money and electronics for my tastes and it isn't living up to what tourque it should put out for as long a stroke it has...

my old engine will have a set up carb(not passing gas) and full emmissions therm--- and EGR dual hi-flow cats (undesided on the smog pump) on dual exaust and we DONT have emmisions testing
its legal to huck my egr and cats in the trash but i won't

the biggest "greenhouse gas" is methane watch out for the new testing in california, also chili is soon ileagle in cali

 

Most positively the 427 side oiler!!!! 425 horse stock, most wickedess thing I have ever seen or heard run!!!

 

I have to agree on the side oiler. It's the best FE. It's better all around than the 428. Better rod/stroke ratio, better bore to stroke ratio, and better breathing top end, not to mention the improved oiling with bullet proof bottom end. The 427 had cross bolted main caps within a deep skirt. However, the FE motors are actually overall physically smaller and lighter than the 429/490 big blocks, or the Mopar RB, or the chevy 396-454 big blocks.

In the small block ranks, there's the Boss 302. It's the king of the factory small blocks. Forget the 350 Chevy's. It's a 302 with all the engineering superlatives involved with the Ford 302 engine, but it has heavy duty bottom end componants, slighlty improved rod/stroke ratio, and Cleveland 4 barrel quench heads with huge valves. The most primary problem with 289/302/351w motors is the asthmatic heads. The Boss was free breathing, and cranked out 350 hP( the Factory 290 rating is bogus) on only 302 cubes.

The EFI 5.0L (302) HO motors of the mid 80's to mid 90's are certianly classic factory Ford motors. They are so easy (and cheap) to tune, and to modify, and with the hot rod parts available today they produce big time power. They last and last and last, even under abuse. They pass emissions. They get 25mpg- highway, in Mustangs. The 5.0 Mustang is the world's most popular hotrod today, having sent the old chevy iron packing, because of the 5.0L HO.

What about the all aluminum Cobra dual overhead cam 4.6L with four valves per cylinder? This motor was hand built and signed by the builders. It has cross bolted mains within a deep skirt, like the 427 side oiler, and more high tech stuff than most other engines available today. It will run at 7,000 rpm all day long, and it doesn't lack low end grunt. It's only 281 cubic inches, and cranking out in excess of 300 HP, with out a power adder.

Fords new assembly line SOHC modular engines with 3 valves per cylinder are going prove classics, I predict. The new Mustang GT 3 valve is all aluminum too. The new breed of overhead cam modular engines (4.6L 5.4L...ect..) are proving to have incredable power potential (up to 600Hp on 281-305 cubes), get great gas milege, are enviromentally clean, and they are proving to be very tough.

 

Dont forget the flathead V8 It is still around and has become so popular in recent years that just about everything is being reproduced, including stroker cranks and even an aluminum block!
Nothing liike a hot flatty in a light rod body to blow off the 5.0 'Tangs from the stop signs!
I have nothing against technology improvements over the years either. I have Y blocks, FE's and several SBF's under my belt or on the road here but nothing is more eye candy (or sounds better) than a full dress flatty.

 

I would have to say the 460. The engines are torque monsters and run forever.