HOW MANY MILES ON YOUR FE?

 

i figure just under 1,000.

 

guessing 240,000---- 40,000 on the rebuild

 

14k on a fresh 390, but had 200k plus on the 360 it replaced

 

132,000 on the original 352 in '67. Had a timing gear installed before I bought it. Typical.

Most other vehicles I have FE's in are pretty fresh.

 

The 360 in my '74 that my brother rebuilt had at least 165K on it when I tore it apart - and realized I should have left it alone except for that 390 I had already put together

Really, it was perfect inside - it could have easily gone another 100K, that's what it looked like - however, that was with my brother who was a perfectionist and made sure every clearance was perfect. From Ford? Who knows, but 120K was pretty good back then (which is when my brother was forced to rebuild the original 360 because it had taken to leaving large clouds of oil smoke

 

On my current 72, 158,000. But it just had a rebuilt 428 replace the tired 360 about 4K miles ago.

My previous 65 F100 with a 352 had 393,000 with only 1 rebuild back in the mid 80's. Still goin strong when I traded it last month.

Keith

 

If I could get the valve covers to quit leaking and put some valve stem seals in my 352 I think the oil consumption would decrease. Right now it goes thru 1 qt every 200 miles(about a tank of gas).

Still a strong running engine.

 

my 390 was using that much too till I changed the intake gaskets. Now I have an antifreeze leake somewhere...I think the rear passengers side of the intake is leaking but I haven't determined this yet.