What does the "FE" mean?
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come on guys,don't you remember the periodic element chart from high school ? FE is the symbol for iron, and our engines are made of lots of this stuff. DF, @ his Dad's house
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I believ the FE stands for (Ford Edsel) an old guy I know that used to work for Ford back in the day told me that. I have also heard that from a couple other people and I remember reading it somewhere
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Originally Posted by brider
I see the suffix "FE" used in conjuction with the mid-60's and later v8 engines. What does it mean, or refer to?
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Ford states and I quote; "FE is more than the chemical symbol for IRON....It symbolizes the best in Detroit IRON. No where in the whole world can you find one basic design that can do more kinds of things. First and formost, every FE engine starts out as a dependable, reliaable street engine, docile enough for the most timid granny. Apply a little "wrench" and they turn into durable high preformance winners in drags, oval tracks, Grand Prix and whatever turns you one. And best of all, what fits one....generally fits all. Which gives you practically limitless interchange possibilities.....at a relatively low cost. In short, the FE familt does it all." from the July 1970 Ford "Muscle Parts Story on Parts Interchange and Description" Supplement 1. Oh, and FE is always a Prefix not a suffix.
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