Needing Help
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Needing Help
Hey I'm new to this forum, I'm from Newton Kansas.
I'm starting a project truck a 68 F-250 HighBoy. My friend started this truck almost 4 years ago, He has done a lot of body work and things like that to it like cutting the frame rails and making it a short box. I'm buying the truck from him and will finish the rest of it up. I was wondering what you guys thought about putting a 390 into it instead of the 360 its got. I was wanting to rebuild the engine and get almost around 400 hp out of the engine. I was also wondering if any one had a 427 they might have for sell. I'm basically fixing this truck up to have fun in, just mudding and stuff like that. Your advise would be very helpful.
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I'm starting a project truck a 68 F-250 HighBoy. My friend started this truck almost 4 years ago, He has done a lot of body work and things like that to it like cutting the frame rails and making it a short box. I'm buying the truck from him and will finish the rest of it up. I was wondering what you guys thought about putting a 390 into it instead of the 360 its got. I was wanting to rebuild the engine and get almost around 400 hp out of the engine. I was also wondering if any one had a 427 they might have for sell. I'm basically fixing this truck up to have fun in, just mudding and stuff like that. Your advise would be very helpful.
Thanks
Laughing Gas
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From: Wamego, kansas
Anything 427 ford is going to be real expensive. Shoot even the 428 stuff is getting there. There are a ton of parts availabe now for the "FE" series engine. Edelbrock offers various intakes and now aluminum heads too. If money is not a problem, shelby and dove manufacturing can sell you an aluminum 427 block and heads. I`d build the 390 personally. It`ll be a bolt in job as the 360 and 390 are the same emgine family.
Hotshot
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From: Manhattan, KS
As Swede said the 390 is probably the best option. Also a 428 is much more available and some are still available in late 60's full size cars. Surprisingly, a lot of 428's were used for industrial purposes in the early 70's, such as on irrigation wells. My dad had a couple of them then. Unfortunately, there were a bunch of them sold in his area of Nebraska that must have been a bad batch, because most of them ended up throwing a rod or not lasting very long. Only, about 1 in 10 in that area ended up lasting more than a couple of years.
You also might want to look at the forum that covers your year of truck and also the FE forum for the 360, 390 etc series of engines. Lots of good stuff. Welcome to FTE.
You also might want to look at the forum that covers your year of truck and also the FE forum for the 360, 390 etc series of engines. Lots of good stuff. Welcome to FTE.
Fleet Owner
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As stated the 390 is the best bet... they are built tough, very tough. I am not a fan of the 360. A 427 is a dream that most people cannot afford. 428 is getting harder and harder to find. I put a 390 in 2 two different trucks, and a 429 in my latest monster. Bob Burell in Delphos would have a 390. He's cheap, fair and honest. I have delt with him many times. In fact Friday afternoon I am heading over there. I also have a couple friends into trucks at our sister plant in Hesston and could give them a call to aid in the search. What is your timeframe???
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This is actually the first Ford motor I'm going to rebuild so I'm needing some advice on it.Usually I just do the body work, tinker with the engine to make it run good and go. However this is gonna be a truck I'm gonna keep for some time. This is a project that is gonna start sometime with week. The 360 in the trucks runs great but I'm wanting a lot of power. Before I even touch the engine though I have to do all the body work on the truck. I have to pull out a few dents, straighten some things up then paint the truck. I will probably work on the engine here and there but I want it to look straight first. I have been figuring 390 but I was just wondering what you guys thought. I figure I'm just gonna by a rebuilt 390 a friend of mine has got and strip it down, take the parts I still want and get the rest somewhere else. I'm one of the people that loves power and thats what I'm going to try and acheive. A big 4X4 truck with lots of power to have fun in.
Thanks for the advice
Thanks for the advice
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Bwebz85, first and foremost let me welcome you to the greatest Ford site on the web and to the Kansas Chapter. There is plenty of help and information here in the many forums as well as in the Kansas community so look around, search the forums and ask your questions.
Now for your project, IMO I would take e the 390 and work it up. There are plenty of things that can be done to it and I think it is more reliable then the 360. It would be a direct drop in for the 360 as some have mentioned. I don't think you would go wrong with that choice.
Now for your project, IMO I would take e the 390 and work it up. There are plenty of things that can be done to it and I think it is more reliable then the 360. It would be a direct drop in for the 360 as some have mentioned. I don't think you would go wrong with that choice.
