New 352 owner
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From: Iowa
Originally Posted by skinsey
Mine is a 352 and it pulls my 65 long bed to 13.90 @ 106mph. And yes it is running a 150 shot of nitrous.....
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From: Eastern Iowa
Thanks for the responses, guys. That is why I posted this stuff here instead of at the car "forum". FTE folks know this eqipment inside and out, and I like the absence of swearing and flaming.....I had that same rpm question too. How many rpm's will a 352 with a stock bottom end take? I am guessing it is running out of power around 4 grand. That could be the timing though. My little bro is a total chevy freak(has a decent camaro, though) and we were tinkering with the Galaxie today. We took off around the block and he said"Man, this thing sounds tough!" For a 40 yr old stock engine it really runs hard! ---Ryan
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The stock bottom end should be good for about 5500rpm. I've heard that at about 6000rpm's the stock long rods that it uses will start to stretch and eventually break.
You should be ok though, since the stock unported heads will run out of flow at abut 4500rpm's, maybe a bit higher.
If you really want to make an impression on your little bro, pull the heads and port 'em, and put headers on it. You might even go with a bigger carb, like a Holley 600cfm. If you were really ambitious, you'd put a bigger cam in it, like the Crane 343941. Then you'd really be cooking with gas!
Edit: I'm also in eastern Iowa, and I have a couple sets of stock heads that I could port for you if you're interested. Your heads may be better than the set I have though, what's the casting number? It's located between the center two spark plugs, easy to find.
You should be ok though, since the stock unported heads will run out of flow at abut 4500rpm's, maybe a bit higher.
If you really want to make an impression on your little bro, pull the heads and port 'em, and put headers on it. You might even go with a bigger carb, like a Holley 600cfm. If you were really ambitious, you'd put a bigger cam in it, like the Crane 343941. Then you'd really be cooking with gas!
Edit: I'm also in eastern Iowa, and I have a couple sets of stock heads that I could port for you if you're interested. Your heads may be better than the set I have though, what's the casting number? It's located between the center two spark plugs, easy to find.
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Just saw your edit today,rusty. I'll get those numbers after work tonight. Here's another thing. I had new exhaust run on it this weekend. They re-machined the manifold surfaces to eliminate that "ticking". (of course now I can hear an ornery lifter!) Anyway, the guy at the muffler shop says "I cant believe that nobody's ever had the manifolds off of that old 390!" I told him it was a 352. He laughed and said that he's been doing this for over 20 years, and it is definitely a 390. Is my engine a 390? What are some visual cues? How do you tell? They put dual 30in glasspacks on her, and some chrome turndowns. It sounds GREAT! Thanks,Ryan
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From: Jackassville
Actually it proably is a 390, thats what was most common in the galaxies. The only way to check is too check the stroke, 352 is 3.5" stroke, while the 390 is 3.78".
BTW, did you get my PM about recurving the dizzy?
BTW, did you get my PM about recurving the dizzy?
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I sure did, thanks a lot! I am going to tackle that this weekend. So, there are no visual clues as to which engine it is? Wow. Now I really wonder. I'll have to figure out where to get a tool to check the stroke now!
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Off a tree perhapse? Usually if you find a long, straight stick you can use that to check stroke by way of the spark plug hole.
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I have found that a piece of white house wire 14/2 or 12/2 about 8" long works really well. With one of the front plugs removed and the coil wire pulled, poke the wire in the hole, and rest a Sharpie on the manifold touching the wire. Have a bud rotate the engine a couple revs with a socket on the crank, and measure the mark left by the Sharpie.
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Well 64 still had pretty good block casting numbers to ID with. Not so much with the generic ones later on. C3AE-G and C4AE-A are both for a 64 352 and C4AE-D the 390 also in 64. It's on the right side of the block and will be upside down. G.
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Try this site for some decoding info www.galaxieclub.com it's the Ford Galaxie Club of America site. G.
