Another 390 question.
FE "Freakin Expensive"
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Just a Partial List of some of Fords motor's thr-out the years are...
The Flat Head Series- V6's and V8's
The Y-Block Series- 239 CI to 368 CI
The FE Series 332 CI to 428 CI
The FT Series 361 to 391 CI- Truck Engines, Heavy Duty
The 335 Series- 351M and W. and the 400CI
The 385 Series- 370-429 and 460CI.
The Modular Series, and a host of more etc..
Russ
The Flat Head Series- V6's and V8's
The Y-Block Series- 239 CI to 368 CI
The FE Series 332 CI to 428 CI
The FT Series 361 to 391 CI- Truck Engines, Heavy Duty
The 335 Series- 351M and W. and the 400CI
The 385 Series- 370-429 and 460CI.
The Modular Series, and a host of more etc..
Russ
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Originally Posted by RapidRuss
Just a Partial List of some of Fords motor's thr-out the years are...
The Flat Head Series- V6's and V8's
The Y-Block Series- 239 CI to 368 CI
The FE Series 332 CI to 428 CI
The FT Series 361 to 391 CI- Truck Engines, Heavy Duty
The 335 Series- 351M and W. and the 400CI
The 385 Series- 370-429 and 460CI.
The Modular Series, and a host of more etc..
Russ
The Flat Head Series- V6's and V8's
The Y-Block Series- 239 CI to 368 CI
The FE Series 332 CI to 428 CI
The FT Series 361 to 391 CI- Truck Engines, Heavy Duty
The 335 Series- 351M and W. and the 400CI
The 385 Series- 370-429 and 460CI.
The Modular Series, and a host of more etc..
Russ
FE "Freakin Expensive"
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From: Smith Mountain Lake, VA
DUH!!!! LMAO!!! *****...yep that should have been Striaght 6!! Oh well guess I'am aloud a F-up every now and then..LMAO!! More often! than then??
Russ
Russ
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The BB/SB question goes around and around. When Chev intro'd their 396/427, and it was deemed "Big Block" vs. the 265-283-327-350 "Small Block", Ford was selling 260-289 "small blocks" and 352-390-427-428 "big blocks"
So while it is true Ford has engine series, no one outside of this site and maybe a dealer parts counter has ever asked "what series are you running?".
Hot Rod Mag (mention of which always draws a flame or two from the media critics among us) has deemed a "big block" to be an engine with a deck height of 10 inches and over.
And so today we are asking "Hey, is that small block a 392?", when everyone knows a 392 is big honking Chrysler Hemi from 1959, right?
Or 383 or 427, etc etc.....
Ooops, too much time on my hands again.
So while it is true Ford has engine series, no one outside of this site and maybe a dealer parts counter has ever asked "what series are you running?".
Hot Rod Mag (mention of which always draws a flame or two from the media critics among us) has deemed a "big block" to be an engine with a deck height of 10 inches and over.
And so today we are asking "Hey, is that small block a 392?", when everyone knows a 392 is big honking Chrysler Hemi from 1959, right?
Or 383 or 427, etc etc.....
Ooops, too much time on my hands again.
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The big block/small block doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot.
small blocks are 289-351w,351m,351c,400 including other smaller engines.
big blocks are FE's, 385's
the 4.6 and 5.4 are modular engines that happen to be rather big in size.
small blocks are 289-351w,351m,351c,400 including other smaller engines.
big blocks are FE's, 385's
the 4.6 and 5.4 are modular engines that happen to be rather big in size.
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Fellas,
I just read (on another site, that will remain nameless), the FE designation was an engine block code, such as FT, 385, etc. the advice that was given was use your own
interpretation (easy for me to spell). Ford Edsel is the likely candidate, but as we all know, they are Ford engines, and they are Freakie Expensive ,too.
James
I just read (on another site, that will remain nameless), the FE designation was an engine block code, such as FT, 385, etc. the advice that was given was use your own
interpretation (easy for me to spell). Ford Edsel is the likely candidate, but as we all know, they are Ford engines, and they are Freakie Expensive ,too.
James
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Originally Posted by RapidRuss
DUH!!!! LMAO!!! *****...yep that should have been Striaght 6!! Oh well guess I'am aloud a F-up every now and then..LMAO!! More often! than then??
Russ
Russ
one a year. so i guess that is your one for this year.
-Brandon-