What the heck does FE stand for?
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I would like to know what makes websites uncredible? According to my english prof. the majority of websites are just as reliable if not more, than the mainstream media. As you have already pointed out, not all books are reliable. Fools that make dumb websites can almost as easily write a book. I guess its just hard to find good info anywhere. While everyone is on the topic of engines, what was the biggest displacement engine Ford made?
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I don't think anyone said websites are not credible, just that they do not count on this thread. The idea was to try to sort out fact from fiction by citing a table of authorities. The discussion was originally an attempt to trace back in time to the origins of the FE designation. Unless your going to tell me that there were websites back in the late 50's then I don't know how a web site reference is going to prove or disprove the premise here. That said, list all the website references you want. As an aside, I see that there have been many cooks in the kitchen since Kenny was there earlier, picking up the spoon to stir the pot, but nobody actually rolling up their sleeves and dicing any carrots. :-)
BTW-- I like your idea for a "what is the biggest Ford engine" thread, but please start that on the general conversation forum NOT here. Thanks. :-)
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I don't think anyone said websites are not credible, just that they do not count on this thread. The idea was to try to sort out fact from fiction by citing a table of authorities. The discussion was originally an attempt to trace back in time to the origins of the FE designation. Unless your going to tell me that there were websites back in the late 50's then I don't know how a web site reference is going to prove or disprove the premise here. That said, list all the website references you want. As an aside, I see that there have been many cooks in the kitchen since Kenny was there earlier, picking up the spoon to stir the pot, but nobody actually rolling up their sleeves and dicing any carrots. :-)
BTW-- I like your idea for a "what is the biggest Ford engine" thread, but please start that on the general conversation forum NOT here. Thanks. :-)
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What the heck does FE stand for?
Sorry buddy, he's not.. the book is wrong
the engine was developed to originally go in the EDSEL's.
after the edsels were scrapped they just continued to develop them from the strong platform they were.
JUst like MEL block
it stands for Mercury/Edsel/lincoln.
according to that book they'd have you to believe that it would be Mercury Engine Lincoln.
PLUS if it stood for FORD ENGINE than every ford engine would be tagged this.
the engine was developed to originally go in the EDSEL's.
after the edsels were scrapped they just continued to develop them from the strong platform they were.
JUst like MEL block
it stands for Mercury/Edsel/lincoln.
according to that book they'd have you to believe that it would be Mercury Engine Lincoln.
PLUS if it stood for FORD ENGINE than every ford engine would be tagged this.
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What the heck does FE stand for?
I'm not sure that saying all engines would be Ford Engine's is a valid argument, because at the time wasn't it just the Y-blocks and straight sixes? I could see someone taking a new engine series that they were going to be using for racing and their cars as a top of the line engine and naming it the "Ford Engine" the 335, 385, and smallblock series engines hadn't even been thought up at that time. If you want to use that argument, why aren't all the 351's called 352's? they have the same internal dimensions and are 352's if you round up like Ford decided to do to the 5.0 and the 352 itself. Also if I'm somewhat making sense still. If ford did call the 351's 351's to eliminate confusion from the 352, could they also have not called the other engines the Ford Engine series to eliminate confusion as well? by the way, I prefer to call it Ford Edsel also, but it's just something to think about
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Mr Ferrari said after getting his OHC engines beat by some old Ford Pushrod engines for three years in a row that it stands for Fast Engines
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