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Direct swap? 428.
Interestingly, some 360 blocks have 428 cylinder wall cores and will take the 428's 4.130" cylinder bore. With the appropriate pistons, crankshaft, and rods you'd be able to turn a 360 into a 428.
Interestingly, some 360 blocks have 428 cylinder wall cores and will take the 428's 4.130" cylinder bore. With the appropriate pistons, crankshaft, and rods you'd be able to turn a 360 into a 428.
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There was the FE 482 starlifter. Based on a custom .100 over 406 crossbolted block with a 4.3 billet steel crank. Pretty sure Holman Moody built. This was a prototype for the proposed 8 liter limit NASCAR and NHRA back in 62. Think it ran at the salt flats also for some high speed testing. NASCAR settled on 7 liters and the 482 project dropped. The 427 was developed and the rest history.
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Monster, that 494 Can Am motor was the 385 series motor. There was a 492 that I was told used Ford FE parts by a old time Can Am racer I was talking with today. It would spin bearings and kick rods pushed too hard back then.
I saw an add where 429 Shotgun motors for $30K up to a complete 494 for $125K, a large sum.
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I saw an add where 429 Shotgun motors for $30K up to a complete 494 for $125K, a large sum.
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Originally Posted by Beemer Nut
Monster, that 494 Can Am motor was around before the 385 series and I recall it was a FE motor not a 385.
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