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Let me clear my side up.A 352 could be had in cars and trucks.Even a 4v carb.My grandfther and his brother both bought a new 69 and 70 F100's with 360 2v's and a auto.They hated those engines and missed there 352's in there older trucks.But being a farmer and having the finacial ability they liked to trade up.They disliked the 360 and my own experiences and listening to guys in there 50-60's say 352 or 390.
The 360 was not meant to make alot of power.I have never seen one with a factory 4v and not many build them.Maybe the words 352 just has more appeal but i like my 352 over the 2 360's i had.I know that isnt fair becuase none of these engines were new.But hey!
But heck yeah,I'll take a 390 over any of the smaller FE's "anyday".
I have one in the '76 ton truck and it is a real powermaker.
The 360 was not meant to make alot of power.I have never seen one with a factory 4v and not many build them.Maybe the words 352 just has more appeal but i like my 352 over the 2 360's i had.I know that isnt fair becuase none of these engines were new.But hey!
But heck yeah,I'll take a 390 over any of the smaller FE's "anyday".
I have one in the '76 ton truck and it is a real powermaker.
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Since ALL the common FE's had essentially the same bits available: heads, manifolds, cams, dizzys, it is hard t find that any one of them is any better than the other ***BUT*** the 352 motors did have a longer rod which is considered to be an asset to those who are trying to get the maximum Hp from a motor. The bigger the motor, the less efficient the standard heads and valves are for flowing the mixture at high RPMS.
The Nascar people, when they were using the FE liked the small stroke of the 352/360 steel truck crank and big bore blocks which, I recall got them about 396 Cuin and LOTS of HP at the required high RPM's
BTW: what is the length of the 360 rods? the same as the 352 or the 390?
Michael
The Nascar people, when they were using the FE liked the small stroke of the 352/360 steel truck crank and big bore blocks which, I recall got them about 396 Cuin and LOTS of HP at the required high RPM's
BTW: what is the length of the 360 rods? the same as the 352 or the 390?
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The length of a 332 - 360 rod is 6.54 inches and the 390 and up had 6.488" rods. FE rods are very long compared to most others and the difference between the two is minimal except for when it comes to strength. To get a little off topic I just read that the rods in my 4.6L crown vic are 8.9". Talk about dwell!
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I'm going to have to add my two cents here...because I think it's worth mentioning. It was stated that the later FEs run better than the 352, and then run better was later defined as having more power. No matter how you look at it, I'm going to disagree with that statement. The 352 from a 1967 ford truck came with 172 net horsepower from the factory, that's 8 less than a later 390 from the factory. So, that's more than a 360 from the factory, and nearly as much as a 390. Just wanted to stick up for the 352...I think it's every bit as good a motor as a 360, although people like to get down on those too. I don't think anybody can say they run better,that just doesn't make sense.
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Amen. Can't run better, more cubes can make more hp, but not better. 
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Not sure on this one as I have never validated it. Many people over the years swear that there is a high compression 352 that produced over 300 horse back in the early to mid 60's. Not available in trucks more like interceptor engines. Again not sure just throwing it out there. I love my 352! All FE's are good. Weakest part on a stock one is the valve train. Old ones like to float the valves. Easily fixed though.
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Sure there was! It's the 1960 (only) 352 High Performance or 352HP which cranked out 360 horsepower. Don't know how true that factory rating was though.
The regular 352 4V from '58-'60 cranked out 300 horsepower.
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The regular 352 4V from '58-'60 cranked out 300 horsepower.
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I have the specs at home but off the top of my head, free-flow air filter, Holley 4V, new aluminum intake, higher compression, new solid cam, dual-point dizzy, free-flow exhaust manifolds.
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Barry, they had all of those things in 1960? WOW!
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well if you used this combination in a 352 with something more like 11:1 you'd be doing pretty good
"360 10:1 compression, single plane, 700cfm holley double pumper, cam specs 272/284 216/228 .533/.566 112* lobe seperation, 2.03/1.56 valves, ported, with a good valve job including a throat cut,
Modelling the 360 gives 411 hp at 6000 with 411 ft-lbs at 4500 with 10:1 compression. This has a very flat torque curve with the cam you mentioned. 357 ft-lbs at 2000 and 360 ft-lbs at 6000. Lowering the compression to *:1 lowers the hp to 366 at 5750 and torque to 377 ft-lbs at 4500. The torque curve is still pretty flat but not as good as the higher compression engine. I'd run the higher compression, but I never have been sensible."
"360 10:1 compression, single plane, 700cfm holley double pumper, cam specs 272/284 216/228 .533/.566 112* lobe seperation, 2.03/1.56 valves, ported, with a good valve job including a throat cut,
Modelling the 360 gives 411 hp at 6000 with 411 ft-lbs at 4500 with 10:1 compression. This has a very flat torque curve with the cam you mentioned. 357 ft-lbs at 2000 and 360 ft-lbs at 6000. Lowering the compression to *:1 lowers the hp to 366 at 5750 and torque to 377 ft-lbs at 4500. The torque curve is still pretty flat but not as good as the higher compression engine. I'd run the higher compression, but I never have been sensible."
