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If you had a set of rare heads like 6090G's that are of intrest to someone like me and one was lost your screwed, better to ship together vs hunting for a single replacement should one get misplaced. What's your time and trouble worth vs a little more in shipping costs? I sent a crappy F-427 back to Florida from Kalifornia, get this, Fed-X scabs cost more than union UPS, 4 days UPS vs lost for 11 days Fed-X then 3 days more to deliver. Things can and will get lost in the shipping Black Hole never to be seen again.
I grew up with dad working for the US Postal Service delivering partials, schit happens more than you think.
I grew up with dad working for the US Postal Service delivering partials, schit happens more than you think.
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Originally Posted by superpony18
If I'm not mistaken industrial blocks have 4 bolt motor mounts.
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To bad its was only one time use.. LOL
Im thinking of putting a set of Patriot Smithy Mufflers in it instand of glasspaks.. What you guys think of them.. ???
Im thinking of putting a set of Patriot Smithy Mufflers in it instand of glasspaks.. What you guys think of them.. ???
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Someone could have put cross bolts into another FE, but more likely it came with them. Certain tri-power 390 HP engines, 406 engines, and 427 engines had cross bolted mains. Only side oiler 427s had screw in frost plugs, cener oilers do not. Are the frost plugs pressed in or screw in?? What are the blocks casting numbers?? What are the heads casting numbers??
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[QUOTE=twistedcrankcammer. Only side oiler 427s had screw in frost plugs, cener oilers do not. Are the frost plugs pressed in or screw in?? What are the blocks casting numbers?? What are the heads casting numbers??[/QUOTE] .................................................. .................................................. ... Not accurate info. Not all centeroilers had pressed in plugs. I sold one last year that had screw in plugs. This was a sideoiler casting but drilled as a centeroiler. More 427's got screw in plugs than not. Some of the early 427's had the pressed in plugs.
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to find a 427 in a pickup is not unheard of, and sometimes the previous owner really does know what he has.
in 93 i bought a 69 F250 4X4 for $750. the guy told me the original 360 blew up in north carolina, and he bought a 390 from a wrecking yard down there and had them put it in the truck in 82. when i got it home, i was doing a fluid change on it, and saw the cross bolt mains. the "390" was actually a 1967 427 high riser. i still have that engine sitting in the corner of the garage waiting for the day when i find a light body to stuff it in.
in 93 i bought a 69 F250 4X4 for $750. the guy told me the original 360 blew up in north carolina, and he bought a 390 from a wrecking yard down there and had them put it in the truck in 82. when i got it home, i was doing a fluid change on it, and saw the cross bolt mains. the "390" was actually a 1967 427 high riser. i still have that engine sitting in the corner of the garage waiting for the day when i find a light body to stuff it in.
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baddad,
You could but the scrw in frost plugs and add them to any block just as you could do the cross bolt mains. Several books and magazines covered this in the 80s and you could still buy the plugs and a tap and do it yourself. I built my first 390 in 1981 with a lowriser dual 4bbl. By 1985, I had built a 428 cj with 406 tri power and owned my first dual 4 bbl hi-riser. A nearby older friend owned 5 cammers, a tunnel port, 2 hi risers, a dual 4 bbl low riser, and shelves of intakes, heads, blocks and cranks. I've attended the Super Swap in Columbus for years, and even been an FE parts swapper for about 4 years. I have learned that anything is possible with ford, but never have run across a side oiler casting that was drilled as a center oiler. Was it an early casting or a service block???
You could but the scrw in frost plugs and add them to any block just as you could do the cross bolt mains. Several books and magazines covered this in the 80s and you could still buy the plugs and a tap and do it yourself. I built my first 390 in 1981 with a lowriser dual 4bbl. By 1985, I had built a 428 cj with 406 tri power and owned my first dual 4 bbl hi-riser. A nearby older friend owned 5 cammers, a tunnel port, 2 hi risers, a dual 4 bbl low riser, and shelves of intakes, heads, blocks and cranks. I've attended the Super Swap in Columbus for years, and even been an FE parts swapper for about 4 years. I have learned that anything is possible with ford, but never have run across a side oiler casting that was drilled as a center oiler. Was it an early casting or a service block???
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twistedcrankcammer, I have all ready posted the head numbers, And I cant see the block casting numbers. I do have cross bolts in bosses, And the wierdest looking freeeze plugs I have ever seen.. I plan on getting a better Dig cam to take pics with so I can show them.. I have measured the stroke to be at 4.05.. So what ever it is.. its been stroked..