physical size?
Cargo Master
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From: SW Michigan
physical size?
Hi MELers- I have a question about the MELs, are they all the same size on the outside, like all of the FEs? Would the 477 or 534 make a good truck engine? Do they share the same bell pattern as FEs? What did these engines come in originally? Are there any advantages or drawbacks to their older style of combustion chambers? Are they fussy about octane of fuel? I used to own a 462 in a 68 Linc, but that was a long time ago and I was not yet smart enough to keep it. DF
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From: Brea CA
physical size?
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 14-Dec-00 AT 08:12 PM (EST)[/font][p]Hi DF, welcome to the forum where it’s always MELer time! Yes, all the MEL’s have the same external dimensions from the 383 to the 462. They were mainly used in the Lincolns & Mercurys of the ‘50s and the Lincolns of the ‘60s but the 430 found it’s way in the Squarebirds and the 410 in the big Edsels too.
The bellhousing is the same as the FE and they ran a H.D. Cruise-O-Matic before switching to the C6 in ’66. Performance parts are very hard to come by but most all engines came with at least a 10:1 C.R. and a 4 bbl, the Super Marauder engine option for ‘58 came with a tri-power. The fully machined “plank” heads did not shroud the valves but they still tended to detonate more than the FE’s. Last year for the MEL was the ’68 462 Lincoln.
The 401/477/534 Super Duty truck engines are MEL-like in design with the angled block decks but otherwise are completely different engines, massive and heavy. Strokes were relatively short with a 7.5 C.R. They were only offered in the 850, 950 & 1000 series trucks.
Barry
The bellhousing is the same as the FE and they ran a H.D. Cruise-O-Matic before switching to the C6 in ’66. Performance parts are very hard to come by but most all engines came with at least a 10:1 C.R. and a 4 bbl, the Super Marauder engine option for ‘58 came with a tri-power. The fully machined “plank” heads did not shroud the valves but they still tended to detonate more than the FE’s. Last year for the MEL was the ’68 462 Lincoln.
The 401/477/534 Super Duty truck engines are MEL-like in design with the angled block decks but otherwise are completely different engines, massive and heavy. Strokes were relatively short with a 7.5 C.R. They were only offered in the 850, 950 & 1000 series trucks.
Barry
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