I am looking for information on the Mercury-Edson-Lincoln (MEL) family of Ford engines (383,410,430,462). They seem to be related to the FE family but it is difficult to find information on them. This family of motors ranged in horsepower from around 300 up to about 400 and nearly 500 ft lbs of torque and seem like they would make a decent truck engine.

Does anyone know whether there is any parts interchangability with the FE engines? Performance parts?

I know of a 1963 Lincoln Continental with the 430 cu. in. version that is for sale and was wondering.

Thanks for the help.

 

Check out these links:

http://members.tripod.com/lyc_42/fordv8/mel/mel.htm

https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/DCForumID7/779.html

The MEL engines are a completely different series, and no parts interchange with the FE. They are odd birds, with angled decks and flat heads. Swapping one into a Ford truck would require some real engineering, and I imagine that parts would be difficult to come by.

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-Apr-02 AT 04:44 PM (EST)]Thanks for the information and links.

I found a couple more links with information on the MEL series for those that are interested:

http://www.fordclassics.com/enginespecs.html

http://members.tripod.com/lyc_42/fordv8/fordshop.htm

How do you make the links work properly?

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 26-Apr-02 AT 09:13 PM (EST)]Don,

To create a link you have to start with an open square brace (the lower case brace above the single/double quote key on your keyboard), then the word 'link', a colon :, the URL, a pipe symbol |, text that describes the link, and then a closing square brace.

I'll give an example using curly braces in place of the square braces.

{link:www.website.com| a cool web site }

Don't put the http:// stuff in the front of the URL.

Paul

 

Actually making a set of mounts to install a MEL engine in a pickup is simple, I have a set if you guys want a pattern or something
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