has anyone ever heard of a 490ci . my dad says he had one in a 72 f350 2wd work truck. apparently the motor came out of a bus but im having a had time finding anything this motor. does this motor exist or is my dad tripping

 

its a 390 FE motor. they were an option for that year trucks.


Rgds
Mike

 

he got it.it was probably a 390 in those years.i made a 490 with a stroked 460

 

Would you mind shairing any detail on that 490 build.
I'll soon be building a replacement engine for the ol house car & thinking about a stroker of some type, not a hot rod, but just a good solid puller engine that can tote the load.
Neil

 

sorry dont get in here much.well started with 4.440 bore and stroked it .100 to 3.95.used ross racing pistons 426 aluminum hemi rods from a friends top alcohol dragster.its not a cheap motor but its still running today in a friends car and i built it in 97.what do you intend to do with it would determine on what all you need as far as coppression and cam we had 12.5 ot 1 with solid roller and set of ported CJ heads

 

lock .yes the 490 has a different block and stroke you cannot make a 460 into a true 490,everything from a 460 will bolt onto a 490 block but will not work it will suck air around the heads and intake.

 

I have a 1990 Georgia boy camper, the truck frame is made to john deere spec,s by Ford. I had a in frame over haul done in 2022 I put 350 miles on it since, I put a new carb and ignition in and it has plenty of power to fly my 30'camper ! I would sell if money is rite amount,we had a house fire and I bought the camper to house help but couldn't find help.

 

No 490 listed for any Ford for any year.

475. 477, 534 were available prior to about '81.

If you have a Ford issued VIN the engine code can be decoded.

 

Years ago PAW (Performance Automotive Warehouse-think of it as an older Summit Racing) used to advertise a Ford 490 "Gorilla" crate style of engine based on a Ford 460, like almost 40 years ago. A person I knew bought one and installed in his late 60's stepside Ford pickup, never personally seen it run though.

 

I remember drooling over all the stuff in those catalogs from Jr. High through graduation.

Ah the good old days.

 

Same here, here is one of those old Pro Stock Enginering Catalogs
Stuff to drool over