360 or 361???
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360 or 361???
i am new to fte and i have a 76 f250 4x2 and the vin says i have a 360 but i read somewhere(not really sure where) that the numbers on the block denote a 361. the block has D4TE and the reverse 501 on the front. the heads are D2TE-AA. does anyone know which block i have???
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361
Actually Ford made a 361. It was mailnly an industrial engine I believe. I think it was in the same family with the 390, 360 etc. I have one in a F600. Not sure why everyone is so angry in their responses, but it is the day after tax day I guess.
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There were two 361 engines.
One was an FT engine, installed in 1964/78 F500 and larger trucks.
One was an FE engine, used in 1958 Edsels only....where the E of FE comes from.
No F600 ever came from the factory with a FE engine.
1964/72 F600: 330 2V M/D / 330 2V H/D / 361 2V / 391 4V.
1973/78 F600: 330 M/D / 361 2V / 391 4V.
One was an FT engine, installed in 1964/78 F500 and larger trucks.
One was an FE engine, used in 1958 Edsels only....where the E of FE comes from.
No F600 ever came from the factory with a FE engine.
1964/72 F600: 330 2V M/D / 330 2V H/D / 361 2V / 391 4V.
1973/78 F600: 330 M/D / 361 2V / 391 4V.
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My dad told me that a 361 or a 391 were pretty much 360s or 390s, with a steel crank, for truck applications. Is there really much difference between them? He's been working on Fords since 1958 or so.
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'74 C700 with a 361FT with ~61K miles...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/C700-1.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/C700-2.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/C700-4.jpg
It's gonna go into my '75 F150 just for the fun of it.
...if I can make it work. :)
The front half of that truck was given to me, my buddy wants to make
a trailer out of the back half, he figures it'll be cheaper to use that way.
The engine as a whole is good. Individual parts for use on an FE is not.
The FT blocks are sometimes wanted by racers for big bore jobs.
Alvin in AZ
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/C700-1.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/C700-2.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/C700-4.jpg
It's gonna go into my '75 F150 just for the fun of it.
...if I can make it work. :)
The front half of that truck was given to me, my buddy wants to make
a trailer out of the back half, he figures it'll be cheaper to use that way.
The engine as a whole is good. Individual parts for use on an FE is not.
The FT blocks are sometimes wanted by racers for big bore jobs.
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330 H/D; 361; 391 have their own block and heads, crank etc.
The 330 M/D FT is related to FE engines, the 330 H/D, 361 and 391 are not.
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