Fe Blocks
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Fe Blocks
I have a basic question for ya’ll. Are all fe blocks the same. I have been told that there is a difference in the motor mounts. Some Fe are for cars and others for trucks.
I was competing an engine for my truck some years ago and this older bench racer told me to be careful about choosing blocks. I had bought a block from a junk yard and was rebuilding it while I still drove the truck.
Well the block and motor mounts fit so I was relived. But the question has all way been at the back of my head.
Bill
I was competing an engine for my truck some years ago and this older bench racer told me to be careful about choosing blocks. I had bought a block from a junk yard and was rebuilding it while I still drove the truck.
Well the block and motor mounts fit so I was relived. But the question has all way been at the back of my head.
Bill
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They are not all the same. The engine mount change was somewhere around '63 iirc, which I probably don't.
They are cast for different bore sizes as well. You can't take a 4" 352 block and bore it to a 4.23 427 bore or even a 4.13 406/410/428 bore.
And 427 blocks, and some 406 blocks are different, with provisions for cross-bolted mains.
The most common, the 360/390, are the same.
They are cast for different bore sizes as well. You can't take a 4" 352 block and bore it to a 4.23 427 bore or even a 4.13 406/410/428 bore.
And 427 blocks, and some 406 blocks are different, with provisions for cross-bolted mains.
The most common, the 360/390, are the same.
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They are not all the same. The engine mount change was somewhere around '63 iirc, which I probably don't.
They are cast for different bore sizes as well. You can't take a 4" 352 block and bore it to a 4.23 427 bore or even a 4.13 406/410/428 bore.
And 427 blocks, and some 406 blocks are different, with provisions for cross-bolted mains.
The most common, the 360/390, are the same.
They are cast for different bore sizes as well. You can't take a 4" 352 block and bore it to a 4.23 427 bore or even a 4.13 406/410/428 bore.
And 427 blocks, and some 406 blocks are different, with provisions for cross-bolted mains.
The most common, the 360/390, are the same.
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Yes I have seen the different bolt patterns with the motor mounts between 2 and 3 bolts. The newer FE trucks had 2 bolt and the older FE cars have 3 motor mount bolts. But will the older pattern mount up to newer perches, IDK.
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Wrong, the old original pattern is two bolt for cars from day 1 of the FE engines back in 1958. The reason for the change to 3 bolt was that it was felt that 2 bolt was not strong enough for the trucks.
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Also the 410 IS the same as the 360/390 bore.
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http://shop.oreillyauto.com/product_...g/anh/2240.jpg
Why on earth would Ford build car engines with 3 bolt mounts and trucks with 2 bolt mounts? Just not gonna happen.
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Got me looking and the block I have in my car is a 68 and it's a 3 bolt, the 67 galaxie called for that one. The D4TE block I have is a 2 bolt and that is obviously out of a pickup. I thought the only ones that had the 3 bolt were the FT blocks but guess thats not right