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I'm going to pick this truck up for $100 on Friday. Guy doesn't know much about it. From what I can tell it's a newer style FE with propane? Notice anything else? It's going to be a parts truck for other projects.
If it's run on propane it's entire life, I would expect the engine to be extremely clean with no sludge or deposits when you tear it down.
As a motor fuel, propane is much better than gasoline. There should also be minimal cylinder wear. Propane is a dry gas as opposed to "wet" gasoline. There's no liquid fuel to wash the oil off the cylinder walls.
There's also no sulfur in propane so oil doesn't turn black.
Not to mention the higher octane rating.
Mirror 105 blocks are a little more desirable because they usually have somewhat thicker cylinders and webbing for the mains. They aren't that rare or anything but I think were toward the end of the FE production, most just say 352. I used one for my 445 build and had no worries boring it unlike some of the FE blocks.
Thanks for the info everyone. He thinks it's a 390, but I'm buying it regardless. Intention was to turn my 360 into a 390 with this crank and rods, but I think I'll just use this motor instead.
It has a 390 code VIN. Interestingly, there are a set of heads in the bed (along with two batteries I can turn in for $) so there is a chance they upgraded the heads for the propane. Time will tell!
Its had propane since I was -1.
Yes, that is a 501 "mirror" FE block. Other FEs will have DIF. Just different foundries It is supposed to have slightly stronger webbing on the bottom end. I have one of these in my queue all cleaned up and ready to assemble. I see a little more material down there but it doesn't seem to be that big a difference.
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