490ci
 

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