Displacement Question

[baddad457]

i am just giving the facts according to the shop and repair manuals that i read, it seems that the manuals i read that are year specific are wrong, or at least not very accurate, which sucks because now i don't know whether to believe my repair manuals. with the exception of a little different wording, CHILTON'S/HAYNE'S/and CLYMER'S all say the same thing. now for the big question, IF my manuals are incorrect, WHERE THE HELL DO I FIND A MANUAL THAT ISN'T FEEDING ME BULLSHIT THAT I PASS ON AS GOSPEL?

You won't find that info in any manual. If you REALLY want the truth about the FE's, log onto this website and ask away: http://www.network54.com/Forum/74182/

 

[Joshs93four-oh]

Ford "thin wall" cast engines are 255-260-289-302-351w/c/m-400-429-460. Maybe they had a smaller v-8(221?) at the time, not sure. Dont go 0.060 over unless you have to. I know of people that go 0.060 over on the 429-460 all the time with no cooling problems.
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[krugford]

While they DO have all the same bolt hole locations and use the same heads, intakes and bellhousings, they're not all the same block castings. The 352's have a smaller bore (4.00) the 360/390/410's all had the same bore and usually the same bore cores. But the 428's got different bore cores to allow their bigger (4.13 bore, & which by the way, these cores have "428" cast into them, and can be seen thru the freeze plug holes)) Only SOME 360/390/410 blocks can safely be bored to 4.13. Show me a 352 block that can be bored to 4.13 and you'll have a very rare beast there.

Ooops, you're right there. I've seen 352s turned into 390s, I should have thought a little more on the 428...

 

[Mac]

If you want to know just about anything about the old FE motors, that's the site! Too many blocks share the same casting numbers leading one to think that they are all the same. A 390 (early?) "can" be bored out to 4.13" but better do a sonic wall check first. Best info I've ever found desides that web site is Steve Christ's book on rebuilding.
Dave