Thread: Tell us what FE your running....

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Or building for your project. Things have been kind of pokey here lately so hope this will stirr them up a bit. I'll start...
1963 406 HP solid lifter block .030 and ported lowriser heads. 428CJ crank and LeMans rods. Crower 16331 solid lifter cam and springs. 3x2 Tripower carbs and intake and running the ol' mech dual point dizzy. The intake, fuel log, linkage, dizzy, timing cover,valve covers and brass expansion tank are polished. The rest of the engine is black. Nothing fancy or really exotic just good old Ford iron built for a cobra replica. Anyone else? G.

I have a 74 truck 390 block with Competition Cams 268H cam, 9.5 to 1 pistons, Edelbrock F380 3x2 intake with Rochester 2G's with the Speedway conversion kit and progressive linkage, 68 390 P.I. heads and it's balanced. That about sums it up. Runs really decent. The F100 is not finished but is a driver at the moment.

Gee, I originally forgot to add that the distributor has a Petronix Iginition conversion to electronic.

Still collecting parts for my 64 Ford Custom 2dr post (Fords bottom of the line full size car), but the engine is built.

Bored and stroked 352 that now sits at 401. Rotating assembly balanced, actual 9:1 compression a "little bit" of head work and some oil system mods. Intake is a 63 T-Bird low rise tri-power (these are a bit lower than the majority of the FE tri-powers you come across to fit under the Birds hood).

The manifold was slightly modified to accept Rochester 2 GCs, a large base center and small base outboard carbs). It currently has a Mallory dual point distributor but planning on changing that to an electronic unit. It will be getting the factory headers, I've just about decided on the shorty units because I'm a little concerned about weight the long style will put on the exhaust manifold bolts.

Tranny is a C6 from a latter 428 car and the rear is the original 9" with 3.50 gears.

My every day runner is a 74 F350 w / 429 scj not to sure whats in it bought the motor and trany from a tweeker that needed a fix for $500 but the guy who built it told me I got a deal of a life time there $4500 in the motor and $2500 in the C-6 trany he ask if I felt guilty I said nope any wone that stupid don't deserve to have it

Originally posted by Streets
Iz it still in there and are they all dirty and greasy bills??

naw there greasy by now

My 65 country squire has a stock 66 merc 390 and my 66 F250 has its original 352

Haven't started building one for the Ranchero yet, but I do have the 390 Block..... I'm thinking a stroker kit with aluminum heads and intake, either Dove or Edelbrock. Never have run a lot of FE motors, so some good advice would be appreciated. Also have the 5 speed, scattershield, flywheel and clutch. The 5-speed is a Doug Nash unit with the Long shifter, heck of a find at a swap meet last winter!!!!

Ok Streets, we know you prefer a big block chebbie. Some of us prefer other brands. If we all ran buckets with big blocks, life would be kinda boring. Nothing personal, but I don't see any reason to crash every thread that is about something other than bbc performance. Sorry if that upsets ya, some of us just like our old Blue Oval stuff.

runnin the 428 in my 69 galaxie convertable, only additions are a mild crane cam and a holley double pumper... bout ready to go forced induction after i get a new engine put in my 66 stang

I thought this thread might stir things up a bit. Looks like the $hevy guy is bored. All we need is a Mopar guy to confirm this LOL. Anyhow thanks FE guys for posting. It's nice to know the people and projects connected with them. Remember to be sure to visit the RAT section and let them know how many your FE has beat. Lord knows I've ate my share. And keep em commin guys. G.

All I can say about streets T bucket is I am glad its his and not mine as you could noy pay me enough to ride in one of those death traps,I hope I dont insult anyone but those T buckets are one of the most usless cars on the road. I survived a wreck where a car hit a tree at 60 MPH (I was not driving) and I have to have a real car or I dont feel safe no matter how high gas gets.

well I've got sit on fence on this one since I own both 3 chebbie and 3 blue ovals and One corn binder there all three wrapped into one

well sed... a rod is whatever you want, i used to have a 53 packard with a chevy 454, camaro front end, mopar tranny and a ford 9 inch in the rear.... that was one fun car...

Ok, next question. Is anyone running Shelby's new aluminum heads yet?? Which heads are better, the Shelby aluminum heads or the Dove aluminum heads?? I haven't seen flow numbers on either brand yet. Do the Edelbrock's compare favorably to these??

Dave don't forget to check out the new Blue Thunder heads as well. I've heard some having problems with the Dove's sealing head gaskets. I think the BT heads are around $1800 for the pair complete. I think the Shelby heads still out flow the BT. And the BT outflow the Edels in stock trim. Keith Craft Racing would be a good contact as they use all three on a regular basis and offer them in "Staged" versions. The only thing I know about the Dove heads is they are cast in the Ford molds. They don't make them often and take a long time to get after ordering form what I hear. G.