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With a stock $200 390 Ford you have already exceeded the displacement of a custom 383" Chevy. There are cost effective aftermarket 4 1/4" stroke cranks out there(Scat, Eagle) that will yield 445 cubes in a 390 block. An FE Ford engine with an aluminum intake is comparable in weight to a small block Chevy. So with the simple swap to the 390 you get 28 cubes or 97 extra inches with the 390 and crank swap. The 350 to 383 Chevy crank swap is kinda pale by comparison. Just the additional cubes with a bit more compression out to pack a good wallop.

 

I put this 1970 429 in my '56 Ford F-100. (see avatar) Bored .030 over, .509 lift cam, roller rockers, this pic was taken about a month before the first cross country trip. The motor never missed a beat. Between the 429 and the 4 speed top loader behind it the truck was a blast to drive. It would pass everything but a gas station.

 

No sense in more motor pictures but every street rod I have is Ford powered. Wouldn't have it any other way!

 

Great thread. I can't wait to put a 429 with stick in my 27 t

 

That ought to make for one hairy ride!

 

dual quad blue thunder hi-rise on a '71 429 with reworked dove-c heads
(port matched, larger valves and new 3 angle grind), crane cam, windage tray, sanderson headers in my 56 F-100. Tranny is a 5 speed.




older pic as the wire looms have been replaced along with a few other items.

 

Ford in Ford:

 

Holy crapola! Mine was fun to drive but I'm betting you can't get the grin of your face after banging gears in that! What are the cam specs?

 

Yes very hard to get it off my face,
and it surprizes a few unsuspecting joe racers.....

Its a streetable cam --.522 lift, 226 degrees duration at 0.050 lift; RPM range is 2500 to 5500.

 

I have one 302 Clevor, one 289, three roller 302's and two flat tappet 302's, some pics in my albums. One 302 powered TVR and one 302 powered Ranger. I think that all my personal ford junk. Oh yea a 2.3 turbo for the LSR car.
I think I am a little OCD!

 

we love ford motors just fin up on another 51 merc coupe had a chevy when we bought it took that out put in a mach1 mustang motor .they fit so nice in there dont no why people put chevys in them .but any ways .and a picture of a 4 door merc did a while back with a 302 for and c-4 also.

 

and also my nice little 55 ford with a y-block

 

This is the .060 over 390 that is going in my 62 Galaxie. It has an Edelbrock cam, a 670 Street Avenger and a Tremec 3550 behind it.

Engine

Rocker Supports

Full Accessories

Side View

With Transmission

 

Ok I will join in here is or was my roadster with a 347 and aod and 8" with 462's got 16 to 17 mpg on the highway .
Than here is my henry J 4.6 fuel injected sohc motor that gets 26 to 28 on the highway at 80mph all day.
And katie on the hood
Also just picked up a 29 roadster with a 427 chevy boat anchor that's getting switched to a small block ford

 

man, i dont think iv seen so many slow cars in my life!!!

hahaha

 

the 302 is in my 30 and the y block is in my 32

 

I got 5--'57 Fords,1 has 427 Hilborn injected,jerico 4speed,altered wheel-base,strajght axle,1 has Hot 460 4speed(tubed),1 has Hot 351w,4speed(tubed, straight axle),1 is 302 4speed,and a sedan delivery,302 5speed

 

id very much like to see pics of the rest of your 57's ima bit partial to them

 

Good Man lol

I remember Bogan Renfroe used to run a 427 SOHC in his Willy's

 

here are some pictures of my 34 chevrolet 5 window

It has 61 HP 390 steel $ sign crank, I beam rods,diamond 10.5-1 pistons
59 edsel machined chambered heads 2.19 intake and 1.66 exhaust valves. cylinder walls and heads have been valve relieved,comp cam heavy duty roller rockers, 673 comp roller cam, tri power intake has been port matched ,runners ported and polished.
this is hooked to a 69 mustang 390 gt close ratio top loader and a centerforce dual friction clutch with a mcleod hydralic throwout bearing and a 3.73 9 inch rear and yes it is great fun

 

57fordaltered;nice collection of 57s!!!! What is that beautiful blue color from? I'm doing a 65 Comet wagon and have been looking at color charts for a bright blue. ROY.

 

In a 390 you can just run a 428 crank for a 410 or 416 (+.030) or go to a Scat stroker setup from Barry R for a 445, pretty reasonable price

 

My A 289



My 54 F 100 400m



Great thread!!!!!!!!!!!

 

There is a book that just came out and would suggest you pick up a copy from Amazon.com:

How to build max-performance Ford FE Engines by Barry Rabotnick.
Publisher is Cartech.

The author runs a performance shop that specializes in FE's and he is recognized as the expert when it comes to these engines.

I have a copy of it and its loaded with tons of info by specific parts.

 

cool!

 

My 347 stroker "Powered by Ford" Factory Five.

 

390 . . .

 

Glad to see some more Fords in Fords, other things with Ford motors are bad too tho

 

Add one more in a shoebox under construction