09-03-2010, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by cscobra
A 390 is also OK if you want an FE V8. Plenty of power, reliable, and durable. Very few people can tell the difference from the outside (and a 390, from the outside, is identical to the 428 that was installed in roughly two-thirds of the original Cobra 427 cars).
By the way, using the original bore and stroke measurements of the engines, the 390 is an honest 390. The 427 is really a 425, and the 428 is really . . . . are you ready for this? . . . . a 427!!!
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So I should advertise my 428 as a 427? How many of the 4 versions of the 427 were actually different? Side oiler and center oiler were the 2 main differences not including the cammer SOHC motor that I know about. |