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McFez:

Agree with you about NASCAR being the masters at extracting horsepower from a pushrod V8. Chronologically, the FE started life in '58 and run through I think '76 as truck engines (for all intents '68 was last year for 427 car engine). The FE followed on the heels of the Y block when it became apparent that the Y block (312) could not compete with Cheby.

If I'm not mistaken the 351W started life in '69 and they have been produced a mighty long time. The 90 degree V8's (289 and 302), which the Windsor is based on started life in'63.

Agree there are certainly more technological advances applicable to the Windsor.

Bill