Thread: 3 Hrs on engine and a Spun Bearing
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Old 05-09-2003, 06:51 AM
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Thanks for your input. I was wondering if anyone had a 428 CJ engine that could hold up under any road race conditions. Information I received yesterday was really discouraging, because I have been told by a couple engine builders that the FE engine needs serious modification to successfully road race. Basically, the word was that the bearings were to small and a spun bearing was common.

I would like to know if anyone else has been able to road race a 428 and keep their engines together for any length of time. Don't get me wrong I am a Ford Man all the way but this engine design is probabaly 50 years old and the FE engine may not have been intended for this kind of abuse. I would apprciate anyone else's input before I decide which direction I am going to go next week.

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