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Old 11-30-2003, 08:59 PM
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Ford vs chevy comparison

Ford small block 221, 260, 289, 302
Chevy small block 283, 302, 305,307,327, 350, 400


Ford Medium Block 351W
no chevy medium block


Cleveland series 351C, 351M, 400M
No chevy like this


old big block 352, 390, 406, 427(including sideoiler), 428
old Chevy big Block 348, 409


New Big Block 429, 460
New Chevy big block 396, 427, 454

Note that Ford built several special motors based on standard production blocks

302 Boss 302 block with 351C heads. Boss 302 mustang and Couger Eliminators

427 Cammer 427 sideoiler (FE) block with special Single Overhead Cam Hemi heads. Never in a production car.

Boss 429 429 Block(385 series) with custom aluminujm heads with Hemi chambers. Only in Boss 429 Mustang

All other Ford Motors with special names like Boss 351, 428 Cobra Jet etc were basically high performance versions of standard passanger car motors.

One thing that confuses most Chevy guys is the Ford Small Blocks as the 221, 260 and 302 share blocks and most parts while the 351W uses the same heads as a small block(with bigger head bolts) but not much else will interchange. The Chevy small block uses interchangable parts(heads, intakes, distributors, oil pans) up to the 400. Then Ford has the Cleveland (335 series) that shares no parts with the windsor series and actually uses a few 385 series parts like distributor.

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