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Originally posted by steelcomp
. My choice for a good production style motor would be the 385 series 429/460. I can give you a list a mile long why that motor shines above the FE and BBC, strictly from a design standpoint, but I don't have time this am. This business is all about passion. It's all about spending YOUR time and YOUR effort where it best suites your needs, and makes YOU happy. I think it's cool that there's so much interest in the ol' FE, but get off this board, and step away from the Cobra world, which by comparison is pretty small, and you'll never hear another word about an FE.
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Sometimes the facts are hard to live with, I have said from day one that I am a huge fan of the FE engines, however the 385 series engines are a far better engine. What else would you expect out of a engine that was the "next evolution" of the Ford big block in the late 1960's and has been the most factory and aftermarket developed Ford big block engine of the last 30+ years. I have said before many times that if the Cobra had continued production the next step would have been a 429 Cobra or 460 Cobra.
It just happened that the 460 engine came out after the "engine wars" of the sixties were over (due to emissions), it is no different than the 454 Chevrolet engines that came out in the early 1970's. Some were "dogs" only because of the emissions issues and like the 460 Ford if the Muscle Car era would have fully continued into the mid 1970's the 427 Chevrolet wouldn't be their famed engine of the muscle car era either.