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Sounds like supply and demand at work, as has always been the case with GM vs Ford.

Chev really got a jump start in 1955 with the 265 small block V8. It took Ford almost 10 years to finally come up with a decent small block design. To late, by then parts were readily available for the GM V8 and that engine had a lot more development time. It was THAT GM small block that set the standards, good or bad.

When the FE came out in what, '59? It wasn't "that great" an engine, and race parts were hard to come by (and BIG money). It took years and years for the 302 small block to get mass produced enough to finally be able to get cost competitve race parts, compared to GM small block. Racing ANY Ford engine has always cost more than a comparable Chev (I hate that)!

It hasn't been "that long" since good race parts for the FE came along, and they will never begin to match the production numbers of Chev big blocks out there. Hence there will never be a day when it is cheaper to build Ford than GM.