Thread: Budget FE Build - Combos You are Happy with
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Old 12-22-2008, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by McD00 View Post
Lets face it FE's belong in garbage or dump trucks...end of storie

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Yeah they did put alot of FE's in trucks, dump trucks, etc. I had a 72 Ford with a 360, not a 351. Why did ford use a 360, because it was a more durable engine.

I had my FE 427 chassis dyno'd, and the dyno shop also had dyno'd several Roush 427R's. My engine had similar specs to the Roush 427's, but with 40 year old designed /built parts, and it outperformed the roush 427's by about 50 HP and 50 ft-lbs. Go figure. Surprised me.
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