Old School 427 or Modular 5.0?

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

if you want to talk weighs in a high performance or race vehicle you have to keep your eye on the bouncing ball and get away from shipping weights or web based crate engines--------

the fe is probably only about 30 lbs (or less) more than a windsor based engine(i'm not talking 289/302)----the internal components will be almost identical in weights with comparable strokes------in fact the 427fe crank can be quite a bit lighter than your run of mill 351 4 inch stroker crank-------pistons will vary some depending on ch and the dome/dish volumes but can be lightened in any case---wrist pins can be varied for any weight and rods will maybe vary 100 grams(only about 4 oz)
oil pump, distributor will be equal, water pump/front coverfairly equal in aluminum----
the fe cylinder heads are some of the lightest anywhere and the alum ones will save 25 lbs per side--fe iron manifolds aren't even considered except on heavy duty trucks so won't look at a weight savings there except it will be a few pounds more than a 351w---

starters and alternators will be equal and everyone should be using the new smaller compact sizes on either power plant

all this just comes down to there is a large following of the notion that the windsor based 427 is a ton lighter than the 427 fe and it just isn't so--------

:lol:

so YOU don't know. Or you don't want to say. Thanks.

Just think of all of the time you wasted to get "about" measurements.