How to tell Fe 427 from 460 bb.

[kris-kincaid]

Yikes! How did I miss that thread? Looks nice and wicked. I dig the roll cage, it looks sorta like the car Holman Moody drug over to the Bahamas in '62, only yours is on steroids!



I hope everything is well with you and the family.

Kris

[danc30]

Here is a pic of my 427 FE. Hope it helps.

[McD00]

Here is a pic of one of my FE.....F.orced E.xtraction

McVette

[blykins]

Who built that one?

[McD00]

Originally Posted by blykins

Who built that one?

Don't know....I think Ford did. It was in a glaxie I bought years ago. You can see it's a damn pos. Those FE engines had one good aplication...put em in a boat! That way when you had a Forced Extraction it was easy to loop the chain through the block and throw them overboard. Made great anchors or brakewalls!

You see Ford kept putting wider and heavier rods in them until they wouldn't rev over 6000 rpm so they finally held up in dump trucks. Don't make me keep going......

McVette

[blykins]

Excuse me for the hijack guys...but this needs to be said.

Don't worry about me asking you to go on, because I won't.

Just because you had an engine throw a rod doesn't mean all FE's are junk. I've seen you make these posts now for the past two weeks, and there's not one bit of logic behind them.

I've seen a BBC throw a rod before...I've seen a Hemi throw a rod. Does that mean that they're boat anchors and shouldn't be used in any high performance situation? I've seen the SBF's (that you put on such a high pedestal) throw rods, split blocks, blow the crankshafts out the bottom, etc.

If it wasn't for the 427, I would venture to say that the Cobra wouldn't have the reputation that it does today.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the FE is the end all be all of engines. I have a great respect for different engine types and families. However, just because you had one that threw a rod really doesn't mean anything to me at all.

As I've said before, misunderstanding leads to confusion.

[McD00]

Originally Posted by blykins

If it wasn't for the 427, I would venture to say that the Cobra wouldn't have the reputation that it does today.
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I don't want to take this thread off track either but I must respond.
THe Cobra is
known for winning the worlds manufacturing championship in 1965 with the 289 on the transverse leaf spring chassis and that's it baby !! When the brick
configuration couldn't run the high speed circuits it was the coupe that saved the day and that's what lead Enzo to throw in the towel not the 427 POS.
The 427 did some SCCA racing but
that is just amateur stuff and has no bearing on real international feats like the worlds championship and beating Ferrari at his own game...

As far as the modern FE engine everyone uses now, the week parts have been up-graded starting with the block and everthing else inside the engine.
What we have is a replica FE.. The real ones blew up or belong in a museum.
Ford kept making the small block long after it sh!t canned the FE. Case closed.

[danc30]

Keith Craft built mine. Runs and looks awesome. It also sounds like a big block... lol........

[Don]

Ozvenom:

If you need additional details, an excellent reference:

Ford
221-CID to 460-CID
Engine Parts Interchange

George Reid

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