12-24-2020, 01:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: St. Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: A&C 67 427 cobra SB
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Originally Posted by ERA 626
do a hydraulic roller FE problem solved... if you have a 427 car, put in an FE. If you have a small block car put in a small block...
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It's hard to argue with this logic. However if someone wants an engine with no oil drips, it is hard to recommend they get an FE. That said most FE engines built by a good shop that specializes in FE engines can keep the drip to a tolerable level. It all depends on what the word tolerable means to the owner.
I personally believe that reliable FE engines exist. They are not rare, no-see-um mythical things. Plenty of them were made. Keep the power goals on the reasonable side, and it just isn't all that hard to have one built.
They are more expensive, but they are what went into these original cars, if originality has any meaning to you. |
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