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Originally posted by misfit41


Steelcomp,
Your correct much of my argument is from passion,I just love the old motors,and hate 385's,I've tried to like them,but I just cant,I know they are cheap power nowadays ,but there heavy and ugly ,and dont sound so good, and please no offense meant to anyone,thats just my opinion,I suppose I formed it in my teens when I worked at a small ford dealership while going to Ford Tech school,they were considered a boat anchor then,still overshadowed by fe's,I realize given the epa regulations imposed at the time,it wasnt a fair shake,but it dosent matter,my mind is set.

We keep hearing the same ol' negative stuff from the FE boy's. The 385 series engine cost less because it is a modern engine with unlimited parts and development. The FE is expensive because parts are rare and development is limited. A customer that "lives in the past" doesn't mind paying $20,000.00+ for a 500+ horsepower FE engine even though for less money he can have a more reliable 600+ horsepower 385 series engine.

A 100 lb. weight difference hardly makes a 460 engine "heavy".

The quote that they don't sound good isn't even worth replying about.

There is no reason that a person on this forum can't love the FE engine's, just quit coming up with lame reasons why the 460 engine doesn't belong in a Cobra. The Cobra has always been about the best Ford big block engine available, and that would be the 385 series engine.