11-21-2002, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Hickory,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 427SC w/427so, ERA GT #2002
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The Cleveland engine, or 335 Series, is unique, but similar to the small block, but with a cast-iron (heavy) timing-chain housing sealed off with a flat steel plate (cover). The 335 Series also includes the 351M/400, which has a higher-deck block. The 385 Series, or 429/460 engines, don't share any components with the 335 Series except the Ford name. Neither are big nor small blocks, but the 385 Series is like a small block on steroids with stagger-valve heads. And Cleveland heads will bolt on to a small block with some modifications. I cover a lot of this in my book, "How To Rebuild Your Ford V8", by HPBooks.
What a dilema. Then there is the situation that a "small block" can have a bigger displacement than a "big block". Take the 400 small-block Chevy vs. the 396 big block! Life was simpler when all the big three domestic auto companys had big- and small-block V8's only.
Looks like we need two other forums! Good luck.
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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