12-30-2002, 05:15 PM
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Ditto the above. The Ford 406 was an FE motor produced in the '62 - '63 timeframe to compete with Chevy 409's of the time. The Chevy 409 was an oddball truck motor, punched out from a 348, and stuffed into a 4000 pound passenger car.
The Ford smallblock had just hatched as a 221, then a 260 for econobox use. These were the dog days for Ford as the Hi Po Chevy's (even Pontiacs) were kicking everybody's ass. 351 Clevelands weren't even a "wet spot" on the drawing boards yet. And 351 Windsors would have to wait 30 years for the aftermarket to provide the "Good Stuff" to resurrect them from " Truck motor & Boat Anchor" status.
Just grousing. The valve train on the FE was a carry over from the 272-292-312 of ''54 -'57" timeframe. Edelbrock, among others could have converted these heads to 1) stud mounted rocker arms, and 2) full size heads with the pushrods going through the head, not the intake. It wasn't one of Fords better ideas then, or Ede's now.
More grousing. If Edelbrock (or TFS, AR, others) wanted to do us a favor, they could have made Cleveland style, canted valve, aluminum heads (2.19/1.73) for Windsor blocks. Matching Performer RPM C4B intake and all.
What does it take to get the attention of the Corporate "Bean Counters" to get us "counted"?
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