Ford FE ?

greg fulk · 06-04-2008, 02:57 AM

What's the differance between the 352 & 390 ? Bore & stroke?

StrokerDave · 06-04-2008, 08:22 AM

The 352 is a 4in bore with a 3.50 stroke,where the 390 is a 4.05 bore with a 3.78 stroke

greg fulk · 06-04-2008, 01:40 PM

Thanks!

SSDiv6 · 06-04-2008, 02:11 PM

...and 428 racers like the 390 block for strength...

Rory McNeil · 06-04-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by SSDiv6

...and 428 racers like the 390 block for strength...

HUH!??! To make a 390 block standard 428 bore size, you would have to bore it .080" over. I find it tough enough to get 428 blocks with thick enough cyl. walls to go .030", let alone a 390 which has thinner walls t5o start with. On my low 10 second 428 bracket car, I split 2 cylinders last year alone.

Bub Whitaker · 06-04-2008, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SSDiv6

...and 428 racers like the 390 block for strength...

please elaborate...tell me what you know

Philip Saran · 06-04-2008, 08:40 PM

You might want to contact Curtis Couter in Las Vegas, he seems to
have found a way to make 390 into 428 motors live in his D/S Cyclone.

FED 387 · 06-04-2008, 09:10 PM

My sources tell me that you want a TRUCK block!!!! Even tho the dimensions are the same truck blocks were a unique casting much more heavy duty than a passanger car block------No way of knowing either way what is true but it makes sense to me get the truck block!!!! --------------Comp 387

FED 387 · 06-04-2008, 09:22 PM

My sources tell me to look at website ---428cobrajet.org----------- look for block ID--it gives you a fairly indepth description of what you neecd to know/look for too---comp 387

Bub Whitaker · 06-04-2008, 09:26 PM

thanks Fed 387

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StrokerDave Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Ford FE ? The 352 is a 4in bore with a 3.50 stroke,where the 390 is a 4.05 bore with a 3.78 stroke

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greg fulk VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jackson Posts: 1,165 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Ford FE ? Thanks! __________________ Greg Fulk 308 308X P/SA "ALL AMERICAN"

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SSDiv6 VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Glendale, Arizona Posts: 3,036 Likes: 710 Liked 1,538 Times in 575 Posts	Re: Ford FE ? ...and 428 racers like the 390 block for strength...

06-04-2008, 08:40 PM	#7
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 728 Likes: 163 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Ford FE ? You might want to contact Curtis Couter in Las Vegas, he seems to have found a way to make 390 into 428 motors live in his D/S Cyclone. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado

06-04-2008, 09:10 PM	#8
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,409 Likes: 504 Liked 329 Times in 177 Posts	Re: Ford FE ? My sources tell me that you want a TRUCK block!!!! Even tho the dimensions are the same truck blocks were a unique casting much more heavy duty than a passanger car block------No way of knowing either way what is true but it makes sense to me get the truck block!!!! --------------Comp 387

06-04-2008, 09:22 PM	#9
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,409 Likes: 504 Liked 329 Times in 177 Posts	Re: Ford FE ? My sources tell me to look at website ---428cobrajet.org----------- look for block ID--it gives you a fairly indepth description of what you neecd to know/look for too---comp 387

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Bub Whitaker Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton, MD Posts: 222 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Ford FE ? thanks Fed 387