[Shotimes] OT - Ford BB

George Fourchy George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net
Wed, 27 Nov 2002 23:43:27 -0800


On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 02:21:47 -0500, Ron Porter wrote:

>The 428 was another variation on the block that (I believe) started with the
>352 (although there may have been a 332 in there), then went through the
>390, 406, 427. The 428 was some combo of crank and bore from one of the
>other displacements.

Those are what are called the "FE" family of big-blocks, standing for "Ford-Edsel". 
I don't think...it's pretty hazy back there.....that the 427 was included in that
group.  Super Ford/5.0 Magazine went through all the families a few years ago.  
There is an engine smaller than 429 in the 429/460 family, but I can't remember what
it is to save my life.  400...410?  There was also a 351M engine in the 70s that was
in Torinos...there was a 400 CID engine in that line, too.  The M stood for
Montreal, and that family was basically a bandaid while Ford developed new engines
for smog legality..they were heavy and pretty much un-modifiable.

The 332 and 352 were truck engines originally.  The 352 was last sold (I believe,
also) in cars in the middle to late '60s.  It came in Galaxies with only a
Cruis-o-Matic auto, and was what I would have been forced to order in my '65 G500XL,
that never came, until I got 20 mpg in my dad's '61 T-bird.  Then I was able to
order a 390 and the 4-speed.  

It never came, and Mustangs became the order of the day.

George